About to finish my first listening. Hard to digest with all the excitement I've had for this album. I love it, that's for sure. It just happened so quick I'm kind of in a daze...
So far....first listen the order I chose to listen
Force of Nature Everything I hoped for "a hurricane with gale winds flowing" so melodic and catchy
Amongst The Waves Great just not as good as I hoped--sorry
Unthought Known The way Ed sings rhinestones made me smile. This song is beautiful in the Nothing Left part. Lots of piano and drums.
Johnny Guitar a very funky bridge " I sleep with the light on in case she comes" fade out...boo
Got Some Think Grievance on Letterman then hearing it on the album--
Gonna See My Friend A little kinda surfer guitar intro Ed is just shredding his voice on this--very fun a nice Stone/Mike layered solo at the end
Just Breathe Beautiful may be too much to listen to too many times
The End Gut wrenching...how can someone sing with this kind of emotion this may truly be Ed's best song. The orchestral/horns whatever sneak up on you.
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First impressions
Gonna See My Friend:
Great opener. Almost everything I've heard from this record so far just sounds so comfortable. This is the natural sound they wanted on ST unburdened by troubled souls. They're not trying to expel anything--they're just making music
Amazingly the chorus is the least interesting part of this song.
This song is a blast. It's like a fun breakerfall or brain of J
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So, does anyone have the unofficial official story on how this leak came to be this time that they are not afraid to share? [names and likenesses can be changed]
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First impressions
Got Some:
I'm expecting this to be one of the weaker songs on the record, which bodes well. It sounds a little thin compared to the rest of the opening 1-2-3. Some suprise backing vocals. This sounds like what we were all expecting it to sound like. Nice outro
First impression 3.5/5 First impression GSMF: 4/5
that low growl/moan thing after the first verse doesn't work
The quality of the leak is pretty good, btw These first two songs make the fixer better, if you didn't like it already. They flow very nicely together
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