September 23, 20241 yr The new single “Alone” is out on Friday. It premiers on Thursday on Mary Anne Hobbs’ 6music show.
September 23, 20241 yr Can’t wait for this, so glad we’re finally getting a new album. It’s the perfect time of year for them to release too, I think it’ll be the soundtrack to my autumn/winter.
September 23, 20241 yr Author I’m intrigued as to how well the new single will perform - could it be a surprise Top 40?
September 26, 20241 yr I’m intrigued as to how well the new single will perform - could it be a surprise Top 40? I’m in two minds - “Alone” is not one of their more pop-orientated songs (probably most akin to something from “Bloodflowers”), and the lead single from 4:13 Dream only made #48 in 2008 despite being more accessible. Then again, their reputation has grown exponentially since then, and streaming might be on their side (in 2008 their single sales were almost all physical), so could go either way. I didn’t see Linkin Park returning with a top 5 hit, so could end up with a similar surprise.
September 26, 20241 yr It's out and it's amazing most amazing is how little his voice changes over time, sounds the same as in 89 but very spotify-unfriendly, the intro is like > 3 min long, longer than most songs these days
September 26, 20241 yr Love it. It’s what they excel at, and it’ll be perfect as the album opener. Can’t wait to hear it all in just over a month, it’s been such a long time coming.
September 27, 20241 yr Oh it has vocals? I started to listen but turned it off after 3 minutes, just thought it was a throwaway instrumental track :lol:
October 8, 20241 yr Author 'A Fragile Thing' is apparently out tomorrow, and is a more commercial single that will be pushed on radio.
October 31, 20241 yr Can’t wait to finally hear this tomorrow 😭 Kind of wishing I hadn’t listened to the singles first, so I could listen to it all in one go for the first time, but I absolutely adore them both.
October 31, 20241 yr just got an email that my vinyl has shipped, had completely forgotten the album is out this week
October 31, 20241 yr Author What are we predicting for the first week sales? Hard to tell as it’s been so long, but hopefully they’ll at least be 30k+.
October 31, 20241 yr too bad there are not a lot of variants, think they missed a chance there, everybody in my vinyl group was complaining about the lack of variants
October 31, 20241 yr just got an email that my vinyl has shipped, had completely forgotten the album is out this week Same here actually lol looking forward to a listen in the morning on the way to work!
November 1, 20241 yr This is great. So rich and brooding, I think it’ll be my soundtrack to the end of the year. It’s like a mixture of Bloodflowers and Disintegration, the sound they really excel at for me. Gorgeous album ❤️
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