#2 "Make Yourself" by Incubus

Artist: Incubus
Song:Make Yourself
Album: Make Yourself (1999)
Personal Rating: ****
The Title track from the album "Make Yourself" Like most of Incubus' songs it promotes self motivation and improvement with a slightly cynical air. This song is a good show of incubus' progressive undercurrent, with alternating 4/4 3/4 feel during the verses and bridge. From album to album the feel of Incubus' music changes, while they still maintain certain characteristics that set them apart in the alt-rock genre, This album is on the slightly heavier side, with progressive attributes. And develops a good pulse between heavy and lighter from song to song, creating a good flow and feel to the album as a straight through piece. The track previous to "Make Yourself" (titled "Stellar") is a bit softer with a heavier chorus that creates tension and build in to "Make yourself," which maintains the pressure and builds even more to an allmost climax. "Make Yourself" ends on one of the heaviest moments of the CD and flows into "Drive" which is one of the gentlest on the album. This drastic difference creates a welcome release in tension and maintains the captivating pulse and suspenseful rhythm of the album.

Favorite line: "At a distance your strong, until the wind comes, then you crumble and blow away"