Secret Samadhi

I remember the anticipation I had for this album before it was released when I was a sophomore at college. I of course loved and devoured Mental Jewelry and Throwing Copper during high school and went to every show I could in the Boston area.

Two days before the album was released I saw them at UNH and heard most of the songs from the new album. They had already been playing Lakini's Juice on the radio for a month.



I distinctly remember two days later after I rushed to Tower Records and getting the CD walking through the Boston campus listening to the album the first time. Rattlesnake was a great start. I remember hearing that Ed and the band were at the Rattlensake bar in Boston before a show - I remember thinking I should have known they'd go there. lol

The entire album still holds up even after listening to it right now.

Ghost and Gas Hed are probably two of my favorite tracks from the album listening to it again. Freaks was the second single released and I've always been meh about that song. Century would have been a better single. Heropsychodreamer is of course awesome and was the name for my first Līve fan site on Geocites. Turn My Head of course is great but I think I like some of the other tracks better than the singles they released.

Hopefully, there will be some heavier guitars in Līve's new release as there were on this album and Throwing Copper.

It was a heavier direction for the band and I loved it.