^ I agree with that so fucking much. It sounds so nit-picky on the lyrical point of the "stars" part but man...it's so off putting. Not so much that I don't like the song but it just felt really weird hearing it the first time and it hasn't gotten all that better on numerous other listens. I do really like the groove of the song other than that point though and it's certainly a very out of realm song for them; I appreciate that kind of creativity in a band.
I do like the shotgun part if only because it's so obviously meant to be such a douchebaggy line. In fact, I kind of feel like it's a song that's a parody of itself and I'd love to see if there's anything about it on the making of, I need to watch it soon... If not...that's disappointing, because they do those songs so well even if there's only a handful in their repertoire.
As usual I'll stay out of the rankings. I will say that my most listened to songs are The Way The News Goes... and Remain Indoors. I love those songs a lot, especially TWTNG. Very catchy lines in that one and I love the way they culminate in a harsher musical way at the end with "tears march to lullabies and beat my like a drum"; love that line.
I love the album through and through even though there's some dips. It's definitely an oddball album for them and I totally get why Misha had a couple (or more) lines about being nervous to hear what the fans think of it. I mean, it's really not all that different, but there's something about the atmosphere of the album that is different and the way that the songs are laid out as well as some of their structures. But for the most part it's more of a tweak of their usual format than something like...how Opeth changed. I mean that's obvious but with the way Misha was speaking before it's release, I allllmost expected that kind of change.
But I love the injections of orchestral pieces and I do like the little bits and pieces of changes they made, then they just went ham with Catch Fire. It's funny because you can tell they knew how much of an oddball, left field song that was to put in not only with the length of the song but with its position on the album as well. I think it worked out for the most part, it's just such a troll song, I feel like...and with how the guys are (rather seem to be and how they act on social media), that feeling might be right. I'll have to watch the making of later today.