Perfect Pussy--I Have Lost All Desire For Feeling

this isn't that bad

It's not bad at all. It's like your friend's band that's pretty good.

Wow, a really good friend band. Glowing endorsement.

doubleplusgood or GTFO

Just saw them but her mic wasn't working for the entire set. Like, you couldn't hear her at all for the entire thing. It was a bit weird, you'd think they'd stop the set and give her another mic. People kept glaring at the soundman but he just kept shrugging like he couldn't do anything about it. The soundman sent someone onstage to check the mics after they'd finished, and they worked OK for the headline band, so I dunno wtf that was about.

♫ a candy-coloured clown they call the soundman ♫

Not at all? I've heard reports from shows on this (UK) tour that the vocals were way too low. I'm sceptical about some of those reports 'cause the vocals aren't necessarily that discernable on initial listens on the recorded material, and when I saw them last week in Brighton the levels seemed more or less similar to the records. They went down a storm in any case.

A few years ago I saw a Shoppers show in a basement where the bassist's amp wasn't working at all, but rather than wait until she figured it out they played a solid third of the set without her while she messed around with it helplessly. Meredith Graves really doesn't seem like she sweats the details

tbh I haven't heard anything by Perfect Pussy before, so maybe they are an instrumental band with a miming Bez dancing around in front, I did wonder.

This was how they were in Brighton

http://youtu.be/5t6sqV9ooXw

One of the things with the records is gradually hearing more of the lyrics I guess, it makes sense having the lyrics swimming in the middle of the mix. I've seen other clips of them live where the lyrics were more clearly audible though.

That's what I kept thinking I suppose, she was obviously putting a lot into singing or shouting or whatever she does, it was quite unsettling that there was no sound coming out, and most of the music seemed pretty interchangeable noise guitars so the lyrics must be part of the appeal I assume. Maybe the people at the front could hear her through proximity but the gig was in the back room of a pub so I wasn't that far away.

I started wondering if it was some kind of art statement about the female voice being drowned out by males or something.

The venue manager just posted on FB - She had her hand totally covering the mic (Sound tech and I were listening through the headphones on the desk, nae vocals)

So yeah, dunno what that was about, but it was a bit shit.

I saw them the other day in a basement and can attest that the either the mic wasn't working or the vocals were completely buried in the mix, such as it was. I heard vocals from other bands so I am assuming it's an aesthetic choice.

Perfect Vanilli

Here's some noisy video I shot of the band playing Philly a couple weeks ago...

Video

Thanks for making me put on the ep again, still love it, submerged vocals and all

opening band

Really really dislike the processing/muffling of the vocals in this band -- perfect example of once edgy thing becoming a well-worn trope.

http://collection.eliterature.org/2/extra/v2images/waterson_trope.png

Yeah, I loved the 4 song EP, but I never have the urge to play the debut album.

opening band

― rap steve (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 1:34 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I saw them the other day in a basement and can attest that the either the mic wasn't working or the vocals were completely buried in the mix, such as it was. I heard vocals from other bands so I am assuming it's an aesthetic choice.

― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, September 9, 2014 9:57 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ha, I had already forgotten I had seen them

I haven't, because they are the answer to "who was the shittest band you saw this year?"

I think this piece from the singer may answer some of the questions about low vocals:

http://thehairpin.com/2014/11/never-too-much/

The first time in my life that people have paid attention to what I have to say and it's threatening to take my voice away for good.

just saw them play outdoors in 19°F weather.

http://i.imgur.com/zNzxRvZ.png

overall the sound was shitty, but the vocals were as upfront as you'd expect from any band

I love the energy but my attitude toward the vocals varies - I think the effect works amazingly well on "Interference Fits" when the first thing you really understand is "since when do we say yes to love?"

homage to them in the new "House of Cards" season.

separate from the Pussy Riot stand-in or did that also reference PP? (I've only been able to half concentrate on this season, not explicitly trashy enough.)