A side project from LP vocalist Chester Bennington, however he views it as its own seperate entity, asnd not a "side-project," and to prove so his other band put together a kickasz album. He brings the "Fire" on this one; a song with a steady beat and nice guitar,with a U2 kinda vibe. He has a nice voice, but his vocals sound gruff on this one, and the growl towards the end helps the context of fire. After listening to the first song, would you want to "Crawl Back In"? which is a song about being yourself and not changing because others do not accept you, or at least that is what I got from it.He sings with conviction, and you can really feel the power of his determination to resist the peer pressure. The instrumentals are great in this one, with great lead by Shuck and a nice drum beat held by Andra. One of my favorite songs would be the next song. Is it "Too Late" to give the title? The song starts with a nice guitar by Shuck, and this is a song that you can hear his singing voice more clearly, a slow pace, but a song like this should keep its pace. I think I like "Inside of Me" even better with its awesome punk vibe, and guitar solo played by Shuck. Bennington screams a little in this one, as he describes his head as a loaded gun, and asking what is wrong with him,which soon fires towards the end. A short but killer song! We go back to a slower, lighter song, "Let Down," with a nice bed of drum machine beat and drops of keys until the drum kicks in the the one minute mark, followed by a lil' acoustic guitar strumming at a minute and a half; ok I'm bored let's get to the next song. "Give Me Your Name" has a slow pace and the guitar sounds like it has caught country fever, with a pedal steel guitar sound (almost). It is always good to have different paced songs on one album, and these two songs segued well from one to another. Bennington can showcase his voice again, which is not perfect but is effective. He can definately reveal emotion in his voice, we know that already, so now he is proving he can sing. Now, one's idea of suffering and "My Suffering" might be similiar, but not the same. With this song there is no suffering, just a lot of emotion, and screaming, put in the background,with a mean, forceful beat and deep bass. This would be a good song to listen to if one is ticked off. So suffering is not enough? we have to be "Condemned" too? Slower pace than the previous song, but quicker than some of the earlier ones. We have some screaming, a nice guitar solo, dark lyrics,and more screaming to end the song and let you know he is not happy. "Into You" is another great song with nice vocals (this is one of the songs where his singing sounds best), a slow but addictive beat that speeds up around the chorus and hits its stride the at the last appearnce before the song is over, and great guitar(especially during the chorus). There is something about this song that sounds familiar, but I cannot but my finger on it, it seems as if I have heard this song before, but by another artist. "End of the World" is not without its frustration, or sincerity, but with all the negative energy the song is revealing it would be hard for him not to sound ticked, in fact it would lose its voice without that frustration.The song has this great beat and bassline, kinda funky, and the instrumentals arre driving, just really spot on! "Walking in Circles" can be kind of depressing as he asks "why is everyone sleeping through life?" among other lyrics commenting how most people don't have the oppurtunity to live their life, but just follow their routine on autiopilot. The solo in this one is great, slow but works follows the vibe revealed throughout. The final song ends on a darker note; a slow pace opening with a hip-hop handclap beat and strumming that works well together, until fifty second mark where the drums kick in, the handclap is still in the background, and the lyrics are depressing, the beat is addictive and the accompanying instrumentals with the slight echo effect give the feeling of swimming in the dark, trying to reach the surface. But with no light to guide us, there is no sense of direction nor hope; it sounds as if he is trying to escape this rapture, but he cannot, he is too intertwined in this relationship as he says "I will surrender my soul/and give you control/ make me a martyr for love/to the heavens above." All of this makes for an interesting and depressing, but addictive song. Best Songs: Crawl Back In, Too Late, Inside of Me, Give Me Your Name, My Suffering, Into You, End of the World, In The Darkness.
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