The album’s first song, “We Still Kill the Old Way,” is arguably one of the best songs on the album and will start your foot tapping instantly. Abstractly talking about the plight of the teenager finding his way through this world, the song gives a good first glimpse into the musical style found on the rest of the album.

Most of the songs feature Ian Watkins’ great vocal ability while interjecting with the pivotal teenage angst screaming at the perfect times. There are many bands today that feel they need to scream extremely often, and it comes off as fake; however, these guys really feel their music, and know when to ululate.

The song also ties the album together by giving an introduction to the second track, “To Hell We Ride.”

One of the things I liked best about the style of Lostprophets is the balance in every track. If there is a loud track, there are probably soft parts, and if it is a fast song there are probably some slow sections. Also, if a song has a lot going on, there will be parts where it gets simple. One song that really embodied this is “A Million Miles,” which also will get your feet going.

During the first few listens to this album, there will be times when you don’t care about the lyrics at all because the music itself is just amazing; however, if you do pay attention to the words flying by your ears, you will hear some very powerful messages.

One such example is in the title track, which exclaims, “stop dreaming, start something.” This entire track is speaking to the true teenager who doesn’t know if he’s going to make it, and doesn’t understand that even though it might seem tough, the only way to conquer this world is to never give up.

If you enjoy music about fighting against “the man,” then there is a place for you amongst fans of Lostprophets. With lyrics like “market youth their uniform, make us all fit in,” the track “Burn, Burn” is an anthem to the youth of America to take back the rights and the world that has been stolen from us. Another song that has similar threads is the track not available on the U.S. version of the CD, “We Are Godzilla, You Are Japan.”

The disc also contains songs about the more usual topics such as love, friendship, letting go, and confusion. The detail that makes songs based on these subjects stand-out in the modern day music world is the way that they’re written.

They come at you from a much more general standpoint than most songs do, but they still say so much on the subject; their generality lets the song become a part of the listener more. When listening to the first single “Last Train Home,” you find that the song is about love, but it’s just a feeling you get, not some concrete set of lines that have already been said a billion times.

When listening to a track such as “Make a Move,” listeners may be reminded of another modern rock band, Linkin Park. Fans of Linkin Park will most likely enjoy Lostprophets very much. However there is still plenty here that doesn’t draw any resemblance to them, in case you’re not the biggest of fans.

The only real downside to this album would be that at first listen, many of the tracks sound similar, due to the fact that each track is balanced and has so many different styles in it. Even so, all the tracks sound very cool.

When casually listening to the album as background music, every few minutes it would grab my attention, and the attention of those around me, and make us all say “wow, I can’t believe this is so awesome.” If rock is your style then this is an album not to miss out on.