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Scotsman
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Where to start with Incubus: what albums to check out and what albums to skip?
This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement. New Incubus fans - where should you start your musical journey ahead of the band's new album this year? Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Incubus are set to release their first album in eight years later this year. Something In The Water follows on from their last release, 8, dating back to 2017. With a generation of newer fans discovering the band on TikTok or through their older family members CD collection, where should they start when listening to the group? Incubus has been an enduring part of my life since I first listened to S.C.I.E.N.C.E. many moons ago, under the recommendation of college friends. From then on, my love affair with Brandon Boyd, Mike Einziger, and everyone else who has been a part of the band only grew. I discovered Make Yourself thanks to how often Pardon Me was 'cranked' on Kerrang! TV, and I even made allowances among certain friends in the alternative music community for Light Grenades. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad But I was incredibly excited when news broke that the band is set to release a brand new album later this year – their first in eight years since 8 came out in 2017. However, there was some trepidation. The intervening years haven't always been kind to my love for Incubus, with the younger version of myself wondering, 'What happened to that funk-metal band I loved so much?' Nostalgia – it's a weird, rose-tinted pair of glasses sometimes. With alternative rock group Incubus set to release their first album in almost a decade later this year, where should newer fans start and maybe what should they avoid? | Getty Images Before I get any more misty-eyed, though, there might be a number of fans out there who have only just discovered Incubus. This could be due to the hype around their forthcoming album Something In The Water, clips they've seen on TikTok, or perhaps even thinking of a younger Brandon Boyd as a pin-up once again… (I've definitely been part of a stampede when he took his shirt off at concerts!). So, for those new to the band's existing catalogue, I've put together a starter guide to aid you in your musical journey. I begin with the obvious, then diverge into recommendations based on whether you're into one aspect of Incubus or another, coupled with some curious additions to check out and, of course, what to avoid. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad So, where would I suggest you start with Incubus? It has to go back to 1999, doesn't it? A starters guide to Incubus - where to start and what to avoid Start here: Make Yourself (1999) It seems an obvious start, but I believe there are two types of Incubus fans: those who like their more modern radio rock tracks and those who prefer their unadulterated funky-rock. Make Yourself caters to both audiences, in my estimation. Why? Well, alongside being the album that helped them break into the Billboard charts, it also features some of Incubus's biggest hits; Drive, Stellar, and Pardon Me all received huge rotation on music television and radio at the time. But at the heart of Make Yourself, there's still that intrinsic groove that carried over from their previous album. It's the fork in the road for the group—would they continue their success with the songwriting styles found throughout Make Yourself, or would they stick with the groove-metal element? It is, however, the perfect marriage of where the band came from and where they were going. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad For the fans of the funkier side of Make Yourself - S.C.I.E.N.C.E (1997) My personal favourite, though one that I can appreciate some newer fans might not gravitate towards—this was Incubus (almost) at their funkiest. Propelled by the 'bop' that was A Certain Shade of Green, the album drew more from their early Mr. Bungle-inspired work but refined moments down to more radio-friendly terms. Though fans who want to hear Brandon croon before the explosion of Make Yourself will be happy to know that Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song) has those soaring vocals you and I have come to love. For fans of the more modern rock of Make Yourself - Morning View (2001) So you've listened to Make Yourself and thought that the more modern rock tracks are what makes the album? Then you, friend, will want to check out Morning View. The final album with Dirk Lance on bass guitar, the swirling atmospherics throughout the album, from the outset with Nice To Know You to the sultry Are You In, Morning View helped catapult the band from smaller venues to the arena rockers they've become today. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad It is, however, wholly less funky than previous albums, and though the groove remains, it is the album that led the band to continue down this path of songwriting. It's good—it's very good in fact—but purists might still prefer their earlier works. But beware—there is another version the band released celebrating the 23rd anniversary of the album, with the whole record re-recorded with their current line-up. Is it good? Yeah, it's alright… but why mess with something that wasn't broken in the first place? For the curious: Fungus Amongus (1994) It is a curious addition to Incubus's back catalogue, but a very important one—despite not appearing on streaming services for some strange reason. Perhaps Brandon Boyd's comments about it not 'feeling like a studio album' might be part of the reason? But by his own admission, Fungus Amongus, the group's first album originally released by their own independent record label, Chillum Records, was very much wearing their influences on their sleeve. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Heavily influenced by Mr. Bungle, Primus, and a number of other funk/groove metal outfits at the time, Fungus Amongus perhaps isn't an album newer Incubus fans should immediately jump into, as it is a pretty unpolished gem. A gem nonetheless for long-term fans though. In another 2012 interview, when asked why the band doesn't perform songs such as Take Me To Your Leader live anymore, Brandon stated: 'We're very happy that they exist, but we just as soon let them exist in recordings. I don't even know if we'd know how to play them.' For the cautious: Light Grenades (2006) Where A Crow Left of the Murder solidified their radio-friendly output that continued from Morning View, Light Grenades holds up as a mixed bag. Despite attaining Gold status by the RIAA, it didn't quite hit the Platinum heights the band achieved since the release of Make Yourself. Could that be because there was too much going on, and sonically it felt all over the place? By guitarist Mike Einziger's own admission during an MTV interview, he stated that Light Grenades 'sounds like 13 different bands playing 13 different songs... Every time we're about to start making a new album, I tell myself, 'Okay, this one's going to be cohesive,' and it never happens." Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad It is full of huge ballads that became staples of Incubus's work around that time, and those wanting the poppier, chart-friendly side of Incubus will no doubt gravitate towards this or A Crow Left of the Murder. But it suffers from wanting to be many things, however, not achieving as much as they hoped for. To avoid - Monuments and Melodies (2009) 'Greatest hits albums shouldn't count, Benjamin,' you might ask yourself. But let's be honest - if you want a good cross-section of a band's output, why wouldn't you start with one? This, however, isn't the Incubus compilation you are looking for. I say this because while Monuments and Melodies does have a huge amount of their biggest successes, it lacks one key thing - any of their work prior to Make Yourself. The only track from S.C.I.E.N.C.E. is an acoustic version of A Certain Shade of Green, which left fans like myself feeling a slight slap in our faces; it was S.C.I.E.N.C.E. that helped bring Incubus to the party - why would they not glaze some of their funkier elements in a 'greatest hits' release? Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad If you can call it a greatest hits, when it's missing much earlier, beloved works. Additional listening recommendations There are a couple of EPs worth checking out by Incubus if you can find them. When Incubus Attacks Volume 1 contains some of the acoustic offerings by the band, who, in an effort to promote Make Yourself, took to radio studios to perform live. The EP also has the fantastic track Crowded Elevator—a song left on the cutting room floor yet managed to find itself on the Scream 3 soundtrack. While Fungus Amongus might not be on streaming services, Enjoy Incubus was released when the band signed to Epic and Immortal Records. The EP contains re-recorded tracks from their debut album and from their first EP, Let Me Tell Ya 'Bout Root Beer, which also happened to contain an early version of New Skin which subsequently appeared on S.C.I.E.N.C.E. What are your favourite Incubus albums and do you agree with our starter's guide to the group? Share your favourite songs ahead of the band's new album coming out later this year by leaving a comment down below.
Scottish Sun
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Tom Grennan lifts the lid on ‘mistakes' and ‘battles' he has faced on his route to stardom
Tom reveals how he's finally where he wants to be I'M TOM GRINNIN' Tom Grennan lifts the lid on 'mistakes' and 'battles' he has faced on his route to stardom Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) HE's been one of the UK's best loved homegrown artists ever since his 2016 debut single Something In The Water. But like many artists who spend their 20s growing up in the spotlight, Tom Grennan admits at times his journey to the top has been difficult to navigate. In fact, as he counts down the weeks to the release of his fourth album Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be, Tom tells Bizarre he's finally where he wants to be. Chatting before hitting the stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend In Liverpool, Tom said: "I think for me this whole album sums up the past nine or ten years of getting into the music industry, and then going down different paths and having to find myself. "I think it's that journey of becoming a younger man. "It's about how I have got there from making mistakes and learning on the job basically. It's all my life put into one album." Read more on Tom Grennan local lass Spice Girls fans go wild at star's surprise appearance at BBCR1's Big Weekend He adds: "It is a positive album - it's an album with a message in it which is it's fine to make mistakes as you learn from them." The artwork on Tom's new record shows the singer battling himself in a boxing ring - with each fighter representing the light and shade. Tom explained: "It's the constant battle that I have with myself. We all do. "From 21 to 29 I think I am always battling with different things. "I battle constantly with everything. "If you want to listen to the lyrics and get deep with them you can. Tom Grennan surprises fans at local Tesco store "But if you want to move and dance and escape you definitely can too." Tom's album is slated for release on August 15 and just a few weeks later he will kick off a huge tour of the UK. Tom continued: "I'm not actually worried about performing the deep tracks on tour. As soon as the song comes out it becomes somebody else's. "Once I've written it I have got it off my chest and others then relate to it . "I have definitely taken a different direction with the sound and stuff which might surprise people. "But I think that is the direction I wanted to take at that time." After wrapping his massive set at Radio 1's Big Weekend, Tom is now looking forward to heading on holiday with his wife Danniella Carraturo and enjoying the quiet life before his work schedule kicks off again. "I'm in a really good place, Tom added. "There are lots and lots of exciting things in my life and things i'm really proud of. "I am a changed man for sure. I have never been happier." We're glad to hear it, Tom.
The Irish Sun
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Tom Grennan lifts the lid on ‘mistakes' and ‘battles' he has faced on his route to stardom
HE's been one of the UK's best loved homegrown artists ever since his 2016 debut single Something In The Water. But like many artists who spend their 20s growing up in the spotlight, Advertisement In fact, as he counts down the weeks to the release of his fourth album Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be, Tom tells Bizarre he's finally where he wants to be. Chatting before hitting the stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend In Liverpool, Tom said: "I think for me this whole album sums up the past nine or ten years of getting into the music industry, and then going down different paths and having to find myself. "I think it's that journey of becoming a younger man. "It's about how I have got there from making mistakes and learning on the job basically. It's all my life put into one album." Advertisement Read more on Tom Grennan He adds: "It is a positive album - it's an album with a message in it which is it's fine to make mistakes as you learn from them." The artwork on Tom explained: "It's the constant battle that I have with myself. We all do. "From 21 to 29 I think I am always battling with different things. Advertisement Most read in Bizarre Exclusive Exclusive "I battle constantly with everything. "If you want to listen to the lyrics and get deep with them you can. Tom Grennan surprises fans at local Tesco store "But if you want to move and dance and escape you definitely can too." Tom's album is slated for release on August 15 and just a few weeks later he will kick off a huge tour of the UK. Advertisement Tom continued: "I'm not actually worried about performing the deep tracks on tour. As soon as the song comes out it becomes somebody else's. "Once I've written it I have got it off my chest and others then relate to it . "I have definitely taken a different direction with the sound and stuff which might surprise people. "But I think that is the direction I wanted to take at that time." Advertisement After wrapping his massive set at "I'm in a really good place, Tom added. "There are lots and lots of exciting things in my life and things i'm really proud of. "I am a changed man for sure. I have never been happier." Advertisement We're glad to hear it, Tom. 1 Tom Grennan admits at times his journey to the top has been difficult to navigate Credit: Getty
Scotsman
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Where to start with Incubus: what albums to check out and what albums to skip?
This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement. New Incubus fans - where should you start your musical journey ahead of the band's new album this year? Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Incubus are set to release their first album in eight years later this year. Something In The Water follows on from their last release, 8, dating back to 2017. With a generation of newer fans discovering the band on TikTok or through their older family members CD collection, where should they start when listening to the group? Incubus has been an enduring part of my life since I first listened to S.C.I.E.N.C.E. many moons ago, under the recommendation of college friends. From then on, my love affair with Brandon Boyd, Mike Einziger, and everyone else who has been a part of the band only grew. I discovered Make Yourself thanks to how often Pardon Me was 'cranked' on Kerrang! TV, and I even made allowances among certain friends in the alternative music community for Light Grenades. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad But I was incredibly excited when news broke that the band is set to release a brand new album later this year – their first in eight years since 8 came out in 2017. However, there was some trepidation. The intervening years haven't always been kind to my love for Incubus, with the younger version of myself wondering, 'What happened to that funk-metal band I loved so much?' Nostalgia – it's a weird, rose-tinted pair of glasses sometimes. With alternative rock group Incubus set to release their first album in almost a decade later this year, where should newer fans start and maybe what should they avoid? | Getty Images Before I get any more misty-eyed, though, there might be a number of fans out there who have only just discovered Incubus. This could be due to the hype around their forthcoming album Something In The Water, clips they've seen on TikTok, or perhaps even thinking of a younger Brandon Boyd as a pin-up once again… (I've definitely been part of a stampede when he took his shirt off at concerts!). So, for those new to the band's existing catalogue, I've put together a starter guide to aid you in your musical journey. I begin with the obvious, then diverge into recommendations based on whether you're into one aspect of Incubus or another, coupled with some curious additions to check out and, of course, what to avoid. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad So, where would I suggest you start with Incubus? It has to go back to 1999, doesn't it? A starters guide to Incubus - where to start and what to avoid Start here: Make Yourself (1999) It seems an obvious start, but I believe there are two types of Incubus fans: those who like their more modern radio rock tracks and those who prefer their unadulterated funky-rock. Make Yourself caters to both audiences, in my estimation. Why? Well, alongside being the album that helped them break into the Billboard charts, it also features some of Incubus's biggest hits; Drive, Stellar, and Pardon Me all received huge rotation on music television and radio at the time. But at the heart of Make Yourself, there's still that intrinsic groove that carried over from their previous album. It's the fork in the road for the group—would they continue their success with the songwriting styles found throughout Make Yourself, or would they stick with the groove-metal element? It is, however, the perfect marriage of where the band came from and where they were going. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad For the fans of the funkier side of Make Yourself - S.C.I.E.N.C.E (1997) My personal favourite, though one that I can appreciate some newer fans might not gravitate towards—this was Incubus (almost) at their funkiest. Propelled by the 'bop' that was A Certain Shade of Green, the album drew more from their early Mr. Bungle-inspired work but refined moments down to more radio-friendly terms. Though fans who want to hear Brandon croon before the explosion of Make Yourself will be happy to know that Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song) has those soaring vocals you and I have come to love. For fans of the more modern rock of Make Yourself - Morning View (2001) So you've listened to Make Yourself and thought that the more modern rock tracks are what makes the album? Then you, friend, will want to check out Morning View. The final album with Dirk Lance on bass guitar, the swirling atmospherics throughout the album, from the outset with Nice To Know You to the sultry Are You In, Morning View helped catapult the band from smaller venues to the arena rockers they've become today. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad It is, however, wholly less funky than previous albums, and though the groove remains, it is the album that led the band to continue down this path of songwriting. It's good—it's very good in fact—but purists might still prefer their earlier works. But beware—there is another version the band released celebrating the 23rd anniversary of the album, with the whole record re-recorded with their current line-up. Is it good? Yeah, it's alright… but why mess with something that wasn't broken in the first place? For the curious: Fungus Amongus (1994) It is a curious addition to Incubus's back catalogue, but a very important one—despite not appearing on streaming services for some strange reason. Perhaps Brandon Boyd's comments about it not 'feeling like a studio album' might be part of the reason? But by his own admission, Fungus Amongus, the group's first album originally released by their own independent record label, Chillum Records, was very much wearing their influences on their sleeve. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Heavily influenced by Mr. Bungle, Primus, and a number of other funk/groove metal outfits at the time, Fungus Amongus perhaps isn't an album newer Incubus fans should immediately jump into, as it is a pretty unpolished gem. A gem nonetheless for long-term fans though. In another 2012 interview, when asked why the band doesn't perform songs such as Take Me To Your Leader live anymore, Brandon stated: 'We're very happy that they exist, but we just as soon let them exist in recordings. I don't even know if we'd know how to play them.' For the cautious: Light Grenades (2006) Where A Crow Left of the Murder solidified their radio-friendly output that continued from Morning View, Light Grenades holds up as a mixed bag. Despite attaining Gold status by the RIAA, it didn't quite hit the Platinum heights the band achieved since the release of Make Yourself. Could that be because there was too much going on, and sonically it felt all over the place? By guitarist Mike Einziger's own admission during an MTV interview, he stated that Light Grenades 'sounds like 13 different bands playing 13 different songs... Every time we're about to start making a new album, I tell myself, 'Okay, this one's going to be cohesive,' and it never happens." Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad It is full of huge ballads that became staples of Incubus's work around that time, and those wanting the poppier, chart-friendly side of Incubus will no doubt gravitate towards this or A Crow Left of the Murder. But it suffers from wanting to be many things, however, not achieving as much as they hoped for. To avoid - Monuments and Melodies (2009) 'Greatest hits albums shouldn't count, Benjamin,' you might ask yourself. But let's be honest - if you want a good cross-section of a band's output, why wouldn't you start with one? This, however, isn't the Incubus compilation you are looking for. I say this because while Monuments and Melodies does have a huge amount of their biggest successes, it lacks one key thing - any of their work prior to Make Yourself. The only track from S.C.I.E.N.C.E. is an acoustic version of A Certain Shade of Green, which left fans like myself feeling a slight slap in our faces; it was S.C.I.E.N.C.E. that helped bring Incubus to the party - why would they not glaze some of their funkier elements in a 'greatest hits' release? Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad If you can call it a greatest hits, when it's missing much earlier, beloved works. Additional listening recommendations There are a couple of EPs worth checking out by Incubus if you can find them. When Incubus Attacks Volume 1 contains some of the acoustic offerings by the band, who, in an effort to promote Make Yourself, took to radio studios to perform live. The EP also has the fantastic track Crowded Elevator—a song left on the cutting room floor yet managed to find itself on the Scream 3 soundtrack. While Fungus Amongus might not be on streaming services, Enjoy Incubus was released when the band signed to Epic and Immortal Records. The EP contains re-recorded tracks from their debut album and from their first EP, Let Me Tell Ya 'Bout Root Beer, which also happened to contain an early version of New Skin which subsequently appeared on S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
Scotsman
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Incubus announce details for new album
Watch more of our videos on and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now The group announced the album through several projection across London during their most recent concert. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Incubus have confirmed their first album in over seven years. Titled Something In The Water, the work is due for release through Virgin Music. Here's what we know about the album so far, along with what the band played during their recent London, UK performance. Groove metallers Incubus have confirmed that a new album is set for release later this year, their first in eight years. Incubus revealed details of their new album with a series of projections around London over the weekend - after their performance at The O2. | Incubus/Getty Images During their performance in London on April 26, 2025, where the band performed their 2001 album Morning View in its entirety, they projected the title of their new record, Something In The Water, onto landmarks like the Houses of Parliament and the Tower of London. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The album was confirmed by lead singer Brandon Boyd in an interview with , who described the album as 'a really great record' that he and the band are 'really proud of,' adding, 'We had a wonderful time recording it.' Something In The Water marks the first new album for the group, known for hits like Drive and Pardon Me , since their 2017 effort 8 , which peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200 upon its release. The group has since released an EP, Trust Fall (Side B), and the re-imagined Morning View XXIII. No official date for the album's release has been confirmed, but Virgin Music looks to have the new work ready later in 2025, according to Boyd. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad What did Incubus play during their London performance? have listed the following setlist from Incubus after their April 26 2025 performance at The O2 in London, UK. Nice to Know You Circles Wish You Were Here Just a Phase 11am Blood on the Ground (acoustic) Mexico Warning Echo Have You Ever Are You In? (with Phil Collins' 'In the Air Tonight' snippet) Under My Umbrella (With snippet of Rihanna's 'Umbrella') Aqueous Transmission Anna Molly The Warmth Vitamin (with Glory Box, Portishead cover) Pardon Me Drive Do you have an event you'd like to share with us? You can now promote your What's On stories to us online via YourWorld at It's free to use and, once checked, your story will appear on our website and, space allowing, in our newspapers.
