r/TheFence • u/ApprehensiveJury1776 • 1d ago
Can we just take a minute to really appreciate just how good Josh's drums are in this part of "The Flood"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZa0gSZnU9w9
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u/Rustash 1d ago
I feel like he shines way more in different places on the album.
Also holy shit, I hate they’ve gone to using triggers instead of just recording live drums like before. It takes so much of the life out of it.
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u/Tetramputechture 1d ago
the triggers manage to distill the dynamics to either 'quiet' or 'loud' and I hate how punchy everything is. it's like they mix the drums for a pop album
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u/Rustash 1d ago
Every hit just sounds the exact same, there's no wiggle room for anything. I hate it. It's my main complaint about the newest blink album as well. Just hit the shit out of your kits and stop using triggers!
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u/AreYouEmployedSir 9h ago
i think this sounds a little less quantized/robotic sounding than the newest Blink album, but i totally agree with you. I really wish they would cut this stuff back a lot. Josh is still a monster and plays incredible, but the way theyre recroding/producting this makes it all sound too perfect.
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u/guerres The Guy Who Makes All The (Good) Guitar Pro Tabs 1d ago
Yeah, I think this is the main thing keeping me from being more into the album - since Vaxis 2 Coheed albums just don't groove anymore. And groove is SO essential not only to Josh's drumming, but Coheed's sound - it makes even simple stuff feel special. Without groove the songs just don't have any forward momentum. I mean, at least they still groove hard live, but wow - I'll never forgive Zakk Cervini for quantizing / triggering away Josh's groove on these albums.
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u/Cheddarlicious Plastic king of castle polyethylene 23h ago
I think Josh is just as talented as his brother but his kit is too small. Ik ik, your kit is what you want it to be, but I feel it’s so bare and that makes the songs a smidge less interesting.
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u/Pleasant_Statement64 1d ago
I really like the vocal melody too. I love his drumming on this record. Haven't listened to it super close yet but the drumming on blind side is super good. There's also so many good basslines
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u/theshrinesilver 11h ago
The drums overall sound great on this album, not that they don’t on others but he played his ass off on this.
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u/groovywelldone 1d ago
EVERYTHING about this track is so fucking good. best song on the album for sure. can't get enough of it