Johannesburg, South Africa based multi-instrumentalist Evert Snyman (Ruff Majik, Pollinator, Swandy, Mad God, Bombaby) and his band The Aviary release their first single “Thinking Too Hard” taken from the upcoming album “Pruning In The Dark” due out on April 1, 2022 via Mongrel Records. Stream the single through the YouTube player below:
Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Evert Snyman has launched and collaborated on various projects over the years, cementing himself as a versatile multi-instrumentalist. Snyman is best recognised as the guitarist and vocalist of Alternative Rock band Pollinator but has been involved in various bands over the years such as synth rockers Swandy, Doom-Metallerās Mad God and Experimental Alternative Noise-Rock project Bombaby. After handling production on a couple of their previous albums, Snyman temporarily joined Stoner-Rock collective Ruff Majik as second guitarist and vocalist as well as co-producing the bands acclaimed 2020 album “The Devils Cattle.”
Evert explains the evolution of the song: āI had organised the session with Jacques Moolman who Iāve been wanting to collaborate with for years. I didnāt even know what we were going to record (or that it would be on the new album).ā
The lyrics and half the music were written by Evert two days before the session. On the day he presented what he had to the rest of the band who finished writing and arranging it in less than an hour.
āChris wrote the Latin ish bit in the middle right before the heavy piece that Jacques came up. This song is a lot more representative of what we sound like live and itās probably one of my favourites on the new album. I also love the fact that we tracked the basic track live in studio without a click and that the song only has one chorus. Itās the first song to feature every single member of my band The Aviary. With Andi Cappoās thunderous Bass complimenting Timās insane drumming as well as Stiaan Du Preezās tasteful lead guitar which stands out on the mellower Piano part in the middle. Engineering on the day was my friend Kyle Leist. Who did a fantastic job capturing the performance. Iām very lucky to have the opportunity to collaborate with such talented musicians.ā
Lineup:
Evert Snyman / Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Mixing and Mastering
Tim Edwards / Drums and Piano
Stiaan Du Preez / Guitar
Andi Cappo / Bass
Jacques Moolman / Guitar
Christian Van Renen / Piano
Kyle Leist / Recording Engineer
Purchase and Stream “Thinking Too Hard” here: orcd.co/thinkingtoohard
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