in all major cities such as Austin, Las Vegas, Miami and Seattle.
Among dozens of book signings, group and solo exhibitions, special collaborative projects, and philanthropic arts, Brandon has showed a mixture of both expressive and abstract paintings, prints, and drawings in international cities including Amsterdam, Cape Town, London, Paris, Rome, Zurich and across the U.S. His other life’s work - that of a painter - has been garnering increasing attention and devoted audiences of its own for over a decade.īrandon has published three books of his visual art: White Fluffy Clouds (2003), From the Murks of the Sultry Abyss (2007), and So the Echo (2013). We wondered how Boyd felt about being grouped in with that movement, considering that Incubus’ music had perhaps more of an alternative vibe.Brandon Boyd’s work as a singer, songwriter, both as a solo artist and with his platinum-selling rock band, Incubus, is well documented and universally acclaimed. Going back 20-plus years, Incubus achieved mainstream success as part of the late ’90s / early 2000s hard rock scene that also saw the emergence of bands like Godsmack, Staind, Linkin Park, Papa Roach, and other acts. We’ll probably lumber through the first few tracks, and nobody will ever hear them, and then we might come up with something good again. We’ve done the thing where we albums back to back to back to back, and that was amazing, and we’ve probably put out some of our best work during that period of time. That means they’re likely rehearsing in their “band room” this week, so perhaps new music is being created at this very moment.īoyd continued, “I have to say that it’s really a wonderful place to be, to be able to write music together as it sort of naturally occurs. Prior to the summer outing, which launches on July 24th ( tickets available here), Incubus are playing a couple shows this Friday (March 25th) and Saturday (March 26th) in Las Vegas. When we get together to rehearse for some upcoming shows, we’re swiftly reminded how much fun it is to be in the band and to make new music.” I have no doubt that once we just get into our band room and just start playing that new music is going to emerge. “We’re always talking about making new music together, and it’s really fun and wonderfully challenging to write music with the guys in the band. “It’s wild that it has almost been five years since we put a record out - that’s so crazy,” Boyd responded in Part 2 of our video interview (watch above). We were curious if the wheels were turning on new music, so we asked Boyd that very question.
It’s been five years since Incubus released a full-length studio album, 2017’s 8, although the band did issue the EP Trust Fall (Side B) in 2020.
During the conversation, the singer also gave us an update on potential new music from Incubus. Prior to the tour news, Brandon Boyd caught up with Heavy Consequence to discuss his new solo album, Echoes and Cocoons, as seen in Part 1 of our video interview. Incubus recently announced a headlining 2022 Summer US tour, with support from Sublime with Rome and The Aquadolls.