In the wake of their smashingly successful
multi-platinum debut album and a list of some of the year's most cathartic
songs such as "Semi-Charmed Life," "How's It Going to Be," and "Losing a
Whole Year," Third Eye Blind became the band to see live in the summer
of 1998. Far exceeding early predictions about the band's record and ticket
sales, Third Eye Blind has created an entire culture made up of fans
that value originality, spontaneity, and quality grooves. Pegged early on
as a group who refused to conform, the members of Third Eye Blind have
remained true to their roots through 52 weeks of touring and a summer and
fall of recording their new album entitled "Blue."
Third Eye Blind's second album "Blue" will
be released in November. Intense and even painful at times, it also feels
good. After two years on tour playing together almost every night, Third
Eye Blind is closer musically. They are wilder and quicker, and have
not strayed from their commitment to independence, individuality, and the
quest for creative growth and new sound. The new album is a full-on, headlong
rush from start to finish, not repeating itself, not relying on what's been
done before. When other bands have made an industry copying their own sound,
Third Eye Blind is once again off to something else. "Blue" exists
as a muscular rock record, strong, energetic, vibrant, but it also challenges
itself and vulnerably strips itself down to bare bones in places, exposing
the intricate inner core from where these sounds come.
Third Eye Blind has found something all
their own. Crowds at concerts far exceeding expectations, cars driving across
the country, tattoos, and hundreds of websites point to a passionate culture
largely independent of media influence. "We have a direct conduit to the
people who listen to our music that is not filtered through what other people
say about it. When fans see us live, they see a dedication to reinvention
and spontaneity. They are part of a physically demanding event," explains
Jenkins. "It's that human element that comes from the spark between the band
and the people. The music ignites it. It's all about us live." Third Eye
Blind continues to embrace and expand its own space with the new album
"Blue" just as it has from the very beginning.