Audio Cassette review:
Days of the New - Days of the New III

Days of the New - Days of the New III

Band: Days of the New Title: Days of the New III Rating: Release Date: 25 September, 2001 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Hang on to This 2: Fighting W/ Clay 3: Day in Our Life 4: Die Born 5: Best of Life 6: Dirty Road 7: Where Are You? 8: Never Drown 9: Words 10: Once Again 11: Giving In 12: Dancing With the Wind

Customer Reviews Yet Another Pleasant Surprise From a Musical Genius The red album has to be the best album by Travis. Yet again, Travis Meeks takes on new musical ground and power. Absolutely beautifully done. Plus, Travis plays everything on "Giving In" (one of the stronger songs on the album). He plays percussion and such on Dancing In The Wind, along with his usual acoustic and electric guitars on all the tracks. I cannot understand the harshness and bitterness of the one- and two- star reviews. This album far exceeded my expectations, honestly: After the Yellow Album, I expected more acoustic grunge, reminiscing (sp?) in the styles of Alice In Chains, Nirvana, latter Pearl Jam, etc. Not that I would have been disappointed by it. I loved the Yellow Album, and every track on it. However, the Green Album blew me away completely. It had what I expected to a point, but so, so much more. It had a new bent. Techno, orchestral, and slightly classical. So I expected, with the next album, more of that. That's what I got, but it went way beyond what I thought I would hear. I did not expect the heavy opening of Hang on to This. That was a shock in and of itself. This song pushed the electric side. However, it was incredible how Travis still managed to keep the most important instrument of the song the acoustic guitar even when the electric hit the front here. The we go through Fighting w/ Clay and Days in our Life. Neither are fillers. Both are absolutely incredible and are truly inspired. But then we get to what is the second masterpiece on this album, Die Born. This is such a great song. the lyrics are positive, talking about standing strong in the face of all problems, even death, as it were. The instrumentation here is absolutely beautiful, the acoustic picking is incredible, and Travis's vocals on here are uplifting, to say the least. The Best of Life, another incredible song, about life and wanting only the best. Again, great instrumentation, and the acoustic guitar here is in the forefront again. Dirty Road, Where Are You, and Never Drown, are, I guess, the "radio hits" Travis was forced to put on by the label. And even though he must have been constricted by this, he still delivered three masterpieces in these again inspired and incredible compositions. Words, an awesome song, comes next. This is the song that garnered the explicit labels lyrics. One of the lyrics here is "well what the f***. " Although, to be honest, I can't understand the explicit lyrics label for a couple instances of the f-word (maybe in the 40's or 50's, but now?), but, hey, they've slapped the label on entirely instrumental albums, so what can you do? Then we get Once Again and Giving In, again musical masterpieces. Not fillers, just strokes of incredible brilliance from a musical genius. And finally, we have what I would say is Travis's Opus. Just Like Jim Morrison had "The End," Travis Meeks has "Dancing With The Wind. " It's incredible. Brilliant. Really, you have to hear it to understand, because words can't really express the sheer brilliance of this song. I have converted tons of people to DOTN just by this masterpiece alone, and I do honestly believe it will be impossible to top, just like "The End" was impossible to top. This song I could listen to over and over and never tire of it. The power, the voice, and the strength of this song, I think, culminates every song that came before from all three albums, as well as Travis himself. What I wouldn't give to see it performed live with full backing band, orchestra, choir, and all. And again, I can't wait for the Purple album. The label is slowing down the release? Why do you need a label? Do what Zeppelin did (Swan Song) and create your own. The label doesn't want to sponsor you, Travis, then forget them (obviously I have a much harsher word in mind but, you get the idea. . . ). You don't need 'em. Maybe it's just my stupidity when it comes to things like this, but it seems to me you can release it just fine either without a label or under the Independant label. You're brilliant, Travis. If labels can't figure that out, it's their loss. Don't let it be yours. TO THE REVIEWER BELOW Seriously. Yeah, Travis Meeks says, "What the f@#k" a couple of times on the song WORDS. So what. Or "what the f@#k. " This is the best new artist I've discovered in over 10 years. Travis Meeks is a genius and has been dubbed by some critics as the new Jim Morrison. I don't know about that. Some of his vocal and lyrical elements remind me of Morrison and Alice In Chains, but this guy makes music that is ALL HIS OWN. When this was recorded, he was barely old enough to drink legally. Hey, we could all surely use some more DAYS OF THE NEW music around here. How about a new album Travis? This one is COLOSSAL!! If you love rock that defies categorization, you're gonna want to sample this along with the first 2 by Travis Meeks and DAYS OF THE NEW. ENJOY. Explicit lyrics? Could someone explain why this has the explicit lyrics tag? I would like to know if this is particularly offensive prior to purchase, or if there are certain tracks which may be offensive. . You can see a complete list of all Days of the New discography, or go back to the Days of the New tabs