Notice My band’s album is out!

Actually what am I saying. Big Star is the progenitor. But anyway, yes, Crystal Furs is definitely in that vein, which is great. Bought the album.

 

I bought one of their cd's at a library book sale for a dollar and I listen to that all the time..

 

Honestly, all their albums are great. Though their most recent ones are somewhat quieter. Still jangly, though. Very Byrds-like.

 

BTW I mentioned this to our singer and she was like “wow that’s a huge compliment... I love Jane Wiedlin!” So you kind of made her day.

 

We as a band were pretty into them until we found out their drummer hates trans people, kind of a dealbreaker for me... same with the singer for Camera Obscura, which was a huge disappointment

 

well fuck em then! I know literally nothing about the band other than that they were from Northern England.. I stumbled upon this cd randomly...they make good music....other than that...sounds like I won't be buying their music moving ahead. Unfortunately I think you'll find more ignorant close minded attitudes in rock and roll than people think exists....England has it's fair share …..I fired a drummer in my band from Liverpool for being racist towards local Taiwanese. He was really talented but I wouldn't tolerate his intolerance or rude comments..

 

I really really like this one!!! Great chords and note harmonies! The beginning is a bit similar to a song I wrote called Rose City's Rockin. One of the songs on the disc i'm currently trying to finish.

Also a bit like that "Kiss Me" song. I forget the artist. Female though.

Anyhow. Love it.

EDIT: Wait!! The link was supposed to go to your song "Panther City Pariah"

Question. Programmed drums or do you have a drummer? I almost cant tell, other than the Snare sounds extremely consistent for a real drummer.

 

Huh, I didn't know that. That's really disappointing.

 

Congrats. I enjoyed this. Might have to get me a copy. I played it for the wife, she thought it was great

 

Northern England is the birthplace of hordes of soccer hooligans ...I think the entertainment world has it's share of macho attitudes and close minded people...I've met my share in the music biz

 

Oh, I meant to ask...is "Too Kind To Be Cruel" a nod to Nick Lowe's "Cruel To Be Kind" (a gem!) or unrelated?

 

Related only as a bit of wordplay; the song is about a former band member who turned out to be a TERF after she left.

 

what is a terf?

 

Trans-Exclusive Radical Feminist. A transphobic strain of "feminist" who feels that trans women water down the concept of "woman" and thus are inherently anti-feminist.

 

thank you....I had no idea

 

FWIW - I listened to the album yesterday after I downloaded my purchased copy - and I am listening to it again today - and I really like it.

I certainly do not have the music credentials many of our other members here have - but I can certainly say that I enjoy it, so that's great.

 

Thank you! We used Logic Pro X’s drummers which are pretty good at sounding naturalistic (we also EQ’d the drums a lot to get them to sound unique); my own tastes in snare sounds run a little Steely Dan in the need for perfectionism so it does end up sounding a little too consistent.

 

Thank you!

 

all good. There is no right or wrong in my opinion. All abOut personal preferences and Steely Dan is a great level to try to achieve. Some incredibly pure and real mixing in thier music.
If it weren't for that though, i probably wouldn't have thought it was programmed. im using EZdrummer2, much the same concept. Wav files of real drummers in tue studio available to manipulate via pro tools instrument track midi grids.

Its become my favorite thing to do. Find beats and tweak them to my songs and what not.