Instead, Mike Shinoda sings lead vocals and Chester sings a rap verse in the bridge. I do like “Sorry for Now” which flips the typical Linkin Park song formula of Chester Bennington singing lead vocals with Mike Shinoda rapping in the bridge, like on ‘Burn It Down’ from the Living Things record. Both are well-made pop songs but both lack the strengths of the band’s past catalogues.
‘Battle Symphony’ is another pop cut featuring Chester on lead vocals, which leads to another pop number titled ‘Invisible’ which sees Mike Shinoda singing lead vocals the entire song. ‘Talking to Myself’ is the closest to rock on the album, and so will likely be embraced by fans. It’s also one of the most aggressive, and one of the few times the band shows their edge. Speaking of hip-hop, ‘Good Goodbye’ is the only song to feature Mike Shinoda rapping. I don’t know if this is the cool thing right now, but it was definitely trendy in Aussie hip-hop over a decade ago when Hilltop Hoods had such vocals in “Nosebleed Section” …although I doubt Linkin Park follow Australian hip-hop. It’s the first time we hear “chipmunk vocals”, which are scattered all over the album. One More Light opener ‘Nobody Can Save Me’ is a decent enough pop song.
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It’s not surprising that the first single ‘Heavy’, which polarised fans and critics with an almost textbook example of how to write a radio pop hit. On the manufactured front, the band worked with songwriters who have written pop hits with the most mainstream artists imaginable. In some ways it’s one of the most pure albums the band has ever produced, but in other ways it’s the most manufactured.
Their seventh record One More Light is at times generic pop music and at other times interesting pop music, creating a record that’s almost confused. Despite the different sounds of their music over the years, they were still a rock band – until now. From their third album onwards, each record has sounded different, but they’ve continued to rack up hits such as ‘What I’ve Done’ and ‘New Divide’. They started as a heavy rock band when “nu metal” peaked, with hits like ‘In the End’, ‘Numb’ and ‘One Step Closer’ on their first two albums. I probably wouldn’t be writing about music on this website if it wasn’t for them. … A lot of this stuff is, we’re just kind of experimenting a lot with all the different directions the band can go.Linkin Park were the first band I really loved as a teenager. “I’ve been on a tear in the studio right now with the band,” Mike Shinoda said at the time.
ONE MORE LIGHT ALBUM REVIEW UPDATE
Linkin Park have been working on One More Light for several years now, offering Rolling Stone an update on their progress in January 2016.
The LP is available to pre-order on CD And vinyl via the band’s website. One More Light marks Linkin Park’s seventh studio LP and first since 2014’s The Hunting Party. During the stream, the band also performed “Crawling” and “Burn It Down” and discussed writing and recording One More Light. Linkin Park and Kiiara debuted “Heavy” with a stripped-down performance on Facebook Live. Throughout “Heavy,” the beat repeatedly drops out, but each time rebuilds towards Bennington and Kiiara’s final powerhouse chorus, packed with plenty of anthemic angst. The new track features guest vocals from rising singer Kiiara, who trades verses with Chester Bennington over a sparse but nimble pop groove of swirling synths and rapt percussion. Linkin Park unveiled a rousing new single, “Heavy,” from their new album, One More Light, out May 19th via Warner Bros.
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