Einyel

I might change the rating, I may elaborate on this more. First listen was definitely jarring, I didn't like Mike on a few songs, some melodies and drums felt too simple, Emily on Cut The Bridge sounded like she was suffocating.
Then I listened to the album on the car with loud speakers and for the most part I finally got it.

I can't get over how bland this sounds, especially the drums.

It might be the nostalgia talking, but damn. This feels like a time machine to 2003. Nowadays some of Linkin Park epic choruses don't have the same punch for me as they used to (which is totally normal), but this is a nice reminder of just how amazing it felt to listen to them for the first 10 or 20 times hahaha, and I can understand the teenager me feeling that nothing could ever sound better than Chester singing/screaming.

Me with the first track "Could this be... Rosalía's Yeezus?". But as the songs and interludes go on, I must admit it isn't. Saoko still stands as a great song, a crazy mix of genres that works surprisingly well, however the rest of the album feels too disjointed, trying different styles but without adding much more than a "Rosalía filter"

Besides, it is filled with laughable lyrics if you know Spanish and in the end Motomami comes across as bit lazy with all ... read more