![]() ![]() The album does have a few weak spots, with Shipboard Cook not really matching the strength of the hooks in its surrounding songs, and the heavy use of Jenkins’ falsetto in All The Souls falling flat rather than acting as an advantage. By the time the album reaches track nine, Blade, and strips it back to a guitar with Jenkins’ vocals, highlighting the morbid murder-fuelled lyrics, the album really starts showing its strength. The lead single Everything Is Easy opens the album on a strong note, with a consistent song that’s got just the right amount of energy to open the album properly and a strong riff to carry it. By starting the album with all the high energy songs and gradually slowing it down, it gives the album a real sense of progression that suits the song writing style. It’s the album’s split between the two styles that really sells it. Stephan Jenkins’ writing, production and vocals are all high quality, and make for a cohesive package. With the first half being packed with catchy hooks and energy and the second half stripping it back just enough to still work. ![]() Largely a mixture of power pop and alternative rock elements songs vary from the upbeat energy of songs like Everything Is Easy and the title track to the lighter style of All These Things and Exiles, which focus heavily on vocals rather than bringing the band up to match them. While five albums in twenty years seems like a relatively small amount, Third Eye Blind always pack in enough quality to more than make up for it.ĭopamine takes a familiar route with its sound. Almost twenty years later, six years after their last album Ursa Major, their fifth and latest album Dopamine is finally seeing the light of day. Eighteen years ago, Third Eye Blind were hitting the top ten on international charts with songs like Semi-Charmed Life and How’s It Going To Be, with their mixture of power pop music and often melancholic lyrics creating a mixture that was catchy yet meaningful. ![]()
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