For too long, it had been depressingly easy to categorise Evan Dando as a great talent squandered. 2025, though, brought a sober reckoning with his past in the shape of a meaty memoir, plus his first album of new songs in 19 years. Extremely good songs, too, recorded in São Paulo, that mixed the old scrappy joie de vivre with hard-won wisdom. Among the guests – Juliana Hatfield, J Mascis and key songwriting foil Tom Morgan, as you’d hope.
‘Fear of Living’, a reflective upbeat slice of perfect pop with a grittier Evan at the helm and a riff that’s plucked from the very heart of rock ‘n’ roll.
Playing all the instruments on the recording, the new single was recorded and produced by Apollo Nove at A9 Audio in São Paulo, Brazil. Evan is also currently working on the first Lemonheads songs since 2006. ‘Fear Of Living’ was written by the late Dan Lardner of QTY and Evan Dando. Dan was a close friend of Evan’s who passed in June of 2023. “I met with Dan in 2022, he sent me ‘Fear Of Living’, I added some riffs and things, and he said he liked it. I shall miss you, Dear Prince, ever the most dignified person in the room.”
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