Tantric III (album)

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Tantric III is a unreleased studio album by the American rock band Tantric. It was intended to be the band's third studio album and the successor to their 2004 album sophomore After We Go and was supposed to be released in May of 2006.

Recording and Production

Armed with Elliott Blakey in the producer's chair, work commenced on the follow-up to After We Go in February 2005. The band finished over a dozen songs for the album, which at the time had the Led Zeppelin-esque title, Tantric III. Samples were released in May 2007 of the songs "Fall Down" (which included a guest verse from Nappy Roots member Skinny DeVille), "The One," and "Letting Go." However, many internal problems plagued the band over the course of this time, including the departure of bassist Jesse Vest (Whitener recorded all of the bass on the album), sales of After We Go hurt by downloading, and the band's release from Maverick Records, the latter of which has shelved this album indefinitely.

Finally, the original line-up collapsed in May 2007 with Whitener and Taul announcing their departure through TantricOnline.com, the band's former online message board. Ferreira has claimed that his fellow band members' departures were a result of frustrations with the record label and music industry in general. The album has been described by Blakey as the band's most aggressive, yet still possessing "beautiful pop moments." Continuing the band's traditional method, harmonized vocals and distorded guitars are featured heavily on this album, and Whitener, vocally, is featured equally with Ferreira and sheds the "backup singer" moniker. The vocal attack on T3 was truly a tandem effort. The production value is also extremely different from any of the band's previous works. Whereas Tantric and After We Go had very full, deep, Toby Wright influences, Tantric 3 has more of an aggressive, Low-Fi sound, that does not accent the band's ambience, so heavily featured on the previous two records.

On Ferreira's birthday of 2006, Tantric parted ways with Maverick and soon after saw the original members depart. Hugo Ferreira has shown mixed feelings toward releasing Tantric III; in 2009, he expressed interest but noted the high cost of purchasing the songs from Maverick. "If it's in the cards, it will happen someday, but more like 'the lost tapes'," he commented. Herreira also commented on his hopes to have leaked it to the fans as a potential Christmas 2008 gift for their support.

Personnel

• Hugo Ferreira- Lead Vocals
• Todd Whitener - Guitar, Bass, vocals
• Matt Taul - drums

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Letting Go"
2.	"Fall Down Ft. Nappy Roots"	3:39
3.	"The One"
4.	"July"
5.	"People"
6.	"Stay With You"
7.	"Worth Waiting For"
8.	"Locked Out"
9.	"Lights Out"
10.	"Lost and Found"