Let's Start A Riot

"Let's start a riot me and you

cause a riot's overdue."

It's funny that this is one of the first lines in the first track on Ursa Major, the new Third Eye Blind album. I could've started a riot in the mall today, basically running through the parkade, up the escalator and into HMV to get my hands on this precious disc. Six long years I've waited! Definitely overdue. I just wanted to pay and get out of there, and in those instances it always seems like time is against you. I'm not even kidding, there was a kid in line ahead of me, maybe seven years old with a stack of Michael Jackson CDs as tall as himself. For real?! It's 10:30 in the morning!

Anyways, I got the goods and bee-lined it back to my car, fumbling with the stupid plastic wrapper. When I finally got the CD playing I felt like a million bricks were lifted off my shoulders. Not in a stressful way, but in the way a little kid waits for Christmas and then bursts with excitement when it finally arrives. I don't think I've ever been so happy to hear a bunch of songs.

I drove to school, pretty choked that I couldn't listen to the whole thing all the way through. Although I can't remember the last time I had a smile on my face for that amount of time. Because I said it once and I'll say it again, music is the purest love I've ever known.

Third Eye Blind especially, gives me shivers. No one else can explain the things that are on the tip of my tongue, that I just can't get out because I can't find the words.

Well, WELL worth the wait. Do a favour for yourself and anyone around you that has to hear what you're listening to and buy this ASAP.