XFM Give Impressions on New LP Album

He didnt confirm anything, just that LP Live found something on XFM regarding the new album and that he [Mike] lurks there.

 

For the sake of everyone's sanity, I hope he's not being sarcastic. Mike's been pretty vague with everything lately, leaving a lot of interpretation up to the fans. I kind of wish he'd say something a little more concrete. At the same time though, it's questionable that XFM is the only music outlet that is apparently talking about this (unless people haven't been listening to other radio stations). You'd think if security was escorting this CD around, there'd be an NDA or something in effect or more stations/music sources would be discussing what they've heard. I don't see how or why one station in one area would be the only one to report what they've heard. It doesn't seem very productive. Then again I'm not very familiar with protocol here.

 

Either he isn't, or he's less intelligent than I give him credit for for posting this on his blog and not making it clear at all that he's trying to be sarcastic.

It makes sense to me, at least one or two other sources have at least implied that they've heard music from the new album as well. I'm guessing that relatively soon there'll probably be more, it's just a question of how long they decide to hold the information back. It's logical that, for instance, a magazine might want to do that until they have a more substantial article ready instead of just giving it a few lines.

 

XFM isn't the only source to say or imply that they've heard the album. That german newspaper Bild outright said they had a visit and were played new songs. They also mention an NDA.
And before that Kerrang twittered "Linkin Park fans get ready... The new album is going to blow your mind!" which strongly implies they heard it too.

 

The difference though is the other sources (from what I can tell) have not been as specific about the details of what they heard. I'm not saying XFM isn't reliable, just stating an observation that I find it odd that they were so open about it. If they violated the NDA, I'm not sure why Mike would promote it because that seems to somewhat nullify the purpose of an NDA in the first place. Hyping an album and giving away details of said album are two different things. I just wish Mike would specifically state whether or not what was described is accurate or not instead of being vague, because leaving it up to interpretation is going to build some fans expectations up way too high. I guess in a way his vagueness can be seen as a nudge as to what the new album will sound like, but at the same time, he could be putting us on.

 

True, I'm pretty sure Mike wasn't happy when they described the first track to have rapping by him. Would've been nice to have it as a surprise since we didn't get it with MTM's first single, 'What I've Done'

 

Eh, that's less of a spoiler than seeing a trailer for a movie thats about to come out. Knowing Mike will be featured vocally on this album has got me a lot more excited about it.

 

I think Mike is definitely being sarcastic here, and by posting that he's using it as red herring to divert us from what the record is actually going to sound like.

 

Anyways im pretty clueless as to how long it would take for the album to release after they "finish" it, Anybody have any knowledge on how that all works?

 

You know, I really hope nothing of the sampler or album leaks too long before the release date. I'd like it to be released the way they wanted it to be.

 

I wouldn't worry about the sampler leaking. Like Derek said, they have top notch security guarding it. Only someone who wants to loose thier job would so much as try to steal it.

I'm unsure of the timeline for MTM, but this is how it went down for Death Magnetic:
June 14th, '08 - Album Title reveal
July 17th - Cover Art
July 23rd - Tracklist confirmed (it had leaked a few days before)
August 1st - Video for the first single is filmed, album release date announced as September 12th.
August 10th - Mixing and Mastering completed, album is finnished.
August 21st - First single hit airwaves
September 1st - Video for single released.

The album leaked somewhere inside 10 days before the official release date of Sept. 12th.
Sorry for bringing Metallica up again, but I watched all this unfolding and Metallica's archives document it well, LP.com archives only go back to last year.


And yes, I definitely think Mike knows exactly how much he's wrecking our heads by keeping quiet/vague about things.

 

I'd do the same damn thing if I was Mike.