The Never
The Never
Chapel Hill, NC, US
Rock / Indie / Classical
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The Never have been based in the Triangle in one form or another for about 6 years. The band was born out of the joining of members of The b-sides and Vibrant Green. After a self titled release on Charlotte based Morisen Records, The Never joined the Trekky Records Family and released their mammoth multimedia project, Antarctica, which is not only a full length CD but a 50-page color storybook written and illustrated by guitarist Noah Smith. Both the book and the album follow the same story and can be enjoyed separately or together, as cues in the music tell the listener when to turn the page.
These guys are not just a band. They were already addressing the root problem at the center of Al Gore's “inconvenient truth” before his documentary movie and book were released this spring, touring on vegetable oil copped from charitable restaurants' throw-away bins. The waste product went to fuel their van, converted from diesel to vegetable oil, and helped them do their part in not contributing to the toxic pollution of the environment. The Tunnells spent most of their youth raised as Antarctica lead character Paul was – in seclusion and without modern amenities. They were home-schooled, bathed in barrels, had no indoor plumbing or electricity and it was this upbringing that fostered an appreciation for the nature that's either dwindling or taken for granted. These guys are about more than that even. They are about the ties that still bind us to the nascent formulations of how we interact with others and how we first started dealing with that voice inside our own heads. The voice in most of their songs comes from that in-between period in life where some things have been figured out, but most have not. Most everything is still up for grabs. There is much spry vigor and untested wisdom in many of the things that Smith sings on Antarctica—ideas and emotions that are still growing legs, stretching into their fingerprints. He and the band bridge a young energy with what can only be classified as hopefulness in a future that can be good if we'll just let it be...
sean moeller-daytrotter.com
The album was recorded at Osceola Studios in Raleigh, NC, and produced by Ian Schreier.
These guys are not just a band. They were already addressing the root problem at the center of Al Gore's “inconvenient truth” before his documentary movie and book were released this spring, touring on vegetable oil copped from charitable restaurants' throw-away bins. The waste product went to fuel their van, converted from diesel to vegetable oil, and helped them do their part in not contributing to the toxic pollution of the environment. The Tunnells spent most of their youth raised as Antarctica lead character Paul was – in seclusion and without modern amenities. They were home-schooled, bathed in barrels, had no indoor plumbing or electricity and it was this upbringing that fostered an appreciation for the nature that's either dwindling or taken for granted. These guys are about more than that even. They are about the ties that still bind us to the nascent formulations of how we interact with others and how we first started dealing with that voice inside our own heads. The voice in most of their songs comes from that in-between period in life where some things have been figured out, but most have not. Most everything is still up for grabs. There is much spry vigor and untested wisdom in many of the things that Smith sings on Antarctica—ideas and emotions that are still growing legs, stretching into their fingerprints. He and the band bridge a young energy with what can only be classified as hopefulness in a future that can be good if we'll just let it be...
sean moeller-daytrotter.com
The album was recorded at Osceola Studios in Raleigh, NC, and produced by Ian Schreier.
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