The band has released four albums, "Eve 6" (1998), "Horrorscope" (2000),It's All In Your Head (2003), and Speak in Code (2012). Two of the band's singles, "Inside Out" and "Here's To the Night", reached the Top 40 in the United States.
Reunited and re-energized, the band returned with a new album called Speak In Code eight years after parting ways in 2004. As the fourth full-length release for Eve 6 and their debut on new label Fearless Records, the album heralds not just a return to form for the threesome, but a new chapter in a book that had ended all too abruptly.
“Overall I'm really proud of it, and I think we're doing right by our fans, who’ve waited a long time for us to make another record. I think we're giving them something they'll enjoy,” says singer/bassist Max Collins. “Once we got in the studio there was a lot of energy. There aren't any filler moments; each song has its purpose. This is the strongest collection of songs we've ever had on one record.”
In many ways, Speak In Code is a work with deep personal significance for Collins, who has weathered his share of personal adversity. The album is a testament to coming out okay on the other side, with friendships still intact, but it’s within the journey that the story truly lies. Whether it’s romantic relationships or dealings with his bandmates, communication—and its barriers—is a central theme underpinning the release.
“In some of the songs frustration is a theme. I was sort of looking at difficult personal relationships with a humorous spin in some places, and with more earnestness in others,” explains Collins. “The title [Speak In Code] is a lyric from ‘Curtain,’ and there was something kind of evocative about it. In that song, I'm referring to being newly sober and just feeling like an open nerve, feeling freaked out, having people and life being sort of overwhelming. It's almost like people are speaking a language you don't understand.”
First single “Victoria” lyrically weaves a tale that draws the listener into a hook-laden, 80‘s-influenced anthem, putting a contemporary spin on the classic Eve 6 sound. “[‘Victoria’] indulges this paranoid what-if fantasy that kind of has a foot in the truth: My wife went on this girls’ vacation to Mexico, and when I was looking through the photos, I saw my imagination start to go, and wrote that song,” Collins recalls. “I'm convinced in my mind that something’s going on that really isn't.”
Far from being just some nefarious nostalgia cash-in, Speak In Code is a genuine example of triumphing over one’s obstacles, both professionally and personally, seven years in the making. Eve 6 say the time rebuilding was essential to regaining their footing, which seems more solid in 2012 than ever. "In a lot of ways, the years leading up to this album release was a bit of a ‘paying our dues’ situation. We certainly had to earn the right to have this opportunity again,” says Fagenson. “This time around I think we realized just how hard it is to really get a rock band going and just when you think you're near the finish line you realize there's another hundred miles to go. But all that work and time simply strengthened our belief in what we were doing, and it was a crucial aspect of our development. It really taught us about stick-with-it-ness and perseverance."
"The time we spent apart really made us appreciate what we have in each other. It's a chemistry you can't manufacture,” adds Collins. “We literally grew up playing music together. The bond that we have as a result of so much shared experience infuses the sound of the band."
With Speak In Code slated for an April 24th release, the band is gearing up for their much-awaited reintroduction to fans. Now part of the Fearless Records family, it’s a guarantee Eve 6’s music will reach a wide, eager audience of potential devotees, and a full slate of touring behind the release is slated for 2012. Diehards who caught the band live in prior years will undoubtedly be thrilled to see the trio once again on stage, but it will be a somewhat older, definitely wiser group that greets them. According to Collins, it’s all good.
“We’re looking forward to playing new songs, and reconnecting to the fans with new material,” says Collins. “I feel this profound gratitude to the other two guys in my band. We've been through a lot—we've had the mountaintop moments and the Death Valley moments—and we're still here today, we all get along, and we made this thing together. It's almost miraculous, to me. There's this convergence that goes on for something that's bigger than the sum of its parts, and that's such a joyful, cool fucking thing.”
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RescuE
EVE 6 Lyrics
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In the backyard stars shone brighter than the others
That I rarely see through the smog through the haze that covers
The home that I used to live in
Well I kind of sort of knew what was going to happen
When she put her number down on a restaurant napkin
She said goodbye I think the words were when you're back in
Town let's have each other again I'll come around and see you again
Like Jessica Rabbit she collects bad habits gets her drinks for free
Animated vixen stole Cupid's arrow and came to rescue me
In the blink of an eyelid my lid opened up and I could see
That she'd come to rescue me
I tasted southern sin with a girl who was just perfection
Had a two room condo back in a wealthy section
Of the Florida flatlands where she had me kept in
A wicked trance for a day
Well I kind of sort of knew what was going to happen
When she and a friend came and met me in Atlanta
I professed my love in an animalistic manner
Like an endless foreign flick my subtitles were sick
Like Jessica Rabbit she collects bad habits gets her drinks for free
Animated vixen stole Cupid's arrow and came to rescue me
In the blink of an eyelid my lid opened up and I could see
That she'd come to rescue me
Well I kind of sort of saw the sirens coming
She was running toward me wearing almost nothing
And my heart beat skipped when she bent down at the hip
And her lips pressed against mine
Like Jessica Rabbit she collects bad habits gets her drinks for free
Animated vixen stole Cupid's arrow and came to rescue me
In the blink of an eyelid my lid opened up and I could see
That she'd come to rescue me
Here she comes to rescue me
I'm not gonna blink cause I want to see
I want to see her come
Here she comes
The lyrics of Eve 6's song Rescue tell the story of the singer's encounters with different women that he describes as rescuing him from his mundane life. In the first verse, he describes an experience with a woman who takes him to her mother's house where they stargaze together. He notes that he hardly ever sees the stars due to the pollution in his everyday environment. The woman leaves her number on a napkin, providing the singer with a future possibility of another "rescue."
In the second verse, he goes on to describe another encounter, this time with a woman who lives in a wealthy section of Florida. She keeps him in a "wicked trance," and he knows that he is about to fall for her when she and a friend come to meet him in Atlanta. He realizes the animalistic nature of his attraction to her, as though he is a character in a foreign film with the subtitles being "sick."
Finally, in the last verse, the singer describes being rescued by a woman running towards him wearing almost nothing. They kiss, and he feels that he is again being saved from some dull existence.
Overall, the song seems to be about the tantalizing allure of sexual encounters and how they can provide a sense of excitement and escape from everyday life.
Line by Line Meaning
I rode a western wind with a girl over to her mother's
I went with the girl to her mother's place on a western wind
In the backyard stars shone brighter than the others
The stars in the backyard were brighter than any others
That I rarely see through the smog through the haze that covers
I rarely see such beautiful stars due to the smog and haze where I live
The home that I used to live in
I used to live in a home here
Well I kind of sort of knew what was going to happen
I had a feeling of what was going to happen
When she put her number down on a restaurant napkin
She gave me her number on a restaurant napkin
She said goodbye I think the words were when you're back in
She said goodbye with the promise of seeing each other when I'm back in town
Town let's have each other again I'll come around and see you again
She promised to come around and see me again
Like Jessica Rabbit she collects bad habits gets her drinks for free
She's like Jessica Rabbit, collecting bad habits and getting drinks for free
Animated vixen stole Cupid's arrow and came to rescue me
A lively and attractive woman saved me by stealing Cupid's arrow
In the blink of an eyelid my lid opened up and I could see
Suddenly, I could see clearly
That she'd come to rescue me
She had come to save me
I tasted southern sin with a girl who was just perfection
I tasted the forbidden fruit with a girl who was perfect
Had a two room condo back in a wealthy section
She had a two-room condo in a rich part of town
Of the Florida flatlands where she had me kept in
She kept me in the Florida flatlands with her
A wicked trance for a day
I was in a wicked trance for a day
Well I kind of sort of knew what was going to happen
I had the feeling of what was going to happen
When she and a friend came and met me in Atlanta
She and a friend met me in Atlanta
I professed my love in an animalistic manner
I expressed my love in a wild and primal way
Like an endless foreign flick my subtitles were sick
My love declaration was like a foreign film with sick subtitles
Well I kind of sort of saw the sirens coming
I had a feeling that the sirens were coming
She was running toward me wearing almost nothing
She was running towards me with hardly anything on
And my heart beat skipped when she bent down at the hip
My heart skipped a beat when she bent down at the hip
And her lips pressed against mine
Our lips pressed together
Here she comes to rescue me
She's coming to save me
I'm not gonna blink cause I want to see
I don't want to miss a thing, so I won't blink
I want to see her come
I want to see her arrive
Here she comes
She's arriving
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: Anthony Fagenson, James Collins, Jonathan Siebels
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