Re: Summer Camp - Romantic Comedy (2020)

by Guest Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:41 pm

Or is the second half of Declarations of Lurve?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:42 pm

Last track - Run.

by Guest Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:43 pm

Nightjar wrote:
WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:I've heard of 'em.

Yes, but have you heard of Dolores Finklebaum from Squeaky Doorbell?

You should hear their early demos, so much better than the Peel Session tracks they did.

by Nightjar Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:43 pm

I'm still on the soppy instrumental.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:43 pm

Drums need to be higher in the mix.

by Guest Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:43 pm

I’ve seen you all fall apart, I’ve seen you all wasted
I’ve seen them all fall apart, I’ve seen them all wasted
Oooh, and it gets so cold
Oooh, and it gets so co-o-o-o-ld

by Guest Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:44 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Drums need to be higher in the mix.

Vocals need to be lower.

by Nightjar Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:44 pm

There's something almost something about this one.

by Nightjar Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:44 pm

I can't put my something on it.

Whatever it is.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:45 pm

A lot of these songs have too much lyrical repetition.

by Nightjar Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:45 pm

Definitely something.

Or... somethings! shifty

by Guest Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:46 pm

It finally work up for the last minute and a half.

Ker-Thump, Ker-Thump, Ker-Thump, Ker-Thump, Ker-Thump, Ker-Thump,

I need to take the needle off the rekid

by Guest Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:46 pm

It's over.

hmm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:47 pm

It is over.

That was an album which suffered from a refusal to get stuck in. The songs weren't too bad but more commitment was needed. Also, less doodly bits in between the proper songs.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everyone else made of it. Excited

by Guest Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:50 pm

It was... I dunno too polite. You could imagine Meat Loaf doing a couple of these. Better.

On a B side or something.

Maybe that's just me. I don't know to give it ★★ or ★★★

by Guest Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:53 pm

Shall we do the Bob Dylan one while we're still here? and it's still crepular outside?

by Nightjar Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:53 pm

I feel let down by that record.

It started quite well and continued for a while with what seemed to be a quietly, gently determined and confident sound and identity.

It then began to falter and stumble into genuine cliche (rather than archness, pastiche and ironic kitsch), before slumping finally, haplessly and a bit sadly into mere mediocrity. sad yes

The material - gradually more strident yet less focussed - increasingly, and ultimately fatally became detached from the lo-fi, tinny production.

To hammer that home to myself just a bit more I've decided to listen to the first (proper) track and it's really very nice.

The second one's OK too.

Funnily enough, if all the tracks had been reversed in order we'd all be feeling a lot more positive about the album. sad yes

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:54 pm

Nightjar wrote:
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Juanita Stein from Howling Bells.

You've just made that singer and band up.

They're real, and they're what Summer Camp would be if they had a greater sense of commitment:

by Guest Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:56 pm

I've just listened to a couple of tracks on YouTube, with the little speakers (cost £7) attached to the computer pointing at me and they sound much better than my propa stereo (cost £???) with the left speaker blasting 3 foot behind my right ear.

by Nightjar Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:57 pm

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