Two Toes Short

INCUBUS - MORNING VIEW
The sixth full length from the Incubus lads, and what a release. It sounds completely different from the rest of the releases too. The album all together shows Incubus' ability to write different style songs, for example, how they can write soft, almost-depressing songs, with 'Mexico' and 'Echo' showing their ability to that aspect, and also how they can write the heavier, almost-grungy variety with 'Blood On The Ground' and 'Under My Umbrella', and how could we forget, that they can stick to their own style of funk-metal with 'Circles' and 'Nice To Know You'. Another great thing about Incubus is that when it comes to live performance, they are one of the best out there (click here for a review), and i've never seen a better live act, and never listen when people tell you that they're a boring and un-energetic live act, which is what I was told, but it's so not true. The only songs on the album I don't personally like are '11am' and 'Just A Phase', and I can still listen to them and whatever. Incubus may have pretty much forgotten the oober-heavy thing, but that's the exact reason why they've became big. They're one of the most varied bands on the scene today, which is what wins them over a huge fan base worldwide, of people young and old, or liked since day one, or one day previous to this one. Morning View isn't the last we'll hear from Incubus.

INCUBUS - WISH YOU WERE HERE
Lucky me eh? Managed to get my hands on a copy of the limited edition live version of this single. And by live, I mean ALL the tracks are live. The single kicks off with, not stating the obvious, 'Wish You Were Here', from the album 'Morning View' and apart the fact that that DJ Kilmore fucks up his key to do his version excursion on the wheels of steel at the beggining of the song, the song is played to studio recorded quality, in all aspects, especially Brandon Boyd's vocals, as he does every word in every line of the song to perfection. Next is the live version of 'The Warmth', from '99 smash Make Yourself, which like Wish You Were Here, is played to absoloute studion perfection, and what makes the live version exceptional to the recorded one, is in the interlude, where Brandon's vocal power, and Kilmore's mixing power and combined to create a really weird sounding vocal thing, where Brandon does notes, and Kilmore echoes and adjusts the pitch of them, and although by my description it may not sound too amazing, it really does sound very immense on the CD. The CD closes up with Mexico, also from Morning View, and it is an acoustic track, and one of many songs showing Incubus' diversity in their music. I would definetley reccomend you buy this single if you see it anywhere.