Red-Innocence_And_Instinct-2009-MTD

Red - Innocence & Instinct

Artist.....: Red
Title......: Innocence & Instinct
Label......: Essential Records / Sony BMG

Store Date.: Feb-10-2009
Genre......: Hard Rock

Encoder....: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Size.......: 61,5 MB


Track Listing:

01 - Fight Inside 04:08
02 - Death Of Me 04:17
03 - Mystery Of You 03:46
04 - Start Again 04:26
05 - Never Be The Same 03:46
06 - Confession (What's Inside My Head) 02:44
07 - Shadows 03:21
08 - Ordinary World 04:56
09 - Out From Under 03:58
10 - Take It All Away 05:39

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41:01 min
Release Notes:

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Still riding the momentum of its huge-selling Grammy-nominated
debut album End of Silence, Red returns with Innocence & Instinct,
a provocative new album forged in a perfect storm of inspiration
and catastrophe. From the literary spark of Dante's Inferno to the
bloody aftermath of a 75-mph highway crash, Red absorbed a flood
of ideas and emotions that empowered the band to create next
generation rock songs. Finding the sonic sweet spot where epic and
primal converge, Innocence & Instinct features animated dynamics
that super-charge its innocence vs. instinct theme.

"Innocence & Instinct is about the duality of man," explains
guitarist Jasen Rauch. "The album examines the fight between our
childlike innocence and the instinctive side that makes us do
things we shouldn't."

The group's debut, which sold over a quarter-million copies and
earned several awards and nominations, focused heavily on personal
struggles. Bringing back Silence producer Rob Graves and mixer Ben
Grosse (Sevendust, Disturbed, Depeche Mode), Innocence & Instinct
goes a giant step further by tackling the fight itself. It's about
the dueling impulses that wage war within our souls.

In writing the album, Red found Inferno to be an illuminating
guide. The literary classic, which starts with Dante and Virgil
standing before the Gates of Hell, illustrated ways in which the
band might tackle deep issues in a more poetic way. And if Dante
enhanced the storytelling, a highway crash in late '07 accelerated
the band's emotional core. As the tour van smashed into a
guardrail and violently slid sideways across the highway, the band
experienced new heights of horror that they channeled into
Innocence & Instinct.

"It brought an intensity and depth that we couldn't reach without
going through this experience," Rauch reflects. "In the months
after the accident, it felt like everything was in overdrive."

"In a split second, it changed our lives," adds six-stringer
Anthony Armstrong, whose twin brother Randy handles the band's
basslines.

Setting the tone early, "Fight Inside" rides beautiful piano keys
to an unforgettable chorus as glaring agitation builds to a savage
finish. The song epitomizes the album's effortless transitions
between simmering angst, melodic hooks and pretty major-key
resolves, while its inner-monologue sets up the lyrical theme by
cursing the frail duality of innocence and instinct. "Death of Me"
furthers the first-person schizophrenia as vocalist Michael Barnes
cries "You tear me down and then you pick me up" against a
backdrop of deafening guitars, sweeping symphonics and
nerve-rattling screams. "Shadows," co-written by Ben Burnley of
Breaking Benjamin, pushes against the darkness while "Out From
Under" could be called Fight Club with guitars.

"There are moments that switch between never feeling so close to
someone to never feeling so abandoned, but that's part of the
human experience," says Rauch. "These extreme feelings, these
paradoxes, coexist all the time."

While several songs veer toward an internal apocalypse, "Never Be
the Same" personifies Innocence with optimistic reflections poured
out over lush fields of electric and acoustic guitars. The
piano-powered "Start Again" addresses the conflicted remorse of a
failed relationship, while "Mystery of You" ponders the
inexplicable over industrial-strength loops and keys. Innocence &
Instinct even features a juiced-up cover of Duran Duran's utopian
"Ordinary World."

Formed in Nashville, Tennessee over four years ago, Red made an
immediate impact with its 2006 debut, End of Silence. The
Grammy-nominated disc, featuring the radio hits "Breathe Into Me"
(Top 10, Active Rock) and "Already Over" (Top 15, Active Rock),
introduced the sonic layering, rich orchestration and visceral
dynamics that became Red's signature sound. The album steadily
built momentum cracking the Billboard 200 a year after its release
as sales steadily broke out to hundreds of thousands of copies
sold. Not surprisingly, the album became a hit with other bands as
well, leading to tours and shows with Papa Roach, Sevendust, Three
Days Grace, Flyleaf, Buckcherry and Seether, among others. These
opportunities contributed to the band's impressive 500+ live show
schedule between albums.

Heading into Innocence & Instinct, Red had no shortage of creative
sparks. A near-death accident ignited their emotions, a literary
masterpiece spurred their creativity, peer support lifted their
spirits, heavy touring empowered their performances and fans
challenged the group to do even more to impact their lives. These
experiences infused Innocence & Instinct with layered narratives,
heightened sensibilities and an artistic boldness that
dramatically raises the bar for new millennial rock 'n' roll.

In Dante's Inferno, the Gates of Hell read, "Abandon all hope, ye
who enter here." But when the Gates finally face Innocence &
Instinct, Hell won't know what hit it.