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Evergreen
Evergreen
Studio album by Pvris
Released	July 14, 2023
Genre	Electropop
Length	32:00
Label	Hopeless
Producer	Daniel Armbruster; JT Daly; Lyndsey Gunnulfsen; Carrie Karpinen; Mike Shinoda; Y2K;
Pvris chronology
Singles from Evergreen
	"Animal" / "Anywhere but Here"; Released: October 20, 2022; "Goddess"; Released: January 26, 2023; "Good Enemy"; Released: March 30, 2023; "Love Is a..."; Released: May 18, 2023; "Evergreen"; Released: June 22, 2023;

Evergreen is the fourth studio album by American rock band Pvris, released on July 14, 2023, through Hopeless Records. It was preceded by the release of five singles,^[7] the first of which was a double A-side of "Animal" and "Anywhere but Here",^[2] followed by "Goddess",^[3] "Good Enemy",^[4] "Love Is a..."^[5] and "Evergreen".^[6]

Background

Lynn Gunn described the album as "a reclamation of control in our post-pandemic culture, posing a complex discussion on fame, technology, spectacle, and female autonomy", also elaborating that it is "not [her] job to cater to certain trends or people's nostalgia" and she has to "always embrace the risks of change and trust that each stage of [her] music's life will resonate with whoever it's meant to".^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100^[8]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[9]
DIY	^[10]
Kerrang!	4/5^[11]
The Line of Best Fit	9/10^[12]
Louder	^[1]
Sputnikmusic	2.3/5^[7]

Evergreen received a score of 80 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on six critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[8] AllMusic's Neil Z. Yeung felt that Lyndsey Gunnulfsen's "evolution continues, building upon the promise of 2020's Use Me while laser-focusing her attack with equal parts melody and sheer force", as an "ineffably angst-packed energy surges through the front half of this set".^[9] Reviewing the album for Kerrang!, Aliya Chaudhry wrote that Gunnulfsen "pushes the idea of what Pvris can be even more, delving further into her hip-hop and R&B influences, culminating in an eclectic and electrifying collection of songs, and what is Pvris' most evolved offering to date".^[11]

DIY's Emma Wilkes noted that Evergreen "generally favours chunkier, harder sounds over intricacy, particularly where its maximalist-leaning production is concerned, to the extent that it feels like a thick, silvery fog hangs over most of its songs".^[10] Caitlin Chatterton of The Line of Best Fit opined that the album "settl[es] Gunnulfsen in the gap between her alt-rock influences and glitterball tendencies", describing it as "a testament to Gunnulfsen's growth" as well as "quietly confident".^[12]

Ghost Cult's Morgan Y. Evans called Evergreen,"...a very ambitious album and frankly by far the most thematically well-rounded and best effort from Pvris yet. Lyndsey Gerd Gunnulfsen has seamlessly planted a flag on the moon here, showing it was her that made this project special all along. Not only a queer champion, Gunnulfsen is a top-notch creator and performer who can back it up with grade-A material with startling philosophical depth amidst the beats and hooks."

Vicky Greer of Louder ^[13] that "when Evergreen is at its best, it bursts with life, but after such a promising beginning, you can't help but feel short-changed" following "its disappointing second half".^[1] Jesper L. of Sputnikmusic stated that "the bulk of Evergreen does little more than yeeting a distorted riff at you, copy-pasting vocal melodies on top and subsequently repeating a few lines by way of a chorus" and concluded, "none of the songs here are particularly memorable or uh, good".^[7]

Track listing

*Evergreen* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Don't Wanna Do This Anymore"	Lyndsey Gunnulfsen Y2K	Gunnulfsen Y2K Carrie Karpinen	3:31
2.	"Good Enemy"	Gunnulfsen Matias Mora Sean Van Vleet	Mora Gunnulfsen^[a] Cary Singer^[a] Karpinen^[a]	2:10
3.	"Goddess"	Gunnulfsen JT Daly Van Vleet	Daly	2:32
4.	"Animal"	Gunnulfsen Daly Kristine Flaherty	Daly	2:51
5.	"Hype Zombies"	Gunnulfsen	Gunnulfsen Karpinen	2:13
6.	"Take My Nirvana"	Gunnulfsen Mike Shinoda	Shinoda	2:47
7.	"Senti-Mental"	Gunnulfsen Daniel Armbruster	Armbruster Gunnulfsen^[a]	2:51
8.	"Anywhere but Here"	Gunnulfsen Daly	Daly	3:46
9.	"Headlights"	Gunnulfsen Y2K	Gunnulfsen Y2K Karpinen^[a]	2:58
10.	"Love Is a..."	Gunnulfsen Daly Van Vleet	Daly	3:41
11.	"Evergreen"	Gunnulfsen	Gunnulfsen Karpinen	3:13
Total length:				32:00

Note

^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer.

Personnel

Lyndsey Gunnulfsen – vocals (all tracks), recording (tracks 1, 5, 9, 11), additional programming (6), creative direction
Joe LaPorta – mastering
Alex Ghenea – mixing (1, 2, 5–7, 9, 10)
JT Daly – mixing, recording (3, 4, 8, 10)
Y2K – recording (1, 9)
Carrie Karpinen – recording (1, 5, 11), additional tracking (9)
Matias Mora – recording (2)
Mike Shinoda – recording (6)
Daniel Armbruster – recording (7)
Vessed – creative direction, design
Matty Vogel – photography

Charts

Chart performance for *Evergreen*
Chart (2023)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[14]	4
UK Albums (OCC)^[15]	25
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[16]	3
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)^[17]	1
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)^[18]	29
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard)^[19]	21