Linkin Park - From Zero ALBUM REVIEW

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Résumé

TLDRThe review focuses on Linkin Park's latest album "From Zero," marking their return with new lead singer Emily Armstrong. This album is their first in seven years and with Armstrong, after the passing of Chester Bennington. Armstrong is tasked with filling enormous shoes, and the album, with 10 tracks and over 30 minutes of runtime, tries to convince listeners that the band remains the same despite the lineup change. Overall, the review finds the album mixed: although some tracks, such as "Casualty," successfully capture classic Linkin Park vibes, others lack the depth and creativity expected from past works. The reviewer finds Armstrong's performance commendable, notably her ability to match the aggressive and emotional demands of some songs. However, the album is seen more as a transitional work, aimed at reviving past success with the new lineup. The conclusion suggests the album functions better as a collection of songs for a tour than as a complete artistic statement, receiving a lukewarm rating from the reviewer.

A retenir

  • 🎤 Linkin Park's new album "From Zero" features Emily Armstrong as the new lead singer.
  • ⏱️ The album is 30 minutes long, consisting of 10 tracks and an intro.
  • 🎸 Some songs successfully recapture the classic Linkin Park sound.
  • 🆕 Emily Armstrong's inclusion brings mixed reactions, but she complements the band's style well.
  • 🖤 "Casualty" is highlighted as the most aggressive track on the album.
  • 📈 The album aims to convince listeners the band is unchanged despite lineup changes.
  • 📉 Some tracks fall short, feeling unfamiliar or poorly executed.
  • 🚀 Intended more as a transitional work for a potential tour than pushing artistic boundaries.

Chronologie

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    Leny Park Tano reviews the latest Linkin Park album, marking their eighth studio release and the first in seven years. The album introduces Emily Armstrong of Dead Sara as the new lead singer, a controversial choice due to her connections with Danny Masterson and Scientology, though the band has largely ignored these controversies. The album includes 10 tracks and an intro, totaling just over 30 minutes, with a notable attempt to maintain their sound despite lineup changes. Armstrong complements the band's sound, with her voice capable of capturing the essence of Chester Bennington's pivotal moments. The album's primary aim appears to be solidifying Armstrong's place in the band while trying to sustain their legacy.

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    The album's tracks vary in their effectiveness, with highlights like "Heavy is the Crown" succeeding in recapturing classic Linkin Park elements. However, some tracks like "Overflow" and "Cut the Bridge" feel out of place with a more theatrical and rock-opera style. Emily Armstrong's inclusion proves not to be the weak link as her performance is strong, especially on the more aggressive tracks like "Casualty." Despite some solid high moments, the album as a whole doesn't consistently reach greatness; it feels more like a collection of good songs scattered across a less cohesive album. The project is possibly a setup for future tours, hinting at the band's potential to produce a complete strong album in the future. Overall, it's rated around 4 to 5 by Tano.

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Questions fréquemment posées

  • Who is the new lead singer of Linkin Park?

    Emily Armstrong from the band Dead Sara.

  • How many tracks are on the new Linkin Park album?

    The album contains 10 tracks and an intro.

  • What is the overall tone of the review?

    The review is mixed, stating some tracks capture classic Linkin Park sound while others fall short.

  • What is a standout track mentioned in the review?

    "Casualty" is mentioned as the most aggressive and standout track.

  • What are the main criticisms of the album?

    Some songs feel unfamiliar and poorly executed, lacking the band's usual sound.

  • How does the reviewer feel about Emily Armstrong replacing Chester Bennington?

    The reviewer acknowledges Armstrong holds her own and complements the band's sound.

  • What is the length of the album?

    The album runs just over 30 minutes.

  • Does the reviewer think the album lives up to Linkin Park's legacy?

    Partially, as some songs recapture their classic sound but others do not.

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    Lincoln Park album from zero yes the
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    legendary alternative rock music outfit
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    Lincoln Park is back with their eighth
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    album it's their first Studio full
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    length in seven whole years and uh also
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    the first they have come out with uh
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    that features their brand new lead
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    singer Emily Armstrong of the band dead
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    Sarah someone who out of the gate was
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    proven to be a kind of controversial
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    pick uh due to associations that she has
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    had with the likes of Danny Masterson uh
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    as as well as personal connections to
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    the world of Scientology however there
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    were minimal attempts from the band to
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    really address this and uh it didn't
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    really slow down the role of singles uh
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    that dropped in the leadup to this
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    record which now that it's out is uh
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    surprisingly scaned it's just 10 tracks
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    and an intro that uh total up to just
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    over 30 minutes of runtime somehow the
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    band managed to streamline things even
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    more since the release of their last
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    record one more light which was also on
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    the short side and maybe it's the case
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    that on this new one the band doesn't
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    want to be doing too much or
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    overextending themselves because in part
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    it does feel like this record exists
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    to sort of sell us on the idea that
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    Emily Armstrong is a decent replacement
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    for the late and beloved Chester
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    Bennington one of the most celebrated
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    vocalists in modern rock and metal music
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    Point Blank period and losing him
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    frankly leaves Lincoln Park with one of
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    the most unfillable voids uh for any
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    band lineup ever but you can't really
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    blame them for trying though because
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    Lincoln Park is a group uh who cultural
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    Legacy and impact still Burns strong to
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    this day and they're a band who I'm sure
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    would love to be playing their classic
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    tracks in front of thousands and
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    thousands of adoring fans who want to
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    hear them but they can't do it with that
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    key part of their lineup gone uh enter
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    Emily Armstrong here she comes to fill
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    those shoes however uh merely just
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    announcing a new live singer isn't
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    necessarily going to generate the sort
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    of Engagement that a group might be
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    seeking if they are trying to stay
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    relevant In This Very saturated music
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    Market even if you have the kind of
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    Legacy that Lincoln Park does and again
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    sonically speaking the primary focus on
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    this album seems to be uh to convince
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    fans that this is the same band despite
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    the massive lineup change happening
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    before our eyes Lincoln Park is not just
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    trying to prove to us that they're the
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    same band but also Emily is is in the
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    band and getting along with the band
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    there's chemistry there as shown by all
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    of the funny little intimate banter
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    Snippets that play periodically
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    throughout the album between tracks
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    where uh you know Mike and Emily are
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    going back and forth but you know those
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    aren't necessary because I feel like the
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    results on this record speak for
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    themselves because for the most part I
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    think Emily's voice really does
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    complement Lincoln Park sound given her
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    vocal range and capacity for throat
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    shredding screams I can very much
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    imagine her pulling off those pivotal
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    Chester Bennington moments on many a
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    classic Lincoln Park Track and she also
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    clearly gives the band the ability to
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    continue writing vocal Parts uh as they
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    always have because in the track list on
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    this LP the band musters multiple songs
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    that uh feel like again classic Lincoln
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    Park hits uh but kind of subtly thrown
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    into a blender so they're not making
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    exact copies of songs like numb uh as
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    well one step closer though if you
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    listen closely you'll catch whiffs of
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    those types of tracks even the lead
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    single on this thing The Emptiness
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    machine when the track kicks off you
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    really get all of these heavy driving
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    alt Rock riffs soaring melodic leads
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    from Emily uh Mike Shinoda is also kind
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    of leaning more into his singing voice
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    as opposed to the rapping and in
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    addition to this you get that classic
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    Lincoln Park lyricism where they're kind
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    of taking a complex emotional issue but
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    really reducing it down almost to a
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    fault to where the Dynamics being
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    described come across as a bit too
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    simple as what's happening on this track
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    is uh you have a protagonist who is
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    acting inauthentically they're not being
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    their true selves uh you could almost
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    say that their existence is kind of like
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    a lie and the reason they're doing this
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    is to be accepted is to uh gain
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    something is to uh be entered into the
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    emptiness machine to fit in I guess you
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    could say it's not a mind blowing track
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    it's not a terrible track either it just
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    sort of feels like it is uh fulfilling
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    the bare minimum aesthetically of what
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    we would expect from a Lincoln Park song
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    no more no less and it's really a matter
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    of whether or not uh you want to go into
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    an album just to kind of hear the band
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    prove that they can relive past glories
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    in a way and look as somebody who was a
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    big fan when I was a kid of their early
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    early stuff I will say there are moments
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    on this album where they pull that off
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    very well like on the song heavy is the
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    crown where I feel like they check a lot
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    of those similar boxes uh that the
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    emptiness machine does but it goes even
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    harder this time Mike is even giving us
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    the wrapping again we have those heavy
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    jump the up riffs on a climactic
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    bridge toward the finish and even though
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    this song isn't really breaking any new
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    ground for the band I will say I guess I
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    would rather hear them do this uh then
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    extend themselves into territory that is
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    uncomfortable or exposes I guess just a
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    lack of actual versatility the song two-
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    faced is another deep cut that I feel
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    like fits into that classic Lincoln Park
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    formula there even bits of this track
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    that Reed is you know one step closer to
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    the edge to me sure that riffy climax
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    with Emily screaming over those guitars
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    might seem a little stereotypical or
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    even cliche for Lincoln Park at this
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    point but uh you know it's still
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    impressive that with a new vocalist with
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    a different lineup they're still able to
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    pull off this exact vibe with that much
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    accuracy in fact I would actually say
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    this song should have been the lead
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    single uh to the record and also with
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    the lyrics on this track you're getting
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    classic Lincoln Park writing where
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    you're getting a very cathartic metal
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    Anthem about somebody who's just very
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    difficult to deal with or you know a
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    very uh uh stressful interpersonal
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    dynamic in this case it's somebody who's
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    a Toof faced duplicitous that sort of
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    thing so yeah for the most part as much
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    as Emily's inclusion in into the lineup
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    uh may have caused some fans to fret uh
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    she holds her own on this record and she
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    is most definitely not the weakest link
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    in the chain when it comes to this album
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    the moments on this record that kind of
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    falter are the ones uh where the
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    territory feels unfamiliar or the
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    songwriting is just kind of scant or
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    poorly executed take uh overflow as well
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    as cut the bridge uh two tracks that
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    oddly to my ears come across as very
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    theatrical the background vocals are
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    actually even giving me Hamilton Vibes
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    even the instrumentals on these tracks
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    read as being very melodramatic rock
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    opera pieces alt rock opera pieces that
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    is and while uh when it comes to Lincoln
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    Park's music I do expect at least some
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    theatrics and angst uh theater kid metal
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    is not really what I I tune in for
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    deeper into the record the song Stained
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    feels less like a Lincoln Park Song and
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    more like a Mike shenoda track featuring
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    Emily Armstrong in terms of it being
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    like some very bright beat heavy
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    industrial pop rock with that metal
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    element just being kind of missing and
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    while over each other does feature a
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    decent vocal performance from Emily on
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    the chorus and again classic writing as
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    far as the lyrics go because you're kind
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    of dealing in this uh NeverEnding series
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    of arguments that don't really resolve
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    this track also feels kind of out of
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    place the record because without Mike
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    shenoa there vocally and just kind of
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    Emily being on the track it it it
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    doesn't really feel like a Lincoln Park
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    song especially with the instrumental
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    coming across as so Bland not really
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    having uh some of those electronic bells
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    and whistles that uh their production is
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    often kind of covered into signal that
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    uh you know you are hearing an ALT metal
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    and ALT group uh that is kind of leaning
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    into other genre Blends but yeah
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    ultimately this track just kind of feels
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    feel like I'm listening to another band
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    entirely despite this shortcoming I will
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    say Emily does vocally smash it when the
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    band is trying to go as hard as humanly
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    possible like on casualty the most
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    aggressive song on the record handly it
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    has these fast Punky sludgy guitar riffs
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    Emily's vocals are just absolutely
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    monstrous and the song is so aggressive
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    it's even got Mike in the mix uh
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    throwing some growls into it even Mike
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    is sounding angry on here and uh you
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    know actually actually selling it pretty
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    well but yeah while there are some
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    decent highlights in this track list
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    that does not an amazing album make I
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    mean if you whittel this project down to
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    its best moments I feel like ultimately
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    what you would have is like a great EP
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    you essentially have a handful of strong
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    radio rockers on here that reconnect
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    with the band's classic beloved sound
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    and then you have a lot of gaps in
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    between that are just not anywhere near
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    as gratifying and then it finishes off
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    with a very
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    unceremonious uh just thankless closer
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    that has a sort of ironic message uh the
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    track is essentially about uh good
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    things going away and being replaced by
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    not so good things or just stuff that
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    isn't as interesting or as great in
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    comparison or at least that's like what
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    the chorus would have you believe if you
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    were to read directly uh into the words
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    there uh all of these surrounding lyrics
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    are actually so packed with nonsecular
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    cliches that it's difficult to actually
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    tell what thematic Direction the song is
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    going in as Mike and Emily uh trade bars
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    about uh spitting out your medicine that
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    you don't want to take uh asking for
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    forgiveness putting out fires uh pushing
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    people away when they get close uh
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    having a hard time laughing when you're
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    the joke there's also one lyric that
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    stood out to me as maybe the worst on
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    the entire album uh where Mike spits a
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    bar
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    about falling down the stairs while
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    everyone stares with all of that being
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    said though um look again from zero is
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    better than I expected it to be honestly
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    there are a handful of very good alt
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    Rock anthems on here where Lincoln Park
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    uh is sounding like their usual s better
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    than they have in years frankly as in my
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    opinion a lot of the band's late era
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    records have been kind of weak uh in
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    that sense you know they're really kind
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    of like coming back uh a little bit
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    they're really returning to for
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    with Emily in the mix but that Glory
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    only really lasts the length of a pretty
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    brief rock song here and there on this
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    already also brief record and I guess it
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    remains to be seen if whether or not the
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    band can sort of like extend this magic
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    out to the length of an entire album uh
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    later down the road but I actually
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    wouldn't be surprised if at the end of
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    the day this album was you know mostly
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    just like Assemble L as a means of you
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    know kind of like getting the band
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    together getting a tour together which
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    I'm sure once it happens we absolutely
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    kickass and uh you know the fans will
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    probably eat it up and go crazy and uh
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    yeah for the most part I'm feeling a
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    strong for to a light five on this thing
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