The Eversons - Creepy
The Eversons - Hyacinth Girl

File this under “Bands I Should Have Written About In 2011 If I Weren’t Such A Lazy Butt-Face”. The Eversons are a lovely foursome based in Wellington equipped with guitars and a healthy dose of humor. Their debut EP—which is available for free or a million dollars depending on how much you like it—came out back in April, when I was too busy working on this to hoot and shout about it.

The Eversons can best be described as what you’d get if Pavement went to a beach party like this, and made out with an anthropomorphic embodiment of 1960s girl-group melodies. They’re unapologetically silly with a sprinkling of darkness, and their songs often employ a call-and-response pattern between the lead singer and his bandmates. I find this especially charming.

The latter method was utilized best on the EP’s final track “Creepy”, in which we find our narrator sharing his intense love for a special woman in his life. Though his desperate pleas for romance initially sound innocent and sweet, his friends insist that he’s acting, well, kind of creepy.

It all comes to a head with the following declaration: “Girl, I wouldn’t fancy life without you by side. I think I’d stab myself with a pencil” To which the chorus of bro-dudes responds: “My God! Did you hear what he just said? Don’t let him near your bed. He must have been abused as a child.” This begs the question, is he actually creepy or just unapologetically “crazy about her”? You be the judge.

FUN FACT: The Eversons’ lineup includes Mark Turner of electro-pop duo Little Pictures. They’re pretty much It’s The Money Shot royalty.