Hi! I produced this video. The instrument in the back is not a dulcimer, it is a pedal steel. And if you don't hear it then you aren't listening, or don't know what a pedal steel feels like :) I mean that with all due respect - listen again and you should hear it. It's the country twang. It's the sliding and swooping. It's very much there, doing what a pedal steel does. Lily's vocals are very very faint in the mix, which was my only real critique, but that's how they perform it onstage (she leans in and sings into greg's mic). I think that the mic I chose for greg (the akg d590) just didn't quite have the polar pattern for that effect. I also mastered the record, which is on spotify. Give that a listen.
You killed it on the album (and live recordings) - Long Distance Driver gives me chills every time. Are you joining Greg and the band for Pickathon by chance?
I wonder if they're afraid to; in a similar way that Chris Farley was afraid to lose weight because he'd stop being funny. The idea that "this is working, this has an audience, if I change maybe that changes to." I doubt that's always the case. There's probably also just not caring like with some punk singers. Or there's always the case that this is just how they want their music to sound since it can be said there's an authenticity to it.
I for one would prefer that they didn't. Unless they adjusted their style for it, which I'm sure Greg and crew are perfectly capable of, as they already seem like a versatile band just over the course of one LP.
Really enjoyed this commentary! Absolutely love this band but Palms isn't my favorite track. If you're willing to give them another chance, I recommend this short vid th-cam.com/video/m72qC3jod_c/w-d-xo.html the other instruments have more opportunity to shine in that song. I think the studio version is slightly better thanks to an additional ghostly outro, but in either version I particularly like how the steel guitar layers with the horns in a subtle way that makes them sound almost alien in a satisfying way - Never heard that done before this band.
I definitely thought Modest Mouse at first, discovered MJ Lenderman through that comparison as well. After hearing some of their other songs I had a couple buddies make Neil Young comparisons too, but I hear that a little less personally.
Don't hear any "country" in this. Another commenter mentioned Modest Mouse and I can hear that. Music was OK but I personally really didn't like the guy's out-of-tune vocals. I know some people are into that because to them it signals a kind of emotional authenticity, but all I hear is poor technique.
Hi! I produced this video. The instrument in the back is not a dulcimer, it is a pedal steel. And if you don't hear it then you aren't listening, or don't know what a pedal steel feels like :) I mean that with all due respect - listen again and you should hear it. It's the country twang. It's the sliding and swooping. It's very much there, doing what a pedal steel does. Lily's vocals are very very faint in the mix, which was my only real critique, but that's how they perform it onstage (she leans in and sings into greg's mic). I think that the mic I chose for greg (the akg d590) just didn't quite have the polar pattern for that effect. I also mastered the record, which is on spotify. Give that a listen.
You killed it on the album (and live recordings) - Long Distance Driver gives me chills every time. Are you joining Greg and the band for Pickathon by chance?
greg, his music, and his voice are all incredible.
This sounds good. I always wonder why singers like this don't get someone a little more 'proficient' with their vocal chord manipulation.
I wonder if they're afraid to; in a similar way that Chris Farley was afraid to lose weight because he'd stop being funny. The idea that "this is working, this has an audience, if I change maybe that changes to."
I doubt that's always the case. There's probably also just not caring like with some punk singers. Or there's always the case that this is just how they want their music to sound since it can be said there's an authenticity to it.
@@CriticalReactions all fair points
I for one would prefer that they didn't. Unless they adjusted their style for it, which I'm sure Greg and crew are perfectly capable of, as they already seem like a versatile band just over the course of one LP.
Really enjoyed this commentary! Absolutely love this band but Palms isn't my favorite track. If you're willing to give them another chance, I recommend this short vid th-cam.com/video/m72qC3jod_c/w-d-xo.html the other instruments have more opportunity to shine in that song. I think the studio version is slightly better thanks to an additional ghostly outro, but in either version I particularly like how the steel guitar layers with the horns in a subtle way that makes them sound almost alien in a satisfying way - Never heard that done before this band.
" Nuvole bianche " please😢
Yes
interesting, slight similarities to old Modest Mouse if I had to pick anything
Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. Also has MJ Lenderman vibes for sure.
My 1st thought was Devil and God era Brand New. But absolutely hear the Modest Mouse in his voice
@@hanspenner535 looove Mj lenderman
I definitely thought Modest Mouse at first, discovered MJ Lenderman through that comparison as well. After hearing some of their other songs I had a couple buddies make Neil Young comparisons too, but I hear that a little less personally.
Don't hear any "country" in this. Another commenter mentioned Modest Mouse and I can hear that. Music was OK but I personally really didn't like the guy's out-of-tune vocals. I know some people are into that because to them it signals a kind of emotional authenticity, but all I hear is poor technique.