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Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Just Breathe
Posted: Wed February 22, 2017 9:14 pm
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Johnny Guitar Got Some Yellow Moon Speed of Sound My Father's Son Force of Nature Lightning Bolt The Fixer Sirens Getaway Sleeping By Myself Amongst the Waves Infallible Swallowed Whole Supersonic Pendulum Gonna See My Friend Let the Records Play Mind Your Manners The End Unthought Known Just Breathe Future Days
Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Just Breathe
Posted: Wed February 22, 2017 9:52 pm
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bodysnatcher wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
The production renders all of this junk unlistenable anyway.
Fact: You can listen to BS and LB on a handheld toy radio and they will sound the same as listening on a $5000 stereo system
I believe it.
I listen to tons of music and really find the production on those two records uniquely bad and downright weird, I've never heard anything quite like it.
Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Just Breathe
Posted: Wed February 22, 2017 10:10 pm
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Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 9:52 pm Posts: 6275
Birds in Hell wrote:
Songs I like on the last two records in a very approximate order of preference:
Speed of Sound Johnny Guitar My Father's Son Let the Records Play The Fixer Gonna See My Friend
I go back and forth on Mind Your Manners.
Pendulum is terrible and I'm mystified why people continue to rank it so highly. It's really bad, so much worse than Just Breathe.
The production renders all of this junk unlistenable anyway.
I'm not a fan of either album, but mostly because of the songs themselves. What is it about the production that is so bad? I normally listen to music via my computer via some USB powered JBL Pebbles. If a lot of people get there music this way or in a similar fashion via streaming and listening on headphones / earbuds, are the last two PJ albums just geared for this type of use? What specifically would you say is wrong with the production? I assume loudness is a factor as that seems to be the case with most albums these days, is that a factor and if so, what else?
Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Just Breathe
Posted: Wed February 22, 2017 10:25 pm
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I'll chime in, but would love to hear Spenno's thoughts. To me, everything is super flat: There's no sense of space or depth, there's no odd little nuggets of sound to reward you for repeat listens, and everything is the same volume. There's shitty reverb on Ed's vox throughout, which are all captured with a condenser mic (accentuating his modern breathiness), and all the guitars are EQ'd super weird, like they were going for a modern rock sound, but cut out all the balls in the process. The drums and bass mostly sound fine to me, if a little sterile and uninteresting.
I'll chime in, but would love to hear Spenno's thoughts. To me, everything is super flat: There's no sense of space or depth, there's no odd little nuggets of sound to reward you for repeat listens, and everything is the same volume. There's shitty reverb on Ed's vox throughout, which are all captured with a condenser mic (accentuating his modern breathiness), and all the guitars are EQ'd super weird, like they were going for a modern rock sound, but cut out all the balls in the process. The drums and bass mostly sound fine to me, if a little sterile and uninteresting.
The Colbert performance is better than the studio take. It has more urgency, intensity, and rawk.
Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Just Breathe
Posted: Wed February 22, 2017 10:36 pm
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Sterile and uninteresting sounds about right to me. The depth you mentioned too. I don't feel that way at all with No Code / Yield / Binaural / Riot Act, but yeah, the last two seem kinda hollow.
Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Just Breathe
Posted: Thu February 23, 2017 2:33 am
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I'm trying to think of songs I like off the last two records, but I'm struggling.
So far I have:
Got Some Speed Of Sound Mind Your Manners Pendulum Sleeping By Myself
I'm actually on the fence with Just Breathe, among others. I haven't listened to either album in quite some time, and have no desire to. I think I remember being slightly interested in Johnny Guitar and My Father's Son.
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So bad.
The Colbert performance is better than the studio take. It has more urgency, intensity, and rawk.
