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Title: They Tell You Everything
Review: I'm amused by the reviews that compare the Evens to Fugazi or "A million other bands since 1995," because they don't remind me of anyone else. Usually I'm impatient with low-key guitar duos - too many afternoons at the Takoma Park Folk Festival maybe - but the Evens play with a mesmerizing intensity. Their voices may be average by themselves, but together they sound heartfelt and beautiful. The instrumentation has a backbone that eludes most acoustic songcrafters and the lyrics are minimalist, pithy and powerful - based on observations that are ambiguous in the best sense of the word. Give Ian and Amy some time and your full attention, and you may be edified without feeling preached to.
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