Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda has announced that he will release the second installment of his “Dropped Frames” album series on Friday, July 31. Surprise drops usually don’t work in rock, but everything Shinoda has done as a solo artist has been on point. Mike’s full-length solo album called “Post Traumatic”, came out last year. Earlier today, Shinoda revealed the “Dropped Frames Vol. 2” track listing via his social media. It is as follows:
- Transitions
- Crystalina
- Julio’s Revenge
- Isolation Bird (featuring Money Mark)
- Side Scrolling
- Dungeon Crawler
- Dog Whistles
- Astral (featuring Elise Trouw)
- Sunset Drive
- Channeling Pt. 2 (featuring Dan Mayo)
- King Paprika
- Party Meow
Mike recently told Forbes that he would release “at least three” “Dropped Frames” albums. He explained: “I’ve got the second one done and the third one is in progress. And I say in progress — basically, it’s just tightening up and mixing stuff that I made on the stream. But certainly it’s a thing I wouldn’t have done unless I was in this situation that I’m in right now.”
He added of the all-instrumental direction on these records: “I grew up since I was three, as you know, I grew up drawing and painting and I went to school for art. A lot of times when I was doing homework, instrumental music is a great companion to drawing and painting because it doesn’t lyrically lead you in a direction. Your mind is free to wander to other things. Maybe we need more of that these days.”