Incubus
– Look Alive (Sony/Epic Blu-ray)
Picture: B- Sound: B+ Extras: D Film: C+
Incubus began as an Alternative
Rock band in 1991 and may be survivors, but have had mixed success after an
early peak. By 2004, they were in a
lawsuit with their home label of Sony and the album that resulted in the
settlement was felt by some to be the point where they took a turn for the
poorer, as this review for A Crow Left
Of The Murder… shows:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/1439/Incubus+-+A+Crow+Left
We also reviewed the previous
Blu-ray/CD set, Alive At Red Rocks
2004:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/7991/Incubus+–+Alive+At+Red+Rocks
So here we are four years later
and the band is still at their same home label.
Have things become better or worse?
Look Alive is a new concert
showing the band more recently and is actually the second to appear on
Blu-ray. Tracks include:
1)
Rogues
2)
Quicksand
3)
A
Kiss To Sent Us Off
4)
Anna
Molly
5)
Redefine
6)
Pistola
7)
Love
Hurts
8)
Paper
Shoes
9)
Megalomaniac
10) Nebula
11) Earth To Bella, Part One
12) Sick Sad Little World
13) Oil & Water
14) Dig
15) Punch Drunk
16) Aquaeous Transmission
17) Look Alive
Well the band plays professionally
and has consideration for the audience, yet this concert did only so much for
me, with the music and the performances uneven and nothing too memorable. The biggest culprit was a lack of great energy
you expect from such a concert and it is just not here. It is not as if they are bored or do not
care, but lost on some other plain that never adds up. They can play, but that is not sufficient in
making a good concert, so this is a fans-only affair.
The 1080p 1.78 X 1 image looks
like a 1080i shoot with detail issues, flat Video Black and an image made to
purposely look like it is constantly out of focus or off center or off kilter,
or… Whatever the intent, it was a big
mistake and if it was to make the viewer feel they were intoxicated, it wears
thin very quickly. The sound comes in
Dolby TrueHD 48/16 5.1 and PCM 48/16 5.1 mixes, as well as a lesser Dolby
Digital 640 kbps 5.1 mix, but the first two are the highlight of the disc, with
some rich surrounds and a very good recording of the concert overall. Some have reported the mix sounding like it
is leaning to the left, but it was not so awkward as to be an issue. If anything, it seems like the mixers wanted
it to be loud in a noisy sense. There are
no extras.
-
Nicholas Sheffo
