Mike's minimalistic use of the guitar is splendid. Also the rhythm section sounds more focused and fused in this one, with barely any instrument rising above the others. Glad to see him using the lower register of his voice more frequently in the album. I could very well regret this in the coming weeks, but what the hey - I'll just hit myself in the head in another post for being such an impressionable fool.Īs for the band, Brandon's singing is much more relaxed here, and in effect - less annoying. This is all quite premature really, so let me say that I'm reluctant about writing all these praises as I go about this review. That's what I got from my first listen, and if that's not why I listen to music in the first place, I don't know why I bother listening. And most importantly, I feel a sense of honesty emanating from the music. I was able to conjure up all sorts of vivid imagery in my head whilst listening to it. On the other, I'm confused about what exactly this band wants to be.
On the one hand, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the album. (Update: the album has since been released at this point)Īnyway, I'm kind of torn up with the new record. I imagine they would have done a couple more things in preparation for the release in July, perhaps a second single, the unveiling of the album cover, but this just screws everything up. If Not Now, When? is still set for a July 12th release, a mighty long-ass time away, which makes the album 3 months premature. Great news for rabid fans, but unfortunately sad, sad news for the band. Incubus continuestotourtoday.So the new album leaked. Incubus supportedtheirlatest albumwith the liveDVD LookAlive, which featured many songs off LightGrenades and other recent works.Theirlateststudio album, IfNot Now,When?, released in2011, softened down the soundof Incubus that many fans missed. In 2006,Incubusreleasedtheir 5th studio album LightGrenades,whichtook the band's sound to a differentapproach, yet again.
After doing their first world tour in2004,Incubusworked on various materialthroughout 2005. After a creative pause, they released A Crow Left OfTheMurder,whichsounded nothing likeanypreviousmaterialreleased. The 1999 album MakeYourselfmarked a kindof breakthrough fortheband, as they got more and morepopular(mostlybecause of the song Drive, which had a lotofairplay).Building off thesuccess oftheir previous album, Incubus released MorningView in2001, an album that wasmuch mellower thantheirprevious releases.At the end of 2003, Incubus announced that bassist Dirk Lance had been replaced by former Roots guitaristBenKenney,whichultimatelyledtothecreation of their new sound. After the release of S.C.I.E.N.C.E.,Incubus replacedDJLyfe with DJ Chris Kilmoredue tocreativedifferences. The album had a hard rock sound with major elements of funk andjazz,whichdevelopedfurtherwiththeir followingalbum S.C.I.E.N.C.E. They later added turntableist DJ Lyfe to the line-up after he saw them live and asked to join.After playing various shows at private and school parties and recording several demo tapes,Incubusreleasedtheirfirstalbum FungusAmongus in1995.
There are multiple artists with the name Incubus.Incubus was formed in southern California by high school friends Brandon Boyd (vocals), Michael Einziger (guitar), Jose Pasillas II (drums) and Alex "Dirk Lance" Katunich (bass). The album had a hard rock sound with major elements of funk andjazz,whichdevelopedfurtherwiththeir followingalbum S.C.I.E.N.C.
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