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Very excited to see what Mike has in store for us. A three-song EP sounds like it could be a good primer for something bigger down the line, maybe later this year or next.

Would be nice if someone leaked it. Surely there's a way to do it without the leaker being identified. "Oh, someone got access to my Google Drive that I keep unreleased music in for some reason, oh nooooooo." I don't know, that's probably not realistic at all.

I think some people are being a little insensitive about the lack of music with this LPU. I didn't think they would even do LPU this year, so to see anything at all is a surprise. It's fine to be disappointed that there's no music, but vocalizing that disappointment feels like it's a little much this time around. Don't like, don't buy. If this was any other year I'd probably make a big stink about no music too, but considering what it takes for them to pick out demos or other tracks to put on these? Yeah, I'm not gonna say anything about it. If music comes later in the year, cool. If not, that's fine too. I haven't bought LPU for anything other than the music in years, so I won't pick this one up either, but that's not a big deal to me. I think it's good for whoever wants it.

This is nice to see. Having an official record of the band's last tour with Chester is a good thing to release, I think. I'm sure the band's been trying very hard to figure out the right balance between staying quiet and doing small things like this, or something larger like the tribute show. I'm certainly not expecting anything at all, so whatever happens is just a bonus. Things like this will continue to trickle out for the next few years.

The live stream was a little messy with the vocal mixing all night so I'm not really surprised something like that happened. At least it got cleared up. Amazing show, truly amazing. What a wonderful experience it must have been for everyone in attendance.

It's a shame I can't go, but I'm glad that so many people will be able to. The atmosphere is going to be incredible, and I think it'll help a lot of people. I can't wait for this show, even considering the circumstances. Going to be a gorgeous tribute.

Truly a wonderful video.

I'm very interested in seeing where this leads. Seems like they've taken the time they needed to regroup and determine a path forward. How big will the announcements Mike mentioned be? Surely one will be the tribute show. Maybe one related to those Japan shows? Maybe even a big letter about a new direction?

I tend to go back and forth over which album I prefer between Hybrid Theory and Meteora. They have a similar sound and pull from the same well, but Meteora does feel like an evolution on the foundation built by Hybrid Theory. I really couldn't picture a song like Nobody's Listening on Hybrid Theory. I wonder if LP will ever do deluxe reissues. They probably won't consider anything like that for a long time.

Great to see. Wish I could be there, but I know it'll be a great event for everyone who can make it.

I've listened to the album several more times since Thursday, and I feel like I was a little too quick to judge it initially. I wasn't connecting with any of the songs, really, aside from the last two. But the more I listen, and maybe (almost certainly) with new context, the more I can enjoy a lot of the songs. Heavy is still kind of bad, Halfway Right is boring, and Talking to Myself doesn't really land with me, but some of the other tracks have become really, really good to my ears. Maybe I just needed to open them up a little and not be weirded out by the new sound. Nobody Can Save Me is a gorgeous song. Invisible and Sorry For Now are great showcases of how far Mike has come as a singer. I'm still disappointed that there's only a single rap verse from Mike, though - one! That's crazy. Imagine finding that out in 2003. I don't know if it's because of what happened, or if it's just the additional context of letting the songs exist for a couple months. But One More Light is a much better album than I thought.

I'm a little bit in awe of how much you've stepped up in the wake of everything that's happened the past few days, Soul. You've come a really long way as a vital member of the community. We need to stick together, as members of our individual communities (LPL, LPA, etc.) and unified as fans of Linkin Park. This is something we all need to remember: this is not the end. We're all here, we can get through this. The guys will get through this, maybe not as Linkin Park, but they'll still be here. It's never too late for anybody. If you're feeling down, try your best to reach out to someone, because there are people here who are here to help. And, if you're here to help, then help. Reach out to someone. This is our job as members of this community, and it's how we'll survive. Because of course we'll survive. Reach out. My PM box is open, too.

It's been several days now and I don't think the weight of what happened has fully landed on me yet. Like, it still feels like an awful invasive thought in my head - I think "Chester Bennington is gone, LP is (maybe?) gone too", and my brain just says "get that out of here, that's not real, why would you think that?" It's a strange feeling to contend with. It feels like I haven't grieved properly yet. With other celebrity deaths - Bowie, Chris Cornell - I felt it the whole day, and it brought me down the whole day. But with Chester, even thinking about it and trying to grasp and comes to terms with it isn't working. I don't know. I don't want it to sound like I'm completely emotionless about it, because I was devastated for a couple days afterward and it still hurts. But it just feels like it's not processing completely and I don't know if it will any time soon. Maybe once the band issues an official statement and potentially clarifies their future (because I really, really need to know), it'll solidify everything. But that could take a long time, and honestly, it should take as long as they need it to. We'll probably hear something soon because they'll want to not leave the fans hanging, but I hope they also understand that we're not going to rush them at all. I hope you all are doing alright. We have to try our best to support each other.

I'm really, really dreading whatever statement the band ends up releasing. I cannot imagine how they must feel. To be together as one lineup (more or less) for 18 years, and to have it end like this... This is just terrible. It'll take a long, long time for this one to settle in my heart.

What an incredible performance that was. It almost hurts to listen to.

I wrote more here and I don't have the energy to repeat it all, but I'm legitimately devastated. I love Soundgarden, I loved Audioslave, and I loved Chris's solo work. It's surreal to me that, not only is he gone, but he killed himself. I want to understand why. On the outside, and I know we see very little of celebrities' lives, but from what we could see, he really seemed like he'd managed to leave behind his demons and emerge a happier man. I suppose those things are always around the corner, though. I hope his family and friends can recover from this.

I don't really like it. This is a pretty quick reaction after the first listen, but it feels very forgettable to me. Most of the songs haven't really made an impact on me, aside from Good Goodbye for the features and Mike's verse, Invisible, and One More Light. Sharp Edges might've been better without the electronic elements. I liked where it was going in the first verse, but I think it took the wrong turn. OML, in fact, is probably the best song on the album for me, because it's a big change of pace from the rest of the album. I didn't think I would mind the modern pop production, and I don't necessarily mind it, but it just feels so...regular. Feels very 2017, in the way that I think a lot of other people could've made the beats here. Battle Symphony probably has the best one. I don't know. It could grow on me - like I said, this is just the first reaction after a first listen. But I don't feel compelled by it. In terms of albums I listened to on or around release day, all of them prior to this (starting with Minutes to Midnight) grabbed me right off the bat, even Living Things. This doesn't really do that, and that's concerning. But I need to listen to it a couple more times, I suppose.

Lmao. Chester's face when the girl is in midair is great. He's just like "oh fuck, I'm gonna get dunked on by a grade-schooler." This video is so dumb but it's incredible.

I don't think Warner will bother blocking this show. 2002 was fifteen years ago and they were coming off a red-hot debut album, so they clamped down too hard. Not to mention that they had the contract issue a few years after that, and it seems that LP has been fine with them since then. The atmosphere is way different now - the only thing, I think, that would cancel the show is if it gets in the way of touring obligations somehow.

The fanbase meltdown when MMM Cookies first came out was hysterical. I couldn't believe how angry some people got over it. The only good thing that came out of the backlash was that they switched to releasing demos on every subsequent LPU CD exclusively. As long as this isn't tied into anything else that the fans are expecting, it'll be funny like the first one was supposed to be.

I like this song a lot more than Heavy. I think if they're going to do a pop album, it needs to be like this - lean into it. Heavy felt a little half-hearted to me, but this hits the spot. Hopefully the rest of the album has a feel similar to this track.

Cool to see Mike acknowledge stuff like this, though he's always been pretty open about old stuff the community unearths. He's put up with over a decade of Pictureboard questions, after all.

Holy shit lmao. I never imagined more Xero songs would be dug up by anyone but the band themselves. This is awesome. "Drop" has some weird-ass lyrics when compared to the rest of the Xero-era music we've heard. I really like Mike's flow on Fiends, too. In your face the whole time. I wonder what other pre-Hybrid Theory music might be out there on random compilations like this that we haven't found yet...

It's funny how effortless it could be to convert the song to a heavier style. The lyrics could still work well enough.