Reports that he still has that infamous six-pack, however, remain unconfirmed. Mid-tempo, canyon-sized epics fill the record, driven by soaring soulful vocals from nu-metal pin-up-boy Brandon Boyd who, as most middle-aged, tattooed American rockers tend to do, has developed a bad case of the hippie lyrics.
Subsequently we fully expect reactions to it to vary from peeved and disillusioned (fans) to passed-out in a coma (the rest of the world). Not a crime, of course, if it’s done with intelligence, killer melodic know-how and some kind of tangible emotion, but Incubus don’t manage any of these with their latest offering. Seventh studio opus If Not Now, When? is a sedate, pristinely produced offering, closer in spirit to the U2s and Coldplays of ‘alternative’ music than their early heavy-riffing counterparts. Not the kind of thing that screams radio hit, but Incubus and producer Scott Litt (R.E.M.) worked without concern about record executives.Incubus used to be a rock band, right? You wouldn’t know it from listening to them these days. After more than seven minutes, the song concludes with its string arrangement evaporating into a chorus of crickets and frogs. The album's most ambitious moment is the closing "Aqueous Transmission," an Oriental-flavored track that features Einziger on the pipa, a four-stringed instrument that he learned from guitar hero Steve Vai. "We just said, 'We don't care what our fans think about it when we're writing it.' We just made what we thought was a great record." With Morning View, Einsiger says, the band finally began to trust its instincts.
What would our fans think if we made a record that didn't sound like our last one?" "It was where we were at the time, but I think we felt pressured when we went into the studio. S.C.I.E.N.C.E., the band's 1997 album, fueled that expectation with songs that were harder than anything the band had done to that point.
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