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P. R. Brown

Even when her band’s sound was driven by the Gothic roar of crunching guitars back in Evanescence’s mid-2000s heyday, Amy Lee’s soaring, operatic vocals always seemed like they ought to be backed by a full orchestra. And now they are: On the band’s latest, Synthesis, they’ve re-arranged songs from the band’s catalogue to be performed with a 28-person orchestra — everything from “Lithium” and “Secret Door” to the meme-a-licious “Bring Me to Life” — revealing new depths to Lee’s songwriting. No mosh pit this time, but if you want to bang (okay, nod) your head a little from your seat, we won’t judge.

press release: This is a fully reserved performance. Doors open at 7 pm and show begins at 8 pm. $360-$40.50.

EVANESCENCE have released the new video “Imperfection." Shot on location in Los Angeles last month with director P.R. Brown, the song is the first single off the group’s fourth and most ambitious album to date, SYNTHESIS, set for release November 10. The album is a reimagining of some of EVANESCENCE’s best-loved songs-as well as a couple of new ones--recorded with a full orchestra and electronics combined with the band and AMY LEE’s virtuoso piano and voice.

AMY LEE describes the concept of the video for “Imperfection,” “This collaboration with P.R. Brown has just gotten better and more crucial as we’ve gone along. It started out with the ‘SYNTHESIS’ artwork, I told him how I saw the music, as this co-existence of synthetic and organic, the contrast and the blend of two very different elements. He interpreted that visually into mixing media, hand painting on photographs, putting every shot into its own unique universe. The idea for the ‘Imperfection’ video was about bringing that art to life, and capturing the emotion of the lyrics. Our amazing young actress, Rogue Parker, plays the role of me as a girl, my inner-self. The video is meant to give visual to feeling, an internal picture of processing loss, and life, speaking from an adult’s perspective to my past self.”