Bands You're Obsessing Over Right Now

[bluefox4000]

Elvis Costello.

 

an all timer, IMO

 

Mick

[Alex’s Amazing Arpeggios]

Last few months  : It Bites

 

Last few weeks : Y&T

 

Last 2 days :  Jethro Tull ( ‘82-87 period ) 

[Entre_Perpetuo]

I’d say Porcupine Tree but it’s really just Deadwing. Been addicted to this lately.

[Union 5-3992]

Saw Queens of the Stone Age last Saturday so I've been hooked on them this week. Even the weaker parts of their discography are still good. 

[ST3V]

Clinic

[Leanne]

Incubus

[Wandering Hermit]

The Pretty Reckless

[bluefox4000]

Marillion the Hogarth years.

 

after years of struggling with anything post fish.  This side of the band just flew WIDE open.

 

this is some truly beautiful music.

 

I feel sad for having dismissed it for so long.  in a lot of ways it's like if Radiohead hadn't gone all in on Kid A.  and stayed more rock and less...laptop? lol. it's very layered and emotive.

 

Mick

[invisible airwave]

Starting a Qobuz binge streaming of The Stevie Wonder Collection of all his albums.

[Segue Myles]

Anthrax, Dan Fogelberg, Pearl Jam and Taylor Swift.

 

Pretty much all I have binged listened too this year.

[bluefox4000]

King Crimson.

 

Although i haven't had time to finish my binge.  i've loved what i'ved heard  Amazing they were never a fav.  that just changed i think.

 

Mick

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Coheed & Cambria

 

just right at the intersection of a few major streams of my music taste

[Timbale]

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit!  His songwriting is really great, loved him ever since Drive By Truckers...but man, his band is seriously talented.

[Wandering Hermit]

Spiritbox

 

All you LC fans out there, if you have not checked this Canadian band out yet, you really should

[J2112YYZ]

1 hour ago, Wandering Hermit said:

Spiritbox

 

All you LC fans out there, if you have not checked this Canadian band out yet, you really should

 

Segue seemed to like them back when Eternal Blue came out and I talked about them a bit but as far as I know, Supersmasher and myself are the only fans of them who post here. I can see the growling turning some people off. Courtney's clean voice is fantastic though. Great sense of melody. They're opening for Shinedown and Papa Roach right now so I assume Courtney is scarring the crap out of those fans with her growls and I'm perfectly ok with that.

[The Analog Cub]

10 hours ago, J2112YYZ said:

 

Segue seemed to like them back when Eternal Blue came out and I talked about them a bit but as far as I know, Supersmasher and myself are the only fans of them who post here. I can see the growling turning some people off. Courtney's clean voice is fantastic though. Great sense of melody. They're opening for Shinedown and Papa Roach right now so I assume Courtney is scarring the crap out of those fans with her growls and I'm perfectly ok with that.

 

Rule of Nines came up in a playlist the other day. Yeah the unclean vocals are never my vibe but if they're used sparingly or as a secondary instrument like it's done here or on a lot of Tesseract's stuff it works.

 

Great song.

[The Analog Cub]

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

 

Can't get enough of these guys. Just starting to dive down their live shows, especially post-COVID where they got a lot jammier and have more metal songs to add to their set.

[Segue Myles]

10 hours ago, J2112YYZ said:

 

Segue seemed to like them back when Eternal Blue came out and I talked about them a bit but as far as I know, Supersmasher and myself are the only fans of them who post here. I can see the growling turning some people off. Courtney's clean voice is fantastic though. Great sense of melody. They're opening for Shinedown and Papa Roach right now so I assume Courtney is scarring the crap out of those fans with her growls and I'm perfectly ok with that.

I really like them! Oddly they came out just as my interest in female fronted metal and rock came to an all time low.

 

But as always, their music is waiting for me when I'm ready! 

[J2112YYZ]

1 hour ago, The Analog Cub said:

 

Rule of Nines came up in a playlist the other day. Yeah the unclean vocals are never my vibe but if they're used sparingly or as a secondary instrument like it's done here or on a lot of Tesseract's stuff it works.

 

Great song.

 

There are songs where Courtney does growl through the whole thing. But mostly she uses the growl/scream for emphasis and impact. They have an EP coming out in November. Here's on of the songs off it. BANGER!

 

 

Edited September 4, 2023 by J2112YYZ

[J2112YYZ]

Segue, Spiritbox came out with a three song EP last year. I think you will probably like this one.

 

 

[Krystal]

 

[Wandering Hermit]

10 hours ago, The Analog Cub said:

 

Rule of Nines came up in a playlist the other day. Yeah the unclean vocals are never my vibe but if they're used sparingly or as a secondary instrument like it's done here or on a lot of Tesseract's stuff it works.

 

Great song.

 

Speaking of Tesseract, Spiritbox to me sounds like it might have the same producer. Both of these bands just sound like they have layers and ranges that other bands don't have or choose not to use. 

[The Analog Cub]

On 9/4/2023 at 7:19 PM, Wandering Hermit said:

 

Speaking of Tesseract, Spiritbox to me sounds like it might have the same producer. Both of these bands just sound like they have layers and ranges that other bands don't have or choose not to use. 

 

Some quick googling indicates they don't share producers, but Tesseract is an influence on Spiritbox.

[Krystal]

 

[Wandering Hermit]

On 9/5/2023 at 11:01 PM, The Analog Cub said:

 

Some quick googling indicates they don't share producers, but Tesseract is an influence on Spiritbox.

 

My hopes for Spiritbox going forward are:

 

1. Go proggier. They have the skill and the sense to do it.

2. MInimize the screams. Her clean voice is so gorgeous. Screams are good to the extent that they are rare accents, IMO.

3. Get a new font.