Mike Shinoda has a trio of new songs online in tribute to his late Linkin Park bandmate Chester Bennington. The Linkin Park rapper/guitarist announced the EP last night via a handwritten note on Twitter.
The tracks, Place To Start, Over Again, and Watching As I Fall is what features on the Post Traumatic EP and Shinoda’s first new music since he debuted the solo, piano-led Looking For An Answer at October’s Linkin Park And Friends Celebrate Life In Honour Of Chester Bennington memorial show, explaining that it was a work in progress, and that fans can keep updated via social media.
The three new songs openly talk about the loss of Chester, and how Mike has been processing it in the months since, with much of the videos made up of self-shot footage of Mike singing the words in his house.
Place To Start includes the lyrics:
‘I’m tired of feeling like every next step’s hopeless, I’m tired of being scared that what I build might break apart’,
‘You say goodbye over and over and over again’
‘I get tackled by the grief at times that I would least expect’
‘Gave until my soul hurt’
Check out the video for Place To Start below!
And check out the full EP below!