New Album in 2012 - "Curve" April 3rd

Brooklin Matt · Post by **Brooklin Matt** » 5/27/2011, 9:40 pm

very impressed by The Wolf. Hope it doesn't change too much from what we just heard.

Locobone · Post by **Locobone** » 5/28/2011, 12:44 am

Couldn't make the live stream tonight...thanks for grabbing and posting it. At times the recording process might seem mundane to some but it's really fun to be allowed into the room and see how these songs come to life.

johnpeterson · Post by **johnpeterson** » 5/28/2011, 3:02 am

i gotta say I don't wanna be a downer but I can't stand the backup vocals, especially in "the wolf".

it makes the whole thing sound ridiculous. as well Raine needs to step up the ante on his vocals and really stop sounding like he's falling asleep. it kills the song honestly.

todddowney · Post by **todddowney** » 5/28/2011, 7:33 am

johnpeterson wrote:i gotta say I don't wanna be a downer but I can't stand the backup vocals, especially in "the wolf".

it makes the whole thing sound ridiculous. as well Raine needs to step up the ante on his vocals and really stop sounding like he's falling asleep. it kills the song honestly.

Agree

Heavy Alibi · Post by **Heavy Alibi** » 5/28/2011, 8:48 am

Thanks again for recording FireGX!

I have to agree with the constructive criticism from the last two posts about The Wolf. The backup vocals are very out of place in this song. I know the rest of the members of the band want to participate more, but leave that to the writing and collaboration. Raine is the vocalist. Also, I found Raine to be a bit unenergetic in his vocal execution, Jeremy's constant unchanging drum pattern to be a bit boring, and the pace a bit too slow and the song too mellow for what it's aiming to be.

It also seems that Raine is slightly "delaying" or "pausing" his voice to be marginally out of sync with certain melodies on purpose, like a habit he's developed. That's fine during live performances and when you're singing along, but in the original recording the vocals should be completely in sync with the instrumentals. Right? Don't get me wrong, I really love this song, but I just feel that some of these things could be improved to maximize how awesome the song could be.

Love the strings portion they added though. And this is all constructive criticism... I wouldn't give a damn if I didn't love the band so much. From their back catalog, we know they are very capable and talented.

Post by **xjsb125** » 5/28/2011, 10:00 am

They're into their third time recording the song. I think they should move on to something else and revisit this later. I do love the beat to it. Thanks for recording, I've worked all week. Tonight will be the first chance I've had to watch live.

ClumsyGirl618 · Post by **ClumsyGirl618** » 5/28/2011, 10:04 am

xjsb125 wrote:They're into their third time recording the song. I think they should move on to something else and revisit this later. I do love the beat to it. Thanks for recording, I've worked all week. Tonight will be the first chance I've had to watch live.

This song is taking too much time. It's a great song but they are really picking it apart and the tension and exhaustion is starting to show. We don't need them in HIPT recording mode. It's not good for them and it's not good for us. I agree. Move on and come back. They weren't precious enough last time.... now they're being too precious.

OLPManiac · Post by **OLPManiac** » 5/28/2011, 11:55 am

Also i think that on this album there is the risk that can be like HIPT in the recording atmosphere...come on OLP stay quiet we know that your music it's fucking amazing don't be too precious....i tell you in quality of drug of OLP! I listen all the songs also Healthy that is the least favorite for me....

Post by **faninor** » 5/28/2011, 12:28 pm

I don't think 3 tries is that much, and comparing it to Healthy in Paranoid Times recording sessions based off of seeing into their world for an hour and 30 minutes is silly. At this stage in the recording process, I don't think they'll be switching gears and working on different songs too quickly, and it wouldn't surprise me if they only touch on 2 or 3 songs in a full day's work, or if they spent 2 or 3 days focused on a single song.

Maybe I'm just used to this because I'm familiar with Radiohead, who are pretty well known for spending days and weeks on a song, put it on a shelf and come back to it later, and repeat that until they're happy... which has taken 10 years in some cases. And then there's True Love Waits, which has been attempted literally hundreds of times over the past 15 years. 3 tries is nothing!

They'll move on to something else if they feel like they're going in circles. Clearly this is a song they have confidence in but they feel like it still needs more work.

Heavy Alibi · Post by **Heavy Alibi** » 5/28/2011, 3:08 pm

New clip, don't think we've heard anything from this one before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z0Pl6_G ... ideo_title

DG · Post by DG » 5/28/2011, 3:26 pm

Wow. First video I've seen with so many dislikes compared to likes.

Trustworthy · Post by **Trustworthy** » 5/28/2011, 3:58 pm

Oh snaps!! Well I hope you like "this is it" better - because that is what they are working on right now and prob for this stream

Actually, maybe i will see if the the guys wanna work on that one from that youtube clip instead

Post by **xjsb125** » 5/28/2011, 4:03 pm

I can watch tonight!

MindsOnLoan · Post by **MindsOnLoan** » 5/28/2011, 4:25 pm

Wow at the response so far to that vid. Sure, I'm not crazy about the lyric/vocals in that clip (it's only 15 seconds though), but musically it doesn't sound bad at all.

Flynner · Post by **Flynner** » 5/28/2011, 4:56 pm

LOL wowzers what happened there lol i think it sound ok from the two seconds on the clip haha very radio head-ish

RileyLewis · Post by **RileyLewis** » 5/28/2011, 5:01 pm

Live again! Sounds great so far!

RileyLewis · Post by **RileyLewis** » 5/28/2011, 5:01 pm

Live again! Sounds great so far!

Heavy Alibi · Post by **Heavy Alibi** » 5/28/2011, 5:01 pm

Wow, some nice falsetto from Raine in this song...

RileyLewis · Post by **RileyLewis** » 5/28/2011, 5:02 pm

I just heard a little falsetto?

Flynner · Post by **Flynner** » 5/28/2011, 5:03 pm

this sounds awesome! way better than i thought this song would turn out....(from the 3 seconds we heard before haha) is anyone recording this? I can't figure how