'Self Righteous' which features guest vocals from Kimya Dawson actually starts as a decent ballad but ultimately goes nowhere. 'Misfits' which has an interesting acoustic guitar part is plagued by an outro that last a little too long. Single 'Blinded' proves to be a decent song but falls in comparison to older singles such as 'Never Let You Go' and 'Deep Inside Of You'. While containing some of their best songs to date, Out Of The Vein sometimes suffers from some lazy songwriting and lack of original hooks.

'Danger' and Company' join 'Faster' as being the faster paced rock songs with 'Company' being the strongest of all of them. 'Crystal Baller', 'My Hit And Run', and 'Palm Reader' are all lead by great hooks to keep the songs memorable. 'Forget Myself' which may be one of the best 3Eb songs to date, opens with a bass line followed by a great spacey guitar riff and contains a very catchy chorus. Faster contains one of the biggest choruses that 3Eb have ever made also. With lines such as 'I want to get off one time/and not apologize' Jenkins shows that he has lost none of his lyrical wit over the years. The album opens up with 'Faster' which greets the listener with the almost constant optimistic tone that the rest of the record shares. The new songs initially still sound like Third Eye Blind, but they miss some of the hooks and fun that classics such as 'Semi-charmed Life' and 'Jumper' had. Atlantic did almost nothing to promote the record and the two singles that were released, 'Crystal Baller' and 'Blinded' did not receive the airplay that 3Eb's older singles had received. At the same time, 3Eb's record label Elektra Records was being absorbed into Atlantic records. During the months leading up to Out Of The Vein the release date was delayed several times. 'Out Of The Vein' is Third Eye Blinds' third LP and is their most underrated release. Armed with new guitarist Tony Fredianelli, Third Eye Blind released 'Out Of The Vein'. Cadagons & Jenkins songwriting collaborations proved to be the strongest point of Third Eye Blinds' songwriting and Cadogons' departure had many wondering what led in store for their newest effort.

They released two albums in the nineties, their self titled album and 1999's darker 'Blue' before Cadagon left in 2000. Third Eye Blind have often proved that they are ahead of the pack with Stephan Jenkins witty lyrics and Kevin Cadagons’' songwriting contributions.

Upon receiving their 1997 classic self titled album for my sixteenth birthday I was proved rather wrong. Review Summary: While it's missing what made their self titled a classic, Out Of the Vein proves to be another solid release by Third Eye Blind.Ī few years ago, if somebody would have asked me about Third Eye Blind I would have shrugged them off as another band whose fifteen minutes of fame was over long ago.

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