Evening Hymns For UK With A 'Spectral Dusk'

Canada’s Evening Hymns (comprised of Jonas Bonetta and a rotating collective of musicians which includes members of Ohbijou, The Wooden Sky, The Burning Hell, The D'Urbervilles and Forest City Lovers) announce the release of 'Spectral Dusk’ on April 8 through Tin Angel Records. This is Bonetta’s second album, but his first under his new moniker.

Jonas Bonnetta returns with his sophomore album under new name ‘Evening Hymns’. The alternative folk pop record is beautifully crafted with soundscapes and field recordings. Appealing to fans of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Cheek Mountain Thief and The Wilderness Of Manitoba.

The follow-up album ‘Spectral Dusk’ serves as a chronicle to the tragedy of losing a loved one, a celebration of life and the ways we connect on basic human level - something that is explored through Bonnetta’s loss of his father.

Beginning in mono with gentle whirring electronics, Bonnetta transports the listener into his world with vocals similar to Bon Iver’s ‘Creature Fear’. ‘Arrows’ dramatically awakens the spirit through pounding somber percussion that’s complimented by piano and captures the notion of “singing hymns to call someone in”.

Family Tree’ explores the notion of severing ties with relatives and the restraints of traditional family structures that echoes Josh T Pearson’s ‘Country Dumb’. Inspired by a wild wintery night at a cabin, ‘Cabin In The Burn’ provides a lonesome disconsolate thread that achieves some of the darkest vulnerable moments of the record. Elsewhere ‘Asleep In The Pews’ opens with a gentle organ drone that resonates through the gentle guitar picking. The melancholic trumpet is adorned with uplifting strings that adds an orchestral quality.

Evening Hymns play the following upcoming dates in UK:

20.05.13 Coventry, Taylor John’s House
21.05.13 Glasgow, Pivo Pivo
22.05.13 Durham, Old Cinema
23.05.13 London, The Slaughtered Lamb