''Post Traumatic'' is the first EP by

Mike Shinoda Michael Kenji Shinoda (; ja, 篠田賢治, Shinoda Kenji; born February 11, 1977) is an American musician, singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer. He co-founded the rock band Linkin Park in 1996 and was the band's collaborative vocal ...

; vocalist, keyboardist and guitarist of American

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band Linkin Park. The EP, Shinoda's first solo release, was released on January 25, 2018, by

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and Machine Shop.

Background

The EP was released about six months following lead singer

Chester Bennington Chester Charles Bennington (March 20, 1976 – July 20, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter who was best known as the lead vocalist of rock band Linkin Park. He was also the lead vocalist of the bands Grey Daze, Dead by Sunrise, ...

's death and contains three songs composed by Mike Shinoda as a way to cope with the loss of his friend and to express everything he'd been going through over this period. In a release note, he wrote: All three of the songs on the EP received official music videos and were included on the ''

Post Traumatic ''Post Traumatic'' is the debut solo studio album by Linkin Park vocalist Mike Shinoda. Released on June 15, 2018 under Shinoda's own name instead of his Fort Minor moniker, it is his second solo studio album after Fort Minor's ''The Rising Ti ...

'' album.

Track listing

Personnel

* Mike Shinoda – songwriting, performance, artwork, production, mixing on "Place to Start" *

Rob Bourdon Robert Gregory Bourdon (born January 20, 1979) is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founding member of the American rock band Linkin Park. Early life Bourdon was born in Calabasas, California. He received classical piano l ...

– percussion on "Place to Start" * Manny Marroquin – mixing on tracks "Over Again" and "Watching as I Fall" * Michelle Mancini – mastering

References

External links

Mike Shinoda - Official site
{{Authority control 2018 debut EPs Mike Shinoda albums Albums produced by Mike Shinoda