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ARTIST..: Tantric                   ENCODER.: Lame V3.90.3
TITLE...: After We Go               K/BITS..: VBR
LABEL...: Maverick                  MODE:...: Joint-Stereo
GENRE...: Rock                      TRACKS..: 12
TIME....: 48:27 min
RIP DATE: 02/24/2004                SIZE....: 82,6 MB
REL DATE: 02/24/2004                SOURCE..: CDDA

New Tantric for ya brought to you by the aPC crew.
Here is a little information for ya.

How do you follow a platinum-selling album that featured a
#1 hit, a top 10 and a top 20 single, and rocketed all the
way to #4 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart? If you’re
Tantric, you hunker down in a Nashville studio with producer
Toby Wright (Korn, Alice In Chains) for a couple of months
and emerge with a record that actually one-ups its hugely
successful predecessor. The Louisville, Kentucky-based
quartet have outdone themselves with the eagerly anticipated
After We Go, an electrifying album built on swaggering
riffs, stacked harmonies and hook-filled shimmering
melodies.

"You can’t go into the studio worrying about writing another
hit or selling twice as many copies as the first album,"
says vocalist Hugo Ferreira. "All you can do is make music
that moves you and hope that it affects others the same

Ferreira and crew began penning the new album while
globetrotting in support of their critically acclaimed
self-titled debut. Emerging from the ashes of Days of the
New, guitarist Todd Whitener, bassist Jesse Vest, and
drummer Matt Taul re-grouped with Ferreira and quickly
established themselves as a vital new voice in rock. They
scored a smash hit single with "Breakdown" (which shot to #1
on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart), a Top 10 hit with
"Astounded" and a Top 20 single in "Mourning." They
maintained a high profile by touring with the likes of Creed
and Kid Rock, and appeared on both The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. The band garnered
MTV airplay with "Breakdown," which was also prominently
featured in various commercials, two Warner Bros. films,
Driven and Salton Sea, and television shows such as Buffy
the Vampire Slayer and Witchblade. And as their hits
blanketed rock radio, the band took to the road, sharing
stages with everyone from Coldplay and Staind to Stone
Temple Pilots, Kid Rock and 3 Doors Down. When all was said
and done, Tantric had toured for over two years and sold
close to a million albums.

"We’re so grateful for all of it," says Whitener. "I’d like
to say that I knew it would happen for us, but there were
definitely times early on when I wondered where this would
take us. I was afraid I’d have to go back to work at Arby’s
to make ends meet," he laughs. "But we’ve really poured our
hearts into this band and the music and thankfully
everything’s worked out. I remember being handed my gold
album and just hugging it all night long. I called my
parents and just about every other person I know to tell
them about it. To be honest, I think I even slept with the
damn thing."

When the tour ended, Tantric returned home, road-tightened,
revitalized and eager to redefine its focus. Not only was
the group looking forward to working on new material, they
were anxious to reveal a depth beyond the scope of their
debut record. "We were still discovering our sound when we
made the first album," says Ferreira. "But two years on the
road really helped us grow as musicians and tighter as a
band. As a result, we went into the studio with a stronger
sense of what we wanted to achieve this time around."

To help them nail it, the band brought back Wright, who was
behind the board for the first album.

"When it came to choosing a producer, we knew we wanted to
work with Toby again," says Whitener. "I’ve heard so many
horror stories about bands fighting with their producers,
but Toby really understands us and what we’re looking for
and he did a amazing job on this album. He agreed to come to
Ocean Way in Nashville, which was great because it allowed
us to spend time with our families. If I was stressed from a
day at the studio, I’d go home and get a hug and kiss from
my daughter and the next day I was good to go."

After We Go sees Ferreira and Whitener blending their voices
to thrilling effect, floating breezy melodies over
guitarscapes both raw and rapturous. Evoking the emotional
life beneath the melodies, their swirling harmonies give the
album an intoxicating warmth and flow. Anchoring this
sprawling sound is the rhythm section of bassist Jesse Vest
and drummer Matt Taul, whose grooving backbeats alternate
between kick-out-the-jams-heavy and
laid-back-in-the-pocket-smooth.

Though the album showcases the band’s strength as
songwriters, special attention should be called to their
stunning rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s "The Chain." "We were
tossing around the idea of a cover, but couldn’t agree on a
song," says Ferreira. "After going back and forth a few
times, I turned on a classic rock station and suggested we
cover the first song we hear," he laughs. "’The Chain’ came
on and we all looked at each other and were like, ‘Wow, that
could be really good.’ Then we flipped around the dial and
heard two more Fleetwood Mac songs. We took it as an omen."

Hypnotic and languorous, each song on the album has its own
atmospheric sound and vibe, with the Ferreira offering
belated apologies to an estranged lover ("Hero"),
questioning the karmic boomerang ("After We Go"), raging
against spinning wheels ("Hey Now") and searching for self
("Chasing After").

"Conversations that I had with fans played a big part in the
way we approached the album’s lyrical content," says
Whitener. "Over the course of the past two years, I’ve
received fan e-mails and had people talk to me at shows
about the tough times they’ve experienced—some even
contemplating suicide. They told me that our songs helped
them get through it. I can definitely relate because music
has that same kind of healing effect on me, but it’s amazing
to think that our songs can touch someone like that. Hearing
those stories really made me think about the opportunity
we’ve been given. I think there are a lot of artists out
there that take advantage of the situation and that’s
irresponsible. We’re more interested in giving people
something positive to grab onto."

"We’ve been lucky, but there are a lot of ups and downs you
experience as a new band," says Ferreria. "Sometimes it can
be really frustrating, but that’s part of the game. Then
someone tells you that your song got them through a painful
time and that makes everything worth it. Those are the kind
of experiences that made us work even harder on this album.
Awards and things like that are great, but nothing beats the
feeling of making that human connection. We want to feel
that again."     Hi Mom, Hey Noah!

TRACKLIST

01. Chasing After                                    03:31
02. After We Go                                      04:21
03. Falling Away                                     04:23
04. Hey Now                                          03:29
05. Hero                                             04:25
06. The Chain                                        04:21
07. Change The World                                 03:27
08. Just Once                                        04:57
09. Relentless                                       03:12
10. Alright                                          04:22
11. Before                                           04:27
12. Awake                                            03:32

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