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Enough time has passed that Evanescence's Fallen album seems fresh, sincere and relevant https://t.co/SVuiAYlnYe
@visakanv Funny story: I came across Evanescence's 2017 album, Synthesis. I was listening to the first couple of tracks and struck by a sense of "omg, you're still dealing with the same loneliness as over a decade ago?" Joke's on me: turns out it's a rework album of old songs. Still tho
@visakanv Mmm! Nothing against bringing back old songs. The "omg" was trying to imagine the level of stagnation that would cause someone to *write* the same song about their own life, 14 years apart. (I'm a songwriter and it colors how I listen to lyrical music)
@Malcolm_Ocean I think Hayley from Paramore is a great contemporary example of someone who's been tapping into the same fundamental vein for 10++ years and yet manages to evolve and be interesting along the way, incorporating new experience and perspective
@Malcolm_Ocean I think it's a little harder for a band like Evanescence that gets very typecast/pigeonholed into a very specific sort of vibe, space, context. They're more like AC/DC or Iron Maiden in that sense. It can probably be done but it takes a lot of courage, daring, inventiveness, play
@visakanv Mmm. I've appreciated LinkinPark's evolution too... their only album I listen to a lot is 1000Suns, but the older/other stuff helps contextualize it, so sometimes that too. & now @mikeshinoda+#PostTraumatic is exploring things in a vein that is both new yet still has continuity.