Incubus - Light Grenades (Snys)
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Artist: IncubusEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2006-11-28
Music Label: Epic
Product features:
- INCUBUS LIGHT GRENADES
- Quicksand
- A Kiss To Send Us Off
- Dig
- Anna Molly
- Love Hurts
- Light Grenades
- Earth To Bella (Part 1)
- Oil And Water
- Diamonds And Coal
- Rogues
- Paper Shoes
- Pendulous Threads
- Earth To Bella (Part 2)
Music reviews of Light Grenades (Snys)
Music Review: Best album since S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
Rating: 4 Stars
I'll begin with stating where I stand as an Incubus fan:
- Fungus Amongus was a very young but still very talented and impressive album. I'm a fan of Incubus' funk side. I don't care if most of the songs are about smoking weed and aliens. They were 17 or so. Considering that, it's amazing.
- S.C.I.E.N.C.E. was their best CD in every way shape and form. Explosive, funky, heavy, beautiful, talented, progressive, and a whole slew of other complimentary adjectives. Just get it if you haven't already.
Then along comes their transition. Their Make Yourself album begins what I consider to be a 3-album long transition from S.C.I.E.N.C.E. to Light Grenades. Instead of sticking with their common heavy funk, they started to grow into something a bit more pop. That's not horrible always. It can be done right. But the transition wasn't always easy to stomach and left me longing for the early days. Until now.
Before I get to the "now", let's talk about the growing pains of this 3-album long transition. In this period, Incubus schizophrenicly switches from trying to be a funk-metal band, to trying to be a jam-band, to trying to be Red Hot Chili Peppers, but spends the disappointig majority of their time trying to make radio hits. Some songs embody this kind of painful experimentation. "Miss You" on Make Yourself was a growing pain. On Morning View, "Wish You Were Here" was what I'd call a growing pain, as were songs like "Priceless" on A Crow Left of the Murder. They're either awkward or sickeningly blatant calls to the radio station. "Hey, would you guys play this junk? Hey thanks for the check. See you in 2 years with our next single."
These 3 transition albums have also yeilded utterly amazing songs though. Namely: "Pardon Me", "Stellar", "Warning", "Echo", "Aqueaus Transmission", and on the A Crow Left of the Murder album, some really brilliant work with the self-titled track, and the 3 masterpieces right in a row "Talk Shows On Mute", "Beware! Criminal", and "Sick Sad Little World".
Unlike some of the other reviewers on Amazon, I actually really liked A Crow Left of the Murder. That album was the last of what I consider their transition albums and came really close to making a full transition into something new and mature. No longer were we given FANTASTIC funk metal (probably the best you'll ever hear in that bastardized genre), but that's okay, as long as what you present us next will be good as well. And it took them almost 10 years, but we got that next good thing: Light Grenades.
I preordered Light Grenades and have listened to it about 15 times or so now. I must say that I am thouroughly impressed. As I've alluded to, Incubus seemed to have been trying to achieve something unique every time they came out with a new album. It was never quite successful until now.
How is it unique? I'll use what little knowledge of music I have to try and explain.
Overall, the album has an utterly striking mood. It's the biggest aspect of the record and the hardest to explain. The whole album has almost a feeling of urgency and grandeur. I'm not sure if it's the progressions, melodies, or particular note sets they're using, but something's up. Something's special about the mood. Since I could go on for paragraphs trying to explain it, suffice it to say you need to hear it to know what I'm talking about.
Musically, we're seeing a better balance between a more Prog Rock sound and Pop Rock. Their 3 transition albums we're an awkward balance between Prog and Pop. This album allows the two ways of approaching music to compliment each other. The songs are complex enough to hold a musician's attention yet effective and very, very catchy. They achieve exceptional musicianship no matter how you look at it.
As for lyrical content, Brandon's always a genius at how he words things, but we're not given much more than 10 or so different takes on love and relationships. There ARE a few songs on the album I precieve to be about society and deeper things, but it's a whole lot about love. That's fine too, I suppose. It takes a very ecclectic stance on love, at least. Gone are the days when we get a song about pot, though. Perhaps a good thing.
Song-to-song analysis:
1. Quicksand - Welcome to Light Grenades. Buckle your seatbelts because this song introduces you to this vivid worldly atomsphere that nearly every song will possess. It is the BEST "intro song" I've ever heard. It is ONLY an intro song, though. Thus not worth a perfect 10. - 9/10
2. A Kiss to Send us Off - Don't mind the name, this song rocks! We start off with some use of strings that were left over from "Quicksand" that slip ever so perfectly into one very jamming song. It's a powerful tune that kind of introduces you to the "urgency" I sense throughout the whole CD. Listen to what the guitars are doing, especially during the verses. It's intense, it's anxious, and it plays into their mood. - 10/10
3. Dig - A bit less intense, a bit ballady, but has a very pretty melody. The song is kind of cute, actually. He writes in the lyrics that when his ego grows, the person who has to deal with him should sing this song to him. "We all have a weakness" but who he's singing to will "act as a clever medicine" to reveal the "better part of (him)". The music is pretty and the lyrics make me smile. - 8/10
4. Anna Molly - This song was a very good idea to have it as their first single. It's what got me to preorder it. I sensed there was something special going on and my senses were correct. The sense of urgency continues as we focus on Brandon's obsession with some woman he can only see in his mind's eye. What an anomaly! Yes, that was the play on words. - 9/10
5. Love Hurts - Okay. So this CD isn't perfect. This song is why. The title says it all. It's pretty enough, I suppose. But it's a ballad, through and through. - 5/10
6. Light Grenades - WOW! Incubus certainly is back! The interesting thing about this CD is they sound like they've always sounded, they seem to simply utilize the different aspects of themselves and assemble them more coherently. This song utilizes some of the explosive talent we remember from "S.C.I.E.N.C.E." which was my personal favorite Incubus album. It's a fast, clever, and lively song. One of the best on the CD. - 10/10
7. Earth To Bella Pt.1 - These songs aren't bad. They continue with the mood on the CD, but the meaning of these songs gets lost on me. They're beautiful songs, utilizing what sounds like an accordion, and a neat progression on the acoustic guitar. It's got loud and booming parts too. An interesting song, but not the best. - 6/10
8. Oil and Water - Even though the 'Bellas is the only 2-parter song on this CD I think Oil and Water & Dimonds and Coal are 2 parts to the same song. This song takes a bit of a pessimist view on a relationship and the next takes an optimist view. This song comes out better than Diamonds and Coal because it feels so big. It feels like such a big production, especially with whatever piano-like instrument they're using. Very cool. Catchy, too. - 8/10
9. Diamonds and Coal - Kind of a corny song, but fun too. It's the optimistic version of "Oil and Water". This is a guilty pleasure. - 7/10
10. Rogues - An energetic and hopeful song about revolution and transformation to something better. This song is 'Progressive' in more than one way if you know what I mean. It means a lot to me. Brandon provides the powerful vocals on this song but the band as a whole is almost more important than he is. Kilmore, Einziger, and Pasillas especially. The timing is extremely important. - 10/10
11. Paper Shoes - A very sophisticated melody and I'm not sure but I think Brandon contributes some procussion. Boy, is this song interesting! Listen to the weird reverb on the drums, the use of piano, the almost dream-like mood of the song. Very nice. - 8/10
12. Pendulous Thread - The album probably should have ended here. This song is such a high note that it sends chills up and down my spine. With an anticipatory build-up of cacophony, this song explodes into harmony. Again, as this whole CD displays, there is a sense of urgency. This song has it more than any other song. The bass line is really funky. There's a maddening guitar solo. Kilmore seems to be trying to get us to go insane. This IS the climax of this album. Amazing, stuff. - 10/10
13. Earth to Bella Pt. 2 - As song 12 fades out, this one fades in. I guess it's a pretty punctuation mark, but it is really in no position to be following up "Pendulous Thread". There's some interesting stuff going on the 2nd time around, though. We get an organ instead of acordion and prettier vocalization by Brandon. I suppose this is the better half of the song but it's "meh" compared to "Pendulous Thread". - 6/10
All in all, this is the new Incubus. They've worked hard at showing us they can successfully transform their band, and I think their work paid off. The only reason this CD isn't a "5" is because S.C.I.E.N.C.E. is one of the best CD's ever made. It will be impossible to ever touch that album. But honestly, after hearing this album, I'm glad Incubus didn't quit while they were ahead. Were I in the band, and had I just made S.C.I.E.N.C.E., I might want to cut my losses and get a real job or something. But ultimately, I'm glad Incubus chose not to.
Description of Light Grenades (Snys)
Japanese pressing of the 2006 release from this Alterna-Rock band featuring two additional bonus tracks TBA. 'Light Grenades is a very new perspective for incubus. We spent more time crafting, and sculpting these songs than we have historically' Brand Boyd. Multi-platinum alternative rockers Incubus release Light Grenades their sixth studio album. The highly anticipated new album - which was produced by renowned producer Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam, Bob Dylan, Korn) - is a mix of hard rocking songs and sublime ballads recorded over the last year in both Los Angeles and Atlanta. This is Incubus' first new music since A Crow Left of the Murder which spawned the hit "Megalomaniac." Sony.A rare case in which a band actually gets better with time, this California hard rock quintet seems to have finally grown into its skin on its fifth album. Casting off the dated slap-bass funk and pointless nu-metal angst of its early years (well, mostly), Light Grenades is not only a worthwhile follow-up to 2003's A Crow Left of the Murder--the expansive disc many fans consider Incubus's best--but shows improvements all around. Singer Brandon Boyd has learned to temper the words he plucks out of the thesaurus with genuine heartbreak, while the rest of the group proves it can do a lot more than offer up nonstop grooves. --Aidin Vaziri
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