Apparently, he got it right this time. Wastelands is out on iTunes Russia, so it may be out tonight in the US/UK store. https://itunes.apple.com/ru/album/the-hunting-party/id873395041
This song is growing a lot on me in every listen, the chorus is so CATCHY that I can't help to sing all of it with all my lungs! also that bridge! Maybe the mix wasn't great there, but I still headbang it like an idiot , great song. Good job LP
could I say to LP for once...you dun did gud kid I love Mike's versus and Chester's chorus is so damn fun and I cant help but to sing along! That being said, they could have done something more with that bridge, it felt like something was missing, like a scream or two (Like the live KFMA version) or maybe make the guitar more audible. But regardless, I enjoyed this song
So far I like this better than GATS and UIG. This just makes me want to move, and I've been itching for a Mike rap ever since I was disappointed the second I realized I wasn't hearing Mike on GATS (please don't start a Rakim defense argument, I said nothing to disrespect him). IMO the mix is great here, UIG is a mess though, I'll agree on that. One thing I'm missing so far on this album is the classic epic bridges I've come to love from LP. I'm talking the ones where it introduces a whole new melody/lyrics, such as Faint, New Divide, Lying From You, WTCFM, LGM, The Catalyst, etc. Those are the moments I live for, and so far GATS has been a guest, UIG has just been really loud guitars that don't sound that interesting to me, and this one is the COG-style quiet chorus over synth thing (which I dig, but still). I want that epic bridge moment, where things either get quiet or loud or new instruments come or screams happen or whatever, and it's like you're getting a snippet of another song's chorus or something in the song. Also, are Wastelands and those songs on Spotify the same ones that appeared early on iTunes w track lengths? Supporting the iTunes countdown theory or whatever? PS: am not new to LPA, but for some reason the login with FB option is gone from the top, so I had to make an account..
After listening to this song 3 times, I can definitely say that I really like this! I've seen some of you have talked about mixing and clipping issues in the released songs. I can kind of hear where the various sounds in the bridge of Wastelands get a bit buried by the sheer intensity of the beat and guitars. However, I don't think it's that badly mixed, as I can still hear traces of the other sound effects going on in the background. What I don't understand is the issue of clipping. What exactly does that mean? Lastly, I can definitely see where those of you who say this is like an evolved Meteora sound are coming from. I've been listening to quite a bit of Meteora lately and think this song would fit quite well on that album, only if it were a bit more polished.
I think Derek hit the nail on the head with the mixing being off for UIG and Wastelands.. Too much crap happening at once for anyone to understand. GATS was perfectly mixed and achieved what it had too.. these last two songs, not so much. Hopefully this isn't the case for the rest of the album because I am pretty concerned that i've overhyped myself.
I think he's using some sort of iTunes catalog that lists what songs are to be added when the iTunes store is updating. No idea how he has access to it but he constantly posts about song releases/pre-orders and he's always right. I just think iTunes had a date for release for UIG and the band held them off on it for one reason or another but iTunes neglected to change the date on whatever catalog he uses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(audio) Simply put, it's distortion that happens when an audio signal is too large or loud to be represented. You may notice on Until It's Gone at certain parts that the track loses a lot of clarity and things kinda of get drowned/blared out. That's because the track was mixed too loud to the point the audio signal is distorting/clipping. It's a trend in modern music and it's something that hardly existed 20 years ago, although the practice existed long before that. If you want to learn more, this article goes into depth on what people call the "Loudness War": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war *EDIT* Or just watch this for an example of clipped vs non clipped. CD version is clipped, Guitar Hero version is not. Same parts...drastically different sound: [video=youtube;DRyIACDCc1I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRyIACDCc1I[/video]
This is so bizarre to me. Is every song getting artwork? And as for my 2 cents, I still think Guilty All the Same is the best of the three, and one of the band's best songs to date, but the other two have grown on me a lot. UIG will always suffer from the lyrics, but I can get past it for the most part because everything else about it is great. As for Wastelands, it's a fun damn song. But like people have said, the mixing in the bridge is awful. And even if it wasn't, there could have been something more interesting going on. Maybe a 3rd verse from Mike? I don't know, maybe I'm being too picky . Overall, I'm satisfied with these 3 tracks, and can't wait for The Hunting Party.