The Grizzly Bear thread

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 11-06-2017, 05:50 PM

Having given Painted Ruins some more listens, I do find it to be a good album. It's not one with any songs that are really going to jump out at you. However, the song I think is the best/most interesting is Glass Hillside. The segment starting around 1:04 sounds like Steely Dan. It's basically like a prog rock song. In fact I think the whole album could be called prog rock.

One thing I don't like about the album - and it is really really annoying: There is WAY too much sound compression on it. I dislike sound compression as it is, but it seems to be taken to an unnecessary height here. I find it to be very very distracting and makes the album really kinda hard to listen to.

The guy on The Needle Drop had the same complaint.

Justthefacts · 11-06-2017, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea

Having given Painted Ruins some more listens, I do find it to be a good album. It's not one with any songs that are really going to jump out at you. However, the song I think is the best/most interesting is Glass Hills. The segment starting around 1:04 sounds like Steely Dan. It's basically like a prog rock song. In fact I think the whole album could be called prog rock.

One thing I don't like about the album - and it is really really annoying: There is WAY too much sound compression on it. I dislike sound compression as it is, but it seems to be taken to an unnecessary height here. I find it to be very very distracting and makes the album really kinda hard to listen to.

The guy on The Needle Drop had the same complaint.

Fuck that guy.

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DriveYourCarDownToTheSea AllTheWhileYouChargeAFee Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,188	Having given Painted Ruins some more listens, I do find it to be a good album. It's not one with any songs that are really going to jump out at you. However, the song I think is the best/most interesting is Glass Hillside. The segment starting around 1:04 sounds like Steely Dan. It's basically like a prog rock song. In fact I think the whole album could be called prog rock. One thing I don't like about the album - and it is really really annoying: There is WAY too much sound compression on it. I dislike sound compression as it is, but it seems to be taken to an unnecessary height here. I find it to be very very distracting and makes the album really kinda hard to listen to. The guy on The Needle Drop had the same complaint. __________________ Stop and find a pretty shell for her Beach Boys vs Beatles comparisons begin here Last edited by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea; 04-07-2019 at 07:59 PM.