The Forbidden ep ~ Alas: Special Edition

It was during rare moments of cool sunlight that Jeff Martin (IDAHO) was able to create his last release 'The Lone Gunman" (Talitres, 2005) amidst a trial by fire initiation into the corporate world of TV scoring. But now, with a writers' strike shutting down the industry, he is free to pursue his true love. Half way into the completion of the next release, he sees it fit to re-release the now out of print The Forbidden ep /Alas '97/'98 on one CD. These records represented an unexpected turn from Idaho's beautifully bombastic rocker "3 sheets to the wind" '96, paired down from a full size band to a duo. These 2 long out of print cd's represent a study in economy and subtlety that still sound fresh and new today. The last song "the sun is all there is" gives the listener a hint of what to follow a few months later at the millennium change with " Hearts of Palm" which was voted one of the top five releases of the year by French paper "Libération" along with Radiohead and Johnny Cash.