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Lucabeer · 04-05-2009, 03:22 AM

Fifth listening...

I still think that it's quite a weak album. Not exactly bad, simply quite flat. Flatter than the low key moments of "Exciter".

Anyway, "In Chains" and "Little Soul" are starting to grow on me. And I like Martin in Jezebel (although the instrumentation often sounds like a basic backing track from a cheap Casio keyboard of the '80s). "Wrong" is great, but we all already knew that.

I confirm my impressions on the sound quality: the 320 Kbps leak sucks a lot, very muddled and lacking in clarity and punch. It's not simply a matter of recording level: there is lack of detail and resolution in all of the tracks.

So, I can say quite confidently that the final release will be MUCH better, because it's impossible that a major band like DM could have such a low quality sound. If it weren't so, I'd personally organize a trip to London to give a hard beating to Ben Hillier... :-)

04-05-2009, 03:22 AM	#14
Lucabeer DMMB Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Torino, Italy Posts: 178	Fifth listening... I still think that it's quite a weak album. Not exactly bad, simply quite flat. Flatter than the low key moments of "Exciter". Anyway, "In Chains" and "Little Soul" are starting to grow on me. And I like Martin in Jezebel (although the instrumentation often sounds like a basic backing track from a cheap Casio keyboard of the '80s). "Wrong" is great, but we all already knew that. I confirm my impressions on the sound quality: the 320 Kbps leak sucks a lot, very muddled and lacking in clarity and punch. It's not simply a matter of recording level: there is lack of detail and resolution in all of the tracks. So, I can say quite confidently that the final release will be MUCH better, because it's impossible that a major band like DM could have such a low quality sound. If it weren't so, I'd personally organize a trip to London to give a hard beating to Ben Hillier... :-)