The Return Of My Bloody Valentine

i wish the 320 mp3s were louder. will try w/ the WAV files tonite :-[

I doubt the wavs would be any louder. Seems like they'd just have a cleaner high end.

they are mastered fairly low too

LOL that is perhaps the most insane revelation on this thread yet!

^^^
lol

i wish maresa elliene or whatever she is called now would record a track called 'opinions about my bloody valentine on the internet'

Er, dude turn the volume dial?

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<i>I'm really satisfied with this album.</i>

I wholeheartedly agree. Never expected anything this good.

Damn,, BBCode...

Er, dude turn the volume dial?

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― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, February 5, 2013 9:15 AM (19 minutes ago)

its maxed, dude

and switching over to my 320kps copy of Loveless its immediately louder

Great!

Bill A - thanks for that revelation, explains why my Sansa Clip struggles with the new Yo La Tengo - there's a 9MB image on those.

i wish the 320 mp3s were louder
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, February 5, 2013 2:08 PM

agreeeeed. like yes i can turn the shit up thx for the tip but then going to any other album in itunes i have to adjust it back down. i guess he didn't want his 22yr old baby louderized

loaded it up in audacity to check; looks like the only tracks that come even close to peaking are the last two.

so yeah, the record could have been louder. except for those two tracks.

I have to say I would pay dear money for a written account of the making of this album, esp the final stretch. So many questions - why not wait for the gimmicky Valentine's day release, why the surprise drop and did KS really not know the exact day of release a week ago? The way the album arrived seemed so improvised, considering the wait and the perfectionism of its creator - just wondering how much of that was for show

yeah it ramps up on those last 2 xp

baaderonix otm

the wavs were loud enough imo

I was 6 when loveless came out so although I think these guys are ok I never like got my head wrecked by the dreamwave revolution or whatevs. Having listened to this a few times though I have to say I'm won over by how pretty it is. Starting about halfway thru the second track I keep getting a strong feeling of "man I wish I was on €¢$ta$y right now", which is about the last thing I expected.

did anyone else noticed the lack of concrete nouns in the song-titles (except for "you" "she" and "i"?

i guess that's true for Loveless too

If you think it's not loud enough, buy a better amplifier.

is there an app for that

You should stand closer to the speaker

gr8080 be careful don't damage your hearing

what?

sorry.

if he ever was in a MBV gig it's too late

agreeeeed. like yes i can turn the shit up thx for the tip but then going to any other album in itunes i have to adjust it back down.

Have you tried:
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/

?

I wish more albums were mastered like this.

Damn right.

It moves, it swells, you can turn it up and up and up and it just envelopes you, gets bigger and wider and clearer without ever getting uncomfortable.

sounds somewhat erotic..lol

its maxed, dude

Are you listening through your phone? Get a better amp!

Wonder 2 was stuck in my head today - the chord-sequence, psychedelic and beatific, launching into a glorious and slightly incomprehensible future - the skittering, untameable drums - the guitars trying to keep up and sometimes succeeding - brilliant, brilliant song.

like yes i can turn the shit up thx for the tip but then going to any other album in itunes i have to adjust it back down.

And this is why most albums sound shit sonically in the 21st century.

I swear I couldn't tell the difference between the analogue and non-analogue versions of Loveless
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, February 5, 2013 1:28 PM

neither did i, i think ppl are kidding themselves here

― ☏ (am0n), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:34 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Well,I expected no difference, but I wouldn't bother with the old DAT mastered version now

Don’t forget that some copies where mis-labelled.

Yeah there's no way I had to blast this on full as long as I used my good audiotechnica heaphones. On my shite old broken sornys it sounded really quiet and muddy. Its so odd, the difference it makes!

Is it not deliberately quiet? It gets noticeably louder during Nothing Is and stays that way. To make that happen, you'd have to have been quiet to start with.

Its certainly got nice dynamic range compared to Loveless.

why not wait for the gimmicky Valentine's day release,

the way the site fucked up as it is, you think it would have gone more smoothly when they were on tour on the other side of the planet?

I love the new album and I'm thinking back to the other night in Brixton. I was drunk but it seemed I couldn't tell what a few of the songs were. I think the band recognised there was serious problems with the sound - but ever since the first reunion gigs I've thought you really can't tell what they're playing very well UNLESS you know the songs, the vocal melodies etc. beforehand.

Maybe the gigs will change. The "holocaust" (ugh) was very short at Brixton. Hopefully they'll move on. I'd love if they turned down from 11.

the coolest thing seeing them last time wasn't how loud it was - though that was obviously focal because of how loud it was - but just how good it sounded. & it is edifying to hear kevin so enthusiastic about that side of things, having enough money to get a PA that meets their needs, &c. i was just remembering going to an atp they curated & getting to see all the other groups who played on their bill play through their system - so like dinosaur jr sounding just deeply loud & heavy.

That 2nd room at ATP Minehead could sound great - esp. when Portishead played there and pretty much destroyed me. That might be the best sound at a gig I've ever heard. But MBV didn't really do it for me that much there. I guess it was because I saw them play at the ICA a week or so before - a small white box room - for the first time in my life and... well, that blew me away.

I'd love to read stories of people seeing them in the late 80's - or even the tour the did with Blur & DJR & JAMC?

aw i was at those ica shows. they hadn't figured out the sound so they just sounded like a mega heavy garage band. so thrashy. i meant the upstate new york atp, fwiw.

def read mike mcgonigal's 33 1/3 book if you haven't, btw, for stories about the '80s shows

Saw them a few times 89-91, most memorable was as part of a short tour to support the Glider EP, at Glasgow College of Building & Printing. They weren't super loud, sound was great and an abstract b/w film was shown during "Soon". What made it memorable though was some guy at the front kept on shouting out for "Lovelee Sweet Darlene" loudly between each song, much to bemusement of crowd and band. At the end of the gig they came out for an unexpected encore and proceeded to play "Lovelee Sweet Darlene" super loud and at half speed. haha.

I wanna hear that!