They’re quite subtle but the overzealous EDM shit in the background dominated most of what you’ll hear. There’s a common theme of little drummer boy-esque snare beats happening I’ve picked up on during a few songs now. In this case I can’t wait to move onto the next song which is ‘ Invisible‘ and we welcome back Mike Shinoda to the spotlight only now he’s singing pleasantly and clear nowadays too, but it doesn’t help to save the song in any way.
That’s the only explanation, especially with lyrics like “I hear my battle symphony, all the world in front of me, if my armor breaks, I’ll fuse it back together”. I know right, it’s so bad you kinda feel sorry for them, but it gets worse “ Battle symphony, please just don’t give up on me and my eyes are wide awake”. Nothing screams desperation like someone begging for something not to end. This album is Linkin Park‘s Mum Rock album. Think back to when Birds of Tokyo got stuck in that Mum Rock phase when they released the album March Fires in 2013 with singles like ‘ Lanterns‘, ‘ This Fire‘ and ‘ When the Night Falls Quiet‘, they were good and listenable but so far removed from the band’s earlier work.
This album is targeted to women who enjoy easy listening, motivation supporting anthems. ‘ Battle Symphony‘ was the second song released (I stopped listening after ‘ Heavy‘ to wait until I could review the album in full) and all I can think of now is… okay, I get it now. It’s catchy, but not the kind of thing you’d be proud to catch. The band was right, this is soooo different for even them. All I can think of is Donna Summer and those old R&B all female groups my Mum used to play when I was a kid. Its hard for me to explain but once you hear it, you’ll get what I mean. The chorus vibe feels like an old 70‘s/ 80‘s uptempo blend of R&B, disco with a drop of rock. ‘ Talking to Myself‘ is the first time I’ve heard a guitar so far but it’s drowned out by what sounds like a Calvin Harris dance music soundtrack leading us up to Chester whingeing singing quite softly with a hint of attitude behind him. Believe me, I used to be a rap/hip-hop fan back in the day but what I’m hearing now is just another attempt at capitalising on the success of others, it offers nothing new to the genre and to me, Mike Shinoda is the best thing about this song. Linkin Park‘s own rapper Mike Shinoda opens the track with his signature rap/rock vocals and it’s great, not as heavy or in your face like previous songs such as ‘ In The End‘ from Hybrid Theory or ‘ Faint‘ from Meteora, but more of a soft, yet still punchy vibe. I feel awkward hearing a grown man sing with this kind of music behind him, mid-life crisis anyone? Lets’ move onto ‘ Good Goodbye‘ featuring rappers Pusha T and Stormzy (who I have never heard of before until this exact moment) who’s input reflects that stereotypical try hard gangster shit about being stuck in jail and getting hard done by. It’s a very pop-tastic song that you would imagine Justin Bieber singing to your teenage daughter while you death glare the prick from 200 meters away.
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‘ Nobody Can Save Me‘ begins and immediately all you hear is that muffled EDM shit most pop acts have whored to the absolute shithouse on the radio lately, a soft beat and finger clicking follows as Chester Bennington comes in singing his lungs out (minus screaming) heading towards the chorus which is full of synth sounds, that creepy muffled EDM shit from earlier and a wob-wob ( however you spell it) hint of dubstep.
The only way to find out was by sitting down and going through the ten one by one… Well, for a fan of the band for years (including some of their more commercially successful albums) I have held onto hope that maybe this album wouldn’t be as bad as we imagined and maybe it was just a case of two songs that were misses surrounded by a whole bunch of winners. The road to One More Light has been a pretty tumultuous one for LP fans following massive worldwide global backlash after the release of their first single ‘ Heavy‘ which infact was the complete opposite in sound compared to the title, but we’ll push that factor aside because they did tell us this album was going to be completely different compared to previous ones, however things started to go downhill when frontman Chester Bennington began telling fans to “ Shut the Fuck Up” when it came to criticism of the song and even went as far as telling us all to get over it.
Mike Shinoda // Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Synthesizer, Keyboard Pianoīrad Delson // Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
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