On August 25, "Cheers" was made available for streaming. On August 3, "Empire to Ashes" was made available for streaming. It was revealed on the same day that "Legends" will be used as Team USA's official anthem for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, Korea. "Legends" was released as a single on July 14, accompanied with its music video.
In addition, a lyric video was released for "Legends". On July 13, Gossip was announced for release in September. On July 6, 2017, the group teased the word "gossip". That's basically the idea behind the song." I was thinking about everything we've been through as a band and the road that we’re trying to travel – and everything that you want to try to do in your life simply as a human being – the lyric, 'We could be legends after all' is something that makes a lot of sense because nothing's guaranteed in life but if you put forth the work and the effort and you try as hard as you can and you follow your dreams then maybe you can make something really awesome happen with your life. "We started coming up with the music and it had such an epic sound to it. "Legends is one of the first songs that clicked when we started writing this record," recalls Quinn.
In an interview with radio station 106.7 KROQ, Kellin Quinn spoke about the album's recording sessions. Sleeping With Sirens have produced some of their finest work to date here, and the overall result is a welcome return to form from a band who, not so long ago, appeared to have lost their way.Instrumentally, Sleeping with Sirens have strived toward a more pop-influenced sound and have departed from their post-hardcore style seen in the band's previous studio albums. Similarly, closing track Dying To Believe adds some well-intentioned variation into the mix, but it’s rather ploddy throughout, failing to provide the grand finale that this album seems to be building up to.ĭespite the odd misstep, though, How It Feels To Be Lost still feels like a win. Brooding dark-pop anthem Ghost provides a welcome and atmospheric change of pace, but the tameness of electro-infused cut Another Nightmare feels little more than simple metalcore-by-numbers. That said, there remains an element of eclecticism to Sleeping With Sirens’ efforts that yields mixed results. Agree To Disagree is another impressive rager, and it also happens to be home to some of the most delightfully emo lyrics penned this year, as frontman Kellin Quinn forcefully explains how ‘ Y ou can keep the sun ‘cause I like the night time better’. Break Me Down is a hard-hitting, rampant number featuring fizzing guitars and the kind of hooks that are born for festival stages, and although the undeniable bounce of Never Enough is structured for maximum catchiness, it still possesses some killer riffs and plenty of gusto. Comeback single Leave It All Behind – up there with the best songs Sleeping With Sirens have ever written – is the sound of a band reinvigorated, embracing a heavier direction while retaining the knack for a monster chorus, and even though few songs on How It Feels To Be Lost match this opening track in terms of impact, many successfully follow its aggressive-yet-catchy blueprint.