The Gaslight Anthem Band • Page 262

Ahh yes, very interesting

 

I dig the song but the production, especially on the vocals, is really weird and not good. Sounds like a demo

 

Same

 

I don't understand why the song sounds so bad. Lyrics/music decent, seem standard Gaslight, but the low quality sticks out to me and I'm not even an audio nerd

 

Was at a Dave Hause show over the weekend and overheard a group talking about Positive Charge and all of them were collectively saying how the mix of the vocals sounded off.

Now I just feel bad that is the overarching reaction to Positive Charge lol

 

This song could be amazing with a much better mix.

 

Excatly haha

 

The song is amazing and I can't wait to hear the whole album. It's so good to have them back.

 

Yeah I love this song. I don't consider myself an audio expert by any means but the mix doesn't bother me nearly as much as it seems to bother others. That certainly doesn't invalidate what they are hearing. Then again I felt the same about Hello Exile and Foundations of Decay which were similarly discussed as having production issues with vocals.

 

Tour starts tonight.

 

3 weeks til I see them. I can't wait!

 

Woke up today, listened to the song very loud on my headphones twice and I just have to say, I love this band and I love this song and I'm so happy they're back.

 

interested to see what the setlist for the tour looks like. pull out the DEEEP CUTS!

 

I'm skipping this round of TGA. Saw them last fall at the infamous "too much talking" NYC stop and it just kinda left a bad taste in my mouth. Hope everyone else enjoys though.

 

Have Mercy
Halloween
Blue Dahlia
Orphans
We're Getting A Divorce, You Keep The Diner
Señor and the Queen
Say I Won't (Recognize)
Georgia
Low Love
Cut The Rope (Before It Hangs Us Both)
Bleeder
Scene of the Crime
Five Year Plan
The Blues
The Backseat

 

i'd pay to see it

 

Same.

 

alright fine i'll do a discog run today

 

After cheating and having to google some of those deep cut song names, I'm now listening to the Señor and the Queen EP for the first time in ages.

 

Say I Won't should be a set staple.

 

Set staples should be:
Most of sink or swim
All of Senor and the Queen
All of 59 sound
Most of American Slang
Most of Handwritten
Most of Get hurt

 

I'll be at the show tonight (and Wed) - will report back.

On the song, I am ALSO not an audiophile and it sounds like a demo to me too, vocally, which is really strange. I mean, that has to be on purpose, right? They didn't accidentally make it sound shitty and nobody noticed. The song itself is good and very Gaslight which was my hope, was mostly concerned it would be like Stay Vicious, off the path, and their one song I don't really like. I feel like Positive Charge will probably open the show tonight.

Lyrically it reminds me (in a good way) a lot of a Frank Turner song, anthemic and just HUGE super positive vibes. I very much feel like it's a "we are back together and I'm happy again" message.

 

I still think American Slang is a great set opener, but I don't need much of anything else from that album on a set

 

I think American Slang is a great encore opener, but they're pretty much eliminated the encore from their sets and just play through, which is also fine. After revisiting SoS for the first time in a while, boy 'Drive' would absolutely rip as an opener.