{"id":6988,"date":"2015-11-03T14:16:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T14:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-third-eye-blind-dopamine\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T21:20:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T21:20:47","slug":"album-review-third-eye-blind-dopamine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-third-eye-blind-dopamine\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Third Eye Blind – Dopamine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ThirdAccomplished radio-friendly rockers Third Eye Blind<\/b> are back after a six year hiatus with ‘Dopamine’<\/i>, which does pretty much what you might expect from a band with over 12 million records sold; positively spun pop-rock arrangements sure to get your foot a-tappin’. It’s not exactly alternative and barely qualifies as rock, but it’s all very, er, nice.<\/p>\n

It plays like a history of pop, there’s the Billy Joel-ish ‘Everything is Easy’<\/i> that’s sure to have fans flocking to the stadiums, the One Republic-esque ‘Shipboard Cook’<\/i> and ‘All These Things’<\/i>, and just a hint of Elvis Costello on ‘Get Me Out of Here’<\/i>. In fact it all sounds frighteningly familiar, with loads of acoustic pop and piano-driven easy listening; ‘Something in You’<\/i> being a prime example until it suddenly rocks into life and almost reaches Coldplay levels of intensity.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

We do get one smoking solo on ‘Blade’<\/i> and ‘Say It’<\/i> has a big rock climax, but the rest is all very safe, bland and easy on the ears. They are certainly talented and know how to compose a hit, but this is probably a great example of why people listen to alternative rock.<\/p>\n

2\/5<\/p>\n

\u2019Dopamine\u2018<\/em> by Third Eye Blind<\/strong> is out now on Megaforce Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Third Eye Blind<\/strong> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Edward Layland (@EdwardLayland<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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