So it's been a couple of weeks with the album. I let the excitement settle down a bit and i waited for a perfect time to listen to the vinyl. The album on vinyl is sooooo gooood, the sound is just great. First, I love heavy music and like a lot of people LP were my entry band for heavy music, so usually I tend to like the heavier songs more. On From Zero they made the soft songs so freaking good that I have them among my favourite LP songs honestly.
First of all. The Emptiness Machine, I love the song, I love the way they built it. It's easily the best song on the album and their best song since Living Things IMO. I love Good Things Go, that is a great album closer, the emotions in the song are so honest. IGYEIH seems to have mixed reception, I appreciate the THP vibes, but more evolved and again the emotions and sincerity in Em's vocal delivery makes this one stand out for me. Two Faced is a no brainer, that's just purest oldschool LP song in years. But I miss a bit of inovation in it, even though it checks for everything I love about LP. Overflow is just a great vibe. Love Mike's verses, great flow. Stained has that pop vibe without sacrificing the LP sound, the chorus is insanely catchy, Emily shines there for sure. Casualty is cool, even though I'm not a big fan of the bridge., but again great choice for Mike's vocals. Heavy Is The Crown is again a cool throwback to the oldschool LP sound, the bridge sounds a bit forced, but it's a great vocal take nonetheless. The chorus is fun, synths are cool as well. Cut The Bridge is cool, but I'm not fan of the gang chorus vocals, something throws me off about them. Might be that they are lower in the mix, maybe that they are not as much a gang vocals but a three people vocals if you get what I mean.
Overall, great comeback album, a bit short though. But we can clearly see that they can do anything in this new lineup and that's a great promise for future albums. I hope they keep the guitars present in the mix. Oh and keep Joe's scratching! I missed that.