Unleash The Archers

An unexpected surprise!

I like the song. I felt that the keyboards and so forth on Abyss really suited them, and this feels like a progression of that.

The one thing I'm not enthused about is the fact it's another concept album. The previous two were decent enough pieces of music but I don't think the stories were interesting enough to make into full albums and I'd rather they turn their hand to more focused, standalone songs.
 
I'm slightly hesitant about the keyboardy stuff. I find there's a danger of female voice + very prominent keyboards starting to sound like dance music. But then they were going for a sci-fi theme in Abyss and in the new album, plus they did go and do that Acoustipex electro take on Apex, so yes...

Anyway, UTA (or Napalm Records at least) has thrown a bit of money into an AI video, which looks pretty good.

 
I'm waiting for the full album before listening to this last single, but yeah, I'm hesitantly pumped for it. Ghosts and G&G are great, Seeking is meh.

I was honestly pretty whelmed with most of Abyss when it came out, though, and now I think it might be better than Apex.
 
I'm really liking the new album so far. It has a lot of range, and goes to some places I wouldn't expect - particularly on Gods In Decay and Give It Up Or Give It All, which are early picks for my favourite songs here. Seeking Vengeance is probably my least favourite track, though I don't mind it, particularly in the context of an album where a song as good as Green and Glass might not make my top 5.

One thing that stood out to me much more broadly is how much more prominent the bass feels in this album. I can't really make it out in places in Abyss, but it's unmissable here. The aforementioned Gods In Decay (seriously, this song is going to be living rent-free in my head for at least a month) is a good example.
 
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