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WeвЂ™re coming up on 30 years as a band, so we have to be friends first and foremost to keep it all going. We wonвЂ™t put up with any crap, but if youвЂ™re feeling down and need help, weвЂ™ll pick you up. IвЂ™ve always said this about this band - we know when to knock each other out, and we know when to hug each other. вЂњMost of us grew up together and knew each other as kids, so that helps with the live chemistry. 2,вЂќ вЂњPrecious Declaration,вЂќ and вЂњHeavyвЂќ - in addition to more recent, Blood-spawned tracks like вЂњRight as Rain,вЂќ вЂњObservation of Thoughts,вЂќ and вЂњOver Me.вЂќ The next logical acceleratory step, of course, resides in taking Vibrating out on the road where the band belongs, and test-driving how this electrifying new material meshes with indelible Collective Soul setlist classics like вЂњShine,вЂќ вЂњDecember,вЂќ вЂњThe World I Know,вЂќ вЂњGel,вЂќ вЂњAYTA,вЂќ вЂњWhy, Pt. Sometimes, though, we just have to go faster.вЂќ

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вЂњWeвЂ™re not afraid to stretch the boundaries - but we do know how to stay in our lane when we need to. вЂњI think weвЂ™re on a roll,вЂќ observes Roland.

From the propulsively gnarly kiss-off of вЂњCut the CordвЂќ to the reflective midtempo jangle of вЂњTakeвЂќ to the heart-wrenching reality check of вЂњRule #1вЂќ - replete with a soaring string section, no less! - to the choir-backed emotional crossroads of вЂњWhere Do I Go,вЂќ Vibrating contains 42 minutes of irrefutable sonic evidence of a band wholly uninterested in sitting still.

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Fact is, Vibrating positively pulsates with the boundless energy that has been Collective SoulвЂ™s aural calling card for going on three full decades. You can believe it too, for the proof lies within the new albumвЂ™s deeply delineated grooves. TheyвЂ™re excited because both See What You Started and Blood set such a high standard for where weвЂ™re going as a band - and itвЂ™s only going to continue getting better with Vibrating. вЂњOur fans have already picked up on that,вЂќ agrees Roland, вЂњbecause theyвЂ™ve been waiting for Vibrating for almost three years now - and I canвЂ™t wait for them to hear it. Indeed, if a) 2015вЂ™s aforementioned See What You Started by Continuing was the reset blueprint for how a revamped and revitalized five-man lineup fully gels as a unit, and b) 2019вЂ™s Blood was the ensuing coagulant further infused by an in-tune rock ensemble clearly firing on all corpuscles, then c) Collective SoulвЂ™s upcoming, long-awaited 2022 album release Vibrating simply sends the bandвЂ™s artistic spirit into the next stratosphere. вЂњI mean, this is the band for the rest of my life. вЂњItвЂ™s worth noting See What You Started by Continuing was really the demo for this band as it stands right now,вЂќ Roland points out, referring to the 2015 album that realigned the rock quintetвЂ™s creative compass. Actually, the word current is a bit of a misnomer, since Roland truly believes the Collective Soul of the here and now is as permanently intertwined as any group of musicians heвЂ™s ever worked with over the course of his illustrious career. In following his ever-tenacious muse, Roland is always looking to connect with his current Collective Soul bandmates any which way he can. I live in the studio - but then the time comes when I go, вЂWell, now I wanna go play live.вЂ™ I just love the creation of music, and the process of finding out whatвЂ™s gonna happen with it next. вЂњI mean, I donвЂ™t know what else to do, because thatвЂ™s what I love to do. вЂњPeople ask me if I have a hobby, but for me, itвЂ™s just music,вЂќ Roland confirms. ItвЂ™s probably (well, definitely) somewhat of an understatement to say Collective Soul frontman and chief songwriter Ed Roland is unwaveringly driven in his desire to double down on doing more of what he does best - making music, sweet music, both in the studio and onstage.

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