Drown Inside, the new independent release from Washington DC-based evenout, makes it clear this band is more than just a hard-slugging rock act. The balance of guitar-driven heaviness with solid melodic songwriting and some surprisingly intimate acoustic arrangements showcase evenout's versatility and sense of adventure.
Recorded with famed producer/mixer Steven Haigler (Fuel, Brand New, Pixies, Quicksand) at Dragonfly Studios (Bruce Hornsby, Jason Mraz and SR-71), the instantly-memorable lead single "Look Back", hits alternative radio nationwide on September 14th. With an overriding theme for Gen Y to connect with, frontman Maurice Mangum explains "It's about waking up each day convincing yourself you'll make the right decisions, but you just end up doing the same slack shit as the day before. You wake up one day and it's years later... what a waste." Other highlights from Drown Inside include the turbo-charged lead track “Controller”, the bittersweet ballad "Fragile Page", and the unplugged "Threw It Away", buoyed by the raw emotion of Mangum's resounding vocals.
Firmly entrenched in the mid-Atlantic thanks to airplay on influential stations like WHFS, DC 101, 98 Rock and 101 the X, evenout smoothly transitioned from their prior outfit of combinationLOCK. The evolution occurred when Mangum, (who hails from Raleigh, NC) joined cL's Jason Browning (guitar/vocals), Van Swanson (bass) and Doug Pagliaro (drums) in winter 2003. combinationLOCK had toured extensively from NYC to Atlanta, recorded two CDs (one with producer Lou Giordano), and had their music placed on a full season of MTV's Undressed and BMI 2002 Music Sampler.
With the addition of Mangum on vocals, the newly christened evenout quickly forged its own style in front of enthusiastic audiences throughout the subsequent years during opening slots for Live, Fuel, The Cult, Collective Soul and Third Eye Blind as well as performances on WHFS' HFStival (Wash. DC), CMJ Music Marathon (NYC), and Atlantis Music Conference (Atlanta, GA). In the midst of this intense two-year period, evenout also competed as a semi-finalist in the American Music Awards New Music Awards.
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