Review: I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE by Evelyn Gray
The day you are reading this Evelyn Gray's second full-length, "I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE" has been released. This follows 2022's how to be alone EP, which, had a slightly longer run time than this new release but didn't quite show the variety of Evelyn as an artist. Between the two singles from FIGHTING we already have started to see the evolution of her as a songwriter and vocalist so I was excited to dig into the entire project to see just how far she had come. We already covered “AIR” the first single, but it should be reiterated how much this track does with such little material. With just vocals and some percussion, “AIR” is one of the heaviest songs I’ve heard this year. It's also just very forthcoming to write a song about the fantasy of your own death in contrast and combat with it taking form. The following single “HIDING” was telling of what the entire first side of the album was going for. While “AIR” establishes the tortured subject matte...