Cymbals Eat Guitars - Pretty Years (September 16, 2016) Album • Page 18

Safe to say this is one of my favorite bands now. I've listened to this so much the past few weeks.

 

How do y'all feel about the production? Still wrapping my head around it, and I get what they're going for, but idk. "Dancing Days" is such a good song and the blown out drums make it particularly devestating, but I can't help but feel it's a bit much. I'm being kind of vague because I don't actually know all that much about production.

 

I thought the aesthetic was really effective for the songs they'd written, but I also had no expectations, having not heard their old stuff.

 

Well, they've never been a clean-sounding band, but that was mostly just the guitars having this nice warm, hazy tone or this really abrasive fuzz to them. Now it sounds like one of Joe's vocal tracks is being either overdriven or reverbed in some songs, the drums get blown out every now and then, the guitars are lower in the mix for the most part I think? Either that or it's just a less guitar-driven album, which, you know, is totally fine. I'm not saying I don't like it yet. I wish I was more well-versed in this so I could make up my mind about it.

 

I love the production of this album. It's been a little while since I've listened tot the album so I can't mention any specifics, but I do remember one of the first thoughts I had about this album on my first listen (and each subsequent listen) was how much I loved how this album sounded sonically.

 

Yeah the production is great, it's so fuzzy, warm, and it allows for just enough dissonance to create some really interesting textures and soundscapes. I love how much dissonance and distortion is utilized sonically on this album.

 

Much better production than LOSE, where the vocals were often times too raw (audible plosives all over that record). This is still pretty raw but with more texture to it

 

this album just grooves so hard i love it. this band deserves so much attention and praise.

 

My favorite production this band has had is WTAM, I think. I seriously love how that album sounds.

 

This album is so colorful. I can see neon lights dancing around when it's playing.

 

wow this is an amazing album

really vibeing to this rn

dense atmospheric production is gold - a night album, as esxpcted

 

Have a Heart gets better and better every time for me. Love the production on the guitars, and the bass gives the song such a great feel too

 

dancing days is pretty interesting. doesn't even sound like joe at times.

band reminds me of the antlers more and more

 

fuuuuuuck the guitar tone on the closerrrrrr. need to figure out what kind of pedal that modulation is that they used.

one of my favorite first listens in a long time

 

I mainly checked this out because of the cover art, and I'm glad I did.

Really dig this.

 

Joe's guitar has sounded so good the last few records. Makes me wanna buy some SS/BS pedals.

 

Eh I wouldn't if this is the sound you're trying to nail. Most of their pedals are drive pedals

 

Yeah mainly just talking about the Fuck Overdrive and Buzz or whatever it is

 

Demos are Finally and Shrine, both sound really cool

 

Show tonight. Woohoo

 

what wouldn't I give to hear cold spring or definite darkness on this tour now that they're finally headlining :/

 

Close has been stuck in my head for days

Shake anxiety~

 

listened to this today. first exposure to this band, never even heard a single song until today. i think i liked it. at least i really want to listen to it again.

 

some days I wake up with it stuck in my head. one of my favorites

 

Close is very easily my least favorite. It's fine, but it hasn't really clicked with me.