So I just listened to some of the recommended songs for the first time, and here are my thoughts, @TylersEclectic style.
Schism starts playing… Wow this is well recorded. Drums kick in… Wow I can actually feel the kickdrum in my chest. Why doesnt every recording do this??
So the music is palatable so far. It’s not like the first 10 seconds of Hamilton that grabbed me and never let go for the rest of life. But it’s something I can learn to enjoy (unlike Steely Dan stuff, which never quite won my interest).
And oh man the guitars actually BITE. Even the really loud and distortion heavy sections actually sound… Sharp. Not a muddy wall of sound.
Still that kick drum in my chest, wtf!
Switching to other songs, the feeling persists. I am starting to appreciate how vastly different each song can sound. Can we really pin them to a genre? Like one track is just straight up monk chanting that sounds nothing like Rock but so fantastically done.
Everything is just so spacious and clean! Guitars pluck and shred and bite when they’re supposed to. Drums slam. Cymbals ring on forever. Are those chimes? And was that a GONG??
All right I’m gonna have to do this Pink Floyd style. Go album by album right from the top. I think I’m gonna end up really loving this band.
Thanks for the awesome write up.