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February 28, 2007
Works in Progress - Thinning out with age
This is an interesting one. Three years in between demo and official (scene) release, and not much has changed. But what has changed has done so in reverse fashion. It doesn't take a smart man/woman/manimal to think a band's demo will become fuller when it gets a record deal and the better studio. But it's not always the case, as we find with Revl9n's Someone Like You. Overall, the song follows the same theme and structure. It's a source of intrigue. Were the slight changes intended or a result of humans' inability to replicate sound exactly?
Revl9n - Someone Like You (single version)
This version is less urgent (read slower) than the (presumed) upcoming album version. The thing that first jumped out to me when comparing the two was the fullness of Maria Eilersen's voice in the demo. Here she seems melancholy; in the new one she seems angry. This is a pouty number. The fact that she's not with the someone like you is a cause of concern. The guitar work is muddled, thick.
Revl9n - Someone Like You (album version)
The new version has some enhanced DFA cowbells after the choral break. The guitars are more angular and crisp. Her voices is more direct, more irritated.The fact that she's not with someone like you makes her murderous. Is it the result of a environmental change or probability? Maybe the band itself doesn't even know.
Posted by Keith O'Brien at February 28, 2007 11:32 AM
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