Hype

Concept album, eh? I hope it'll be spicier than Polaris

Drums are awful and song is boring.

Listening a second time on headphones now -- very odd production on this WIP. Still think this'll sound better as an easy little breather track when it's not standing on it's own. Anyone else kind of cringing at the lyrics?

Interesting, I thought the drums were the only interesting part of this.

Actually listening to this now. Why do the drums sound fully produced while everything else sounds all washed out? Sounds kinda shitty, hopefully it's fixed on the album.

@Nomos - yes, I'm totally with you on the lyrics. I'll be honest, I think Ashe was the better lyricist by far

lol this is horrible

I think if they go back in a heavier direction they would have been better off keeping Ashe.

But I still love Dan. Everyone check out the album he just helped release with his band, the self-titled ZETA. It's great.

Don't ever judge mixing based off of youtube clip. I produce music as a side job and Youtube's compression is just the shittiest around. It can make a Bob Ludwig remaster sound like it was recorded through an asshole.

I actually want to review the Zeta album - that should hopefully work out

This is clearly not a youtube problem. The spotify version sounds as shitty.

"Don't ever judge mixing based off of youtube clip"

Polaris sounds amazing on YouTube, compression ain't go owt to do with it. You can still hear a well produced song through shitty compression.

"Anyone else kind of cringing at the lyrics?"

Concept albums always have cringy lyrics.

"I think if they go back in a heavier direction they would have been better off keeping Ashe."

No idea how Ashe would sound on this, he sounded awkward on the One material when it got heavy.

One still holds up well.

yeah the production is pretty bad but the song itself is pretty good

Yeah, as it is it sounds nice. Would like to see where the song goes as they keep developing it, though.

I think bands need to just stop releasing lyric videos. Every time I read along with a song I hate the lyrics, but when I just listen to it with a different tab open it's just fine.

Boring as hell

Well most if not all youtube videos are in 192 kbps AAC, which cuts off around 16-17 khz, so a whole lot of stuff gets lost. But I'm not saying this isn't bad mixing, spotify version only sounds slightly better (although unless you pay for Premium spotify streams in 160 kbps which is actually worse). Even the Polaris full album on youtube cuts off around 16 khz when a good mp3 of it would go up to around 20 or 21 khz, sometimes 22. Just saying to not ALWAYS trust mixing from youtube or non-premium spotify, not trying to excuse bad mixing if that's the case here.

best thing i got out of this was that i could be listening to altered state instead so i did

in all seriousness track is kinda whatever

Not bad

this is fucking trash

zzz

spec stop hating on this band man. i mean yeah their jazz metal but like at least they're different

(you know i said that cheek with tongue)

;)

I'm sure it will be better in the context of the album, but doesn't really hold up by itself. I guess this album will cement the kind of quality we can expect in the future from Dan...

what even is this production

Well...that was boring. And yeah, there is something funky with the production. Not that that makes the lyrics and music anymore interesting.

well to be fair, they did say the song wasn't finished. I guess they just wanted to let their fans know what they're doing

Terrible.

What an ungainly mess.

track is alright, holding out hope for the album being good though

The compression on this sounds terrible, may just be a bad upload, but Polaris was god awful. It was an absolute cringe fest, so I don't have high hopes.

How can anyone hear that watered-down djenty guitar tone and not want to immediately turn it off

What is going on with this production. The guitars are washed out and so thin. It's like the mids are all that they have turned up.
The drums are totally jacked.

Wow this sounds pretty rough...

some weak shit

Love Tesseract to death, kind of hoping this is not a song that they push though. Its fine, hopefully the finished product will be better, but it doesn't stand up to their catalogue thus far.

Meh. I never thought Altered State would be an all-time high for these guys, but it sure seems that way now.

My friend did the Lyric Video for this that's pretty cool! Solid track too.

How can anyone say Polaris was awful? Even at it's worst it's still solid. It sounds like an album where TesseracT trimmed the fat. Altered State is good but there is some rambling in there that is stagnant at times. There is not a wasted track on Polaris.

there's an instrumental demo on Acle's soundcloud that's far better produced and just a more interesting song all together. Sounds like they fucked something while adding vocals to the mix cause i can't think for what other reason they'd butcher it this badly

I don't hate this anyway, it's a bit boring but it sounds like it starts half way through so might work better in context/when it's finished. Dan nails it as always

Dan is a great singer. I'm just not sure what went wrong with the mixing. I think someone messed up. Almost reminds me of an Uneven Structure record and the production they use on their guitars.

this is absolute garbage. seriously no redeeming factor here...