When one hears "teen rock band from Australia," it's pretty hard for images of grunge revivalists
Silverchair to not automatically pop into one's head. But a decade after the aforementioned act first burst on the scene came another teenage rock act from down under,
Evermore. And like
Silverchair,
Evermore is guilty of plagiarism -- no, not
Nirvana like in
Silverchair's case, but rather the unmistakable sounds of
Muse and
Radiohead. The all-brother group -- singer/guitarist
Jon Hume, keyboardist/bassist Peter Hume, and drummer
Dann Hume -- was supposedly already a chart sensation back home by the time their debut,
Dreams, received a stateside release in the spring of 2006 (having been certified platinum and earning heaps of awards in their homeland). Still, it can't mask the fact that
Evermore has yet to find their own sound and approach, as evidenced by many tracks that sound like they could have easily been plucked from either Absolution or
The Bends -- especially "It's Too Late" and "Come to Nothing." Although it's always impressive when teenagers can write their own original material and not rely on covers,
Evermore is still too close for comfort to their influences. ~ Greg Prato