Mike's aggressive vocals are pretty interesting. Not sure what to think about Casually rn tho. Onwards to Overflow.
I also really like Cut the Bridge. Also the Xero sample on Two Faced is Fuse, not Stick N Move! That's kinda cool.
Overflow gives me Lift Off vibes. Two faced sounds more like a Meteora track than any of the Meteora demoes/b-sides...
Just got to that! Missed it in the listening party. I still think that song sounds like debut TDG. Casualty also has a very brief appearance from the opening scratch sample from With You. The clean guitar part of Good Things Go gives me Skiba-era blink-182 vibes, tone and melody-wise. This has to be another favorite for me. It's a great song. Audio clips aside, in this quality and without really getting too into it, I think hear scratches on: Casualty Two Faced IGYEIH (the verses sound like they're drops with the sample being pulled back crossfader-ed out to me, like Forgotten bridge, could be wrong) And a lot those are old samples Joe has had since the early days of the band. There were a couple of other points I wasn't sure about but sounded like something was there. Neat! Second listen down.
High notes in Good Things go are sublime. Casualty IGYEIH Heavy is the Crown Two Faced Are the least liked for me. For now. Casualty and IGYEIH are in flux actually. Might grow on me. Heavy is the Crown and Two Faced may be skips for me soon after I get over the high of LP being back. They should retroactively replace HITC with the Arcane version.
Man, Two Faced... can you tell they were putting together the Meteora 20th Anniversary boxset while working on this album?
I think these will be my bottom two as well. I'd say Two Faced on two listens seems the weakest on the album to me.
I want to give every song at least 3 listens to claim if they're great or not, but come on, two faced just ain't it.
Good things go. Beautiful. The last note here loops with the first one of the track 'from zero', and it makes a round and round album. SECOND LISTEN UPDATE: THIS IS AWESOME.
Couldn't contain myself. Don't really know what to think of it, need to listen to it more often. For now, Like: The Emptiness Machine Good Things Go Stained Overflow Mwoah: Heavy is the Crown (Arcane version is better) Over Each Other Two Faced (weak chorus) IGYEIH Dislike: Cut the bridge Casualty Only listened to it once in lowe quality, so maybe things will change, or some might grow on me. Super hyped that Linkin Park is back, though!