The title-track and Unglued both feature the type of beautifully poised, mirror clean hooks we’ve heard from Bring Me The Horizon in recent times. The pay-offs hit from the shadows – the beauty is that you don’t know they’re coming. Dying To Believe is typical, Jacoby’s heartfelt chorus bleeding out from backdrops of hip-hop, electronic glitches, ocean-sized production and Jerry Horton’s jarring riffs.
Sure, some songs are better than others, but Ego Trip’s a rare thing: a 14-track album that features not a single duffer. Many bands have melted under a zeitgeist-obsessed music industry’s constantly shifting gaze. Papa Roach fought back – and their 11th album is one mighty achievement.
Verdict: 4/5
For fans of: Linkin Park, Motionless In White, Crossfaith
Ego Trip is released on April 8 via ADA / Warner