Na elf jaar bracht Grandaddy weer eens een album uit, uitgebracht op het label 30th Century van Danger Mouse. Last Place heet-ie en die komt echt niet op de laatste plaats van de albumlijstjes over 2017. We draaiden al single Way We Won’t op Pinguin Radio, maar het is tijd voor een nieuwe op de playlist. Evermore is het geworden. Een heerlijke synth track met een verslavende melodie. Frontman Jason Lytle van de Californische alt-rockgroep heeft er dit over te zeggen:
From an early age, way before I ever dreamt of writing a song, I became fascinated by the idea of making a tune that revolves around a constant sound. My first memory of this was being a kid and trying to watch cartoons or Sesame Street or whatever while my mom was vacuuming in the room. Ever the restless multi-tasker, I would hum songs and come up with melodies that revolved around the sound of the vacuum while impatiently waiting for her to finish her noisy chore. I continued doing this with other appliances, motors, or things that made noise throughout the years. Eventually it found its way into my own compositions. The repeating synth sequence here was a good excuse to try and build a song around repetition.
I have no idea what the song is about. But I really like the imagery of sad dirty trees that live by the freeway and throwing stuff out of commercial airliners. Also the line ‘When remembering is what forgetting’s for.’ It’s kinda high-school-corny poetry, but I still like it a lot.