So in case you’ve been out of the loop (lucky you), Staind have announced they’re going back to their roots for the forthcoming album (i.e. going “heavy”), and the first (or second, third, fuck knows) song from that album has been released to the internet.
I guess the band are making the “progression” (or “regression”, which ever sounds cooler) from doing the sappy ball-less rock ballads crap, to doing the ‘let’s be heavy again, because it’s what our fans want’ thing. Either one is laughable though. Either you get generic by numbers ballads or generic by numbers Nu-Metal, the end result still leaves my trousers staind with my disgust. And not in a good way.
The new song ‘Eyes Wide Open’ can be listened to below. The forthcoming self-titled album (don’t you know, that’s what all the cool bands do when they decide to regress) will be out September 13th.
