My first impression of Shatter Me was that Lindsey Stirling has done with this album is no giant leap away from their debut album. Meanwhile, after repeated listening, this impression has changed somewhat. Although the basic style is still Dubstep Violin, her trademark, and yes, it has recycled some melodic elements from the debut album, but the new album sounds a whole somehow greater. The melodies are more complex, the more complex arrangements, and the pace is generally a fair bit higher, so that the listener is hardly a moment for breath. Dealing with the electronic elements of the music is much more creative and free become because there is no longer just the stereotype from the beginning to end of the track herunterpuckernde, more or less matching bassline, but partly organically grown, partly sudden and surprising tempo and mood , And by incorporating elements from different styles of music, from the two vocal numbers on in at least one third of the pieces out audible Irish / Celtic influences (most clearly in Roundtable Rival) to the flirtations with rock (Roundtable Rival), radio (Swag) and 80s / 90s Plastikpop (We Are Giants) it adds to their music added additional facets. Obviously explores Lindsey Stirling here how far her musical formula she wears, in line with what should be the central message of the album according to their own statements about social media. It may even be the case that she has tried to implement the overcoming of negative experiences in their lives in music, in order to encourage other people, and this is her pretty well done in fact, if you follow relevant comments. It's about the Sichfreischwimmen to the detachment of conventions to the extension of their own limitations to the realization of their life dreams. Except maybe the theme song is the nowhere more evident than for my taste in Take Flight. As it has implemented this topic in music, is just awesome. The piece richly compensated for some weaker parts on the album and is in the original, incidentally, also of the orchestral version (Deluxe Album) not topped. Whether one joins Lindsey's own interpretation or not, Shatter Me is a great album. Since the very first bars, which I have heard of her music, I am a big fan. This is followed has changed through this album to nothing, even if something is missing, that it and the pure beauty of Song of the Caged Bird, the floating lightness could accommodate elegance of Shadows or the soulful bowing in My Immortal cover. Shatter Me is faster, high-energy, and it will be interesting what Lindsey presents us next.
