Walk The Sky 2.0

[nagpo]

looks like last rites might be another one of myle's dumb political songs. Well, we had a good run with the last record.

[anguyen92]

Well, as artists and people living in this current environment, they should have the option to explore talking about life in this pandemic and its variables and if this is the way to go. Oh well. Deal with it.

[DarkKnight12]

Can hear a snippet of the song on their new Walk the Sky 2.0 trailer on IG or FB. Sounds pretty cool!

[joshuabeau]

looks like last rites might be another one of myle's dumb political songs. Well, we had a good run with the last record.

Get over it.

[nagpo]

looks like last rites might be another one of myle's dumb political songs. Well, we had a good run with the last record.

Get over it.

Already have. Not going to buy it. Just like I was about to drop the band after TLH until walk the sky came out and it had no political crap. if they want to lose listeners for being political that's up to them

[VigilantSteve]

It may not have been "in your face" political...but there was absolutely some political stuff in Walk the Sky.

[Andy92]

Imo Alter Bridge only seem to be “political” about topics that shouldn’t really be political. Like why is climate change a Democrat versus Republican thing?

I also tend to prefer keeping politics out of music. Like a few years ago I saw Bring Me The Horizon at a festival and the singer wanted everyone to give the finger to Trump during a song intro. That’s pretty stupid to do at a concert as part of your show imo.

But...a song like Writing on the Wall shouldn’t be political. You learn about the greenhouse effect in middle school earth science class lol

[Ubik]

There doesn't seem a great deal to be triggered by in the lyrics posted on that site. Kinda general "shit's bad, huh" stuff, non-specific allusion to protest.

But the main deal - Alice in Chains style vocals? Yes please!

[Crumbso]

How is Writing on the Wall a 'Democrat vs. Republicans' thing? He doesn't name any party or person. It's only political because you guys make it partisan, otherwise it's just a song about an something Myles feels deeply about. Toughen up dudes and dudettes. If Myles has feelings he needs to get out about any subject I'm cool with it. It's better than 1000 songs about love or weak aphorisms.

[Mr. Slash]

Isn't that song about climate change?

[anguyen92]

Isn't that song about climate change?

Yep, but people just feel like they have to make that topic political just because...............................................................................

I had to add a lot of periods for emphasis.

[austin.]

The band going broke? Re releasing, their just latest album, with one new song and some live tracks...? That’s exactly what we wanted! Said nobody.

[anguyen92]

The band going broke? Re releasing, their just latest album, with one new song and some live tracks...? That’s exactly what we wanted! Said nobody.

At least, it's something. Sure, I personally would have loved an EP full of either freshly made songs or covers, but let's just be grateful they are giving us something, when it's better than nothing. Heck, the last five years, they have given us a release in some form. That's a great record. Compared that to 2015 when nothing was going on in AB. No releases, no shows, not much murmurs to get excited about.

2016 - The Last Hero
2017 - Live at the O2 Arena CD and rarities
2018 - Live at the Royal Albert Hall DVD
2019 - Walk the Sky
2020 - Walk the Sky 2.0

[TenaciousBe]

Climate Change is only a political issue because Democrats (well, progressives, but generally Democrats) tend to want to enact legislation that will address the climate crisis, while Republicans tend to deny that the climate crisis exists, and want to do away with regulations dealing with climate because they want their fossil fuel companies to make money, I guess? That's not even a political statement, just a statement of fact on how the two parties legislate on things related to the crisis. Medicare For All / Universal Healthcare would be a "political issue" in the same way, just because the two parties tend to work so oppositely on making it happen. Addressing climate change and enacting Universal Healthcare are two things that shouldn't even be partisan issues, they should just be things we all work together to make happen, but one party wants to do it and one doesn't so it never gets done.

[Andy92]

The political part is definitely “how do we handle this from an economic standpoint?” It just kinda baffles me how in the US, the political part of it also comes down to “is this even real?” That just kinda blows my mind lol.

Growing up in an area that relies heavily on the coal industry for a successful local economy, I definitely understand the different opinions on how to handle the situation from an economic standpoint. It’s not easy to sacrifice your livelihood when in reality you can’t just simply “become a coder” after working in the coal industry for 20 years.

But climate change existing/not existing at all being a political debate blows my mind lol

[Crumbso]

It seems like almost every subject is politicised to a ludicrous degree in the US now. How could Myles ever sing about anything of any substance without being accused of 'being political'? I mean, otherwise you'll just end up with an album full of variations of All Ends Well.

I remember when AB3 came out, this forum was filled with people saying it was too dark and Myles should keep his atheistic thoughts out of AB. Geez guys, learn to deal with other people's viewpoints.

[Ubik]

Rumour has it the original title of Take the Crown was "Pack the Court".

[mirko.volpon]

Tomorrow last rites

[Dolo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_woFy_cTtrk

[anguyen92]

Once again, I presume this is region blocked. Although, if it actually gets released tomorrow, will it show up on Spotify at 9 PM PST today?