Soma Holiday (Greenwheel album)

Soma Holiday is the first full-length major label release by the American alternative rock band Greenwheel, released in 2002 on Island Records. The title derives from the catatonic, drug-induced state of mind in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.

Soma Holiday
Studio album by Greenwheel
Released	June 25, 2002
Recorded	House of Blues, Memphis, Tennessee; Sound Stage, The Groove Room, Javalina, The Rock Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Alternative rock Alternative metal
Length	42:31
Label	Island (USA)
Producer	Malcolm Springer

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	(3/5)[1]

Track listing

1. "Shelter"
2. "Sustain You"
3. "Breathe"
4. "Louder Than Words"
5. "Strong"
6. "Drowning Man"
7. "Faces"
8. "Identity"
9. "Disappear"
10. "Dim Halo"
11. "Radiance"
12. "The End"

In Japan, the album was released with a bonus track entitled "Flood".

Prior to the release of Soma Holiday, "Shelter" originally debuted on the second soundtrack to The Fast and the Furious, titled More Fast and Furious, and later included on the Spider-Man soundtrack. The only difference between both albums is that the latter removed the first six seconds of the song.

"Strong" is featured in the video game NHL 2003.

"Breathe" was covered by Melissa Etheridge, which garnered her a Grammy nomination in 2005.

Use in Public Media

The song "Louder Than Words" is a common ending to the popular podcast Distorted View Daily.