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What happens when dreams become real life?

The three Hume brothers of Evermore have come a long way since the release of their debut album Dreams. With over three hundred live shows, an MTV Award, a NZ Music Award, the APRA Silver Scroll, five ARIA nominations, and a platinum record plaque on the wall of their home studio, it’s a far cry from their humble and rain-drenched beginnings in rural New Zealand, and it all culminates in their new album, Real Life.

The writing and initial recording took place in the isolation of their Central Coast abode, an isolation the boys were not only used to, but actively encouraged. Separating into different rooms, they each had their own private recording studio in miniature, working on tracks solo before bringing them together for the Evermore polish.

After two months in the warm environs of the Australian summer, they leapt into the freezing winter of inland Massachusetts, USA. Actually, the term “freezing” is an understatement – we’re talking temperatures of minus-25 degrees and below. Keeping true to their rural roots, they recorded in the oldest studio still operating in the US, Longview Farm. Artists such as Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and Aerosmith have all frozen their butts off there in the past.

“We’re the kind of band that is going to change with every record,” adds Jon. “We will always sound like us, but we’ll utilise our strengths as three writers.”

Evermore play Hobart’s Wrestpoint Entertainment Centre on the 21st of September, and Launceston’s Saloon on the 22nd.