Light Grenades

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Light Grenades is the sixth album that will be released by Incubus on November 28, 2006. It will consist of 13 songs. The first single, "Anna-Molly", was released through Sony on September 20 for one day. The album was leaked to the Internet on November 18.

Incubus' guitarist, Mike Einziger told MTV "It sounds like 13 different bands playing 13 different songs..." He noted that several tracks sound nothing like Incubus' previous material, such as the tune "Dig", which was supposed to be an R&B song, "but we ended up making it slightly more rock, because it got to a point where I thought it didn't sound like us at all," he said. "Every time we're about to start making a new album, I tell myself, 'OK, this one's going to be cohesive,' and it never happens."

"Earth To Bella" and "Love Hurts" were performed live in front of an audience at Make Some Noise on April 29 2006.

"A Kiss to Send Us Off" and "Anna-Molly" were performed at VH1's Decades Rock: Live Tribute to the Pretenders on August 11 2006, which aired on VH1 Classic on October 20 2006 at 8:00 p.m. EST. However, they were not featured in the program. The two songs were also performed at Edgefest 2006 on September 30 at Tempe Beach Park, Arizona.

A song called "Punch Drunk" was originally announced as a song recorded during the Light Grenades Sessions but it will only be available as a bonus track on the Japanese edition.

In mid October, Incubus released a music video for the first single off of Light Grenades "Anna-Molly", which was directed by Jamie Thraves (Coldplay, Radiohead) Filming was done in late September. Also, the first leg of the band's 2007 North-American tour, will visit smaller venues in close to two dozen cities over two months, with two or more shows on consecutive nights in some of the largest cities. International dates are to follow.

On September 20, "Anna-Molly" was officially released online through the Sony Music Store. The song, abundant with riffs, has a considerable The Police influence and is currently getting an excellent reception from fans. However, the Sony Music Store no longer has the song offered.

30 seconds samples of each track on the album are available on the Sony Music Store.

In a recent interview with Kerrang magazine Brandon Boyd addressed some interesting facts about Incubus' new album:

Brandon on success: "On a bad day, I'll be like, 'Yeah, we're probably not relevant any more, whatever. We had a nice run, thank you, how the hell am I going to pay the mortgage now?'," Boyd grins." Most other days though, I think if anybody likes it then it's a success. In all honesty, the realist in me knows the likelihood of us having a sixth album that did really well on a large scale is astronomically low, and I'm okay with that.

Brandon on Paper Shoes: "There's a song called "Paper Shoes" where Michael and I mic'd our bodies with ambient mics and did the percussion tracks pounding on our chests and skulls. The galloping rhythm is us pounding on our chests. It was really funny. We were trying so hard not to laugh because we were sitting there like cavemen beating our chests!"

Brandon on what inspired the albums title Light Grenades: "There's a song called that on the record and it felt like the most pertinent conceptual aspect of the album, the idea of throwing ideas at problems and the ideas explode with light and good results and intention on consciousness," Boyd muses. "So I started imagining imagery of students in different countries protesting and throwing Molotov cocktails with masks over their faces. But there's one brave student who runs up to the police line and, as opposed to throwing rocks or things that destroy, there's this concept of that one courageous, lonely student running up and throwing ideas and having them actually change things. It just seemed kind of a cool concept-the redefining of weaponry."

On November 16, both "Dig" and "Love Hurts" were leaked in their entirety on the Internet.

The entire album was leaked on November 17 via several online hosting and sharing services. It has garned many positive reviews, some deeming it the best of their career.

Track listing

1. "Quicksand" – 2:13
2. "A Kiss to Send Us Off" – 4:16
3. "Dig" – 4:17
4. "Anna-Molly" – 3:46
5. "Love Hurts" – 3:57
6. "Light Grenades" – 2:20
7. "Earth to Bella (Part I)" – 2:28
8. "Oil and Water" – 3:50
9. "Diamonds and Coal" – 3:47
10. "Rogues" – 3:56
11. "Paper Shoes" – 4:17
12. "Pendulous Threads" – 5:35
13. "Earth to Bella (Part II)" – 2:56
14. "Punch-Drunk"
15. "Look Alive"

The Japanese Edition will feature 2 bonus tracks, "Punch-Drunk" and "Look Alive" as shown on the Sony Music Japan site.

Singles

• "Anna-Molly" - was briefly available online on September 20. It was slated for release on October 16, and debuted at #19 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. As of November 13, 2006, Anna-Molly stands at #2 on the Modern Rock Chart, and at #16 on the Mainstream Rock Chart.

Personnel

• Brandon Boyd - Lead vocals
• Mike Einziger - Lead guitar
• Jose Pasillas - Drums
• Ben Kenney - Bass guitar
• Chris Kilmore - Turntables

• Brendan O'Brien - Producer