EvWorld May 2014 | Page 8

New Solo Album For Amy Lee?

Based on the interview on the previous page, many fans have began to wonder, "Does this mean a new solo record for Amy?" It's very possible, but let's keep in mind that Amy is about to become a mother so there's probably not going to be one any time soon. Lee has mentioned in the past that a solo record is highly possible sometime in the future, but she doesn't know when. Lee also said that she has lots of extra and unreleased "solo-stuff" that she doesn't want to go to waste, also giving a hint about a solo record. The extra music is mostly songs that didn't make it onto an album or just stuff that Lee wrote for no real purpose. However, some of those unreleased tracks have been leaked onto the internet. For example, "If You Don't Mind", a song that didn't make it onto The Open Door, got leaked onto the internet by a fan's YouTube video- A lyric video to the studio version of "If You Don't Mind". Evanescence guitarist, Terry Balsamo, who helped to write the song, only found out months ago. He tweeted "I didn't know "If you don't mind" leaked", on March 30. Back to the topic, Amy said in an interview that "I love folk, that's a big part of my background. I've written music that's a lot simpler and more acoustic and I got into a moment where I'm obsessed with dance music, things like Massive Attack and Portishead. I'd like to do something that's not driven by loud guitars, I love the aggression they bring, but I'd like to try something out." She clearly wants to try something different considering she loves all kinds of music and is always willing to try something new. She also mentioned "I'd like to do something not driven by loud guitars". Based on the new music we've heard so far, we can easily tell its very diiferent from Evanescence, and more "solo".