That artwork I’m not sure about. Looks a lot more like a tour poster and definitely has Grateful Dead vibes . Atlas Shrugged makes no sense as an album name to me.

If it were referencing the book (which I’m pretty sure Axl said wasn’t the case in the forum chats) it would allude to extreme capitalism and personal gain being central to goodness which is hardly in the dangerous  rock n’ roll spirit (not like Guns haven’t made out like bandits mind).

If it were to reference what I believe the theme of the song is (a message to his younger self perhaps?) it might make more sense but even still, it seems vague.

Yeah vocals are a mess on Atlas - as they were on Perhaps and Axl seemingly has re-recorded parts of Perhaps and he’s the star of the song.
I was very underwhelmed by the Perhaps demo but maybe it’s just I’ve heard a finished mix now that I’m so impressed by its transformation - or maybe I’m just caught up in the moment that they are finally doing things like a major act should.

I’ve always thought the bones of a great song are there with Atlas so am excited

Very encouraged by how they’ve transformed Perhaps into a very good song. I see more potential with Atlas so can’t wait for this

I'm not sure I follow.

What I have noticed is Hard Skool and Absurd are alot louder than Perhaps.
I hope this is addressed if they end up forming some kind of album.

Song is a grower and catchy as hell. I think the biggest hurdle to this being a mainstream hit is that it’s almost impossible to make out what Axl is saying in the chorus - people like to sing along to big hits in the car and that chorus I just can’t see that happening.

That said, it didn’t stop ‘You could be mine’ being huge with the line “with your bitchslap wrappin’” etc