The band’s sophomore independent release Shades of Neptune landed in stores everywhere April 10th through Burnside Distribution and is already earning rave reviews.

The Oregonian’s Pop Music Critic, Luciana Lopez says, “Sweet, mellow, jazzy and soulful…the disc is laid-back and danceable, and man, does it ever get in your head (and I mean that in a good way). Don't believe me? Take a listen.”

The Story

After hearing their debut album, Inside (2005), which earned them considerable praise on a local level, an industry insider told intervision’s Paul Creighton he should hire some songwriters and follow Maroon 5’s direction (the band at the time was ironically called Intervision 5), shop labels and try to get signed. So he took the advice back to the band… and they tossed it out. Instead, they decided more firmly than ever to concentrate on where they wanted to go with their sound and their songwriting.

A year, more than 100 shows- including a performance for Lifehouse, as well as co-headling shows at the Crystal Ballroom, Aladdin Theater, the Bite of Oregon’s Mainstage- and countless rehearsals and studio hours later, they are on the eve of releasing a breakthrough album that is at once eclectic and cohesive, introspective and fun, musically heavy and insanely groovin. Aided by the able ears of Bob Stark at Kung Fu Bakery the band has brought together their favorite elements of soul, pop, rock and jazz, fusing them into a cohesive package that is compelling and cutting edge. While the new material has been compared to Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder and Jamiroquai, interVision has successfully accomplished what they set out to do- created their own sound and style.

“We really aren’t too concerned with our aptitude for radio,” says Creighton. “We made a promise to ourselves to focus on making great music and I think we’ve accomplished that.” From the jazz-fusion infused lead track “10,000 Years” to the dance-with-a-message vibe of “Take My Hands,” to the Motown bounce and instantly memorable chorus of “All I’m Thinkin’ About” to the epic, yet spacious R&B anthem “Live Out Loud,” each song on Shades of Neptune has its own distinct flavor and yet is tied together by an indescribable continuity that hearkens back to the heydays of albums like Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life or Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On. “We wanted to make a record that was thoroughly memorable,” says Tony Stovin, intervision’s guitarist, “taking you back to the days when the more you go into a record, the more it got into you.”

A host of Portland’s musical all stars helps intervision along the way, including saxophonist Josh Cliburn (Rubberneck, Porterhouse), Paul Mazzio (Nu Shooz), trumpet & flugelhorn, Hans Teuber (Ani DiFranco, Mudhoney), woodwinds, Steve Christofferson (Nancy King), melodica, and Bob Stark (Everclear, Quaterflash) contributing a number of loops, noises and tonal incidents. Even with the all star enlistment, however, one can hear the entire band’s forward progression on this album. None so much, perhaps, as the band’s lead singer Paul Creighton, who truly has come into his own as a lyricist, songwriter and singer. With every unique line, rhythmic twist and melodic idea it is vitally apparent that Portland (unbeknownst to him) has a bona fide rising national star in its midst.

The band is now gearing up for a busy Spring in the Northwest with dates that include Boise, Seattle, Tacoma, Eugene, Bend, Salem, Hood River and their hometown of Portland, OR. Learn more about the record and intervision at www.intervisionmusic.com, www.myspace.com/intervision or www.sonicbids.com/intervision.