both songs are great. happy beyond words to be able to say i enjoy this band's music again. usually i try and hold off on listening to songs pre-release, but i'm just too enthralled in this case.
also, this band loves writing choruses that stephen can't possible pull off live -- like when 'war' and 'why' overlap in self-starter. and in my experience seeing them live (6 or 7 times i think), the backup vox are never loud enough to make up for the fact that he has to cut lines/melodies short.