RickLPL Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 9 minutes ago, linkindan said: If that’s the cover, title and graphic direction, I’m 100% not buying it Lol it does look a little... underwhelming I guess? Still eagerly looking forward to Friendly Fire and track 14 though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RYG4R Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Is that the Frank Maddocks design? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcyy57 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 24 minutes ago, linkindan said: If that’s the cover, title and graphic direction, I’m 100% not buying it Looks as if it's made in Windows Paint 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somebodyangry Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 That looks so fanmade lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RYG4R Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 3 minutes ago, Somebodyangry said: That looks so fanmade lol. Even myself, I can do better than that. Frank, Frank, Frank, What happened with your work, buddy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linkindan Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 So uh, I just looked back at the email they sent out… The “Follow” link is in an oval like the years on that “Papercuts” promo… I don’t have a good feeling about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar656 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Theres always a reason to criticize... some of you guys deserve the band just calling it quits and going silent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiddIsAlive Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Just now, Cesar656 said: Theres always a reason to criticize... some of you guys deserve the band just calling it quits and going silent I'm glad they are releasing new/unreleased music and that's all that matters at the end of the day. But that's an ugly-ass graphic design work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RYG4R Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 1 minute ago, KiddIsAlive said: I'm glad they are releasing new/unreleased music and that's all that matters at the end of the day. But that's an ugly-ass graphic design work. New music is better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somebodyangry Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) Having FF released YEARS before what I thought would be is just AMAZING, couldn't be more thankful, the possibility of another unreleased track being revealed is astonishing too. So the artwork being kinda bad is a minor issue to me, all I care about is FF dropping on streaming platforms Edited February 21 by Somebodyangry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcyy57 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I'm still grateful that we're getting new content. Though, I sort of understand why they decided to go with the low effort graphic designs and all. It could be that they had nothing to represent these singles and whatnot. Still, the designs we've seen so far are just, a bit of a let down really. Doesn't seem like they or the label, anyone really, want to celebrate all these gems throughout the years.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpliveusername Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 43 minutes ago, KiddIsAlive said: But that's an ugly-ass graphic design work. It screams "I have a nephew who knows Photoshop and can do it cheaper." 5 minutes ago, arcyy57 said: I'm still grateful that we're getting new content. Though, I sort of understand why they decided to go with the low effort graphic designs and all. It could be that they had nothing to represent these singles and whatnot. Still, the designs we've seen so far are just, a bit of a let down really. Doesn't seem like they or the label, anyone really, want to celebrate all these gems throughout the years.. I agree. It looks really low effort, like they don't care about this project at all and they just see it as a quick and easy way to make some money with the Linkin Park brand. Still cool to get new music though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 51 minutes ago, Cesar656 said: Theres always a reason to criticize... some of you guys deserve the band just calling it quits and going silent Nobody here is being malicious or attacking the band on a personal level. Saying “I don’t like the artwork” is not a cruel comment that warrants telling someone they don’t deserve to be a fan of the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayGun4200 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 4 minutes ago, Justin said: Nobody here is being malicious or attacking the band on a personal level. Saying “I don’t like the artwork” is not a cruel comment that warrants telling someone they don’t deserve to be a fan of the band. I think that artwork is just for the FF vinyl cause they used it for the FF Snippet after all, I can imagine the whole single collection album art would look better once its revealed and such there's no way that they would use that as the single collection album cover, but hell I could be wrong or not time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igussek Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Oh, that's ugly : / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coizu Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) Seems like some accompanying merch already leaked on the German Amazon store. It has the same green and general art style. https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Jeedy-Journals/dp/B09BYBFP3W Edited February 21 by Coizu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SardonicallyParanoid Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 21 hours ago, AParallelogramInTheSand said: ALITS is one of my favorite tracks tbh. It feels like it tells a story similar to how Green Day has Jesus of Suburbia or Sum41 did the trilogy of songs on Screaming Bloody Murder. Yeah, it jumps between styles, but I feel there's an understood progression that reminds me of Wake. In a looser sense, it feels like a mix of THP songs as well as their overall catalog until that album. It's sad that it doesn't hit the same way for others (that's on the song, not a 'you just don't get it' sense). It did used to hit for me, a few years back. But listening now... for me Linkin Park's 'Jesus of Suburbia' is The Catalyst. THAT track has a story to tell. I wish I still liked ALITS like I did but it just doesn't hit these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AParallelogramInTheSand Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 16 minutes ago, SardonicallyParanoid said: It did used to hit for me, a few years back. But listening now... for me Linkin Park's 'Jesus of Suburbia' is The Catalyst. THAT track has a story to tell. I wish I still liked ALITS like I did but it just doesn't hit these days That's fair Also, since you mention Catalyst, check out Don't Need Nothing by Aly and AJ. I like to joke with friends that they're the same song bc they follow similar progression from single voice and simple music to overlapping repeating voices with drums and full band killing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPsMart Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 2 hours ago, Coizu said: Seems like some accompanying merch already leaked on the German Amazon store. It has the same green and general art style. https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Jeedy-Journals/dp/B09BYBFP3W OMG this looks legit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceWav Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 4 hours ago, Cesar656 said: Theres always a reason to criticize... some of you guys deserve the band just calling it quits and going silent lol imagine calling it quits and being upset over an album cover and title... just completely throw yourself out the window lol xD And disregard the music inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZLP-NaughtyNottingham Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Not surprised by the awful cover and the use of the worst tone of green. Papercuts doesn't seem that bad to me.. it's a recent trend that they are using track titles to name albums. One More Light, Forgotten Demos, Lost Demos . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceWav Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Personally, i see no issue with the title nor the album cover. ATS is pretty basic, but it worked. I think the band went with something simplistic because i's recognizable to all generations of LP. It makes sense, plus ''Papercuts'', if that really is the title, seems like the band knew Chester's favorite song was papercut, so maybe it's to honor him for that and if that is the case, that's pretty awesome. Chester freaking loved that song, i think he would have loved the title to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coizu Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I think the cover and the title itself are perfectly fine. The cover might be a little bit boring but it‘s definitely not bad. And the title is just a fun word play. Nothing wrong with that. Just the art style around everything screams „graphic design is my passion“ in the worst possible way which is not what I am used to when it comes to LP releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZLP-NaughtyNottingham Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 1 hour ago, AceWav said: Personally, i see no issue with the title nor the album cover. ATS is pretty basic, but it worked. I think the band went with something simplistic because i's recognizable to all generations of LP. It makes sense, plus ''Papercuts'', if that really is the title, seems like the band knew Chester's favorite song was papercut, so maybe it's to honor him for that and if that is the case, that's pretty awesome. Chester freaking loved that song, i think he would have loved the title to. It was his favorite for sure and its the bands presentation card. Weird that it isn't the #1 track haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPsMart Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Can anyone link me the supposed cover art for the album? I can only find this shot of the single from the Papercuts post on reddit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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