29th
How To Tell If It’s Local Music On The Radio
The drummer is too busy, uses an inappropriate snare tuning for the tempo, while employing splash cymbals ala 1990.
The lead singer is a girl with a vibrato.
The guitar tone sounds like an ibanez through a gorilla amp.
The bass player has a giant tone and slaps, and together with the drummer they sound like Primus playing a lame attempt at rock/pop.
You can hear the shitty room in the track.
The mix is transparent and you can hear everything clear as a bell, plus they actually use reverb on snare and vocals, so you know it was done by a burnout who probably did live sound in the 80’s and now owns his own basement studio.
When the song is done, you can’t remember it because they didn’t bother write a hook.
I can say this because I use to play in bands like this, I too did live sound in the 80’s with an SPX90, and I just heard a fantastic example this morning on the local college station.
Part of me actually likes it.
I’m done judging for now.
