DreamsOfLennox

The newest Linkin Park project is one of their best ever. Yeah, I said it.

Chester can't be replaced. Linkin Park with Chester and Linkin Park without him are two different beasts inherently. But this has so much of what is great about LP in the personal (if occasionally corny) lyricism, the production that feels modern without sounding sanitized, and the absolutely fantastic vocals. Seriously, Emily stepped up for her first pitch and knocked it out of the park and then some. She's ... read more

Post-punk is unbeaten

Leave Me Alone is so good

More than listenable, though I'm not going to pretend like I love it. It's clearly dated, it's not very interesting, and it's a pretty lackluster sendoff for Chester, but I don't feel personally offended this exists at all. And yes, One More Light is far beyond worth the rest of this existing.

It's nothing new. This project is half A Thousand Suns without the concept and half Minutes to Midnight without the consistency. That definitely doesn't make this bad, but it certainly is the Linkin Park album that I would notice the least if it didn't exist. It's not particularly heavy, nor is it particularly anthemic, and it's certainly a passable record but it doesn't show off the songwriting, instrumentation, or vocals their other projects do.