Upper Hand

[oftheearth]

Is it just me or is this the same melody as Rocket Man by Elton John in the chorus?

[spike]

what a monster. outro is kinda stupid though.

I'm a bit torn on the outro. It feels like a tacked on jam. I love the rest of the track, but the outro doesn't feel earned. It goes too abruptly into an uplifting jam that it feels jarring. Could get used to it though

Agree

[WaitingForBluey]

I will take that outro any day of the week and twice on Tuesday

[Vindicator]

Throwing out this thought, but Upper Hand could have worked well as the closer

[RockPusher]

Mike just kills it with fire on this song

[Vindicator]

Upper Hand would also make a great show opener

[DeeDee]

The outro took me by surprise, too.

I'll get used to it, I guess.

[Ms Harmless]

The outro took me by surprise, too.

I'll get used to it, I guess.

[Release_Me]

This song starts with one of my favourite lines by Ed: "The distance to the end is closer now than it's ever been".

[Ms Harmless]

This song starts with one of my favourite lines by Ed: "The distance to the end is closer now than it's ever been".

yeah that's beautiful

[injuddstree]

Is it just me or is this the same melody as Rocket Man by Elton John in the chorus?

Not just you.

[oftheearth]

Is it just me or is this the same melody as Rocket Man by Elton John in the chorus?

Not just you.

It's one of my favorite parts in the song, Eddie sounds great along with Mike. I don't recall if it's this song or Won't Tell but I also hear a little Strokes 'Trying Your Luck' guitar riff that I adore.

[OmegaprimeVKM]

Overall, probably the best constructed track on the album. I'd be unsurprised if this is an Ament number.

It has the patience to develop and lacks the rushed nature of an Ed song. I enjoyed it.

[Ms Harmless]

at first I wasn't sure about that jammy outro; it seemed a bit much for the chilled bluesy nature of the song, and at odds with the synthy intro; but then I realised that the song itself is essentially an ode to 70's prog, and those three disparate parts are nods to three different elements of that sound: synthy ambience, slow Cready blues, Elton John-style piano jam

[injuddstree]

Hearing Cold Confession-esque inflections from Ed here. That's a good thing.

[stip]

this song seems like it contains the most song on the record

[mikejasond]

Another very cool song. Though the intro was like 20-30% too long imo. A bit disjointed but I like the pieces a lot. Though it was another Eddie chorus that surprised me lyrically. I’m confused where his head is at on this album. It’s not the Eddie I expected from gigaton.

[B]

Favorite song. Hands down. Best thing on the album.

The atmospheric opening is so good.

Is that Stone on the guitar solo? I loved that too.

[Tj]

Spiraling guitar outro with Ed's climb vocal is a lift off to the heavens. Best Ed has sounded in a long time. His vocal inflection here is stunning.

[injuddstree]

Outtro reminds me of Marker In The Sand outtro, which is one of the better moments on Avocado.