Needles & Grooves

Haven't listened yet, but her first album was pretty muddy and reverb heavy.

Listening now: it has the feeling of being recorded in a church or some other large space. It sounds vast but diffuse - her vocals surround you rather than emerging from center image.

I don't think it's a bad mix, but it feels produced to sound live.

@kvetcha agreed. but that was on purpose to sound like it was underwater and very lofi. It doesn't sound terrible. The new album songs sound like you're listening to them too loud on shitty speakers where the speakers can't handle how loud it is so they start to crackle and get staticky. That's what this album sounds like. Trying to be really loud at points and leaving poor EQ in the mix.

@wokeupnew Yeah, at the end of Lark when it got noisy I started feeling that way.

When it's at moderate intensity I think it sounds fine, if a bit muddy. But I think that's just her aesthetic.

yeah, just sounds like a poor choice in production IMO

I had mentioned this elsewhere but Lark's bass sounds terrible. So boomy and hollow.

@Melt Face Molly Drop agreed the drums and bass ruin that one a bit for me, just too loud in the mix

So you're saying my swap for this was perhaps not a great idea. Especially after the Titanic Rising pressings debacle...

Couple that with that fact that jagjaguwar is notorious for putting out average pressings, and biiiingooooooOOOOoOooOOoo

sigh

Cue: “is it the pressing or the recording?”