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Music to Listen to~Dance to~Blaze to~Pray to~Feed to~Sleep to~Talk to~Grind to~Trip to~Breathe to~Help to~Hurt to~Scroll to~Roll to~Love to~Hate to~Learn Too~Plot to~Play to~Be to~Feel to~Breed to~Sweat to~Dream to~Hide to~Live to~Die to~Go To (often abbreviated to Music to Listen To... or ~Go To~) is a commercial release by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. It was released on 27 December 2019 without prior announcement. The release was produced by the band's vocalist Oli Sykes and keyboardist Jordan Fish, and features collaborations with several artists including American singer Halsey and British band Yonaka. Music to Listen To... is Bring Me the Horizon's longest musical project, and has been referred to as both an extended play and an album by varying source. The project originated as an idea to use elements from the band's 2019 album amo and demos they had previously recorded. Despite being longer than any of the band's studio album, Music to Listen To... is being marketed as an EP though other sources have referred to it as an album. The release comes shortly after an interview with vocalist Oliver Sykes in which he discussed plans for more experimental release, stating "We're not going to do an album again, maybe ever." It was left unannounced until the day of its release, with the band posting "new record out now" on their social media. Music to Listen To... signalled a continuation of the more collaborative direction explored on Amo, the latter of which included features from Grimes and Dani Filth. Pop singer Halsey is a guest vocalist on the song "¿"; Sykes and Fish had met her when producing her own song "Experiment on Me" for the Birds of Prey film soundtrack. Other featured artists include previous touring mates Yonaka and Lotus Eater, as well as indie pop outfit Happyalone and hip hop artist Bexey. Describing the process behind the release, Sykes said his first idea was to make "a bit of a study album, or something long, using bits and bobs from what we've got from Amo or demos and stuff like that. When we got together it turned into this whole different thing, and we just rolled with it." In a major departure from the band's previous work, Music to Listen To... largely eschews the use of guitars and traditional song structure. Its style has been described as electropop, electronica, ambient, experimental, and industrial. Much of the material on Music to Listen To... was conceived of during the sessions for Amo. Several songs reference or sample material from that album: "Steal Something." contains elements of "I Apologise If You Feel Something", "¿" interpolates lyrics from "In the Dark", and "Why You Gotta Kick Me When I'm Down?" samples portions of "A Devastating Liberation". Sputnikmusic's Simon K. referred to the project as "Essentially a remix EP". "¿" also features "one of the first things Jordan ever wrote for the band", a lead sound used on the Sempiternal track "Can You Feel My Heart". The group sent a demo for the song to Halsey, who wrote her own lyrics and recorded vocal. Sykes and Fish then reworked the song around her performance. Sykes' monologue in "Underground Big {HEADFULOFHYENA}" was recorded with Fish and mixing engineer Dan Lancaster. Sykes was "stoned" and talking with the others when the computer they were recording on crashed, causing the instrumental to create a "hypnotic" loop for several minutes that Sykes recorded over. Music to Listen To... received polarized reviews from critic. Some praised its experimentation, whilst others were less keen on the stylistic pivot and criticized its length. .

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