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Old Gray - Slow Burn (December 9, 2016) Album

Discussion in 'Music Forum' started by Contender, Nov 1, 2016.

  1. Contender

    Goodness is Nowhere Supporter

  2. cwhit

    still emperor emo Prestigious

    well this doesn't really feel like an old gray song for most of it
     
  3. Cody

    itsgrocer.bandcamp.com Prestigious

    Whoa. Awesome
     
  4. bedwettingcosmo

    i like bands who can't sing good Supporter

    didnt like it much.
     
  5. cwhit

    still emperor emo Prestigious

    yeah this was alright. felt like one of the darker sorority noise songs for part of it, though i probably do like them more than old gray at this point
    idk, it's fine i guess
     
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  6. Joel

    Trusted Prestigious

    Really like that
     
  7. Leftandleaving

    I will be okay. everything Supporter

    This is about where I am. I've never loved old gray and have always been slightly more than lukewarm on sorority noise and since this leans a lot towards the latter I guess it's cool

    @teebs41 is this what you meant by singing/screaming in emo?
     
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  8. TheBaroness

    a burst and I'm awake now Supporter

    Didn't really grab me on first listen, but interested to hear where the rest of the album goes.
     
  9. SayHello

    Regular

    Don't like old Old Gray. Like this new song. Pretty cool. Hope the entire record is in this vein.
     
  10. teebs41

    Prestigious Prestigious

    Lol not entirely but I liked the song
     
  11. Jake Z

    Regular

    I actually like the song, I can see where the beginning especially puts off SN vibes, but the rest is def Old Gray. You guys had me scared that Cam had taken all of the skramz out, haha.
     
  12. Contender

    Goodness is Nowhere Supporter

     
  13. bedwettingcosmo

    i like bands who can't sing good Supporter

    i like this one a lot more. i'd rather sorority noise not bleed into this project.
     
  14. sophos34

    Prestigious Supporter

    cant stand the production on either song
     
  15. teebs41

    Prestigious Prestigious

    I like the songs but it's like they make it sound bad just to give it a raw sound but I think I know what they were going for
     
  16. sophos34

    Prestigious Supporter

    theres a fine line between raw production and bad production. this is bad
     
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  17. EmmanuelSCastle

    Trusted

    I really really dig Old Gray, but I agree that there's something about the production that makes certain guitar sounds in the songs weirdly metallic and harsh, but not in a way that sounds intentional. It's not aggressive, it's not noise, it's just a weird sound that somehow cuts through everything, and it occasionally happens with the cymbals too. I'm thinking more about An Autobiography, none of that really bothers me on these new songs, even though I feel like I can kind of hear that popping up.
    I really liked that first new song they did, enjoyed the stop start quality and the background screaming. I think it's way more frenetic than Sorority Noise on record, but I can hear how it might sound like SN live
     
  18. openheart

    Newbie

    As a fan of all Old Gray's previous releases, the production of these two songs reminds me a lot of Everything I Let Go & The Things I Refuse To. Both of these new songs have 'start-stop' elements; I'd be curious to hear the quieter, "I Still Think About Who I Was Last Summer"-esque songs (if there is any on this album) to really judge the production.

    Regardless, this isn't Cam's first rodeo as a producer. Everything he's done on Slow Burn is most definitely intentional, even if some people think it's downright bad.

    My sense right off the bat is that this album was likely a little rushed. The fact that all 11 songs fit on one side of the 12" tells me there's a few songs hovering around the one to two-minute mark. Although Old Gray was Cam's first big project, I think it's safe to say Sorority Noise is his main focus.

    Guess we'll find out how Slow Burn really measures against An Autobiography on the 9th of December.
     
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  19. crunchprank

    crunchprank.net Prestigious

    Had no clue they were putting out something until I saw them on my Release Radar in Spotify. I liked a lot of their one-off releases and EPs and splits, but the Autobiography LP didn't do much for me. Hopefully this one resonates with me a little more.
     
  20. TheBaroness

    a burst and I'm awake now Supporter

    It sounds like they're deliberately trying to ape the production of all those terrible sounding skramz records of the early-00s (which is definitely where that metallic-sounding guitar tone comes from), which seems kinda silly - those records were very much a product of their time and subsequent limited access to decent, affordable recording equipment.
     
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  21. teebs41

    Prestigious Prestigious

    Yea just make stuff sound good
     
  22. Joe4th

    Memories are nice, but that's all they are. Prestigious

    Yeah the production on these songs is awful and really detracts from the songs.
     
  23. EmmanuelSCastle

    Trusted

    Has Cam always produced the Old Gray stuff?
     
  24. vidiviciveni

    Trusted

    I can't see this band name without thinking this

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  25. Contender

    Goodness is Nowhere Supporter