I've decided, this gonna be the first time I hold back and not listen to singles till the album arrives.
It's worth mentioning that I've made that decision on every album but still ended up listening to the single heh
I did that for The Astonishing, no single, no clips, no anything. Bought the album on release day, heard it in its entirety from start to finish and every single note was equally new to me. It was rewarding to wait.
I started to do that a couple of years ago too and it is very rewarding indeed! Did it for The Astonishing, Haken’s affinity, Vector.. Knopflers, Tangents, Gungflys, Muse’s, Neal Morses, Spock’s Beards, Big Big Train’s etc etc latest releases. But the thing that goes along with it is that I can’t get enough of other people’s opinions about prereleased stuff
I don’t want to listen to anything but I wanna know everything about everything
Also my best friend does the same thing so at least we go through that difficult yet awesome time of anticipation together!