Album review: THIRD EYE BLIND – Dopamine

[Released 23.10.15]

Third Eye Blind return with their first new studio album in six years. A band I have heard of, just not heard anything by until this album. Centred around Stephan Jenkins they have a love of a 80′s pop riff and Jenkins vocals are very melodious.

‘Everything Is Easy’ is the lead single and is perfect alt pop rock featuring a massively addictive chorus. ‘Shipboard Cook’ has a lovely ethereal quality to it and again an insanely catchy chorus.

On ‘Rites Of Passage’ you can play ‘guess the David Bowie song title’ as Stephan Jenkins cleverly interweaves these around a tale of growing up. A few Bowie references crop up again on ‘Exiles’ later on the album as well.

The music varies, one song can have a dance beat then it could be guitar and synths based riffs. The one thing maybe lacking is a song welded to a big guitar riff which having listened to some of their older songs was one of the band’s calling cards.

The album has already been out in the US since June and now European audiences get a chance to catch-up. Impressive tunes and lyrics, I am certainly a fan of Third Eye Blind after listening to ‘Dopamine’. ****

Review by Jason Ritchie

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