Hitting Roots While After Being Lost
Now I know bringing up Linkin Park and their great/terrible music from recent years is just asking for a fight. Hear me out on this song. The reason we love Linkin Park comes from their first two albums of intense rock with a solid scoop of rap and pinch of electronic. The whole album Living Things is 30% intense rock, 15% rap, 35% electronic and 20% “sing/screaming.” It is different for sure, but LOST IN THE ECHO is one of the closest to their original style, like songs Numb and Crawling. Starting with Mike’s rapping, it isn’t the best he’s done, but his voice has matured since Hybrid Theory and he doesn’t sound as whiny, which is nice. Chester does great here, his screams are about as good as they were years ago, a little rasp and a lot of energy. The electric melody combined with the guitar chords is very strong and punch a lot of attitude into the piece. The drums are pretty good, they sound more real than they used to be and are much more creative. The bass also is surprisingly good, going from very low notes matching the bass drum to high repeating notes, it is very well rounded. The guitars are strong but not really indistinguishable from the rest of the song. There is also a lot of synth/dubstep-ish sound (I still don’t know the right words to use) that enhances the other instruments. I highly doubt Linkin Park will ever produce albums as good as Meteora or Hybrid Theory, but it doesn’t mean they can’t make good music that almost matches their old work. The last album Hunting Party was a flop in my opinion, but Living Things was good enough for sure. Give them a chance again my critic friends, Linkin Park still has it in them.
Originality:7
Instruments:7
Vocals:7
Longevity:6
Red Score: 6.75
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