They’ve done some small stuff here and there like releasing previously unreleased tracks or greatest hits albums or remixing songs. But they never toured or recorded anything new.

But either late last year or early this year, they invited in a new lead singer, Emily Armstrong of Dead Sara, and recruited a new drummer, Colin Brittain (All Time Low), to replace Bennington and departing drummer Rob Bourdon, respectively.

Their first full studio album, From Zero, is expected to be released on November 15 and they plan to tour in support of it.

Also, their first single from this upcoming album, “The Emptiness Machine,” was released late yesterday. It rocks. Hard.

What I like is that other co-lead singer Mike Shinoda gets an extended rap intro on the song which lulls us into the familiar in the best possible way. This is before Armstrong kicks in with what I can only describe as the best possible spiritual evolution of Bennington’s sound and attitude. She’s good. Damn good.

LP did well in finding her.

But, have you ever heard of her or her band, Dead Sara, prior to this? I know I hadn’t. But today I dove into Spotify and listened to all three of their released albums – Dead Sara, 2012; Pleasure to Meet You, 2015; and…

…Ain’t It Tragic, 2021.

And they’re good. Damn good. See what I did there?

I hope that Dead Sara is not done as a result of her joining LP, because, in her downtime from her new gig, I’d love to hear more from them.

I can’t wait for November.