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Now, I know, for an incubus fan, I'm a little late in saying this, 6-weeks after it's release; but, their latest album, A Crow Left of The Murder, is now in my possesion, at very long last. Although I wasn't particularly looking-forward to its release seeing the way in which the 13-year-old "funk-rockers" are now heading, compared with all the other real crap that floats around on the shelves these days, this will probably be my most-anticipated release of 2004 still, come the end of the year.
I can still remember the first time I heard Megalomaniac (the first, and currently only single from this CD)... I remember asking myself: 'Is that really incubus?!' 'Or is it just Placebo or someone...' Then, I saw the video and though: 'They look "angry"...' 'It looks very [I]Rage Against The Machine[/I]'.
However, it did grow on me, in-time. No matter how many times you can actually "step-down", or how much of Brandon Boyd's vocal-talents remain that haven't been milked; now, I really like this song.
But, I guess that it is just incubus, after all. I mean, there was always a reason I wanted this new album, long-before its release - and it wasn't Morning View (and no, I'm not American or a female!).
Megalomaniac is - and always will be - the one-song on this CD that stands-out from the rest. Although it may be pretty "cheap" in its own respects, for some reason, I don't see another track on this album that is quite anything like it. Perhaps it is because I already 'know' it. Maybe things will change over time... Or, is it really the only song of the 14 that actually has something to it...?
That's not to say I 'don't like' any-one of the other tracks, however. Agoraphobia is my main favourite out of all the others, and then there's Sick Sad Little World, Pistola and maybe one-or-two others... - but, that is about it, really.
Compared with Morning View, there isn't really all-that-much here. Aside from the singles, there's no Circles, 11am, Just a Phase or even Mexico to give this CD quite what it needs to tell me other than that incubus are, sadly, headed in the wrong direction, while still so young.
I was never expecting another Fungus Amongus or even a Make Yourself, but I still feel dissapointed and rather 'let down' to see such a talented and unique band such as theirs get caught-up in it all after only a handful of albums, when, really, they aren't even all that big (over here; outside of the US, anyway). For whatever reasons (the band-member changes, perhaps?); it doesn't really matter.
Perhaps it's just the way things go with all bands these days? As long as you have a name, no matter how big it might not yet be, you're gonna get sucked-into it all whether you like it or not.
Maybe they are beginning to "sell-out" like so-many others so they can fund their new `Make Yourself Foundation´ thing? At least that'd help me feel a little more at ease, seeing as this is all about "giving back" to the world and their fans (as cheap as it may be...).
Now, I'm not trying to say A Crow Left of Murder is a complete and utter load of cack or anything; it's just that I'm dissapointed. I mean, the band can hardly have changed, themselves - even in this CD, as over-used as can be, the talents and strengths that made themselves is all still there, you can see. I mean, to me, Sick Sad Little World has an intro. that simply wipes-the-floor with any new release I've heard during the past 2 years alone! They just seemed to have lost their New Skin and Drive...
I quite like Hoobastank's The Reason, however - and it still amazes me how much that Doug really does sound identical to Brandon Boyd...
Also, from what I've seen elsewhere on the 'net, many [Americans...] seem to believe President George "Dubya" Buch is the `Megalomaniac´ to which Boyd is referring.... What do you think?
I can still remember the first time I heard Megalomaniac (the first, and currently only single from this CD)... I remember asking myself: 'Is that really incubus?!' 'Or is it just Placebo or someone...' Then, I saw the video and though: 'They look "angry"...' 'It looks very [I]Rage Against The Machine[/I]'.
However, it did grow on me, in-time. No matter how many times you can actually "step-down", or how much of Brandon Boyd's vocal-talents remain that haven't been milked; now, I really like this song.
But, I guess that it is just incubus, after all. I mean, there was always a reason I wanted this new album, long-before its release - and it wasn't Morning View (and no, I'm not American or a female!).
Megalomaniac is - and always will be - the one-song on this CD that stands-out from the rest. Although it may be pretty "cheap" in its own respects, for some reason, I don't see another track on this album that is quite anything like it. Perhaps it is because I already 'know' it. Maybe things will change over time... Or, is it really the only song of the 14 that actually has something to it...?
That's not to say I 'don't like' any-one of the other tracks, however. Agoraphobia is my main favourite out of all the others, and then there's Sick Sad Little World, Pistola and maybe one-or-two others... - but, that is about it, really.
Compared with Morning View, there isn't really all-that-much here. Aside from the singles, there's no Circles, 11am, Just a Phase or even Mexico to give this CD quite what it needs to tell me other than that incubus are, sadly, headed in the wrong direction, while still so young.
I was never expecting another Fungus Amongus or even a Make Yourself, but I still feel dissapointed and rather 'let down' to see such a talented and unique band such as theirs get caught-up in it all after only a handful of albums, when, really, they aren't even all that big (over here; outside of the US, anyway). For whatever reasons (the band-member changes, perhaps?); it doesn't really matter.
Perhaps it's just the way things go with all bands these days? As long as you have a name, no matter how big it might not yet be, you're gonna get sucked-into it all whether you like it or not.
Maybe they are beginning to "sell-out" like so-many others so they can fund their new `Make Yourself Foundation´ thing? At least that'd help me feel a little more at ease, seeing as this is all about "giving back" to the world and their fans (as cheap as it may be...).
Now, I'm not trying to say A Crow Left of Murder is a complete and utter load of cack or anything; it's just that I'm dissapointed. I mean, the band can hardly have changed, themselves - even in this CD, as over-used as can be, the talents and strengths that made themselves is all still there, you can see. I mean, to me, Sick Sad Little World has an intro. that simply wipes-the-floor with any new release I've heard during the past 2 years alone! They just seemed to have lost their New Skin and Drive...
I quite like Hoobastank's The Reason, however - and it still amazes me how much that Doug really does sound identical to Brandon Boyd...
Also, from what I've seen elsewhere on the 'net, many [Americans...] seem to believe President George "Dubya" Buch is the `Megalomaniac´ to which Boyd is referring.... What do you think?
I enjoy subjecting my eardrums to this new incubus album.
I must say it's rather good.
I must say it's rather good.
Megalomanic is not based on George Bush - it is in fact based on the character El Guapo from the film The Three Amigos - or at least the El Guapo character found it everyone...your own personal tyrant.
I agree with most of your comments about the album - it's certainly different to their previous efforts. I myself blame this on the change of bassists. Whether you could say they are losing it yet remains to be seen. I think their actions after the coming tour will decide.
I agree with most of your comments about the album - it's certainly different to their previous efforts. I myself blame this on the change of bassists. Whether you could say they are losing it yet remains to be seen. I think their actions after the coming tour will decide.
It don't look much like RATM....
It's alright, but nowt special.
It's alright, but nowt special.
Now, I know, for an incubus fan, I'm a little late in saying this, 6-weeks after it's release; but, their latest album, A Crow Left of The Murder, is now in my possesion, at very long last. Although I wasn't particularly looking-forward to its release seeing the way in which the 13-year-old "funk-rockers" are now heading, compared with all the other real crap that floats around on the shelves these days, this will probably be my most-anticipated release of 2004 still, come the end of the year.
I can still remember the first time I heard Megalomaniac (the first, and currently only single from this CD)... I remember asking myself: 'Is that really incubus?!' 'Or is it just Placebo or someone...' Then, I saw the video and though: 'They look "angry"...' 'It looks very [I]Rage Against The Machine[/I]'.
However, it did grow on me, in-time. No matter how many times you can actually "step-down", or how much of Brandon Boyd's vocal-talents remain that haven't been milked; now, I really like this song.
But, I guess that it is just incubus, after all. I mean, there was always a reason I wanted this new album, long-before its release - and it wasn't Morning View (and no, I'm not American or a female!).
Megalomaniac is - and always will be - the one-song on this CD that stands-out from the rest. Although it may be pretty "cheap" in its own respects, for some reason, I don't see another track on this album that is quite anything like it. Perhaps it is because I already 'know' it. Maybe things will change over time... Or, is it really the only song of the 14 that actually has something to it...?
That's not to say I 'don't like' any-one of the other tracks, however. Agoraphobia is my main favourite out of all the others, and then there's Sick Sad Little World, Pistola and maybe one-or-two others... - but, that is about it, really.
Compared with Morning View, there isn't really all-that-much here. Aside from the singles, there's no Circles, 11am, Just a Phase or even Mexico to give this CD quite what it needs to tell me other than that incubus are, sadly, headed in the wrong direction, while still so young.
I was never expecting another Fungus Amongus or even a Make Yourself, but I still feel dissapointed and rather 'let down' to see such a talented and unique band such as theirs get caught-up in it all after only a handful of albums, when, really, they aren't even all that big (over here; outside of the US, anyway). For whatever reasons (the band-member changes, perhaps?); it doesn't really matter.
Perhaps it's just the way things go with all bands these days? As long as you have a name, no matter how big it might not yet be, you're gonna get sucked-into it all whether you like it or not.
Maybe they are beginning to "sell-out" like so-many others so they can fund their new `Make Yourself Foundation´ thing? At least that'd help me feel a little more at ease, seeing as this is all about "giving back" to the world and their fans (as cheap as it may be...).
Now, I'm not trying to say A Crow Left of Murder is a complete and utter load of cack or anything; it's just that I'm dissapointed. I mean, the band can hardly have changed, themselves - even in this CD, as over-used as can be, the talents and strengths that made themselves is all still there, you can see. I mean, to me, Sick Sad Little World has an intro. that simply wipes-the-floor with any new release I've heard during the past 2 years alone! They just seemed to have lost their New Skin and Drive...
I quite like Hoobastank's The Reason, however - and it still amazes me how much that Doug really does sound identical to Brandon Boyd...
Also, from what I've seen elsewhere on the 'net, many [Americans...] seem to believe President George "Dubya" Buch is the `Megalomaniac´ to which Boyd is referring.... What do you think?
I can still remember the first time I heard Megalomaniac (the first, and currently only single from this CD)... I remember asking myself: 'Is that really incubus?!' 'Or is it just Placebo or someone...' Then, I saw the video and though: 'They look "angry"...' 'It looks very [I]Rage Against The Machine[/I]'.
However, it did grow on me, in-time. No matter how many times you can actually "step-down", or how much of Brandon Boyd's vocal-talents remain that haven't been milked; now, I really like this song.
But, I guess that it is just incubus, after all. I mean, there was always a reason I wanted this new album, long-before its release - and it wasn't Morning View (and no, I'm not American or a female!).
Megalomaniac is - and always will be - the one-song on this CD that stands-out from the rest. Although it may be pretty "cheap" in its own respects, for some reason, I don't see another track on this album that is quite anything like it. Perhaps it is because I already 'know' it. Maybe things will change over time... Or, is it really the only song of the 14 that actually has something to it...?
That's not to say I 'don't like' any-one of the other tracks, however. Agoraphobia is my main favourite out of all the others, and then there's Sick Sad Little World, Pistola and maybe one-or-two others... - but, that is about it, really.
Compared with Morning View, there isn't really all-that-much here. Aside from the singles, there's no Circles, 11am, Just a Phase or even Mexico to give this CD quite what it needs to tell me other than that incubus are, sadly, headed in the wrong direction, while still so young.
I was never expecting another Fungus Amongus or even a Make Yourself, but I still feel dissapointed and rather 'let down' to see such a talented and unique band such as theirs get caught-up in it all after only a handful of albums, when, really, they aren't even all that big (over here; outside of the US, anyway). For whatever reasons (the band-member changes, perhaps?); it doesn't really matter.
Perhaps it's just the way things go with all bands these days? As long as you have a name, no matter how big it might not yet be, you're gonna get sucked-into it all whether you like it or not.
Maybe they are beginning to "sell-out" like so-many others so they can fund their new `Make Yourself Foundation´ thing? At least that'd help me feel a little more at ease, seeing as this is all about "giving back" to the world and their fans (as cheap as it may be...).
Now, I'm not trying to say A Crow Left of Murder is a complete and utter load of cack or anything; it's just that I'm dissapointed. I mean, the band can hardly have changed, themselves - even in this CD, as over-used as can be, the talents and strengths that made themselves is all still there, you can see. I mean, to me, Sick Sad Little World has an intro. that simply wipes-the-floor with any new release I've heard during the past 2 years alone! They just seemed to have lost their New Skin and Drive...
I quite like Hoobastank's The Reason, however - and it still amazes me how much that Doug really does sound identical to Brandon Boyd...
Also, from what I've seen elsewhere on the 'net, many [Americans...] seem to believe President George "Dubya" Buch is the `Megalomaniac´ to which Boyd is referring.... What do you think?