jrodan

yeah, this sucks. anyone that heard this band originally when the blue album and pinkerton came out saying they like this are lying to themselves. still incredibly watered down shit versions of what was once enjoyable.

yeah, this sucks. anyone that heard this band originally when the blue album and pinkerton came out saying they like this are lying to themselves. still incredibly watered down shit versions of what was once enjoyable.

yeah, this sucks. anyone that heard this band originally when the blue album and pinkerton came out saying they like this are lying to themselves. still incredibly watered down shit versions of what was once enjoyable.

yeah, this sucks. anyone that heard this band originally when the blue album and pinkerton came out saying they like this are lying to themselves. still incredibly watered down shit versions of what was once enjoyable.

yeah, this sucks. anyone that heard this band originally when the blue album and pinkerton came out saying they like this are lying to themselves. still incredibly watered down shit versions of what was once enjoyable.

yeah, this sucks. anyone that heard this band originally when the blue album and pinkerton came out saying they like this are lying to themselves. still incredibly watered down shit versions of what was once enjoyable.

yeah, this sucks. anyone that heard this band originally when the blue album and pinkerton came out saying they like this are lying to themselves. still incredibly watered down shit versions of what was once enjoyable.

yeah, this sucks. anyone that heard this band originally when the blue album and pinkerton came out saying they like this are lying to themselves. still incredibly watered down shit versions of what was once enjoyable.

yeah, this sucks. anyone that heard this band originally when the blue album and pinkerton came out saying they like this are lying to themselves. still incredibly watered down shit versions of what was once enjoyable.

well when you start creating and one of the biggest review sites of whatever it is you create writes a review that contains points that are entirely not true, your opinion will become valid. until then, you saying it comes off whiny sounds pretty whiny.

Speaking about the record of course, because live neither Nick or Loren sings, but instead Shy Ronnie.

Speaking about the record of course, because live neither Nick or Loren sings, but instead Shy Ronnie.

Speaking about the record of course, because live neither Nick or Loren sings, but instead Shy Ronnie.

so can we at least stop pretending that the vocals for this band live exist? saw the SF record release show and instrumentally it sounded as good as any show ive been to in a long time. but the vocals? there were none. dude was flapping his lips most the time, but literally nothing was coming out. i was standing right by the sound board and those dudes were confused as hell. i took some video from the show just so you can see how ridiculous the "vocals" were.
 
http://youtu.be/AnIqjKOGvcE

so can we at least stop pretending that the vocals for this band live exist? saw the SF record release show and instrumentally it sounded as good as any show ive been to in a long time. but the vocals? there were none. dude was flapping his lips most the time, but literally nothing was coming out. i was standing right by the sound board and those dudes were confused as hell. i took some video from the show just so you can see how ridiculous the "vocals" were.
 
http://youtu.be/AnIqjKOGvcE

they are sourced from your personal copies. a month or so ago, while you were sleeping they pulled an indiana jones and replaced the copies you held as you slept with copies of the newest circa survive variant. you continued to snooze like a baby and they were able to give you your copies back before you woke up. thanks!

Thank you.  I'm glad someone else experienced this firsthand.  While I didn't attend the record release show, I've been to no less than a dozen shows at Bottom of the Hill in SF, and every single artist has sounded fantastic there... minus Whirr.  No idea why their performance was isolated, but that vocal phenomena you just described was exactly what I saw.  (I described all this in further detail earlier in the thread, I know.  Trying not to repeat myself too much.)  A lot of people in the audience were shouting to "speak up" or "turn the vocals up", but the band didn't even acknowledge the requests.  After two or three songs the audience just kind of shrugged and was like "okay, whatever."  I guess that's the sound they're shooting for.
 
But at least you got clarity with your instruments.  That must've been nice.
 
 
Haha – no offense at all Don, but I'm thinking that the guy with the My Bloody Valentine avatar probably knows how vocals work in shoegaze.  (Both in live shows and on studio albums.)  But like you said, they don't need to be intelligible, but they should at least be audible.  And for Whirr live - at least for he and I - the vocals are neither.  Which is definitely a bummer.  Going back to my mention of Bottom of the Hill shows, I also caught Nothing and Appleseed Cast there; both of which incorporate some pretty unintelligible vocals into a good portion of their songs.  And honestly, the mixing of the vocals was perfect for both of those artists.  Very comparable to their studio counterparts.
 
"Shy Ronnie" vocals is such an apt description for Whirr's live game.

they are sourced from your personal copies. a month or so ago, while you were sleeping they pulled an indiana jones and replaced the copies you held as you slept with copies of the newest circa survive variant. you continued to snooze like a baby and they were able to give you your copies back before you woke up. thanks!

they are sourced from your personal copies. a month or so ago, while you were sleeping they pulled an indiana jones and replaced the copies you held as you slept with copies of the newest circa survive variant. you continued to snooze like a baby and they were able to give you your copies back before you woke up. thanks!

they are sourced from your personal copies. a month or so ago, while you were sleeping they pulled an indiana jones and replaced the copies you held as you slept with copies of the newest circa survive variant. you continued to snooze like a baby and they were able to give you your copies back before you woke up. thanks!

they are sourced from your personal copies. a month or so ago, while you were sleeping they pulled an indiana jones and replaced the copies you held as you slept with copies of the newest circa survive variant. you continued to snooze like a baby and they were able to give you your copies back before you woke up. thanks!

they are sourced from your personal copies. a month or so ago, while you were sleeping they pulled an indiana jones and replaced the copies you held as you slept with copies of the newest circa survive variant. you continued to snooze like a baby and they were able to give you your copies back before you woke up. thanks!

they are sourced from your personal copies. a month or so ago, while you were sleeping they pulled an indiana jones and replaced the copies you held as you slept with copies of the newest circa survive variant. you continued to snooze like a baby and they were able to give you your copies back before you woke up. thanks!