‘All that I know’ is that Collective Soul are absolutely amazing

Ask your friends who Collective Soul is and you’ll probably get a blank stare, but hum one of their tunes and suddenly your friend’s eyes sparkle and they’re humming it with you. Considering how hugely popular they were in their heyday, I’m amazed at how many people my age are unfamiliar with the band at [...]

*Collective Soul ‘Afterwords’ album review

I’m new to Collective Soul, only having heard their ‘Disciplined Breakdown’ album previously. This new album is just as Ed Roland describes it; it’s a love album.
On first listen, you’d brush some of the songs off as too simplistic, ballads, or just pure radio edit versions, but if you listen again; to the lyrics, to [...]