Red Mosquito

oneway23 wrote:Someone please go outside and skywatch like the village shaman to retrieve additional clips so I can be lazy and remain indoors while benefitting from the efforts of others...appreciate it

Ledbetterdays wrote:I just think they showed up at Watt's place and played through his gear and this is the sound it produced. I like most of it so far. I can't stand the cheesy stuff from Brendan at the end with the laser sounds and stuff. If this is just mostly an arena-ready rock album then I will absolutely take it and I like what Jeff and Stone have said about it in interviews, so it's never going to be Yield or No Code or Riot Act again. It's always different for better or worse.

The best thing is I still don't think we have heard the 3 or 4 best songs on the record.

Aunt_Claire_Foy wrote:

spike wrote:Band sounds heavy af on that one

Yes. Heavier than they have been in a long time, and still somehow a different heavy. Those power chords are straight Vs.

Val wrote:Pearl Jam had only one perfectly produced album -- Yield.

EBowie wrote:

Val wrote:Pearl Jam had only one perfectly produced album -- Yield.

Riot Act too

Ms Harmless wrote:are there any more clips yet though?

DrSelker wrote:

Jorge wrote:Hard to tell much about the production from that very low quality clip

Or maybe that's just what it sounds like, lol

Judging a song's production based on a screen recording posted on twitter and then saying how production/sound quality is so important sounds a little funny, I gotta say. That said, we have Dark Matter as a reference and much of what the rockers/heaviers are gonna sound is probably there, as Watt makes very uniform records (sound-wise).

I'm very happy, the band sounds excited, the songs/snippets sound just as authentic as Gigaton/Avocado did and nothing sounds as bad as Avocado/BS/LB (I'd even include the lackluster sound of Riot Act, but that's another can of worms and not decided if it's production or songwriting)

Ms Harmless wrote:are there any more clips yet though?

Strat wrote:

EBowie wrote:

Val wrote:Pearl Jam had only one perfectly produced album -- Yield.

Riot Act too

No Code
VS
Binaural (in my opinion)

Strat wrote:

Ledbetterdays wrote:I just think they showed up at Watt's place and played through his gear and this is the sound it produced. I like most of it so far. I can't stand the cheesy stuff from Brendan at the end with the laser sounds and stuff. If this is just mostly an arena-ready rock album then I will absolutely take it and I like what Jeff and Stone have said about it in interviews, so it's never going to be Yield or No Code or Riot Act again. It's always different for better or worse.

The best thing is I still don't think we have heard the 3 or 4 best songs on the record.

This is not how it works/ Mostly.

Ledbetterdays wrote:

Strat wrote:

Ledbetterdays wrote:I just think they showed up at Watt's place and played through his gear and this is the sound it produced. I like most of it so far. I can't stand the cheesy stuff from Brendan at the end with the laser sounds and stuff. If this is just mostly an arena-ready rock album then I will absolutely take it and I like what Jeff and Stone have said about it in interviews, so it's never going to be Yield or No Code or Riot Act again. It's always different for better or worse.

The best thing is I still don't think we have heard the 3 or 4 best songs on the record.

This is not how it works/ Mostly.

Sure he put a little fixing on it. Stone said they just showed up. No instruments and just used his equipment so what I mean is I think he has a pretty standard rock sound that they played through.

Val wrote:

Strat wrote:

EBowie wrote:

Val wrote:Pearl Jam had only one perfectly produced album -- Yield.

Riot Act too

No Code
VS
Binaural (in my opinion)

I disagree on all counts

No Code comes *somewhat* close, but only that

EBowie wrote:Riot Act is the warmest, most analog-y sounding record they've made. I love the Jack records too but a lot of the production has to do with the fact that Jack used Ludwig supraphonic (aluminum) snares. Matt prefers darker sounding snare drums (copper etc). The snare drum alone can change the whole sound.

Ms Harmless wrote:

EBowie wrote:Riot Act is the warmest, most analog-y sounding record they've made. I love the Jack records too but a lot of the production has to do with the fact that Jack used Ludwig supraphonic (aluminum) snares. Matt prefers darker sounding snare drums (copper etc). The snare drum alone can change the whole sound.

Matt's snare drum choice has a LOT more to do with the sound of these drums than some here think