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I struggle to hear anything that makes me think that is official besides the new little outro, how do we know it's real?

Exactly. I really struggle w/ long albums today. It's amazing that they had so many tracks and I'm glad we got them, but cutting them was the right decision (or at least, aiming for a shorter album, even if I would exchange a track for MTV).

This is how I feel exactly. I kept waiting for an instrumental verse or bridge with Healing Foot, and the vocals just kept coming. Unreal. It will be incredible if another lost demo features "complete" vocals.

Great writeup^! If A6 has "complete" vocals, it will be the icing on the cake. If Wesside is a whole new song also with complete vocals, it will be the cherry on the icing on the cake.

Resolution was the name the person on that recorder was saying in the teaser videos for Lost, so I think it's a pretty strong guess. It would be cool if it had the "TTAMP" vocal on it so we can hear that idea in context. I'm still blown away by the surprise of Healing Foot having that full of an arrangement. I still think the majority of the Lost Demos are not gonna have full vocals, but now I can't help but hope at least one or two more will. This is an awesome release.

Wow, I really was not expecting any other full songs. Healing Foot is a gift! It has a bridge and everything!

I agree w/ a lot of the sentiment here. It's great to have and I will absolutely be jamming to it, but it also slightly gives off demo vibes just a bit to me. Maybe it's because the chorus reminds me a lot of "I Am Machine" by Three Days Grace or because it doesn't have scratching and other layers I'd expect on a finished track. For me, Lost and More The Victim are lightyears above it. I wonder what the intro sound comes from or the story behind it. Like is it another melody chopped up and rearranged, and where did that melody come from if so? Nah

Do we really only have one Hunting Party demo title? That's crazy. There's gotta be at least some interesting alternate melodies/lyrics to the songs we got, if not more unheard tracks. We know the outro of All For Nothing is something

I wonder if the "Blood Anger Suffering" outro of Figure 09 will be anywhere on the 20th release. Like as lyrics to another demo we haven't heard yet, or if it's on any of the live shows (I'm sure it's written in the setlists here but I haven't looked)

I know, I was just responding to the previous post that said they didn't think those lyrics fit. Your vid shows it's the right key/tempo (unless you altered it). And it's such a short phrase it could fit anywhere, starting on any beat, so I don't know what there is to doubt

I finally listened to the track. Wow, the bridge is very interesting, and a showcase of a bunch of different Chester vocals. I think More the Victim might be my favorite of the 3 tracks, but I can totally see why they went w/ Lost as the lead. It's so Chester-focused. I think Numb was the better choice for sure, but this might be better than Easier to Run for me. Also, the mix is great. I can certainly hear the modern touch on it, mostly in the drums I think. I'm glad they gave it that, and I'm interested to hear how the 2003 mix will sound.

It sounds like it could fit just fine to me:

I noticed that the Xero page still says that Pictureboard has never been released, and also has no mention of the name Ashes or Flower (though Ashes is described by its lpu moment)

I agree w you, I'd be happy to have a surround mix for a quality surround setup space that the band liked. But the way Apple and Dolby market it make no sense to me. Most people would get orders of magnitude better sound by just having better speakers/headphones, and Atmos is never gonna translate to retail spaces, the beach, bars, the club...so stereo mixing for such spaces will continue to be an art in and of itself that takes years to master. Their marketing makes it sound like the future of everything will be Atmos when it's just not imo. Doesn't mean it won't work ofc. I know people proud of their surround setups and then they'll demo it with YouTube and an all stereo setting on their amp, not even realizing the difference from an actual Atmos source

The third version is the 2002 mix, which is only included in the CD set of Meteora 20 but seemingly not the full box set (maybe not on streaming either?) Also, the video in the game had the word resolution in it, and that game seemed to be leading to Lost, so it kinda makes sense. But yeah, I'm not totally convinced either.

I am also wondering that I'm also thinking that people are getting their hopes up too much about things like A6 vocals. I expect it to have some form of vocals, but more like some nonsense scatting and very unpolished takes that won't exactly make for a lot of replay value, like the Mike BTH demo.

More the Victim is amazing! It's a surreal experience hearing those vocals after dozens of listens to Cumulus. I think I'm decent at writing melodies, but those are so much more interesting than anything I was coming up with in my head

I'm pretty sure he went on to say that he liked the song as a choice because it showed that even back then, the band was exploring beyond the HT sound. Also, it's not a bad song. But it absolutely is not the sound the general public thinks about when they think of LP, and for that reason, I completely agree that it would get less attention naturally. I think they could have promoted something like Part of Me to more success tbh.

Kinda surprised they'd release another brand new track and not something like "Faint w demo verses" or something along the lines of In The End. I guess they really wanna keep the momentum going from Lost. Hoping for the best in terms of success for these two tracks

Yes, I have been guessing that for a while. I don't think most of the Atmos releases that came w apples big push are actually blessed by the artists. I've followed CHVRCHES closely and they had nothing to say about their spatial mixes either. It's something only a few artists embrace (and it's cool when they actually want to use it), and otherwise just something Dolby wants to sell and Apple wants to show off as a reason to subscribe to them.

Finally heard Joe say in this QA that they don't particularly care for the spatial audio mixes of old albums. So glad they're not pushing that gimmick personally, it's so dumb

Perhaps we'll get the 2002 mix as a download through the website, as a reward for playing through the game and something for the hardcore fans. I really want there to be something from the site that isn't immediately available publicly, lol. Otherwise, it just feels like a (fun) glorified announcement.

I also have doubts that we'll get new music. Personally, I'm keeping my hopes low and thinking that the discord is just gonna be for some live band interactions to go along with Meteora20. Like Brad hopping on for an hour one day, Phoenix another, etc. Then maybe they'll share some additional files of demos, like slight variations of Lost or something through the discord for us hardcore fans.

We got the Part of Me demo along with Part of Me (one of the multiple versions) on HT20. If they're giving us Lost and there's an interesting demo version, I don't see why they wouldn't also include it. Some songs, like Animals vs Roads Untraveled, sound drastically different in demo form vs final.

Or the opposite, like Voices/Chance of Rain.