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Live: The Distance To Here
 It takes a certain kind of band in this day and age to
release a single called "The Dolphin's Cry." Unsurprisingly, that
band is the always earnest Live. The Distance to Here doesn't have the aura of dullness
that marred 1996's Secret Samadhi, but the everybody-in-the-pool accessibility
of Throwing Copper is nowhere in sight. Still walking hand in hand with
producer Jerry Harrison (producer since their debut, 1991's Mental Jewelry),
the Pennsylvania-based quartet go for the bombastic and naturally end up over
the top. It's one thing to rhyme "shooting star" with "you'll go
far," but it's another thing to think that this is a good idea. The
literalness of the lyrics aside, The Distance to Here has a few moments where
listeners may get caught up in a maelstrom of melody. Will they stick around
for the "message?" Not likely.
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