Incubus Band - Monuments and Melodies and Pending Seventh Studio Album - Incubus Albums

Incubus Band - Monuments and Melodies and Pending Seventh Studio Album - Incubus Albums

Monuments and Melodies and Pending Seventh Studio Album (2008-present)

In mid January 2009, Incubus posted a video to their official site, describing what each band member was currently occupied with (eg. Mike Einziger's experiences studying music at Harvard University) in the form of letters to each other. The resolution of the video was that the band was planning on getting back together soon, excited to create new music with their diverse experiences over their respite. [6]

On March 11, 2009, Incubus posted an update to their official site detailing the new Greatest Hits album, Monuments and Melodies. The first single for the album is "Black Heart Inertia" expected on April 7, 2009 with the album coming two months later on June 16, 2009. Disc one of the album includes the new singles "Black Heart Inertia" and "Midnight Swim" as well as the top radio hits of the last decade. Then Disc 2 of the album contains songs that have not been released officially on an album, or were rejected demos on prior albums, as well as an acoustic version of "A Certain Shade of Green," and a cover of the Prince song "Let's Go Crazy." The band also announced many confirmed dates for a Summer Amphitheater Tour of the US.

On March 26, 2009, it was announced that Incubus would be a performing at the second annual Mile High Music Festival. The band is scheduled to play during the first day of the two day event, which is held at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado.[7]

On April 1, 2009, the band posted a fake "making of" video for their upcoming single, "Black Heart Inertia." In the video, Brandon and his double "swapped places". Brandon fetched coffee for his double, and his double also imitated Christian Bale when the DP annoyed him, shouting at and violently chasing him out off of the set. After the short film, the first full stream of "Black Heart Inertia" was uploaded, clocking in at 4:17. On April 2, the full song was streamed on the band's official site. The song has peaked (to this date) at #7 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, making it the band's 15th Top 10 standing on the list.

On June 16, 2009, the official Monuments and Melodies Greatest hits CD was released to the public. The first CD includes singles of the previous albums and the second CD includes rarities and music never released on any albums.

On June 25, 2009, Monuments and Melodies opened at #5 on the Billboard Music Charts, this is their 4th album reaching at least #5 on the charts.

On July 1, 2009, Boyd stated to North County Times, "We are definitely going to be writing ... in hopes of putting out a record sometime in 2010. That's the hope. We can never force anything. I definitely have the suspicion that we're going to get on the road together this summer, and we're just going to start playing and stuff is going to start brewing, and we're going to light that fire again."

Incubus Band - Monuments and Melodies and Pending Seventh Studio Album - Incubus Albums