Linkin Park Talk To MTV

 

The group are back this year after a while away working on their new disc and will play UK live dates this Autumn.

 

“The Catalyst is a good set up for the album,” Bass player Phoenix told us. ”I think it’s a very good bridge to set you what ‘world’ the album A Thousand Suns is going to live in.”

 

He continued: “I say ‘world’ intentionally because I do think it’s almost like if you do give it a chance and sit down with it you can get a full experience, it’s crafted in a way to be more 3D and immersive.”

 

Singer Mike said the band wanted to make more experimental music rather than radio friendly hits. He explained:

“We’ve had a good run at making songs that were shorter and concise and we’ve had a lot of success on the radio with songs that were three minutes long.

 

“I feel like with The Catalyst just to put out a song in its intended format, it’s almost six minutes long that was just kind of holding up the right directional sign post to the fans to say we’re doing something different.”

 

Mike also talked us through the gloomy video for their new single, which was directed by bandmember Mr Hahn.

 

“My favourite part of shooting was the chalk dust fight thing that we did” he said. “We showed up and there were bags of coloured dirt…by the end of the day we’re throwing that stuff in each others faces.

 

“It’s part of one scene in the video, something we hadn’t done before but actually, I think it looks really cool.”