Like A Storm

[Jaded Rescue]

Is anyone else in love with "Love the Way You Hate Me"? This track just feels like pure genius to me.

Loving the digi in the bridge.

[uctalum01]

I'll finally be listening to it on the way down to the show in NJ!! Leaving in about 15min.

[devv88]

Album is $6.93 on iTunes. For that price, I'll definitely pick it up.

[uctalum01]

Is anyone else in love with "Love the Way You Hate Me"? This track just feels like pure genius to me.

Loving the digi in the bridge.

Agreed! Loving that song right now! I'm ready for the full album (3 more tracks) and part 2.

[gbruin]

New released lyric video, if you want to read the lyrics along with the music. Really good song.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/8vV7A1KFr84[/youtube]

[gbruin]

Same for Break Free. Another great song.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/OJH5G9SW15A[/youtube]

[abw1987]

So is the full album out now?

[uctalum01]

It is on iTunes. I got the physical cd last week from my preorder.

[agny]

I got the physical CD of 7 tracks in the mail a while back. And they emailed audio tracks from their acoustic DVD and a really nice acoustic version of Break Free with an apology for the production delay.

They're polling for 2013 tour locations on their Facebook (just placeholder dates under events but you can vote by city/region).

They've also been tweeting about a live DVD from them opening for Creed last year. I can't figure out which twitter they're going to use, been using both lately https://twitter.com/likeastormband https://twitter.com/reallikeastorm

[jeffro5422]

Love these guys and the new record is awesome!

[Jaded Rescue]

That acoustic track of Break Free is simply gorgeous.

[agny]

That acoustic track of Break Free is simply gorgeous.

Yeah, I keep going back to that one.

[agny]

Live footage for their Nothing Remains video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/79JpTg7L-1Y[/youtube]

[Jaded Rescue]

Alright, a couple things about their live show:

1) The vocals on that video have GOT to be over-dubbed. You never hear him pulling back from the mic to focus on the guitar, which I've seen him do on that song. It sounds too studio.

2) Has anyone noticed they barely play any of the songs in their original key? And it seems that Chris has a really hard time hitting notes even in the lowered key. It sounds really nasally and strained. I wonder if he's dealing with allergies or a sickness lately or something? He sounds too good on the record for him to just have a shitty voice, and when I first saw them in '09 with Creed they sounded sick. I wonder if maybe he blew out his chords? I really hope it isn't a drinking thing like Stapp or something.

[agny]

1) The vocals on that video have GOT to be over-dubbed. You never hear him pulling back from the mic to focus on the guitar, which I've seen him do on that song. It sounds too studio.

I didn't study it in detail, but I think it's almost all the studio recording, just live imagery? Or some mix? Not sure. I'd rather have a good quality live recording. And not such jagged editing.

[agny]

...And it seems that Chris has a really hard time hitting notes even in the lowered key. It sounds really nasally and strained. I wonder if he's dealing with allergies or a sickness lately or something? He sounds too good on the record for him to just have a shitty voice, and when I first saw them in '09 with Creed they sounded sick. I wonder if maybe he blew out his chords? I really hope it isn't a drinking thing like Stapp or something.

The band has a pretty serious coffee habit and I worry about the occasional scream-singing hurting his voice but I think he's OK? Searched for recent vids of same song live on youtube
[youtube]http://youtu.be/MrrdDhV2k28[/youtube]
[youtube]http://youtu.be/mmDUAb_G5Vk[/youtube]
[youtube]http://youtu.be/CoT_qXYdVJU[/youtube]

[Jaded Rescue]

Nothing Remains seems to be on of the few songs they play in the original key. Compare Chemical Infatuation or Never Surrender though, they're definitely tuned down. And even then he's flat on some notes and stuff.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/qESLq_tEg1U[/youtube]
[youtube]http://youtu.be/zM0ZR3jEGWM[/youtube]

The guys still put on a sick live show, I just hope Chris figures out whatever is going on. I was watching a live clip from '09 of Enemy and the newer videos don't even compare. The energy is just dead vocally. He sounds like his voice aged 20+ years.

[axlar]

1) The vocals on that video have GOT to be over-dubbed. You never hear him pulling back from the mic to focus on the guitar, which I've seen him do on that song. It sounds too studio.

I didn't study it in detail, but I think it's almost all the studio recording, just live imagery? Or some mix? Not sure. I'd rather have a good quality live recording. And not such jagged editing.

to be fair, its hard to do a good quality live recording if youre not the main band of the evening.. most of it is shot when they opened for Creed, with Eve to Adam in between them.. so they hardly had room on stage either.. but on the other hand.. they should have just taken the soundboard recording!

[Jaded Rescue]

Even if they took the sound board recording and had to throw on some of the studio guitar tracks to beef it up a little that would be fine to me. I just hate that it isn't his live voice.

[agny]

I was listening again today on headphones instead of my crappy computer speakers and the live video track is different from the album in various ways. But I'm too lazy to analyze it in detail. Guess we'll know more when the DVD is out.