Don't call it a fetish (Fixation reviews)

[Pigfarmer Jr]

Body crusher, 360 muncher, burnin' out on the power trip
Two-faced interrogation, hell, liar, liar, panties on fire
Razor blade in the hand, rage you wanna fix
Gotta, gotta fix, fix a man

Fixation

Lyric thread:
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[king_arthur]

Since we're probably going to end up with the coverbot cover, can somebody tell me what that is??? Thanks...

[Lunkhead]

I have no idea. Is that a blurry Thule logo on top of the middle of it? Maybe it's some kind of car roof rack rail or something? I didn't want to use it because I didn't get it and also it was pretty boring. I put out a call on Slack and Discord last night for somebody to make some art but nobody did. Now my window of opportunity for updating the site has closed till Monday. So there is plenty of time now for some folks to make some cover art, and even more songs!

[Lunkhead]

Songs posted!

[scrapheap]

Berkeley Social Scene: Love the sparkly opening riff. Vocals are kind of buried in the verses, can't make some of them out. The bridge ("And I know it's pathetic...") is nice. Great instrumentation in general. Don't care for how the vocals get tortured sounding at the end. This might benefit from some more changes in dynamics (Add's song last week did that really well).

Scrap Heap: I originally wanted to write a song about nitrogen fixation, or some clever extended metaphor between that and love. All that remains of this is a subtle nod at the end of the first verse. Trying to flex my songwriting muscle by sticking to barebones guitar and vox for now.

King Arthur: Nice clear mix. Like the flow between verse-chorus-verse and the vocals/guitar bouncing off each other. Ooh and a great solo too.

Pigfarmer Jr: This is technically good, but missing some je ne sais quoi to make it interesting to me. Needs some spice. With such simple chords and lyrics being a flatly literal interpretation of the theme, it seems a little automatic.

Johnny Cashpoint & Andy Balham: I like how this has a completely different feel from all the other entries; that perks me up right out the gate. Chorus is a bit monotone. Points for interpreting the title in a more clever and specific way than the rest of us who all wrote obvious love songs. Got some solid laughs out of me here.

[Paco Del Stinko]

Quick comments, one time around and again. Nothing brilliant, but nothing that wouldn't make their mom stop loving them either. (Try harder next time!) Always glad to clarify. Donkey!

Berkeley Social Scene - Great start, very now. Post-punk or some such. It's busy but still open, mostly. Little sloppy. I don't think it takes off when it could/should but I'm glad it doesn't overstay its welcome. Very good Mar-tan vocal. I like it better second time around. Dryer mix than maybe needs? No need to get sloppy juice, but hey.

Johnny Cashpoint & Andy Balham - Dig the descending lines, less werbly than it could be. First verse I was wanting to hear a Gothy voice, Bauhaus or something but the $ belongs. Bridge nice. The atmosphere pulls you in more than any hook, a little bit of sugar wouldn't be a sell out. Alll-most there...cough syrup

King Arthur - Kind of druggy start, surprised. Like the groove and riffage, smart vocal and tasty lead, restrained and level. Classic and timeless, might be my vote in the single vote days even thogh it loses a bit of momentum by the near end. Beat is good, snap of real drums (lil bit) would offer a bit of a boost. Nice to hear you, sir!

Pigfarmer Jr - Muffley. Kinda sounds like...me...almost at the start. Believe me, I ain't sayin' you ripped me off or anything, couple notes in the melody. Lacking a little spark, I dig where this goes. Good Stones on the heavy side changes. Needs a bit of cookage to finish it off. Like it, just needs to give a kick in the pants a bit more.

Scrap Heap - Good demo the choruses feel less grabby after the verses. Pitch, etc. Good energy and vibe even if needs to have its bolts tightened. And guitar tuned. I like where this wants to go and with a lean and snappy beat coming in at some point (after the guitars are tuned) a good poppy song it would be. Sloppy idea for a fun tune. Tighten up the loose and re-do it.

[scrapheap]

Thanks for the reviews, Paco! I'm glad you liked the energy of my song. I tuned up before recording it but probably my strings are too old and internally out of tune. Good feedback, helpful for what to focus on next time.

[kevsmith81]

Thanks for the reviews, Paco! I'm glad you liked the energy of my song. I tuned up before recording it but probably my strings are too old and internally out of tune. Good feedback, helpful for what to focus on next time.

Sounded like you had a Capo on the guitar, and that can put an otherwise well-tuned guitar out of tune if either the Capo is on too tight, or the guitar's intonation isn't quite right.

[Lunkhead]

The results are in and the fight has been won by ... King Arthur!

[king_arthur]

Well, wow! Thank you to all who voted - I never even got around to voting myself - I felt like I shouldn't vote 'til I did reviews, and I never got to that. I was pretty pleased with how the song came out, although my lyricist was rather disappointed in how many lyric changes I made to his original. KA

[Pigfarmer Jr]

Congratz to the King!