FINALLY FRIDAY: Touring Evermore

LOSING a camera to a thief in South America was just another unexpected experience for Evermore singer-guitarist Jon Hume as he travelled the world seeking musical inspiration.
Hume laughed as he recalled to the Independent how his brother and band mate Pete had the camera stolen from his hands after removing it from a cautious friend’s neck.
“Our friend was capturing our whole experience on film and always had the camera around his neck. Pete took it from him and then this guy on a bicycle rode past, put his hand out and snatched the camera.”
Hume said he could now see the funny side of the incident now but the boys were upset to lose some “incredible photos” of Buenos Aires that they were going to use to showcase on their latest album, Follow The Sun.
Hume described the album as having a “very optimistic outlook” capturing “different flavours” of cities the band visited while writing and recording.
“We wanted to get out of our comfort zone and find fresh experiences.
“The album had different flavours that we probably wouldn’t have had [in the songs] if we didn’t travel.”
But Hume admitted he didn’t need international inspiration for his “favourite track”, Hey My Love.
“I wrote it for my wife on ukulele, walking around the house,” he said cheerfully.
“It’s a cool little track and I’m pretty excited that we’re making a film clip for it at the moment.”
Hume revealed the film clip would include fans’ Instagram photos of things they loved if they wrote “#heymylove” in their photo’s caption.
“It’s going to be so cool. It really suits the song.”
Hume said the third member of Evermore, brother and drummer Dann, would be unavailable for the band’s gig at Geelong’s Yarra Hotel on 25 April because he was a “studio hermit”.
“I probably shouldn’t make that joke – he’s just really focused on musical production right now.”
But he promised Evermore’s live performance would remain close to their recordings.
“Obviously we have to change our songs a little bit to suit live performing but it’ll still be very us.”