1/16/2024 0 Comments Stupid zombies snow day 69![]() ![]() ![]() (Photo credit should read GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP/Getty Images) It sounds like The Cranberries found some kind of closure in this last record. Still, divorce may have drawn a line between Sykes’s past and what is now a decidedly healthier existence. Having processed the split, he seems to enjoy a more peaceful lifestyle than his younger years, which involved being arrested in 2007 over an altercation with a fan (an assault charge against him was dropped due to lack of evidence), excessive drinking, depression, and a battle with a ketamine addiction that led to a stint in rehab.ĭivorce isn’t all that Amo is about. The final track, “I Don’t Know What to Say”, tackles Sykes’s grief over a childhood friend who died of cancer. Amo also means “love” in the mother tongue of his new wife, and hints at the way love can be weaponised. It’s a polarising album from a band who have been dividing fans and critics since they first emerged on MySpace in 2004. Even fellow artists have taken aim upon its release, the frontman of another band tweeted that Sykes “sounded like Shakira”. Yet he is acutely aware that this album is not for everyone, and addresses this in as explicit terms as possible on the track “Heavy Metal”.īring Me the Horizon’s sixth album has seen the shift into different genres, such as electronica, pop and hip-hop Sykes responded by sending them his favourite Shakira song. “I wasn’t at all surprised,” Sykes says of the polarised reaction to the album. He still lives in his hometown of Sheffield, so unlike his LA-dwelling peer Alex Turner, he maintains a thick Yorkshire burr. ![]()
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