Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:48 pm
Caldor: I quite like this. The vocals get a bit lost in the mix somewhere in the middle but i like that it's got a bit of grit. This is my kind of rock but ultimately it never really peaks for me, just sits in the post-hardcore by numbers range. Good stuff though.
Chekhov's pistol: I joined Ryan Anchors for this collab. he's on drums bass and vox, I did guitars, claps and vox. It started off being about killing bugs, and then gained a deeper meaning in the process. we rock
Damien Verret: I like the way you used something other than that bleepy sound in this one, not that that sound is bad but it always drowned everything else out and you're output was getting a bit one dimensional. I like the way this jangles, and it's another nice tune. the acoustic along with your soft vocals makes this sound like Elliot smith, I still think you could enunciate more clearly cos it's difficult to hear what you sing and I'm sure the lyrics are cool. nice rhythms and stuff
Bombathon: This is like dirty sci-fi music. some of the riffs are pretty cool (like that bassy one), some of them get a bit too repetitive. reminds me of 'Something always goes wrong' era Dntel (which I've been digging a lot recently) but a bit more full on.
Demon Kiss: Nice opening riff. not too keen on the vocals. They're not so much angry as panto scary, maybe that's what you were going for. I think the lyrical imagery detracts from the punch of this track personally.
Destruction Enterprise: Not what I was expecting but then maybe I was dumb to expect anything. For what it is it seems fairly well put together, the drums get a bit repetitive even with the fills, that guitar is really jarring. posydens vox are.....I can't decide whether they're funny or just stupid, I suppose they can be both. Interesting take on the title
Ephedream: Weird stuff. the elements don't really gel to me, the beat is too housey. I'm not really into gnarly industrial stuff, but the intro hangs around just long enough, the riffing fits the bill, and the vocals are creepy which I guess is good. mainly mix problems here then but this ain't mixfight is it.
Flvxxvm Florvm: Sounds like some interesting pitch-shifting on the vox there. Smurfs go country. This is an okay blend of your acoustic side meeting your rock god alias. solid arrangement and stuff, possibly a bit too guitar laden towards the end, you could've laid off the fret-wanking for a bar or so but you widdle competently and the track builds well. I like the shouting at the end.
Hip cola: ooh, nice. I'm liking the sounds here and I trust it will develop into something witha bit of meat. or maybe not. The one thing here I'm not into is that bass hit at the start of every bar, it's either too loud or not the right sound for the track. I was disappointed that this didn't go further but there was some really nice soundscaping in there.
J$: You sound a bit like (whispers it) Luke here, I'm assuming that's not intentional but I do like the sound of this. The indecipherable backing vox are cool.
Leaf: now THAT is some taught riffage. unrelenting riffage too, it's good but I'm skipping through just to check where it goes. You've gone for scary singing as well this week, but I like that you did some normal singing too other wise it gets a bit much for me. nice stop-starts
Luke Henleys heartland choir: the star of the show here must be the ukelele. I wonder what it must be like to get a group of friends round and do something that wouldn't be out of place on the old "O Brother..." soundtrack, it sounds like a lot of fun but i wouldn't know cos all my friends are miserable "can't do" bastards. vote so far
Middlemarch: this is kinda cool, solid guitar playing and tune. I can tell it's not going to stray too far from the tone set in the opening verse but i don't think it suffers for it. your gravely whisper fits pretty well too. nice song, well done
Penguin map mijinko: good name. I'm liking the way this is going but I'm not sure about the bongo percussion, I wish it had something a bit more glitchy (in fact if you ever want any glitchy beats for a track like this then drop us a line). Doesn't really go anywhere which is a shame but while it stuck around it was quite good.
Phil's first tambourine: Not much I can say about this. it's alright yeah. maybe eq the vocals a bit to make them stand out more.
PiGPEN: why is everybody going for vocal pitch-shifting this week? This is definitley not the first time I've thought either Flaming Lips or Smurfs? where'd the track go. oh well. I'd complain about it being a bit too short but I wasn't digging it much.
Pr0n 4 uma: that is a mighty screech your singer has. It's fairly straighforward face-melting stuff, but I can't help feeling the song is trying to break free of the thrash-by-numbers stylings of it's own free will at around 1:26, and you should've let it spiral out of control instead of choking it with guitar solos. Still this is a solid contender, my only problems are genre-based so well done.
Stubby Philips: Vocals in the verse start to drag a bit, but I kind of like that autowah in a funny way. this sounds like Daft Punk jamming with Cake. haha, it's cool.
Tomdiggy: It cracks me up reading reviews of this saying "what's with the fake accent?", what you mean....you're actually english?!?! maybe it's because you said SUV instead of 4x4. To avoid these comments I recommend adopting Brian Molko's nasal whine for your next one. anyway, this is pretty standard GnG stuff; I quite like the vocal harmonising happening in the chorus-y bits. This sounds like it could've fit in in the stink fight too.
Wruckdom: Yeah, this is more like it. best lyrics so far. This track sounds like Motorhead and New Order teamed up. my only criticism is that it's a bit long, the outro was interesting but i felt the song could've used a middle 8 or some extra mashup section.
lots of solid stuff here. well done
Chekhov's pistol: I joined Ryan Anchors for this collab. he's on drums bass and vox, I did guitars, claps and vox. It started off being about killing bugs, and then gained a deeper meaning in the process. we rock
Damien Verret: I like the way you used something other than that bleepy sound in this one, not that that sound is bad but it always drowned everything else out and you're output was getting a bit one dimensional. I like the way this jangles, and it's another nice tune. the acoustic along with your soft vocals makes this sound like Elliot smith, I still think you could enunciate more clearly cos it's difficult to hear what you sing and I'm sure the lyrics are cool. nice rhythms and stuff
Bombathon: This is like dirty sci-fi music. some of the riffs are pretty cool (like that bassy one), some of them get a bit too repetitive. reminds me of 'Something always goes wrong' era Dntel (which I've been digging a lot recently) but a bit more full on.
Demon Kiss: Nice opening riff. not too keen on the vocals. They're not so much angry as panto scary, maybe that's what you were going for. I think the lyrical imagery detracts from the punch of this track personally.
Destruction Enterprise: Not what I was expecting but then maybe I was dumb to expect anything. For what it is it seems fairly well put together, the drums get a bit repetitive even with the fills, that guitar is really jarring. posydens vox are.....I can't decide whether they're funny or just stupid, I suppose they can be both. Interesting take on the title
Ephedream: Weird stuff. the elements don't really gel to me, the beat is too housey. I'm not really into gnarly industrial stuff, but the intro hangs around just long enough, the riffing fits the bill, and the vocals are creepy which I guess is good. mainly mix problems here then but this ain't mixfight is it.
Flvxxvm Florvm: Sounds like some interesting pitch-shifting on the vox there. Smurfs go country. This is an okay blend of your acoustic side meeting your rock god alias. solid arrangement and stuff, possibly a bit too guitar laden towards the end, you could've laid off the fret-wanking for a bar or so but you widdle competently and the track builds well. I like the shouting at the end.
Hip cola: ooh, nice. I'm liking the sounds here and I trust it will develop into something witha bit of meat. or maybe not. The one thing here I'm not into is that bass hit at the start of every bar, it's either too loud or not the right sound for the track. I was disappointed that this didn't go further but there was some really nice soundscaping in there.
J$: You sound a bit like (whispers it) Luke here, I'm assuming that's not intentional but I do like the sound of this. The indecipherable backing vox are cool.
Leaf: now THAT is some taught riffage. unrelenting riffage too, it's good but I'm skipping through just to check where it goes. You've gone for scary singing as well this week, but I like that you did some normal singing too other wise it gets a bit much for me. nice stop-starts
Luke Henleys heartland choir: the star of the show here must be the ukelele. I wonder what it must be like to get a group of friends round and do something that wouldn't be out of place on the old "O Brother..." soundtrack, it sounds like a lot of fun but i wouldn't know cos all my friends are miserable "can't do" bastards. vote so far
Middlemarch: this is kinda cool, solid guitar playing and tune. I can tell it's not going to stray too far from the tone set in the opening verse but i don't think it suffers for it. your gravely whisper fits pretty well too. nice song, well done
Penguin map mijinko: good name. I'm liking the way this is going but I'm not sure about the bongo percussion, I wish it had something a bit more glitchy (in fact if you ever want any glitchy beats for a track like this then drop us a line). Doesn't really go anywhere which is a shame but while it stuck around it was quite good.
Phil's first tambourine: Not much I can say about this. it's alright yeah. maybe eq the vocals a bit to make them stand out more.
PiGPEN: why is everybody going for vocal pitch-shifting this week? This is definitley not the first time I've thought either Flaming Lips or Smurfs? where'd the track go. oh well. I'd complain about it being a bit too short but I wasn't digging it much.
Pr0n 4 uma: that is a mighty screech your singer has. It's fairly straighforward face-melting stuff, but I can't help feeling the song is trying to break free of the thrash-by-numbers stylings of it's own free will at around 1:26, and you should've let it spiral out of control instead of choking it with guitar solos. Still this is a solid contender, my only problems are genre-based so well done.
Stubby Philips: Vocals in the verse start to drag a bit, but I kind of like that autowah in a funny way. this sounds like Daft Punk jamming with Cake. haha, it's cool.
Tomdiggy: It cracks me up reading reviews of this saying "what's with the fake accent?", what you mean....you're actually english?!?! maybe it's because you said SUV instead of 4x4. To avoid these comments I recommend adopting Brian Molko's nasal whine for your next one. anyway, this is pretty standard GnG stuff; I quite like the vocal harmonising happening in the chorus-y bits. This sounds like it could've fit in in the stink fight too.
Wruckdom: Yeah, this is more like it. best lyrics so far. This track sounds like Motorhead and New Order teamed up. my only criticism is that it's a bit long, the outro was interesting but i felt the song could've used a middle 8 or some extra mashup section.
lots of solid stuff here. well done
Doesn't really remind me of butterflies or massacres, but I suppose that's open to interpretation.