Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album) come". "Herald Sun" writer Karen Tye gave it 3½ out of 4 stars and praised the band's new sound, asking, "Who knew being a plain old rock band could suit Linkin Park so well?". Despite commending the band for their ambition, "The Guardian"s Caroline Sullivan gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and perceived "their decision to stay roughly within the shrieky boundaries of their genre" as a weakness, while writing that "the sound still pivots on the interplay of walloping guitar chords and self-flagellating lyrics". Among those with a more negative view of the album was Stephen Thomas
After Midnight Project was Ryan. And then our buddies in Chevelle recommended Travis when our bass player pretty much couldn’t come back to the band because of some legal issues." After Midnight Project played at the Key Club in West Hollywood with Everclear Dec.14th for Music Saves Lives. The band announced they would be releasing their first live album entitled, "Live at Bamboozle" on February 22, 2011. In March 2011, the band embarked on a brief tour with Hawthorne Heights ahead of their new EP release. After Midnight Project left their label, Universal Motown, and independently released an eight song EP entitled, "You