Think back to last year, when Charli XCX released ‘BRAT’ and unleashed the cultural event known as ‘Brat Summer’. For those of you who missed it, the album’s plain green cover and attitude became a meme, then an adjective – This was BRAT, that was BRAT, it was a byword for cool. Metal has always been a little slow to catch up so with their debut EP, Eville are asking the question; can Metal get down with the kids, can it be BRAT?
Eville have spent the last few years establishing themselves. They’ve followed an increasingly common pathway, releasing a series of standalone singles to establish an identity and a sound. This even extends to the artwork, featuring portraits of the band; musicians in nu-metal clothes, singer in a bikini. It’s great branding. Their music is a modern, cut-&-paste-in-a-studio blend of guitars and synths driven by a huge drum & bass undercurrent, not really metal. It’s propulsive and big but it doesn’t feel like a band, more a project like…
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