Red Mosquito

Monkey_Driven wrote:Doesn't seem like four weeks have gone by since the initial announcement. I can wait another 5. There's a lot of great music out there to discover and enjoy in the meantime.

Jaeti wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:Doesn't seem like four weeks have gone by since the initial announcement. I can wait another 5. There's a lot of great music out there to discover and enjoy in the meantime.

Yeah, feels surmountable now.

RockPusher wrote:

stip wrote:

RockPusher wrote:

stip wrote:i like the majority of these songs (supersonic and big wave the exceptions but mike’s playing at the end is awesome at least). but porch and grievance are the only ones that feel important. even blood and satan’s bed feel like minor songs on major albums

Knowing how much you love Lightning Bolt, how do you feel about Swallowed Whole? I truly wish we could have heard a version of that done with a different producer, because this REMish sound could really go places.

Same. I think the bones of an incredible song are there, and there are parts that work really well for me (the quieter parts, the gentle bridge, and the outro). It suffers from Lightning Bolts antiseptic production which makes the song feel chained down when it needs to have a wide open sound, and it suffers from the challenge that faces most of the mid tempo anthems on Backspacer and Lightning Bolt - they don't feel expansive and limitless in the way that the best pearl jam stuff does, and doesn't draw the necessary contrast with the setup in the verses. Unthought Known, Amongst the Waves, Sirens, and Infallible all have the same issue.

Since you earlier included Never Destination in a shared category of songs, do you think ND benefits from having a different set of production values?

RockPusher wrote:I agree, buby.

Buby wrote:

RockPusher wrote:

stip wrote:

RockPusher wrote:

stip wrote:i like the majority of these songs (supersonic and big wave the exceptions but mike’s playing at the end is awesome at least). but porch and grievance are the only ones that feel important. even blood and satan’s bed feel like minor songs on major albums

Knowing how much you love Lightning Bolt, how do you feel about Swallowed Whole? I truly wish we could have heard a version of that done with a different producer, because this REMish sound could really go places.

Same. I think the bones of an incredible song are there, and there are parts that work really well for me (the quieter parts, the gentle bridge, and the outro). It suffers from Lightning Bolts antiseptic production which makes the song feel chained down when it needs to have a wide open sound, and it suffers from the challenge that faces most of the mid tempo anthems on Backspacer and Lightning Bolt - they don't feel expansive and limitless in the way that the best pearl jam stuff does, and doesn't draw the necessary contrast with the setup in the verses. Unthought Known, Amongst the Waves, Sirens, and Infallible all have the same issue.

Since you earlier included Never Destination in a shared category of songs, do you think ND benefits from having a different set of production values?

Maybe unrelated, but I love ND.
I believe the one thing that keeps ND from being great, is the cramming of words where they don't fit.
From the very start, could've gelled better with something simpler like:

♫ Blisters it's on my fingers,.. Blisters it's on my brain ♫