Sigil 04_: Welcome oblivion

[neorev]

The EP, as I see it, was intended as a glorified promo release, to promote the upcoming full-length. Of course there's gonna be overlap, it's basically a big single. The two "exclusive" tracks were probably just rejected from Welcome Oblivion.

For me, that makes me even more worried. If the EP is suppose to be the big draw to make you look forward to the album by including 4 tracks from the album itself, you would think that those 4 tracks would be the best tracks that represent the album and showcase the best work up front to suck people in. The EP did the opposite for me, I found myself not looking forward as much to the album. Like everyone else, I hope the album blows me away. But at the moment, if this EP is suppose to draw us in and showcase some of the best stuff off the album... it's didn't really have much range... which is what makes me worried.

[gorast]

For me, that makes me even more worried. If the EP is suppose to be the big draw to make you look forward to the album by including 4 tracks from the album itself, you would think that those 4 tracks would be the best tracks that represent the album and showcase the best work up front to suck people in. The EP did the opposite for me, I found myself not looking forward as much to the album. Like everyone else, I hope the album blows me away. But at the moment, if this EP is suppose to draw us in and showcase some of the best stuff off the album... it's didn't really have much range... which is what makes me worried.

Perhaps consider it in this way: HTDA likely didn't want to blow the best tracks from the full-length for the EP, because then they'd really be disappointing us. So they took a couple that were pretty good, and a couple others that, in the context of the album, probably aren't very good, and then had two other non-album tracks and slapped them together into An omen. As such, there will be even better songs on the full-length. Hopefully.

I'm not saying you're wrong or anything like that - if the EP wasn't to your tastes there's nothing wrong with that, of course - but I'm merely saying that perhaps we haven't heard "the best" yet.

At least, I certainly hope we haven't. I want to be blown away by this album just like everyone else.
@Collin : An omen didn't leak, but that was probably because it wasn't pressed on CD. Considering the circumstances, it probably will leak a couple weeks ahead of release, and then HTDA will put it up for streaming somewhere.