Reviews--First half.
==Vote means sure vote. Everyone else... I'm still deciding. I'm a last minute voter.
Abominominous.
++ The mix is awesome. The craziness is appealing.
-- The last minute. You should have just struck it.
== Vote.
A. Adamant.
++ This is a strong idea, musically. I was like, yeah, this is awesome.
-- The high hat sound. Loses focus when you're not singing. And you're not singing much.
// Thems be plugin synths?
A. Reist.
++ Your melodic bass is prostyle. Your electric guitar solo is also prostyle.
-- ... but it makes you sound kinda toad-the-wet-sprockety.
// So I'm listening in headphones. Your rhythm guitar is very wide. But nothing else is, so it really makes it stand out.
Berkeley Social Scene.
++ As always, the diverse instrumentation and the excellent arrangement.
-- Clipping? You guys usually record so well.
Big Crouton.
++ Your rock. Let it be said that you do bring the rock.
-- Length. I also think the delay on the vocals detracts.
// Whatcha using for drums?
Chadderandom Abyss.
++ The guitar sounds good. And the half-broken string is pretty awesome.
-- Some of the hard edits work, some of them don't sound so good.
// This is one of your better works.
== Vote.
Chopped Liver Meat God.
++ Rad synthiness. Unexpected extra rad at ~ 1:18.
-- The falsetto vox. It would be cooler (for me) if the main vox were sung higher, like Atom and his Package. And a little faster.
// So yeah, I was actually thinking you sorta sounded like Morrisey and then you told me you didn't.
CHTHONIC CHTHOCK
... was me and Ujn of Cock. Cock. Chthock. Get it?
C. L. Johnson.
++ You sound good. The intimate performance works.
-- 1:15 would have been a perfect time to change it up a little.
deetak.
++ There are many rad parts to this song. At first it seemed too disjointed. But then I was wrong.
-- There's some leaking noise that cuts in and out.
// I'd be interested in taking a whack at remixing this. PM me if interested.
== Vote.
Dr. Worm.
++ Excellent, excellent performance. The middle section.
-- Length.
// This genre generally involves little more agressive use of the mastering limiter. Good to see you back, by the way.
Embers of Autumn.
++ Neat sounds.
-- Clipping on the vocals.
// So there's a disconnect between the squibbly 303ish sound that just goes on and on and what you're doing with everything else. I'd like to hear is this song with the squibbly 303 muted. Repost it here? I bet it'll sound more minimialist, colder, darker, more awesome.
Ford's Theater Disaster.
++ Chorus. Of course, I think you should have thrown more distortion on the chorus guitars.
-- The cleaner guitars go sloppy sometimes.
// I think two guitars may have been more effective.
Grass Stained.
++ Nice tones. And flow. Mellotrons are cool.
-- At around ~ 1:12 it goes a little new agey sounding. Little bassy on the vox.
Humboat.
++ Seriously cute instrumentation.
-- I posted this long review of Pet Squirrel's reivew last week, and I think the same principle applies for you. See
http://songfight.net/forums/viewtopic.p ... 76#p133514 You start the song with surprise. The listener is like "whoah, seriously?" and tunes in. But you drop the plot twist on us... and there's nothing else. When we're surprised, our brains react quickly trying to figure out what's going on. The problem is, in your case you immediately tell us where you're going, and our brains relax. We know the last three minutes is just going to be rhyming insults, and that makes it easier to lose interest. You're then relying soley on witty put-downs to keep our interest, rather than the flow of a story.
// Had this actually been like, a straight twee song about how you could do anything you want and kiss kittens and ride unicorns, it woulda been a vote.
J. Kruger.
++ The more I listen to your voice, the more I love it. And I do love time sig shifts.
-- Is that a piccolo snare? Go deeper!
== Vote.
J. Mann.
++ The verses are sunningly strong.
-- The D&B beats don't really work for me.
Larry.
++ This was a good song.
-- No "MORE COWBELL!!" Five minutes of cowbell loop could drive someone craaaazy. I mean, something did it to me.
// Seriously mute the percussion and you'd have a better song.
Lawless Drive.
++ OMG I totally crackted up.
== Vote.