Third Eye Blind

San Francisco's Third Eye Blind continue down a more earnest path on their second album. Energetic cut "Anything" showcases frontman Stephan Jenkins' way with a hook. Although there is nothing as radio-friendly as their debut, it's still a proper pop record with a palpable sense of strip mall edginess for the kids.

Third Eye Blind's follow-up to their tuneful multiplatinum debut, Third Eye Blind, is subtly
varied, falling into buried electronic mumbles on "Camouflage," high-stepping through
showy Motown rhythms on "Farther" and drifting into dirginess on "Darkness." But mostly
Blue offers finely worked-out chunks of serious gun-metal rockcraft that depend on the
San Francisco band's restless, edgy electric guitars. Masterminded by singer-guit... More >