Formed in the autumn of 2001,
the Evens --
Ian MacKaye (
Minor Threat,
Embrace,
Fugazi) on baritone guitar and vocals and
Amy Farina of
the Warmers on drums and vocals -- released their self-titled debut on Dischord in the spring of 2005. With a more laid-back sound than
MacKaye's earlier work (outside of some tracks on
Fugazi's 1999
Instrument soundtrack) and a somewhat less angular approach than
the Warmers,
the Evens honed their hard-to-nail-down atmospheric folk-esque sound through extensive touring. In 2004, they contributed a song ("On the Face of It") to the Protest Records website, and their song "Vowel Movement" was featured on the Washington, D.C., kids show Pancake Mountain. The band planned to spend the better part of 2005 touring the U.S. ~ Chris True, All Music Guide