I don’t know if it’s because my expectations were so low that I’m shocked... But I listened to the full album start to finish first, then went back to these 6 new songs. As a whole, it’s a really good album. I even kind of enjoyed Unbroken in its place, hadn’t listened to it since the week it came out. The 6 tracks we hadn’t heard are all great, IMO. Fairly certain that I’m going to be alone on this, but after 4 listens I think I’m gravitating towards Lower the Flag as my very slight favorite. On the first listen when he started naming the shootings we’ve had, I got chills. But I’m really loving all 6 new tracks. I love the clarity of the instruments and the guitar work especially. They will stay on repeat for the foreseeable future.

Does anyone know for certain that we are getting Shine and Luv Can?