After the death of Go-Betweens writing partner Grant McLennan in May '06, Robert Forster picked himself up, dusted himself off, and released his first solo album in 11 years. Three of the album's 10 tracks were co-written with McLennan, and the Go-Betweens rhythm section backs Forster on it, but while there's a Go-Betweensian air, The Evangelist is definitely a new chapter. The first song out of the gate is "Pandanus." A pandanus is a shrub/small tree native to Forster's native Australia. We're guessing it stands for other things, too.

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