It was a grower but after like 10 listens I love it.

I think I prefer listening to it as 1/8 2/9 3/10 and so on more than just straight through.

Originally Posted by darksun0111

Who is that singing in Arrivals?

The new guitarist.

Originally Posted by ACA

I think I get it now; was this ever explicitly stated or something you just "get" by looking at the tracklist and/or reading the lyrics?

14 tracks
1 - 7 are seven stories
8 - 14 are the other sides of each story

1/8 Stand Amid the Roar / In a Place of Solace
2/9 On a Brave Mountain We Conquer / In Silent Seas We Drown
3/10 Mass / Cali
4/11 This is How / The Wind Shifts
5/12 A Better Place / To Live and Lose
6/13 Hide Your Secrets / With Second Chances
7/14 Arrivals / Departures

I need to dig into the lyrics. This is cool.

Exactly. The whole record to me sounds like a couple coming to an end. The girl dying in one of the tracks and the other side either being the girls perspective or not dying... I'm not quite sure yet haha

That being said I love California

Originally Posted by vivatoto56

Yeah I'm really curious about the girl's death, I want my lyric booklet!!

Me too! Idk if it's what "In Memory Of.." is about too. Probably not.

But this song about her is also a really good track I think. One of my tops.