Days of the New III by Days of the New

Days of the New's third and final album is, like the two before it, simply called Days of the New, so fans went by the color: this is the Red album, right down to its translucent red CD case, released on September 25, 2001. It was meant to be out in late 2000, but Interscope brought in producer Ron Aniello to help re-record and remix a chunk of it, and "Hang on to This", "Die Born" and "Once Again" were added along the way.

It's still Travis Meeks' show, the singer and guitarist who started the Charlestown, Indiana, band as a teenage acoustic project, and his moody, hypnotic strumming sits under a thicker post-grunge sheen here. Oddly, it's the only Days of the New record to carry a Parental Advisory sticker, even though there's barely a strong word on it.

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