There are epic sing-a-longs, gut punching lyrics and a sense of purpose here that will leave you uplifted, and reaching for the replay button the moment it ends.Īttention Attention is released tomorrow (May 4th 2018) through Atlantic Records. This is everything they done up until now taken and distilled into its purest form. Its a real highlight of the album.Īttention Attention is an album of moods and layers from a band that has been steadily defining themselves album after album and has reached a point where writing massive emotional arena rock is second nature to them. its stark, honest and will stand as one of the bands most defining moments. It’s one of the more goosebump raising moments on the album. It’s like no other song that Shinedown has put out, Beginning with the sound of an alarm, with a mechanical voice saying Attention Attention before starting out with a menacing claustrophobic, verse with muffled vocals, backed by only bass guitar, and drums and the first verse shows a true evolution for the band and is one of the high points o.

Special slows the pace right down and is a lovely piano and strings lead track. On the flip side, Darkside has a vein of Imagine Dragons running through it, which is no bad thing at all. Monsters and Pyro are trademark Shinedown numbers and will please the older fans as they hark back to the bands earlier work. The power of the song is in the lyrics,all about standing up for yourself and putting yourself back together after some potentially poor decision making. It’s like having someone sit you down and get right into your face and ask you what are you going to do?īlack Soul is another heavy track with a canyon sized chorus designed to level stadiums. Devil has a hard edged riff to it that really digs into your brain, and does the loud-to-quiet thing really well and has a really explosive chorus. This is an album that is about facing who you are and accepting who you are for better or worse. This is audibly a journey about self discovery, acceptance and recovery. Make no mistake when Brent Smith says ‘It’s about to get heavy’ in the middle of Devil, he isn’t necessarily talking about the music, but the themes on show. Picking up the threads left behind by 2015’s Threat to Survival, Shinedown have turned turmoil into gold, with a concept album about the weight of human emotion. Their latest Attention Attention may be their best and most varied album yet.

Through sheer will and determination, they keep raising their game, and knocking out album after album of increasing quality. Shinedown have become one of the premier rock bands over the course of the last 10 years. Overall Score: 8.5/10 Lyrics: 8/10 Songs: 9/10 Replay Value: 8/10 Pros: songs have weight and emotional resonance Cons: It feels a little long in places

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