Hi guys, we have a new vid and I'm kinda proud:) Some quite famous Dutch actors and actresses helped us out:) I play the Ricky in the vid, but I can't remember which one I used for recording. I think my SG Reissue Bass.
Hope you like it:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lW6Edcf6POA
Officially surreal... ;D
We wanted to include a squirrel, but we couldn't find one.
Not even a stuffed one... that's plain nuts... ;D
did your singer swallow bob dylan. ;D
Is that Kosher...?
I like the song. The video is a mystery to me.
Pete Townshend could explain that video in 247 pages. I'm sure.
The video has an early 70's feel to me...one of those productions which left you wondering...
Good music, nice mixing, definitely a nice production.
The gent in the bowler reminds me of Sam Neill:
(http://www.ibiblio.org/samneill/frontpic-ns.jpg)
Nice! The song has a great relaxed feel, I especially like the drummer's simple fills.
One thing I noticed is that the family starts getting into the music more when the mellotron comes in...
It is a real Mellotron btw:)
It's something like a very bad family with an abusing father. The guy comes in, the boy dreams all kind of nice stuff, which the family first can't see, but because of the music (or something..) the family can see the nice things of life. Or something a bit cheesy like that;)
Glad you like the song:)
Tom Petty anyone?
Very cool Chris!! (I happen to like Tom Petty very much) :mrgreen:
Excellent song and I love the video too. Fellini-esque.
Chris, do you know when the CD or download will be released in the U.S.? (outside of iTunes, that is)
sam neil .one of my favourite winemakers.nice tune chris!
Quote from: Basvarken on November 24, 2012, 08:49:40 AM
Tom Petty anyone?
Very cool Chris!! (I happen to like Tom Petty very much) :mrgreen:
Yep! My thoughts as well. Very nice Chris!
I like it ;D. I'm also very on board with the Tom Petty and Sam Neil comments.
Rick
I'm also a Tom P fan. And our singer always reminds me of him. We aren't directly influenced by him and I think the one who wrote the song hardly knows him. But is sure is a nice thing to get compared.
I saw our new on eBay. We will go outside the Netherlands, but I know nothing yet.. Keep ya posted!
BTW: The album is out on CD and vinyl.
Sounds like Petty and the singer looks like Sam Yaffa crossed with George Kooyamans.
Great song!
That's awesome Chris! I also agree it has a surreal TP look about it. Like the song to. :)
Wow, nice video and great song! I really enjoyed it.
Quote from: nofi on November 23, 2012, 07:14:23 AM
did your singer swallow bob dylan. ;D
I'd say he channels more of a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers thang ala "Last Dance With Maryjane" in this song...and the surreal video characters remind me a bit of the Heartbreakers' "Don't Come Around Here No More" video. The close-ups of the singer with the big mic reminds me of Petty's "You Don;t Know How it Feels" video too. The singer even has Tom Petty's TEETH!!!
I'm a longtime Tom Petty/Heartbreakers fan, so those things above are good things IMO.
I love songwriter based bands that know "less is often more."
Thanks! :) I will check those vids! And really: No Tom P in mind with writing and shooting the vid...:)
Great video :)
That was most excellent. Cool song, played just right! And the video was nicely done too. Definitely agree with the Petty thing, but it's by no means a rip off of anything specific by him.
Tom Petty as regards the vid was my first thought too. But so is the music. Tom Petty'sh. Which is a good thing in my book as well. Pro production though inevitably the bass could be a bit more prominent in the mix, but I'm of course biased.
I will refrain from comments about how you have sadly hidden your TBird in the closet, Chris, and now play less manly instruments which aren't even really long scale, tsk, tsk, tsk. They wouldn't let you use your Über-Buzzard either?
;D
I thought the bass could be a little louder too, but it's a group effort.. Next album we will try to have less layers of guitars. Our singer plays less and less and I have more room for melodic things and I will try some fuzzy things too!
I have to say I play my Bird a lot lately! An awfull lot. I will post some pics again:) Thet 1/2" sure makes a difference. I feel more manly immediately!
Great video and song a very pro effort all the way around.
I have been continually listening to the LP Since I bought it. At first it threw me a bit of a curve as its much tamer than you previous recordings. The singer does not do the screechy, hives thing voice on this LP, which I kind of liked the rawness of.
Still as with all your music, I am enjoying very much. looking forward to your next effort.
Thanks!! yes our singer started to sing more and to shout less... Better imho, but sometimes I mis his shouting. New soungs seem to be a bit harder and rougher. Maybe as reaction on this album?
Good stuff.
I like how your vocalist is like Tom Petty goes back in time to hang out in the 60s London garage scene, from where he put in a phonecall to Dylan.
Also, nice vintage AKG D12(is it; his hand's in the way most of the time?).
:D Nice said:)
I think it is. Of course for the vid only.
The singer tried a lot of (expensive) mics and we ended up using an SM57 for all vocals...
At last got around to check your video. I really like the song, it's got a nice mid 60's feeling which I can't explain at the moment. Just a feeling...
And the video - that's a great one! When the feeling around the table changes as the instrumental part comes around, the woman starts to smile. And then, at the ending, when the gentleman in the hat rings the door that he left two minutes earlier. Round and round and round we spin! Really nice!
Quote from: Chris P. on December 04, 2012, 03:27:19 AM
:D Nice said:)
I think it is. Of course for the vid only.
The singer tried a lot of (expensive) mics and we ended up using an SM57 for all vocals...
That's my go to for (live ) vocals too. Works with the growly and bass-baritone things I do mostly better than a 58, with insanely low sibilance and great gain before feedback.
QuoteThanks!! yes our singer started to sing more and to shout less... Better imho, but sometimes I mis his shouting. New songs seem to be a bit harder and rougher. Maybe as reaction on this album?
I really enjoyed the shouting better, but again still a great effort. Some really nice guitar work here as well. The bass work is kept more simple serving the song, which is fine, but I also miss your more fluid melodic playing of your earlier recordings.
With my former band Boilersuit we had only a singer who played rhythm guitar, so I had all the space to be melodic. With this band I double the guitars a lot. But lately we do more and more with only one guitar and I'm back on some more melodic playing:)