Genre : Alternative Rock, Rap Poprock
Label : Warner Bros.
Origin : United States
Rating : 5.0 / 10
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Linkin Park's new record unfortunately shows a mixed fabric as its overall character, composed mainly of a family friendly rap poprock direction that enjoys the approval of your grandma's chihuahua, combined with c-grade pop, that which though is - more or less - decently realized in its servile superficiality, more on that later.
The disc initially reeks sexily and soberly bloated old school production values, and gradually moves towards the "charms"-, the sounds of an Eurovision contest, but Tomas Ledin's 1980 entry "Just Nu" sounds fresher than this disc, trust me. In fact, the release summons the vibes of boy groups from the '90s. The compositional ethos on display is straightforward enough to let me get away with a brief description of it. Consider a heavily hook-centered strategy to craft out the largely harmless musical themes, mainly along a mid-tempo temper. The name of the game, on paper, is rap rock, but, let's not pretend that it is a serious notion, as the album is much more pop in character than rock, and I personally find nothing wrong with that as an agenda - saved for the relatively ubiquitous proneness of the release to submit to radio friendly chord passages Johnny Cash does NOT approve of. The beneficial trait is, that the majority of these chord passages will serve out the rudimentary cravings of the lazy receptors on spot, yet, they will more than likely annoy the living death out of a snob worth calling one. Read on to find out more about the release.
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