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You'd think that after almost a year of non-stop touring on their last opus, The Distance To Here, Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor, Patrick Dahlheimer and Chad Gracey would be ready for a little R& R. Not so. Fresh off a world tour, the group that calls itself LIVE still forgo time off to hunker down at a Los Angeles recording studio. Three and a half weeks later they emerge with a near-finished record.
V embodies the same sense of youthful urgency as in LIVE's debut release Mental Jewelry (1991). It features the same impressive songwriting as breakthrough smash Throwing Copper (1994)-- an LP that pulled in 27 platinum albums in 6 countries and boasted classic radio hits "Selling The Drama", "I Alone", "All Over You", and "Lightning Crashes", prompting Spin and Rolling Stone cover stories, a Saturday Night Live appearance, and a legendary MTV Unplugged event. The experimental spirit of 97's #1 record Secret Samadhi and the sensitivity of the most recent platinum long player, The Distance To Here is in check, too.
The new record re-exposes the fiery spirit of LIVE like no other. V burns hot with a battery of spiraling, fast-paced rockers like "Deep Enough". The unrelenting and uplifting kick-off track "Simple Creed" features guest Tricky, who, in-turn, enlisted Ed to sing on his current single, "Evolution, Revolution, Love". That said, the band's knack for memorable melodies is not lost on this long player as demonstrated on tunes like the soulful "Transmit Your Love" and "Nobody Knows", complete with a luxuriant chorus and a neat whistled reprise.
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