Inward Eye 'Throwing Bricks Instead of Kisses' album

Canadian rockers Inward Eye are set to release their debut album "Throwing Bricks Instead of Kisses" through J Records/RCA on August 18th. The band, which consists of the Erickson brothers, Dave (vocals/bass), Kyle (guitar/vocals), and Anders (drums) just finished the Vans Warped Tour and now have touring commitments with Flogging Molly for two weeks in October throughout Canada. The single "Day After Day" impacts Alternative on August 18th.

The trio grabbed their moniker from the title of an early track nobody particularly liked ("We needed a name for a gig, and we really never got around to changing it," says Kyle) and began their recording career at home on a four-track. By high school, they'd picked up a manager, and around the time Anders hit 15, the band started hitting the bar scene. "I have especially fond memories of opening up for amateur strip nights at a club called the Zoo," 20-year-old Anders recalls.

"We realized we've been playing in this band for most of our lives and we've only ever played with each other... no member changes. The musical chemistry and genetic pre-disposition to like the same music makes our band special. As a 3-piece, there's nowhere to hide so we perfected our technique and learned to fill out our sound," Anders explains.

After amassing a strong local following, but without ever recording a note in a studio, major labels came knocking, and in the summer of 2005 the guys spent a week in New York City showing off their live skills. J Records was impressed and Inward Eye quit their grocery store jobs back home and began the exciting (and sometimes arduous) process of writing songs for their first real recordings.

The result of their labors is the Inward Eye EP, which is stocked with powerful anthems and raw-nerve rock of their favorite bands. The band recorded at their producer Arnold Lanni's (Simple Plan, Finger Eleven, Our Lady Peace) house-studio in Temecula, California, logging long trips in their van as they continued to criss-cross the continent on tour.

"Lyrically, I felt like there was a lot of problems around me, and a lack of justice. We're twentysomethings being thrown into the adult world and realizing this is kind of a screwed-up place," Kyle says of the songs' overarching theme of disillusionment. We're kind of learning to be wary. I think a lot of our lyrics are about a new awareness of our surroundings as young men growing up in a scary world."

For this trio, brotherhood always comes first. "We are a true band. There is not one decision that is made by one person, it has to go through all of us, right down to notes I sing or a drum beat Anders plays," Dave explains. They have one last policy, too: "We can't repeat our road stories or people are going to go to jail."

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