Mostly moving at the pace of a wistful autumn stroll, Evergreen does run the risk of sounding a little one-note, but the variations in its sound, while subtle, are still present enough. There’s a dreamy touch to the slightly shoegazey Thinking Of You and later the initially staccato Anchor sees her past experimental tendencies resurface in a mélange of chunky percussion and the distant scratch of a violin, even though slightly too much tries to occur at once. The title-track arrives in time to devastatingly return us to the nexus of where this record emerged – 'She cannot fade, she is so evergreen,' Sophia resolves.
She was never out to prove anything, but aside from being a beautiful mediation on grief as an idea of love with nowhere left to go, Evergreen is a reminder of what an effective, emotive songwriter she can be.
Verdict: 4/5
For fans of: Beebadoobee, Phoebe Bridgers, Momma
Evergreen is released on October 25 via Loma Vista