Alright, now that I’ve had a few listens to digest this, I can honestly say, given then tone on this thread, I’ve gone from pleasantly surprised to totally impressed with this song.
Random thoughts:
—overall, this song reminds me a lot of ‘Paralyzed’ in that it’s a tight, concise rocker with an incredibly strong chorus.
—both the first and second verse have super interesting vocal melodies.
—speaking of verses, there’s one line in particular, about three quarters through the second verse, that totally catches my ear in the same way the “dreams are shaking set sirens waking” line from ‘Surrounded’ does... I love when a vocal line totally goes unison with a guitar line.
—as others have mentioned, this just cements that this record is going to ‘sound’ amazing
—I really dig the Mangini fill that opens the track
—JP’s solo, especially the classical sounding portion, is pretty awesome. The man never ceases to amaze
—James sounds great here. I love how full his voice sounds on both of these tracks
—finally, based on its placement, I really think that this song is going to serve as a nice ‘breather’
All in all, the song has me all the more excited for the record, so I consider it a success on all fronts.