The Eversons - Could It Ever Get Better?
The Eversons debut album out now, ‘Summer Feeling’
We’re super excited to announce that our album is called Summer Feeling and it’s out on Lil Chief records on surf green vinyl, CD and digital download. Stream the album below.
Here’s the first video single, ‘Could It Ever Get Better?’. It features us as felt characters, both young and old. Thanks Trophy Wife Productions for an awesome video!
THE EVERSONS VOTE FOR ACT!
As election day in New Zealand draws near, those more politically minded of us are updating their facebook statuses and twitter feeds with sincere and educated political opinions. While much of the genius online rhetoric we see tends to hinge around the National vs Labour debate (“John Key sux guys vote Labour if u dont ur right wing cos he cant even shake hands did u see that youtube clip lmfao lol” etc) one party that seems to have been lost in the online shitstorm is the ACT party.
The Eversons are taking their online political mission to a new level by releasing new single “Vote For ACT” as a free download in the lead up to this months elections.
CLICK HERE for your free download!
If you are unsure about the principals that ground the mission of the ACT party please find below some key points I have taken directly from the ACT website ( http://www.act.org.nz/ )
The principal object of the ACT Party is to promote an open, progressive and benevolent society in which individual New Zealanders are free to achieve their full potential and smoke 420.
According to our constitution, the ACT Party shall promote, develop and pursue policies and proposals which:
encourage individual choice and responsibility and the pursuit of excellence in all fields of human endeavour and smoking 420;
enhance living standards for all New Zealanders through sustainable economic growth and international competitiveness and smoking 420;
enhance choice and diversity, and raise standards of achievement in education and smoking 420;
ensure that all New Zealanders have access to quality health care and have security in retirement and smoking 420;
maintain social and economic support for those unable to help themselves and who are in genuine need of assistance in smoking 420;
provide for the nation’s security and the protection of individual lives and property and smoking 420;
explore and implement practical and innovative ways to protect the natural environment and smoking 420;
maintain sound economic management, including (but not limited to) a balanced government budget, price stability and a free and open market economy for smoking 420; and
limit the involvement of central and local government to those areas where collective action is a practical necessity for smoking 420.
Even if you are not a supporter of the ACT party The Eversons encourage you to have an open mind and to do your research on all political parties involved in the New Zealand Election - for unlike the US Elections things in New Zealand are not as black and white as they seem.
Speaking of the US Elections, I may as well take this opportunity to post a recent campaign video for US Republican Candidate Herman Cain who has used tobacco smoking as a marketing tool to increase his appeal amongst young republicans and working class americans.
CHRIS Young didn’t vote in the last election. This time, however, he’s encouraging young voters to have a say – he’s supporting the campaign to keep the MMP electoral system at a pro-MMP gig called The More More Party.
Young, a politics student and the guitarist in Wellington band The Eversons, has performed political songs before, such as “I’m a Conservative,” a track that’s been made “to mock the loopy Lefties”.
Funnily enough, Young’s band may just fall into that Lefties category that musos and students so often frequent. They’re young, successful and are now taking a political stance with a line up of local talent getting down to the beat of proportional representation.
In a country like New Zealand, it’s too easy to be apathetic, says Young, because, “We’ve got it pretty good.”
Young, who says he’s involved because he’s “interested in how the world works,” says this time around he’s not going to be apathetic. He’s likely to vote Greens and band mate Mark Turner agrees, “Everyone in the band is pretty left-wing and will probably vote Green. Neither of the major parties interests us. We’re on board to support the option that gives representation for the smaller parties.”
Chris Young believes young voters need to inform themselves before they act.
“Most people vote for John Key because they reckon he’s a good guy. They don’t think, ‘How is his policy going to affect my country, myself?’”
The simplicity of one vote is an advantage of First-past-the-post, but we need MMP to provide checks and balances, says Young. As a 22 year old, he doesn’t remember a time without MMP, which came into effect in 1993, though he has lived here and in the UK.
“They have First-past-the-post over there. At the moment there’s a weird coalition that’s not really working for anyone,” he says.
People need to know what they’re voting for and how they’re voting, says Young, one reason The Eversons are lending their support to raise awareness about the options for the country’s electoral system. Students are getting more politicised, though they’ve always been at the forefront of political activity, Young says, “My politics classes are definitely very full. I know a lot of people who are always posting political comments on Facebook. That’s representative of our generation.”
The referendum is on November 26, alongside the election.
Chris Young has a final word of advice to anyone who’s heard the Eversons’ election song Vote for Act. Don’t.
The More More Party, Bodega, October 21, 8pm.
