Here you go.
Amby Moho:
Things I really like: the half time beat. The guitar tone, that ascending organ riff. The skippy triplets. The general psychedelic vibe. The melody doesn’t really stick with me but if there’s one thing in my music tastes that’s generally constant it’s that I rarely care too much about that. If this song were a color it would be forest green. It floats along vibing pleasantly and like so many of your tracks I’m a fan.
Berkeley Social Scene: 5/4 time wee. The drums are a bit low in the mix compared to the bass, a minor tiff. I enjoy the chord progression in the chorus. There’s this keyboard tone that I really enjoy after the first run through the chorus. I dig all of the nature imagery in the lyrics. The solo for some reason feels like it launches really abruptly, even though I like it -- it kind of feels tacked on? But I enjoy the rest of the song enough to not really care. Maybe it’s just where it’s mixed really high that it bothers me. Trailing synth note at the end is very Yoshimi.
Brown Word and the Big Whine: Bassline is groovy. But muddy. Turn up the drums. EQ the bass. I like the general rhythm of this a lot. I like the change when the “no one ever sees the mystical creature” part comes in. Story is compelling. For some reason it seems like a Mighty Boosh episode. But maybe it’s cause it reminds me of the Hitcher. But it’s bigfoot. Is that Spongebob samples? The cool breakdown is neat. Kind of wish the song ended after the “oohhhhhh” part.
Far North Daylight: I kind of like the generally spoken word vibe of this. Standing in circles in fun. I think that might be my favorite shape. Triangles are cool. I want this to grip me more than it does. There’s parts where it sounds like you’re almost singing and almost talking, but the melody in those parts would work better if it was a little bit better defined. But then again that might kill the vibe. I like that kind of dinky synth horn. I kind of wish this built more. The most exciting thing that happens is the synth horn.
Glennny: At first I got to trying to follow this as a linear story, and then I stopped and began to appreciate it for what it was a series of vignettes! I like the swung bounce. The chord changes in the bridge are nice. And I like what you did with that instrumental break, though I’m not entirely sure the synth works for me. I mean it’s not bad but I think I would have liked more guitar. And one verse didn’t make the lyrics page! The ending is interesting, ending on a different key than you started on.
The Gross Tones: I like this more than the past few gross tones songs. I’m glad I’m not the only person who used glockenspiel in their song this week. Some aspects of it are kind of blues travelerish. I kind of like the whammy bar guitar solo, but it doesn’t really mesh with the glockenspiel. This needs more whammy bar. I dunno. I like your drummer.
Hostess Mostess: Cool chord progression. I like the optional challenge being bet in the main vocal line. The restraint in the drums is a big plus -- less is really more some times. The vocal harmonies that are introduced sound great when they first come in. There’s some pitchiness in that cool bridge before the “put your hands down!” bit where you say something about monsters that I can’t quite make out. This has some intense 70s yacht rock vibes. But that’s a good thing. I like Bread.
Hot Pink Halo: As I’ve said on more than one occasion, I like your more artsy songs, and the honking horns as an audio representation for the swans is kind of neat. Honk! Every time there’s a little honk I grin a little bit. The background music sounds a little bit like something I’d hear in a guided relaxation video. Honk. Squeak. Honk! Keep with your artsy fartsy songs I like them the most! Swans are cooler than geese.
James Owens: One criticism that I’ve seen leveled at your stuff is that it sounds kind of dramatic. But it does. I just like that aspect of it, it’s refreshing because most people here don’t write songs this...solemn. I like all of the dangerous mythical creatures. And I also usually love 6/8 time. I don’t wanna hang out with that tribe, they don’t sound a whole lot of fun. My wife says you remind her of Bob Seger. I’m not familiar enough with Bob Seger to tell you whether or not I agree.
Paco del Stinko: The most extreme example of quarter notes in the fight. So many quarter notes. You don’t sound like Jonathan Davis to me. Not tortured enough during the whispered parts. Your harmonies are on point as usual. I’m usually impressed by your command of harmonies and chord progressions. This song is pretty good. Nice transition into the ripping guitar solo, as short lived as it is. I kind of wish it was longer. My wife says “this is the best one so far!”. For what it’s worth she’s been in the room with me since Far North Daylight.
The Pannacotta Army: I don’t know if you meant to do this but this vocal rhythm sounds a LOT like Livin’ La Vida Loca. Something something black cats and voodoo dolls, mystical creature. Are you as sexy as Ricky Martin? You’d better be. Okay the rest of the song doesn’t sound like that, but the wife and I both thought it. I read through Antichrist and Uebermensch once. Neither of them brought me any closer to happiness but they were interesting.I hope your protagonist succeeded in their request for happiness. This is well done, though it doesn’t quite do it for me.
Phlebia:
Has anyone else here read the book “Momo” by Michael Ende? It’s damn good. I wrote a song about the grey men. Cause they’re mythical creatures who steal your time and smoke it in cigars.
Pigfarmer Jr: Hmm, the guitar riffs sound pretty good. While I too wish Trump would shut the fuck up, something about hearing it spelled out that directly in song lyrics just doesn’t really work for me. Too on the nose I guess? I like my political anger in songs to be more hidden! The riff at the 2:20 mark is really good. I just want it to rip into something way more HARDxCORE than we get! But I do dig that riff.
Pork Producer Jr: Oh hey, it’s you again! I like this song a lot more than the Pigfarmer one. Is there a conceptual difference between these monikers, or is it just how you differentiate between multiple entries in a fight? Anyway, I think half of my enjoyment of this one comes from that cool synth line. And the chorus of this one is really strong!
shrts: RAWK. This is giving both the wife and I Weezer vibes. I actually really enjoy this. But as soon as it starts it’s over! Come on, give me another verse or something. You’re the king(s) of super short songs that just about get going. Except sometimes they do get going and then I really end up digging them!
Sober: Not twangy enough! I don’t know why but I think it’s growing up in Appalachia where I hear music like this without a super thick hillbilly accent. (Wife says “Come visit my hometown in southwest Virginia and hang out for awhile, it’ll rub off on you really quick!”) Anyway, enough of that. This song is really good and your voice is good and your picking is deftly executed. I actually really enjoy this song, my nitpicking is entirely in just and I don’t have anything bad to say about this.
Sweeney Toad: My wife says the sung part reminds her of this one guy
Jack Hartmann who does kids videos on YouTube. Only I don’t think he ever writes songs about Adderall and siphoning gas outside of Texaco. Your flow is really good as usual, and you’ve got this particular style of evoking completely ridiculous imagery that I like. I still wanna do something with you at some point...I’ll just have to find time to make it happen!
Tim Hinkle: My son (who enters as “Seaweed Delete” on here) says “it’s too loud but I like it!”. Continuing with my theme of comparing songs on here to various children’s media I’ve found, you have the right voice and songwriting style to write tunes for some kind of educational kid’s show set 500 years ago featuring animated knights. The fact that that’s what came to mind without paying attention to the lyrics -- which effectively are that, a timeless reading rainbow esque vibe, means you did a damn good job.
toby roktot: Something about this chord progression sounds like a bunch of songs I’ve heard before. The chorus of this is really well. I like the “sheeeee’s a mystery” melody. The build up at the end of the second verse with the making love under the moon also builds pretty well. If it were me I’d have mixed your vocals a little bit louder, but all in all this is a pretty decent song. The “talk for awhile bit” is a nice transition and sits in the mix pretty well. The “but I don’t know, yeahh” seems a bit abrupt?
WreckdoM: These lyrics are completely ridiculous. But this is WreckdoM, that’s pretty standard. I like that spazzy horn that comes in periodically. I’m curious about how the canary felt about that. This is a peppy little number. It’s weird hearing the word opossum pronounced with the “o”. Usually I just hear “possum” and not a whole lot else. This was short and memorable. Great joeroeoeorb.