Song Review // 2023-03-04

Sleep Token

Aqua Regia

Chokehold

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Vocals

Heavy on the effects on the voice. This is not a vocal style I like, even without that. I also don't care for the way the background vocal is going along with the guitar.

Music

This really opened up like a pop song. Yeah, it added some guitar, but it is short-lived. I wouldn't even consider this easy listening, because I wouldn't enjoy hearing it... Period. Radio music is not what I am looking for.

Lyrics

It feels like this is about some deep relationship that has a long history. One person can't let go of it, but the other person wants to move on.

When we were made
It was no accident
We were tangled up like branches in a flood
I come as a blade
A sacred guardian

So you keep me sharp and test my worth in blood
You've got me in a chokehold
You've got me in a chokehold
You've got me in a...