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Jules said

@The Hole Got Fixed said

My band have released our covid album, Viral Insanity. (we gave it that name before covid was a thing…) 

https://schwarzewolke.bandcamp…..l-insanity

Just came around to checking some of this stuff and on a simple evening I enjoyed it quite a lot. Being mostly covers of songs I recognize, there wasn’t a lot of room for failure, and I feel like it makes me know you better, give your music and Beatlebug’s seems to be the most expressive. I like your voice (I believe it is yours right?). The first time I listened to the singing on your music I was put off by the fact it isn’t that polished, but I’m growing on the fact that you (or whoever) own up to it more and more, especially during the cover of Jump, which is one of the best on here.

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it! The songs I sang lead on, fyi, were:

We certainly own up to the fact it isn’t polished – we try to make it a feature, without it being to prominent that it detracts.

Then on, I loved the Bowie picks for opening and closing, it really fits your band’s aesthetic. Also “Rush”, what is that? I couldn’t find it online, so if it’s an original composition, it’s fantastic! Otherwise it’s a great cover of it.

Thanks! “Rush” is a piece by an Australian composer that my and my bandmates studied in our Music Composition class. Here’s a performance of it, as scored by Hindson:

And for the constructive part, the worst aspect of this album is the timing. You really have to talk to whoever’s the drummer because she/he’s messing up a lot of the tempo on these songs. It particularly made something like Blame It on the Boogie quite clunky. And that’s a very funky tune so rhythm is an essential part of it. I could attribute this problem to anyone on the band but in my experience when there are tempo issues is usually the drummer’s job to back the band up, and here there’s a lack of that.

I shall have a chat with myself!

In all seriousness, I don’t disagree entirely. I hadn’t done any drumming in over a year, because I didn’t have a drumkit I could access. Although part of the problem was that the drums were almost the last instrument recorded on all of the songs (bar Changes), so that throws the feel a bit. 

(although fwiw a brief look at the multitracks again reveals it isn’t always the drums’ problem, each instrument occasionally drifts in and out of time, but that’s besides the point)

Other than that, don’t stop! The song selection is quite good and diverse and it feels like you guys are having fun constantly. The Mythbusters Theme was a nice touch, as well as Everybody’s Got the Right, nice deep cuts. Excellent work!!  

Thanks, we don’t intend to stop! Glad you liked those deep cuts, they make the album imo.