Out Of The Vein [PA]

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Performer: Third Eye Blind
Engineer: Judy Kirschner; Femio Hernandez; Dann Michael Thompson; Jason Carmer; Sean Beresford
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: This is a Hyper CD, which contains regular audio tracks and also provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browswer. OUT OF THE VEIN [LIMITED] contains a bonus DVD disc. Third Eye Blind: Arion Salazar (vocals, guitar, bass); Stephan Jenkins, Tony Fredianelli (vocals, guitar); Brad Hargreaves (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Hrund V Bakshi, Sam Bass, Vanessa Carlton, Kimya Dawson, DJ Flair, Kim Shattuck. Producers: Stephan Jenkins, Arion Salazar, Jason Carmer. Recorded at Mourningwood Studios and Skywalker Sound, San Francisco, California. This is a Hyper CD, which contains regular audio tracks and also provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browswer. Third Eye Blind: Arion Salazar (vocals, guitar, bass); Stephan Jenkins, Tony Fredianelli (vocals, guitar); Brad Hargreaves (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Hrund V Bakshi, Sam Bass, Vanessa Carlton, Kimya Dawson, DJ Flair, Kim Shattuck. Producers: Stephan Jenkins, Arion Salazar, Jason Carmer. Recorded at Mourningwood Studios and Skywalker Sound, San Francisco, California. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: Tony Fredianelli, Arion Salazar, Stephan Jenkins (vocals, guitar); Brad Hargreaves (drums, percussion). Audio Mixers: Jason Carmer; Tom Lord-Alge. Photographer: Mick Rock . It wouldn't be difficult to make a case for Third Eye Blind as the archetypal '90s-spawned pop/rock band. On their third album (and their first of the 21st century) they continue down the path that started with their 1997 smash "Semi-Charmed Life." Throughout OUT OF THE VEIN, the band employs lessons learned from the early-'90s Seattle crowd in equal measure with the amiable accessibility of amped-up mid-'90s folk-rockers like Counting Crows and Hootie & the Blowfish. That is to say, they know how to pour on the radio-ready pop hooks while keeping the guitar riffs appropriately taut and the rhythms on the right side of mid-tempo. While there are a couple of stylistic off-ramps, such as the reggae lilt of "Wake For Young Souls" or the lazy, slow-mo vibe of "Self Righteous," the balance of this disc is one slice of bright, mainstream pop manna after another, with melodic smarts to spare.

Entertainment Weekly (5/16/03, p.69) - "...Those who've been waiting for these fellas to fulfill the promise of their first album won't be disappointed by VEIN....Give it half a chance and it'll do wonders for your pleasure chakra..." - Grade: B

Along with such peers as Tonic and Matchbox Twenty, San Francisco's Third Eye Blind broke through at a crucial juncture in the '90s music scene. In between the twilight of grunge (from which they took some influence) and the ascendancy of nu-metal, Third Eye Blind championed the values of straight-ahead pop-rock with sparkling hooks and vocal harmonies featured alongside hard-hitting guitars and drums in equal measure. They hit it big straight out of the gate, with the infectious single "Semi-Charmed Life" from their self-titled 1997 debut album, and kept going strong past the turn of the century.

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