Eyes Adrift--Eyes Adrift

For anyone who appreciates ‘90s hard-rock and grunge, Eyes Adrift should make you drool. In theory at least. Curt Kirkwood, fresh from the Meat Puppets and their 2000 release Golden Lies, teamed up with Krist Novoselic from Nirvana and Bud Gaugh from Sublime to create what would be the coalition of ‘90s talent ripping into the new millennium. Except it wasn’t. The reason this massive grouping of big-names and talent went so unheralded is because their music blew. As romantic and exciting the idea is, Eyes Adrift and their debut-self-titled album was a flop. "Alaska" is barely a mediocre hit, and its quite frankly the best song on the album. "Pasted" ain’t a horrible track either, but nothing in the album breaks forth and declares the coming of a new, grunge-alternative era. Which shouldn’t surprise anyone, because it never happened. Yet, Eyes Adrift is a nifty little blip of a band that most people have over-looked. If you enjoyed the bands that these members came from, this is an interesting – albeit disappointing – album to search for. Happy hunting!

(Published at MusicEmissions.com)