Make Yourself

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IncubusMake Yourselfon 180g 2LP
Appearing on Vinyl for the Very First Time!
Legacy Recordingsis pleased to announce that they will be reissuing five classic titles from the core catalog ofIncubus, the American rock band from Calabasas, California who fused funk, rap, metal, techno, jazz and hip-hop into an upbeat new music for the emerging 21st century. Each title will be issued on180g 2LPincluding:S.C.I.E.N.C.E.(1997);Make Yourself(1999);Morning View(2001);A Crow Left of the Murder(2004); andLight Grenades(2006).
Vocalist and percussionistBrandon Boydand drummerJose Pasillaswent to elementary school together in Calabasas, CA. In middle school, they met guitaristMike Einziger; then, in high school, the trio became friends with bassistAlex Katunich. In 1991, in the 10th grade, the four friends decided to form a band simply because they loved music, from Primus and Rage Against the Machine to Ella Fitzgerald and Santana to Steve Vai and Iron Maiden.
In 1995,DJ LyfesawIncubusplay live and asked if they would be interested in using some of his hip hop tracks. Lyfe joined full-time after one rehearsal. We didnt want the turntable to sound like somebody scratching a snare drum, like it sounds on a lot of rap records, explains Mike. We wanted it to be more of an instrument with its own sounds, like that of a keyboard player or another guitar player. As a rapper, Lyfe is very rooted in hip-hop, adds Brandon. But since he learned to spin discs with a live band, Incubus, rather than with pre-recorded music, hes got a different approach.

Originally issued in October of 1999,Make Yourselfis the third album overall and second major label release fromIncubus, following 1997’sS.C.I.E.N.C.E.and 1995’s independently releasedFungus Amongus. Produced byScott Littand featuring the charting hit singles “Drive,” “Pardon Me,” and “Stellar.” Appearing on vinyl for the very first time!

“When we recorded and released our first album S.C.I.E.N.C.E., we were but wee lads overflowing with enthusiasm and energy. We’d never really toured, we’d never had an audience other than our family and friends. We ended up touring around America and Europe quite relentlessly for over two years in search of… rock and roll? By the time we sputtered, coughed and crawled our way home we were exhausted. But strangely inspired. We began writing songs for what became our sophomore effort, Make Yourself. An album that when finished, evoked a kind of head scratching reaction out of us.

“Being that we had unintentionally helped define a new sub-genre of music with the previous one. It seemed almost counterintuitive that we had just written a rock and roll album filled with melody, restraint, thoughtfulness (both musically and lyrically), and God forbid…singles! Make Yourself was met with trepidation by our newfound listeners. We had flipped the switch on them. Pulled the old switcheroo. We even got nervous at certain points that perhaps we had made a mistake in trusting those instincts to keep moving in this more ‘song’ oriented direction. But a few months after its release, things began slowly arcing towards success…In the end, our creative instincts had pointed us in the right direction. It was a meandering compass, but a good one.” – Brandon BoydLP1
1. Privilege
2. Nowhere Fast
3. Consequence
4. The Warmth
5. When It Comes
6. Stellar

LP2
1. Make Yourself
2. Drive
3. Clean
4. Battlestar Scralatchtica
5. I Miss You
6. Pardon Me
7. Out from Under