Last Joke of Summer

[heatmiser]

I actually really love this tune.

Definitely give it another go. For me, I didn't have too much of a problem with any of the individual production or arrangement choices, it's just that the whole package is awfully muffled and crowded. To some degree, it has a lo fi appeal that works for me (perhaps not others), but this is a bit too much in that direction.

I hope you can replicate that small far-away tone of the guitar in the intro as that sets it up very nicely. Mayber a little bit more movement to the bass here and there next time around?

Other than Pavement and MMJ, I'm totally unfamiliar with the other acts mentioned in this thread (don't get out much), but to me, the middle section reminded me a bit of the flaming lips (forgetting your accent for a bit), which is a very good thing in my book.

Thanks for sharing this and please post any updated versions.

 

[robgreen]

I actually really love this tune.

Definitely give it another go. For me, I didn't have too much of a problem with any of the individual production or arrangement choices, it's just that the whole package is awfully muffled and crowded. To some degree, it has a lo fi appeal that works for me (perhaps not others), but this is a bit too much in that direction.

I hope you can replicate that small far-away tone of the guitar in the intro as that sets it up very nicely. Mayber a little bit more movement to the bass here and there next time around?

Other than Pavement and MMJ, I'm totally unfamiliar with the other acts mentioned in this thread (don't get out much), but to me, the middle section reminded me a bit of the flaming lips (forgetting your accent for a bit), which is a very good thing in my book.

Thanks for sharing this and please post any updated versions.

Thanks a lot Heatmiser, both for the appreciation and the comments. You're right that it is currently too muddied and crowded at the moment, so retracking is the only way forward. I'll try not to throw out the baby with the bathwater though, any favourable flaming lips comparison is alright by me