![]() ![]() We don’t always ship everything together so check your dispatch email for more details - we’ll send you a dispatch email per parcel.We will email you as soon as each item is ready to be dispatched so you know when to expect them, but you can also check the status of your order in your account.Will you tell me when my order is on its way? All delivery options and any charges that are applicable will be shown at the checkout.Selected items are only available for delivery using Click & Collect to an hmv or FOPP store of your choice.Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.Free delivery is available for most items when the order exceeds £20, but any exceptions will be clearly highlighted.When you place an order for an item that is fulfilled by Exertis, your details shall be forwarded to them so that they can fulfil the order, and to their courier so that they can deliver the item. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers.In this instance, we'll send weekly updates to keep you aware. Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at our warehouse.Where an item is 'Back in stock soon', we'll aim to receive more stock within a week and will dispatch any orders once the shipment has arrived.We will aim to dispatch pre-orders so that you receive them on the release date.Orders sent via the Express Delivery service will be dispatched the same day if ordered by 2pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays).Orders sent via Royal Mail 48® are usually received within two to five working days, including Saturdays.If the items are in stock, we’ll aim to dispatch them within 24 hours of your order being placed.Personal preferences aside, there’s no denying “ATTENTION ATTENTION” is a powerful artistic statement from a band that has become absolutely fearless, and that’s always something to be admired. It’s ironic that when I reviewed “Amaryllis” in 2012, I jokingly referred to it as “The Sound of Madness Part 2,” and now that the band has strayed so far from that on its two records since then, I kind of prefer things as they were. I can’t imagine there being too many Shinedown fans wanting to hear that, but I could be wrong. The only real misfire is the title track, which finds Brent Smith, one of the finest vocalists of the past decade and a half (in any genre), rapping on the verses. Produced solely by bassist Eric Bass for the first time, this is a dynamic, dramatic album, with sounds running the full spectrum from the propulsive, hook-laden “DEVIL” (my favorite Shinedown song since “The Sound of Madness” album, released in 2008) to the poppy “GET UP” and the piano ballad “special” to the electronic, almost industrial-like stomp of “THE HUMAN RADIO” (my second favorite Shinedown song since “The Sound of Madness”) and culminating with the upbeat barnburner “BRILLIANT.” The various moods and tones of the record take the listener on an exhausting emotional journey, resulting in a focus and momentum that was missing from “Threat to Survival.” ![]() Aside from the voice, the band is almost unrecognizable as the one that recorded its first four records. The experimentation continues on the band’s sixth record, “ATTENTION ATTENTION,” a concept album of sorts, telling of a person overcoming negativity and emerging as a changed individual over the course of 14 tracks. Some may have found it adventurous to me, it felt like a ploy a stay relevant at modern rock radio more than anything else. On its previous release, “Threat to Survival” (2015), Shinedown got a little experimental and ventured a bit too far into alternative rock for my tastes. ![]()
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