New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The eclectic Evelinn Trouble has shared 'Hope Music', the second track to be taken from her upcoming EP of the same title, set for release on 4th May via Radicalis. Her previous single 'Monstruous' which received support from the likes of
Clash Magazine, All Things Go Music, Noisey and Variance Mag has been met with an overwhelmingly positive response. Originally hailing from Zurich, the now Berlin-based Evelinn Trouble has already racked up over a quarter million Youtube views, seen support from Line Of Best Fit and her track 'Sunset Everytime' was named by Noisey as one of "The 33 best
Swiss rock, indie and alternative songs of the year" with radioplay including Switzerland's
Radio SRF3. Trouble performed back-up vocals for
Swiss export
Sophie Hunger, and has collaborated with STRESS, and she has taken to the stages of The Great Escape Festival and Montreux Jazz Festival.
Born in Zurich to a Swedish jazz singer mother, Trouble grew up in the city's vibrant squat scene, where her musical talents were battle tested living and playing in occupied houses. "Performing in front of drunk punks at 2 am on a stage, on the verge of collapsing teaches you everything you need to know as a musician," she says brandishing both emotional and physical scars - some of which she acquired from leaping in front of a moving train in her early twenties. She awoke in a hospital bed, miraculously surviving the 10 000 volts of electricity that passed through her body. Four albums and three EP's later, she has emerged, and channelled her shadow-self into a vast sonic universe of dark poetry and breathtaking beauty, never bothering about genre boxes or playing it safe. She is renowned for her visual work, directing her own music videos as well as videos for other bands, her poetic visual language being traceable to the DIY background she is from, be it a remake of the classic Wizard of Oz as a trashy splatter short film or a ride in her tour bus that leads through a fractal zoom to a place above the clouds. She played the bloodthirsty Salomé in the opera of the same name, composed music for several plays and film and is regularly touring the world with a contemporary theatre company, miming a knight who - much like herself- was hit by lightning.
Citing the likes of Frank Zappa, Nina Simone, Karon Dalton and
Jimi Hendrix as influences, Evelinn Trouble's sound begins at the intersection where
Thom Yorke meets Patti Smith. Like her debut, she recorded and produced this release herself, the sonic universe being a collage of two years of home recording in several bedrooms, attics and hotel rooms across the globe - mixed in Berlin, where her nomadic spirit resides for now. On 'Hope Music' Evelinn's standout vocal work emerges like a Djinn, and powerfully asserts her every word. The track traverses melancholic territory but unfolds as an anthem of hope - delivered by an artist that has truly lived every line of her songs.
Ever wondered what optimism sounds like in the days of now? Evelinn Trouble's song 'Hope Music' is an educated guess on the topic. When you think of the singer reputed for her dark, eerie songwriting, "hope" or "optimism" might not be the first two words that come to mind. And yet, here she is, delivering light-hearted vocal lines over a sassy dance-beat, lamenting with fervor that "Hope Music" is gonna save her soul. But Trouble wouldn't be trouble if she'd leave it at that and after a few listens it becomes clear; this song is about more than getting up in the morning with a smile, this "hope" is about survival, an outcry directed at life: "I don't wanna feel dead anymore", and maybe that's as optimistic as it gets in this cynical age of now.
Speaking of 'Hope Music', Trouble comments: "I was struggling to see anything in a positive light and I suspected that it had something to do with the music I was writing, which tends to be melancholic. I thought if I'd manage to write something life-affirming, things would face up. But in order to write something, I have to feel it first, so I made a big effort to teach myself to "think positive". I became obsessed with the idea of self-transformation, got really into sports, healthy living, meditation, quit alcohol, all sorts of things to turn myself around. Hope
Music was written in that obsessive phase, very blissful but delusive. I see it differently now; staying positive is an ongoing challenge and not something you can achieve by writing a hopeful song once."
Hope
Music Tracklist:
1. Hope Music
2. Monstruous
3. Prison
4. Goodbye
"We could use more powerful women in our lives and Evelinn Trouble fits the bill. Her new song "Hope Music" sits at the intersection of pop and electronic." - Idobi Radio
"New song 'Monstruous' is a bulging, ferocious, visceral piece of alt-pop with an impeccable chorus." - CLASH Mag
"The dark and deep reverberation of Trouble's latest single "Monstruous" are reaching into our hearts and wrenching from its resting place to teach us a lesson in strength. As she reminisces on the pain of waiting for a hero or some much needed inspiration, she does a double-take and finds the strength within herself to persevere." - All Things Go Music
"Her voice can go from a whisper to a yowl in an instant and her live performances are eclectic, revealing a persona that is driven by curiosity and courage to take a musical risk." - The Line of Best Fit
