Linkin Park have just dropped that song they’ve been teasing this week in full and announced a forthcoming Greatest Hits album to go along with it. Dubbed Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023), the career-spanning collection of the nu metal act’s most beloved bangers will land on Friday, 12th April.
The previously unreleased (until now) track ‘Friendly Fire’ features vocals from the late, great Chester Bennington and was recorded shortly before his death in 2017 during the band’s One More Light LP sessions. You can take it for a spin below.
Linkin Park – ‘Friendly Fire’
“’Friendly Fire’ was always one of our favourite songs from the One More Light sessions,” guitarist Brad Delson explained in a press statement. “Something about it wasn’t quite right so as close as it got to the finish line, we chose to set it aside for later. When we started looking for an unreleased track to include on our greatest hits collection, I was blown away by the power of the song, the power of the storytelling, the power of the vocal, the sonic landscape and I actually thought that it was closer than maybe we had realized at the time.”
He continued: “We got together to work on it and connect some of the missing pieces that for whatever reason hadn’t revealed themselves during the recording of One More Light. I can’t wait for people to hear it. It’s such a beautiful, compelling, heartbreaking, hopeful story and it really resonates with me today.”
Meanwhile, the tracklist for Papercuts is stacked with everything from the band’s early hits like ‘In the End’ and ‘Somewhere I Belong’ to later songs like ‘Castle of Glass’ and ‘One More Light’ as well as random faves and rarities like ‘QWERTY’.
You’ll be able to cop the LP on all digital platforms as well as CD, cassette, and various vinyl variants. Pre-orders are available now.
Further Reading
Linkin Park Tease Unreleased Music Featuring Chester Bennington
Mike Shinoda Is Teasing New Solo Music & Reckons Linkin Park Fans Will Dig It
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