The second attempt from American rockers Third Eye Blind is an album of full on balls out rock music mixed with emotionally available lyrics. Frontman Stephan Jenkins shows off his ability to write music that draws your attention immediatley in the stand out track on the album 'Never Let You Go'. It's a lament of lost love, a subject which Jenkins touches upon in several of the songs that span the bands career so far. In other areas of the cd they move away from the more familiar territory of rock and ballads into grounds of experimentation. It is difficult to decide whether this attempt at diversity really works, but you have to admire them for trying to do something different, something alot of modern day bands do not do. Their can be no doubt that this album is not quite up to the standards set by 'Semi-Charmed-Life', the bands debut effort, but even so, with songs like '10 Days Late', 'Deep Inside Of You' and the album finale 'Darwin' this is still an album that every music lover should own. Third Eye Blind are, at the moment, pretty much ignored in England but have found huge success in America, personally I am hoping this will soon change.
