LogFAQs > #946023049

LurkerFAQs, Active DB, DB1, DB2, DB3, DB4, Database 5 ( 01.01.2019-12.31.2019 ), DB6, DB7, DB8, DB9, DB10, DB11, DB12, Clear

Topic List	Page List: 1
Topic	Mycro ranks the 278 VGM tracks that were nominated by BOARD EIGHT [rankings] 2
Toxtricity 10/19/20 1:41:14 AM #358:	137st Game: Let It Die Title: LET IT DIE -LID- Composer: Rhycol. Nominator: JONALEON1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8MFLI6FSjI this reminds me a lot of music by ""math rock"" bands (particularly japanese math rock) that is not even in odd time and just happens to be by math rock bands (because that is exactly what this is, well sort of. i guess it's not really well described as a math rock band but it seems this band certainly dips into the sound and feel of it quite often, and sometimes categorized alongside them). luckily that's a category I still enjoy! especially these days, this category has grown on me, I'm a lot more tolerant of the rawness, if not distinctly attracted to it. makes me nostalgaic for when i went to a tricot concert a few years ago. apparently Rhycol's actually performed in some of the same festival lineup things as tricot, which i suppose should be unsurprising, as they are quite similar in sound! in general the timbre ranges from pretty clean to pretty raw, and that spectrum is valued to me. i used to kinda uniformly criticise stuff that wasn't 'clean and sharp' and that's something i regret, since i've grown to like how rawness can sound and i don't relate to my older self that wrote off tons of really interesting indie-ish shit for this reason tonally, this clings mostly to a fairly neutral zone and doesn't go outside of that zone, no room to talk about 'interesting chord changes' or anything BUT There are a lot of interesting individual chords. they're presented harshly, on distorted guitar and stuff sometimes, so can be hard to tell what they are, but regardless, they FEEL COOL. like in the middle of indie punk-y thing out of nowhere it's jazz fusion for 1 note, those thick chords work as nice powerful stabs of a new colorful, iridescent energy that I dig. although this doesn't have any actual odd time in it, there's lots of fun syncopation, some looping ostinati have fun erratic rhythm patterns and then they get layered on top of drums or other things with even more erratic rhythm patterns. yet it always seems to resolve itself into something more familiar and conventional-- which is totally cool, makes it more of a journey between extremes. I think from the very simple guitar rhythm at the start i wouldn't imagine that this turns into the more frantic stuff that sometimes occurs, but it does, and naturally so. I dont really percieve the transition from 'simple' to 'complex' even tho it absolutely transitions between those two things, and that's a sign of a neat flow for sure. ALL DONE. MY GRACIOUS MASTERPIECEe my favorite song that kinda hits the same category as this one, but a lot more Actually Math Rock, and also with vocals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6rxGmvQPLU one time i convinced my brother that this tricot song was unused rogue stage music in sonic adventure 2 and i'm still impressed by the fact that he actually believed me on that. definitely keen on looking more into rhycol since i absolutely do enjoy the sound of their music, in a way it's a shame that let it die will probably not be a source for that since i think that is the only song they did for it --- time <cite>Toxtricity posted [p:946023049] in Mycro rank... [t:77515167]...</cite> <quote>137st Game: Let It Die Title: LET IT DIE -LID- Composer: Rhycol. Nominator: JONALEON1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8MFLI6FSjI this reminds me a lot of music by ""math rock"" bands (particularly japanese math rock) that is not even in odd time and just happens to be by math rock bands (because that is exactly what this is, well sort of. i guess it's not really well described as a math rock band but it seems this band certainly dips into the sound and feel of it quite often, and sometimes categorized alongside them). luckily that's a category I still enjoy! especially these days, this category has grown on me, I'm a lot more tolerant of the rawness, if not distinctly attracted to it. makes me nostalgaic for when i went to a tricot concert a few years ago. apparently Rhycol's actually performed in some of the same festival lineup things as tricot, which i suppose should be unsurprising, as they are quite similar in sound! in general the timbre ranges from pretty clean to pretty raw, and that spectrum is valued to me. i used to kinda uniformly criticise stuff that wasn't 'clean and sharp' and that's something i regret, since i've grown to like how rawness can sound and i don't relate to my older self that wrote off tons of really interesting indie-ish shit for this reason tonally, this clings mostly to a fairly neutral zone and doesn't go outside of that zone, no room to talk about 'interesting chord changes' or anything BUT There are a lot of interesting individual chords. they're presented harshly, on distorted guitar and stuff sometimes, so can be hard to tell what they are, but regardless, they FEEL COOL. like in the middle of indie punk-y thing out of nowhere it's jazz fusion for 1 note, those thick chords work as nice powerful stabs of a new colorful, iridescent energy that I dig. although this doesn't have any actual odd time in it, there's lots of fun syncopation, some looping ostinati have fun erratic rhythm patterns and then they get layered on top of drums or other things with even more erratic rhythm patterns. yet it always seems to resolve itself into something more familiar and conventional-- which is totally cool, makes it more of a journey between extremes. I think from the very simple guitar rhythm at the start i wouldn't imagine that this turns into the more frantic stuff that sometimes occurs, but it does, and naturally so. I dont really percieve the transition from 'simple' to 'complex' even tho it absolutely transitions between those two things, and that's a sign of a neat flow for sure. ALL DONE. MY GRACIOUS MASTERPIECEe my favorite song that kinda hits the same category as this one, but a lot more Actually Math Rock, and also with vocals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6rxGmvQPLU one time i convinced my brother that this tricot song was unused rogue stage music in sonic adventure 2 and i'm still impressed by the fact that he actually believed me on that. definitely keen on looking more into rhycol since i absolutely do enjoy the sound of their music, in a way it's a shame that let it die will probably not be a source for that since i think that is the only song they did for it --- time</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List	Page List: 1