* En anglais uniquement
The hushed vocals and atmospheric instrumentation of
Seventeen Evergreen is produced by
Caleb Pate and
Nephi Evans of San Francisco, CA. Originally from Tulsa, OK,
Pate found little to do there and moved to Sacramento, CA, in his teens.
Evans had been traveling around the country and met
Pate on a rafting trip. They wound up in San Francisco and got to work as
Seventeen Evergreen, the name taken from lyrics from an early
King Crimson song. The duo started with a more rock-oriented sound and made their way on bills with
the Dandy Warhols and
the Rapture. Feeling too conventional, the duo soon abandoned the sound, seeking a more experimental, airy route. In April 2007, they issued the debut album Life Embarrasses Me on Planet Earth, largely inspired by outer space, alien life, and a dissatisfaction of Earth. ~ Kenyon Hopkin