_____Yup, 30 Seconds To Mars. I’d call ‘em a guilty pleasure of mine, only I don’t feel guilty in the slightest. I looooove them. Not the first album though, bit too black hair dye and white make-up for me. They didn’t actually lose any of that for A Beautiful Lie, but the music was much better. The drummer still really creeps me out though? But yeah, The Kill is still my favourite loud song. You can’t listen to 30 Seconds To Mars not loud by the way. It’s weird, it just doesn’t work otherwise. One of the mysteries of the universe.
_____Although I still wouldn’t introduce them to my mum, the new album comes from a slightly less emo-looking Jared Leto and company, and it’s most certainly their best yet. Introduction track Escape does its job in introducing us to This Is War in spectacular fashion, I know intros are usually annoying and pointless, and although it is still pointless, this one sounds cool. The rest of the album follows suit, in presenting a sharper, more passionate sound than the previous records, from opening belter Night of the Hunter right through to title track This Is War and the epic Vox Populi. The band also sidestepped a disaster of humongous proportions in the form of Kanye West, who collaborated with them on the original version of Hurricane, but the albums dignity was saved as that version thankfully didn’t make it onto the album.
_____The album looks set to be their most successful yet, judging by the positive reactions that debut single Kings & Queens has been receiving. This Is War brings a fresher, livelier, cooler 30 STM, I mean, Jared’s riding a fixie in the video, it MUST be cool. On the topic of the video, I purposely did not provide a download link below, because, as you can see, Jared Leto has not lost his addiction to blowing any profits the band makes on ridiculous, over-the-top, expensive videos, and so actually needs all the money he can get.
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