eve 6 - black nova (2021)
Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/album/black-nova/1548548049?i=1548548061
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/0CVcV4F07U0RN81MlKTbKS
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nLJ4Y9t98c&feature=emb_title
Late 90s alt-rockers Eve 6 return with their first new music in almost nine years. The extremely catchy hooks the band has been known for are back. Lyricist/sing Max Collins has also with a return to form on his excellent lyrics with lines like "wayward jehova/ask for a corona/ in the ambulance. The growth here seems to be a bit of the electronica influence from Collins' side project, Fitness, and his vocals, which sound more like Scott Weiland than the teen we know for singing the heart in a blender song.
A little more laid back than some of eve 6's prior work, we'll see where the rest of the EP goes when it's released this summer.
Holy crap. That is a name I haven't heard in a long time.
Their self-titled debut album was one of the most iconic of the 90s. I remember Inside Out, Leech and Tongue Tied being constantly on the radio when I was in high school. And IMO even their later album, It's All In Your Head, was great too.
Weirdly, I am not a fan of this new single though. I dunno why, but something about it fell flat for me. Hopefully the rest of the upcoming EP hits me different.
It's All In Your Head is, in my opinion, a top 10 underrated release. I think it's their most complete album.
This one is sort of missing that pop punk edge they brought to a lot of their stuff and exchanges it out for more of an even-keeled vamping. I'm fine with this as a one off, but agree with you in hoping there's more of the classic sound from the other tracks.
100% agree, and I honestly think it's their best album by far. Sadly, only Think Twice seemed to get much radio play at the time the album came out, even though the whole album is solid.
p.s. Thanks for sharing this. I have a few friends who were also massive Eve 6 fans back in the day, including one that even had the band at his wedding play Inside Out. :P So I am sure they will all get a kick out of learning about this too.