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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2011 21:12:51 GMT
For some reason when track 5 starts up it sounds like a chipmunk singing or something? Does anybody else notice? The vocals are really weird and i know a few songs after to me are kind of like it as well.
I'm really digging it though just find it odd.
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Post by barny on Jan 27, 2011 21:41:15 GMT
I really like the first half, which sounds more like his early singles. Then he enters cruising speed and well, I don't know, it happens so fast that I don't realize.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2011 22:08:25 GMT
Yup exactly it seems really odd the first 4 songs are fucking great and some in the back are really good as well. It's the middle part that fucks me up.
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Post by phieniac on Jan 28, 2011 13:16:52 GMT
This is really, really great stuff. Would love it if someone could turtle Turning On?
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Post by Columbia_rocks_man on Jan 28, 2011 16:14:24 GMT
His songs are good, but listening to him makes me ask a familiar question - what's with the on-going obsession with 'lo-fi' recording techniques?
Dozens and dozens of good bands are spending a lot of money in order to sound cheap. You reckon Buddy Holly would have wanted to sound like his records were made in a bedroom? Would he fuck.
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Post by barny on Jan 28, 2011 16:17:15 GMT
It's all JP's fault, I reckon.
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Post by Andy on Jan 28, 2011 16:19:08 GMT
I like it with some bands but others it just sounds awful. Vivian Girls = Good, whereas PENS = the worst band of all time.
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Post by Columbia_rocks_man on Jan 28, 2011 16:22:09 GMT
A couple of the Vivian Girls singles are passable, but as I've said before, they are one of the worst live bands I've ever seen.
This whole lo-fi obession is bizarre. It's a mistaken belief that the more scuzzy the recording, the more 'authentic ' it is. It's a lot of reto-fixated pish quite frankly.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2011 16:24:24 GMT
His songs are good, but listening to him makes me ask a familiar question - what's with the on-going obsession with 'lo-fi' recording techniques? Dozens and dozens of good bands are spending a lot of money in order to sound cheap. You reckon Buddy Holly would have wanted to sound like his records were made in a bedroom? Would he fuck. Yep. I'm completely bored with the lo-fi scene. I love JP, great taste & always shares good music with us but the last couple of years I've tried out so many records with the same fucking outcome which is it would sound good if it was produced properly. Quite bored of hearing bands debuts that sound like I'm hearing them through a fish tank. Still, new Raveonettes LP + B-sides collection out this year, they won't sell out  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2011 16:25:09 GMT
Bands should get back to trying to get authentic 60's dust on their recordings. Space-dust forever.
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Post by Columbia_rocks_man on Jan 28, 2011 17:03:56 GMT
"There’s nothing worse than hearing a band who sound like they were recorded in the 60’s. Give up, buy a shop and work there instead. We don’t want to hear you, you make me vomit blood from my nose and ears."
-Barry Burns, Mogwai
I'm not suggesting all lo-fi bands sound like they were recorded in the 60s, but I agree with his sentiment.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2011 17:08:14 GMT
Aren't you a massive fan of the Stairs debut, The La's & White Stripes? Seems a strange quote to be bringing up when so many of the acts you love deliberately record with old techniques to create that 60's sound.
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Post by Andy on Jan 28, 2011 17:12:02 GMT
The BJM too.
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Post by Columbia_rocks_man on Jan 28, 2011 17:26:59 GMT
I don't wanna split hairs too much, but the White Stripes were more anti-digital, and prefered to record on analouge, which is a preference of sound rather than style. The Stairs on the other hand...  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2011 17:29:24 GMT
You are mocking the Stairs? Their debut is a 1000 times better than that piece of shit Mogwai have just put out.  Either way I still find it strange that you would embrace such a quote seeing as you are a fan of so many acts that favour the 60's. |
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Post by Columbia_rocks_man on Jan 28, 2011 17:30:30 GMT
m8 im a confirmed fan of the stairs
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2011 17:31:58 GMT
Sorry I thought you were laughing because you thought they were shit.
I'm pretty sure I will feel the dust flying off my mp3 player when I hear the Wynd debut!
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Post by barny on Jan 28, 2011 17:33:15 GMT
Don't wanna spoil the party but I don't think this album is particularly and (more important) deliberately lofi tbh. The guy was selling cassettes with home recordings a year ago, and has polished a bit the sound since then.
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Post by Columbia_rocks_man on Jan 28, 2011 17:35:10 GMT
haha, no way. i told our producer straight that we were to sound as unlike the bluetones as possible.
still waiting on him to finish mixing two final tracks, 6 months after we finished recording ffs.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2011 18:02:18 GMT
Have you ever thought why it's taking so long? While you are sitting around waiting for this bloke to do something that should only take a weekend Rod has left you for Blain and is re-recording your songs with Blains vocals whilst sprinkling stardust all over the tracks.
Sorry to be the one to break this to you.
Barny, I agree with this LP not being overly lo-fi. I'm just not sold on it as of yet.
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