New Tesla Album...sort of

Jeff's been singing high and strong for a lot longer than most old school vocalists so the fact that it's just now giving out is impressive.

Eyesore wrote:

Bought the new tune the day it was released. It's just okay. Sounds like Jeff's voice is in decline. =(

Let's hope the band doesn't resort to that cheap trick of downtuning their songs just so Jeff can cope. It could destroy not only their loyal fanbase but the very fabric of our universe.  

Heaven's Trail will now be performed with 7-string guitars.

corplhicks wrote:

Heaven's Trail will now be performed with 7-string guitars.

Cool. Jeff can start sporting an Adidas track suit too.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Heaven's Trail will now be performed with 7-string guitars.

Cool. Jeff can start sporting an Adidas track suit too.

New Tesla teaser...not sure what to think about it...

corplhicks wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Heaven's Trail will now be performed with 7-string guitars.

Cool. Jeff can start sporting an Adidas track suit too.

New Tesla teaser...not sure what to think about it...

    Mudvayne... Love that band..

Jeff is gonna be 55, month after next. That makes him eligible for AARP

Bump. Gotta studio version of the new single. Can't listen to it now 'cause I'm on the run. You guys tell me how it sounds; I'll check it out later.

corplhicks wrote:

Bump. Gotta studio version of the new single. Can't listen to it now 'cause I'm on the run. You guys tell me how it sounds; I'll check it out later.

Old single. See page one.

Eyesore wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Bump. Gotta studio version of the new single. Can't listen to it now 'cause I'm on the run. You guys tell me how it sounds; I'll check it out later.

Old single. See page one.

Yeah, whoops. I never saw the link to the studio version; thought the live video was the only one posted. Everyone disregard.

The new album Simplicity will be out in June.

New single released. I like everything except for the chorus; has that well-worn chord progression.

https://soundcloud.com/eone-music/tesla-so-devine

I'm kind of not liking Jeff's voice these days. People keep talking about how great he sounds, and I think he's sounds kind of bad.

I like the new song, and I've become used to Jeff's voice. Here's another song that they've been playing live, which sounds pretty cool:

Eyesore wrote:

I'm kind of not liking Jeff's voice these days. People keep talking about how great he sounds, and I think he's sounds kind of bad.

I haven't noticed anything different. Maybe a little raspy-er? What do you think changed?

Samples from Simplicity:

http://www.amazon.com/Simplicity-Tesla/dp/B00KHUKUX0

Sounds pretty good, though the back end seems a bit heavy on the mellow tracks.

It's hard to judge the songs by the samples but it sounds like it is going to be a very mellow album.

Well on first listen I think the biggest thing this album is lacking is a strong opening track. "MP3" just plods along and has one of the weaker choruses of all the tracks. Actually at the moment it is one of my least favorite Tesla songs overall.

"Ricochet" is a straight-forward upbeat hard rock song—one of the few on this release. Most others are either mid-paced and slightly dark sounding, or acoustic based. They do the latter so well that I can't complain though; songs like "Cross My Heart" and "Other Than Me" sound very much like they could have been included on Bust A Nut or Psychotic Supper. Jeff sounds very good on the softer songs as well. On the heavier songs his voice at times has this "buzzing" timbre to it. He does do some very interesting things vocally like nothing I've heard from him before on "Break of Dawn," one of the heavier tracks.

Overall I think it's a relatively strong album, and includes elements of everything one would expect from Tesla.

The digipack has two bonus tracks: demos of "Burnout to Fade" and "Honestly." These are hardly essential. Same compositions as the final cuts just with rough vocals and electronic drums...so hardly essential.

corplhicks wrote:

Bump. Gotta studio version of the new single. Can't listen to it now 'cause I'm on the run. You guys tell me how it sounds; I'll check it out later.

Looks like this tune didn't make the cut on the new album. Unless they changed the name or something. Bummer.

Interesting, I forgot about that single. It would have been a good addition. Maybe it was excluded because the album is already pretty long.

Best Buy has Simplicity for $9.99 if anyone is interested. Act fast. Even though it just came out today (06.10), my local store only had 5 copies in stock. Well, 4 now.   

What do you think of it, MG71?

glassprison wrote:

What do you think of it, MG71?

Just mid-way through it now. Not bad, but nothing jumping out right now either. Could be I'm a little distracted with work at the moment too. I'll give it a better listen on the ride home tonight.

Drummer Troy Luccketta has a new side-project out if anyone cares...

Quote :

SAVILLE ROW, the band featuring TESLA drummer Troy Luccketta, has just released its debut album, "The Way Around It", via Varese Sarabande Records.

"The Way Around It" track listing:

01. Insight
02. Out Of Reason
03. Lying To Myself
04. Everlasting Low
05. Hard To Let Go
06. Mayfly
07. Blessings
08. Deep Inside
09. Tidal Wave
10. Last Goodbye
11. Between The Eyes

SAVILLE ROW is:

Mika Greiner: Lead and Backing Vocals
Marc Bonilla: Guitars, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Travis Davis: Bass and Backing Vocals
Troy Luccketta: Drums and Percussion

New single from Frank Hannon. His solo stuff is really good, and this is as well.