Behind the Songs: Evergreen

A selection of quotes from The Psychedelic Furs on the song "Evergreen".

Paul Garisto: "Stoked that this track is now out there. I wrote the music in my basement...grateful it didn't fade away there. I hope you enjoy it!" (Facebook 2021)

Richard Butler: "'Evergreen' is something that we did while we were putting together Made Of Rain. It's a song about memory and the passing of time." (Official press statement, 2021)

Tim Butler: "[COVID] has us thinking of our mortality. It doesn’t have any favorites as far as who it affects or who it kills. It's a very scary time. Richard wrote the lyrics [for 'Evergreen'] before COVID came along. So he was probably thinking about that 'everyday' mortality. But it still all fits nicely with the mood of society at the moment." (PopMatters 2021)

Tim Butler (on why "Evergreen" didn't make it on to Made Of Rain): "We had other songs that we recorded the basics of. I think we recorded 14 songs, and at the end of it, you decide which 12 were going to go on the album. Not to say it's not a good song. We just preferred the 12 we picked – no real reason why it was cast off. At the time, we decided on the 12 that are on the album. We always figured we would put ['Evergreen'] out at some other time or maybe on the next album or whatever." (PopMatters 2021)

Tim Butler: "['Evergreen'] keeps the album [Made Of Rain] and band in people's minds. To bring the fact that there is a new album out there and bring it to the front again. It has been a year since it came out and in this world of social media people's attention spans are not great so it reminds everyone there is a new album out." (Spill Magazine 2021)

Photo: Matthew Reeves