SUICIDE SILENCE DEBUT NEW MUSIC ON THE NET, BUT NOT ON THEIR WEBSITE OR MYSPACE PAGE

The official studio recording of the new Suicide Silence track “Wake Up” (which we’d previously heard only as a live bootleg) is now available for streaming – but not through one of the usual webernet outlets you’d expect. Nope, the track can be heard only on the band’s merch site, which is run by the company Third Degree.

I certainly understand the thinking behind that – might as well try to sell some t-shirts while you have everyone’s attention – and I’m not annoyed or angered by the decision, because the listener is under no obligation to buy anything. It’s more like the way you have go through the entire mall to get to the movie theater (I’m speaking from my limited experience in the suburbs, by the way). I do wonder if the band’s merch sales will increase at all as a result.

ANYWAY. The music. It’s about the music! It’s a good song that, like the previously-released “Lifted,” shows a definite progression in the band’s sound. I don’t like it quite as much as “Lifted” because it doesn’t have a spacey-druggy section, but, hey, it’s still a good song.

Check it out, then tell me why I’m right or wrong.

-AR