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Almost 25 years after their debut studio album Under the Table and Dreaming, the Dave Matthews Band has released their ninth studio album. The new record simply titled Come Tomorrow released on June 8th and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. The music of Dave Matthews Band has not faded over the last three decades, and their newest work shows why they are still one of the most popular music groups out there.
Come Tomorrow sees the band return to their more upbeat tone after going a bit more mellow following their 2012 release of Away from the World. Tracks like “Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin)” and “Idea of You” have already begun to see major commercial success and have the makings of very good singles for radio listeners. The album has a longer run-time of 54 minutes but it moves through rather fast as only one song on the album crosses the five-minute threshold. The 14-songs go by fairly quick because the entire album has a good flow to it. The track list starts off with some great momentum but varies a bit as the listener works their way through the entire record.
For many loyal Dave Matthews Band listeners, this can be considered some of the group’s best new music since the 2009 album Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King. There seems to be almost a new life for the band after a six-year gap between album releases and Come Tomorrow sees Dave Matthews change as a songwriter as he focuses on talking about fatherhood, marriage, and enjoying all aspects of life. Come Tomorrow has a very positive vibe and is generally a feel-good album to listen to in its entirety.
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While it was a long six-year gap in-between albums, nine of the tracks on Come Tomorrow had been previously played at live concerts over the last 12 years. The two tracks that have been played since 2006 are “Can’t Stop” and “Idea of You”, both of which are two of the better tracks on the entire album. Some other songs that had been previously played live include “Again and Again”, “Do You Remember”, and “Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin)” had been regularly played on the Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds 2017 Summer Tour.
While many of the songs had been heard live in concert by Dave Matthews Band fans, it was still a nice surprise to see all of these tracks come together to make up the new album. The band has an up and down reputation amongst many critics in the music industry because of their unique style. Dave Matthews Band is either an act that people fall in love with or seem to not be able to stand, there isn’t as much middle ground as there is with some other bands out there. A lot of the skepticism with the band comes from their unique style of music. Dave Matthews Band is not exactly rock, but it also isn’t country or folk music. Most people would call them a rock band, but they have many influences including jazz and folk to create their sound. Most of the music from their extensive catalog features the signature acoustic guitar played by Dave Matthews himself, along with bass and drums, but they add in a horn section and a violin to create a truly unique sound. Violin is not used quite as much in Come Tomorrow due to violinist Boyd Tinsley leaving the band following sexual harassment during the recording of the album but it can be heard on a couple of songs.
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The Dave Matthews Band will be on tour this summer to continue their long-standing tradition of touring the country during the summer months. The long tour runs from May until the middle of September and includes many of the stops they make every year when the band comes around. The group has a reputation as being one of the best live performances in rock and have taken very few breaks from touring over their almost three-decade history. Honing in on their jam-band roots, the Dave Matthews Band puts on long-intricate shows featuring a different setlist every single night. The band usually performs for almost three hours and you’ll never hear the same setlist twice. Dave Matthews Band summer concerts are a tradition for many fans of the band and are almost always sold out.
While the summer tour is not necessarily to promote Come Tomorrow, it can be expected that many of the songs on the album will be played at almost every show. Like mentioned previously, much of the album has been played live in the past so a lot of the new music won’t be anything different for fans of the band, but this tour will likely feature a larger number of these songs than in prior years. Even for Dave Matthews Band fans that aren’t crazy about the new album, it doesn’t mean they should skip out on the tour, each show is guaranteed to feature plenty of old favorites from the band’s eight other studio albums.
Come Tomorrow is one of the Dave Matthews Band’s best works and it has restored faith in fans who may have grown tired of the group over the years. The album feels refreshing, not only because it is the first new music by the band in six years, but because it is full of hope and positive vibes. Many Dave Matthews Band listeners tend to shift towards the act’s older music but these new songs have a lot of the same catchiness that will keep people listening for quite some time. The album has only been out for about a week at the time of this review, so it will be interesting to see how people feel after a year of it being released, but the initial response has been very positive all over the music industry. Come Tomorrow had the biggest week for a rock album in over four years and it had the biggest sales week of 2018 so far.
Dave Matthews Band continues to see huge success now into their ninth studio album and the future seems bright for the jam band out of Charlottesville, Virginia. Come Tomorrow is a great return to the new music scene for the band and it will be regarded as one of the best works from the group.
