The 42-year-old bachelor lives among the trees of the Santa Monica Mountains when he’s not on tour, and spends his days hiking, walking on the beach and painting. “I now have to push him around in a stroller, which is kind of embarrassing, but kind of hilarious at the same time.” “I’ve been hanging out with my super-old dog who doesn’t walk anymore,” he replies when Kerrang! enquires how he’s been enjoying the breather.

Incubus held a listening party to introduce brand-new music at New York’s Quad Studios (fun fact: this was the studio where Tupac Shakur was robbed, shot and hospitalized in 1994.Brandon Boyd is taking in the California morning, enjoying a rare stretch at home between legs of an intensive worldwide tour with Incubus. It was a casual affair with the band assembled in the control room, and guitarist Mike Einziger doing most of the song introductions, with vocalist Brandon Boyd adding color and comic relief. In the control room hearing new Incubus music The band was in a positive mood and absolutely excited and proud to be showing off these new songs. Incubus listening intently to new music with fans and music insiders Everyone in attendance was given a Playbill-type booklet featuring Brandon’s hand-written lyrics to 6 songs. While we don’t have all the details on the album title, track order, etc., here’s what to expect based on what we heard:ĪLT 92.9 will have a new single to play in a couple of weeks, a hard-rocking, classic Incubus sounding song called “Nimble Bastard.” It’ll grab your attention really quickly. Handwritten lyrics to Incubus’ forthcoming single “Nimble Bastard”īesides “Nimble Bastard,” the songs are vintage Incubus and show tremendous range. There are rockers, ballads, groovers, and even a 7th song not listed in our program described as a “mustache sniffer” (Brandon’s term for a song that makes you pucker your lips and nod your head to the beat.

One song was described as the “Sexiest Incubus Song Ever.”Īnother song was collaboration with Skrillex. The band explained it as a song they didn’t even consider. While Incubus worked on other songs, Skrillex took that one into a studio, tinkered with it, and presented it to the band.

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