Sinai Vessel - Brokenlegged (January 27, 2017) Album • Page 10

Checked this out last night because I've seen it recommended all over the site and I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. It wasn't bad or anything but nothing stood out to me either. I'll admit I didn't give it my full attention, since I was playing Madden while listening, but that's nothing new for me checking out an album for the first time. Usually I know if an album is something I'll keep coming back to l if I find myself pausing my game to check a song title so I don't forget to come back to a song or to even replay a song immediately, and nothing on here made me want to do that. I will come back to it at some point, but I want to check out some other artists I've seen mentioned around the site first.

 

This record takes multiple listens to grow! Don't give up on it, I was really disappointed on my first few listens too, now it's on steady rotation.

Review: Sinai Vessel - 'Brokenlegged' - The Alternative

 

I just can't get over that it sounds like it's a really low bit rate to me :/

 

Gotta say I've liked this less every time I've listened to it, unfortunately. Production grates for me for whatever reason (which is odd, production 'sound' isn't usually a factor for me) and I can't kick the feeling I've heard this style so much better somewhere else a number of times. Enjoyable listen overall, but not something I'll be returning to all that often.

All that being said, lyrically there are some real stunners here. The "idyll/idle/idol" thing continues to impress.

 

Woo, this is starting to grow on me!

 

This is so good, especially the vocals which seem different to what you usually hear in this genre.

 

Down With the Hull is so good.

 

Ha, so I actually really like this record now. Whoops.

The mixing/production legitimately hurts my ears at times though.

 

This really clicked with me over the past few days. They do a lot of things I like and do them well. The production isn't ideal but the songs are there and they make it up for it imo.

 

Guitar tones are good on here as well... imo the production is worst on the kick drum and the bass

 

Agree, the kick drum is ear piercing at times

 

Oh glad to hear that, I thought my headphones were broken lol

 

It's so clicky, I don't know how that happened. I can get a better kick sound in my basement.

 

yea...i'm really not sure. Oh well, I'm used to it now anyway.

 

my biggest production complaint in anything is a clicky kick
fuck most bad metalcore because of that

 

You guys ruined this album for me with all this production talk.

 

It's still a good album though. why does the discussion ruin it for you? @ahabian

 

Probably all they can hear us the kick drum now

 

Ha, fair enough, this has happened to me with other albums as well. Not really this one though? Like I have complaints but ultimately I can count on one hand the amount of times production of an album has kept me from enjoying it at all

 

Haha, I'm just joking. I get the gripes, now that I've listened to the album while browsing this thread, but tomorrow it'll be like I never knew.

Because I didn't. Know, I mean.

 

I feel you

 

I don't get the hate on the production. It's not amazing but I don't understand why people think it's bad.

Also they are a band that sometimes takes awhile to get into. I listened to them and actually walked out of the house the first time I saw them. It wasn't until a later show that it really clicked.

 

yoo lmao what lead you to walk out of the show? jw

 

It was a house show in the middle of August with no AC. It was more that I didn't enjoy it enough to sit in that sauna through the entire set. They moved the Pinegrove solo set to the back yard for this reason.

 

they're touring and finally coming to minneapolis :)