LOS ANGELES, CA- Sometimes a single line is enough to keep you coming back. For me, that line was: “Love is all that you’ll ever need to keep your sadness evergreen.” An oxymoron? Absolutely. But also, painfully honest.
“Evergreen,” the newest single from Atlanta’s emo torchbearers The Funeral Portrait, was my first true introduction to the band—despite their steady ascent in rock circles and a #1 hit with “Holy Water” featuring Five Finger Death Punch’s Ivan Moody. Initially, the track landed with what felt like familiar emo fare: a bit theatrical, more polished than raw, and melodically safe. But the more I spun it, the more its jagged edges started to gleam.
That lyric—melancholy dressed up in floral metaphor—was my hook. It’s the kind of line that, once planted, lingers like smoke on fabric. And the band clearly knows how to weaponize emotion. “Evergreen” may not break genre molds melodically, but it pulls emotional punches with precision, especially in the bridge where singer Lee Jennings confesses:
“I know, I know / The world is sick of it I know, I know / I fucked it up again I wouldn’t wish loving me on any of my enemies.”
That moment cracks the song wide open. It’s raw and unsparing—emo at its most unfiltered—and from there the song barrels into a volatile second bridge and final chorus that finally let the instrumentation match the emotional stakes.
Pulled from their deluxe 24-track release Greetings From Suffocate City – From Beyond the Abyss, the single shows a band unafraid to wear its black heart on its sleeve. The Funeral Portrait isn’t reinventing the genre—they’re leaning into it. And when the lyrics hit this hard, maybe that’s enough.
For those looking to feel something sharp and real beneath the surface gloss, “Evergreen” might just plant the seed. Follow The Funeral Portrait on Facebook, Instagram and X.
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