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Spag
September 18th 2015


2948 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

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letme69johndarnielle
October 9th 2015


147 Comments


crackers n snax

Essence
October 9th 2015


6834 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

man i need to jam this again, huge nostalgia for this one

climactic
October 9th 2015


22942 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

whales

MistaCrave
October 9th 2015


2559 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah vox are annoying at first, but after awhile it becomes pretty apparent how fucking awesome they are.

zaruyache
October 9th 2015


28748 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

I love it when they get growly.

Essence
October 9th 2015


6834 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i dont get it, these box are basically varg. how can people be so harsh on them and praise his vox

zaruyache
October 9th 2015


28748 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

varg's were way more straightforward; Gossard growls and whine-screams and does those gurgley groan-screams.

Essence
October 9th 2015


6834 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

well it's what they make me think of

zaruyache
October 9th 2015


28748 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

listening to some of Burzum's s/t and they do really remind me of Gossard. But Varg's little more raspy. Gossard's are much more expressive, too.

Essence
October 9th 2015


6834 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah IMO gossard is the better vocalist. and you really have to be realistic, like - there are definitely bad black metal vocals, but nitpicking the quality of black metal vocals is usually like nitpicking the quality of food at taco bell



you knew what you were getting into

zaruyache
October 9th 2015


28748 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

some of them are just off that little bit to where they just don't mesh right with the music and end up ruining the whole thing.

Essence
October 9th 2015


6834 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah which is the opposite of the case here, where the super bleak atmosphere from the instruments mixes perfectly with gossard's desperate wails



i remember people were bitching about new bermuda's vocals and i just didn't understand

zaruyache
October 9th 2015


28748 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Those vox aren't great :p His best vox were on the demo when they were layered or w/e to make them more raspy and echoey. I mean Bermuda vox are better than Snbthr vox but only a little bit, but I do think the snarls mix well with those palm-muted sections fairly well.

dbizzles
October 9th 2015


15423 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This album is so fucking cool. #4 is my jam.

Essence
October 9th 2015


6834 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I guess I'd just have to disagree there, because I think the vocals on Bermuda and Sunbather are perfectly fine for the genre. I actually really enjoyed Clarke's vocals on Roads to Judah (I would, however, agree that his vocals have regressed). Mentally, for me, it'd be cognitively dissonant to argue Clarke's vocals are bad but Gossard's vocals are good



zaruyache
October 9th 2015


28748 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Gossard's never feel strained, though. On Sunbather it felt like he was trying to do higher screams his voice just wasn't meant to do, and they felt weaker for it. I also think his vocals on Kettle were horrible, and just an exaggeration of the badness of Sunbather's vox. Roads vox are great, though.

Essence
October 9th 2015


6834 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I mean I think there is a certain contrast between Gossard's wailing and the production on that album that makes them stand out, whereas Clarke's vocals do a great job of blending in and fitting the music (though again, I enjoy them both)



Not really sure how he has regressed since Roads though, they were perfect there

zaruyache
October 9th 2015


28748 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

different technique, sounds like. Roads was more of a raspy, lower yell. Sunbather he tried to use a higher scream.

Essence
October 9th 2015


6834 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i bet that was stylistic shift for him to match the stylistic shift they mades towards a more shoegaze/dreamy aesthetic on Sunbather where the lower raspy vocals may not have fit as well



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