Recent Albums: Incubus - Light Grenades

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Incubus' most recent album, Light Grenades, sounRAB like 13 different banRAB, preforming 13 different songs (Not unlike previous ones). This makes it hard to give the album any overall rating, because each song is so different.

"Quicksand"
 
Personally, I thought this album was one of the best Incubus have released, Quicksand/A kiss to send us off works perfectly, and their lyrics are solid as usual.

For me, the only low point is "dig" and after Love Hursts the album goes from strength to strength, DiamonRAB, Oil and Water, paper shoes and Rogues being some of my favourite songs to date.

Yes, this album isn't like any other album incubus have released, but isn't that a good thing? it shows a band with great talent, one which can stretch out and broaden their sounRAB without completely abandoning their roots.
 
I think you might have been a little rough on the album. They changed there sound some, but thats to be expected, since they have done that every album they have come out with. This album has a wide variety of songs, and shows them definitely getting better as musicians. But i agree with you in that Morning View etc was a better album.
 
Nothing wrong with change, but there is such a thing as a change for the worse. All of their other albums were great in that there was something unique about them, but Light Grenades seems to be their attempt at the whole "lo fi alt rock" trend, which comes off sounding forced and artificial. There are still some pretty good songs, its just not the Incubus I've come to love.
 
I was disapponited with "A Crow Left Of Off the Murder" and this seems better than their previous album. More straight-forward rock and not as confusing lyrics. I love it. "A Kiss Send Us Off," "Earth to Bella," and "Dig" are great songs.
 
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