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January 17.12

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Issue 386

COVER STORY

Incubus

Date Published: Tuesday, 17 January 12  |  Cover   |  Author: James Fahy

An Inkling For Incubus

"We’ve got a lot of material from a lot of different records, so you know, a setlist is kind of a journey from beginning to end.” They’re not kidding. INCUBUS notched up their 20th year in 2011, and the current album, If Not Now, When, is their seventh. As long as we’re into numbers – there are five of them, they’ve had four number ones in the US, they’ve visited Australia a half dozen times and they recorded the new album in six weeks.

For a band with a history of complex instrumentation and very slick production, that’s really fast. “We didn’t spend too much time writing the music beforehand, we just sort of left it for the studio. We got into the studio, worked out an idea for a song right there and then over a few hours, and then just recorded it.” The recording process of If Not Now, When pushed Incubus out of their comfort zone, which isn’t easy for a group of guys who have kept it together for two decades. Incubus have been working hard this time around, touring non-stop since June of last year. They celebrated Christmas by playing a ... READ MORE »


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