Anberlin new album : the new brickwall?

[dlmorley]

I've seen and heard worse, but it really is a horrible unmusical sound IMHO. 2 minutes is all I could manage.

But, there seem to be enough people who dig it.

ps: I don't know them but just listened to the 2 soundcloud links..

[Virtalahde]

Have you heard the mixes?

[scorpix74]

Originally Posted by Virtalahde

Have you heard the mixes?

No I didn't.


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[fastlanestoner]

That is a genre in rock that loves to push the ceiling. Any album recently released by Fearless Records has the same problem.

They're just...crushed to the ceiling. A matter of taste for sure but some of them just don't sound good.

[scorpix74]

Yeah and this is the purpose of the topic.
For me this is especialy over-compressed, no?

Do you think this one sounds good?

[G>SUS]

I agree about the Fearless Record, basically the new whole library of albums released suffer the same syndrome, they just want it Hot, I as a listener of this kind of music, I found it so fatigue and no dynamics, Thats the move of the record, but most of the people who listen to this bands don't care that much on quality just "volume" and more about the live performance.

[Peaks]

I've heard worse but at this kind of loudness, there will always be tradeoffs and nothing will ever be as good as it could be. Personally, I prefer a sound preserving transients. Compressors distort transients by having attack/release settings, and limiters can make things sound just "off" to me.

Speaking of Fearless Records, I hate what they did to Breathe Carolina - Hello Fascination. They ruined that album! Just check out the chorus of "I Have To Go Return Some Video Tapes"