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Eve 6 - Speak In Code - Music Head - 29-04-2012 online listen very Blinkish some of that crap vocoder, but not too much good lyrics 1.5 from me and a converted 1.8 from the pros at allmusic from the album - Victoria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsE56PvCOJI released Apr 24th, 2012 Bio from allmusic Punk-pop trio Eve 6 scored three Top 40 singles (as well as eight modern rock hits) during the late '90s and early 2000s. The band's two founders, guitarist Jon Siebels and bassist/vocalist Max Collins, signed a contract with RCA Records while still attending high school in La Crescenta, a neighborhood in northern Los Angeles. Originally called Eleventeen, the bandmates took three long years -- during which time they added a new drummer, Tony Fagenson -- to prep their debut album. The delay was intentional, as RCA Records had demanded the boys graduate from high school before releasing any material. While waiting to issue an album (which ultimately arrived in 1998), Eve 6 sharpened their act by playing local coffeehouses. "Inside Out," the leadoff single from Eve 6's self-titled debut, became a number one modern rock hit in 1998, ousting the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" from the chart-topping position. "Leech" also proved to be a popular single, and Eve 6's record went platinum as a result. Two years later, the band returned with Horrorscope, which went gold on the strength of "Promise" and the power ballad "Here's to the Night," which was also a Top 40/MTV smash. Eve 6 toured the globe throughout 2000 and 2001 while writing songs for a third record, It's All in Your Head, which was released in mid-2003. Despite the moderate success of the single "Think Twice," sales for the record never truly took off, and Eve 6 were dropped by RCA Records in March 2004. Shortly thereafter, the guys announced their decision to disband, and Eve 6 played their final show in July. Siebels went on to play guitar with Monsters Are Waiting, while Collins and Fagenson resurfaced in mid-2006 with their new band, the Sugi Tap. In 2007, Collins and Fagenson added guitarist Matt Bair and put the Sugi Tap on hold to tour as Eve 6 in 2008. In 2011, with new songs, new management, and with Siebels back on board, the band officially re-formed and signed with Fearless Records. A new album, Speak in Code, produced by Don Gilmore (who produced Eve 6's first two albums), appeared in April of 2012. Album Review - from allmusic Following a nine-year hiatus, Speak in Code picks up where California trio Eve 6 left off, or possibly earlier than when they left off. The band's fourth studio album follows three albums of insanely hooky radio-friendly pop-punk made between 1998 and 2003. While time has passed and all the kids who listened to Eve 6 in college have done some significant growing up, the band itself seems to have stayed almost exactly the same, reaching further back into the playfully naïve anthems of its debut, updating its style and world-view only ever so slightly. Lighthearted juvenilia and reckless abandon saturate the album, much as on earlier outings. Lyrics sincerely address their subject as "dawg" or "bro" between casual references to Coldplay, body shots, or L.A. cokeheads with endangered cats for pets. Singer Max Collins outs his age on "Situation Infatuation" when he sings "I was named for a saint, 1978." The sophomoric tone of much of the album makes this line a little hard to fathom. Also still going strong is the band's radio-ready alternative pop sound. Gigantic production values, triumphant choruses, and cheeky-but- affable lyrics make almost every song on Speak in Code sound tailor-made for romantic comedy soundtracks, or maybe college humor soundtracks, depending on how many references to partying or pop culture get dropped. These factors often outshine any growth or subtlety that may have happened in Eve 6's world in the almost decade between albums. There's some flirtation with synth pop, be it the robo-grooves and Gary Numan-esque backing vocals of "Downtown" or the textural keyboards and vocoder on "Victoria." The buzzsaw bassline and dissonant guitar of the first few strains of "Curtain" sound like the band just got really into Gang of Four before it shifts into more formulaic radio fodder. Eve 6 again worked with producer Don Gilmore, whose radio-ready sound graced their first two (and most commercially successful) albums. The end result is a somewhat timeless record of Hollywood-toned alternative fare with extremely faded roots in punk, not too unlike any other of the band's endeavors. Nine years passed between this album and the last, but it could have been nine days. The lack of progress isn't really an issue. Fellow pop-punk brats blink-182 have fallen flat when branching out creatively with stylistically divergent side projects, and Eve 6's 2003 album It's All in Your Head strayed from the band's feel-good formula just enough to see it sell a fraction of what their other records did. The in-the-moment party tunes and sentimental alt-ballads on Speak in Code are as unremarkably predictable and insidiously catchy as any from their early days. When a band is concerned with little more than big dumb fun like Eve 6 is, not fixing what ain't broke is the way to go. Track Listing 1. Curtain 2. Victoria 3. Situation Infatuation 4. B.F.G.F. 5. Lion's Den 6. Blood Brothers 7. Lost & Found 8. Moon 9. Downtown 10. Trust Me 11. Everything 12. Pick Up the Pieces Eve 6 - Speak In Code - CRAZY-HORSE - 30-04-2012 vocorder....sorry, been bitten once by Neil Young using it, aint gonna fall for it again by anyone. Eve 6 - Speak In Code - hatchetman - 08-05-2012 I didn't know Eve 6 was still putting stuff out. I think I pretty much wrote them off as a one hit wonder.