groups whose musical direction I can totally get behind, but whose style of vocals really puts me off

The Associates

Hood

― MaresNest, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 10:28 (six months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I can't agree with this at all, the sort of subdued and vulnerable nature of the guy's voice fits the music perfectly imo. Reminds me of the time a friend overheard me listening to Bark Psychosis and asked "why can't this guy really sing?" I don't think pelting it out would really benefit anything.

I don't mind either David Surkamp or Rob Chapman that much.
Don't like Jon Anderson much, he sounded a bit better on the early 00ies remasters, but still don't like him much.

Roger Chapman is awesome but I imagine he's fingernails down a blackboard for a lot of people.

i love gentle giant vocals. preferences are weird. i can imagine GG voice would drive some people buggy. just that stridency and straining at times.

Yes, I really don't like their main singer, ugly but not Roger Chapman-like compellingly ugly.

Also the other guy who sounds like Peter Hammill, aged 7 and a half.

Hood

― MaresNest, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 10:28 (six months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I can't agree with this at all, the sort of subdued and vulnerable nature of the guy's voice fits the music perfectly imo. Reminds me of the time a friend overheard me listening to Bark Psychosis and asked "why can't this guy really sing?" I don't think pelting it out would really benefit anything.

― WRONG TWELVE FUCK WITH (ultros ultros-ghali), Wednesday, June 21, 2017 2:42 PM (thirty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ultros Ultros ultra otm. Think it fits the music absolutely perfectly. I cannot envision any other voice to go with that specific whistful, mnelancholy, rural yet pastoral vibe, yet at times with real force lashing out, too.

(best band ever tbh)

i kinda dig that they would basically try and sound like EVERY prog band on one track. the original mashup artists.

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although their first album came out in 1970 so they get some OG status.

there should really be a label devoted to putting out instrumental versions of classic prog albums. #milliondollaridea

are we talking about Gentle Giant? which singer sounds like PH? they all kind of sound alike to me.

Well there was three brothers in the band, that explains the similarity in the vocals. The keyboard player sang also in a sort of high, flutey, plummy voice.

... which sounds to me like a pre-pubescent PH.

My aversion to the vocal style in Bent Knee is obviously irrational. Perhaps I was looking for encouragement to keep trying. Maybe CBT would help.

3 Inches of Blood. the band is inspired. the vocalist sounds like a parody of a metal vocalist.

METAL definitely. The music is usually technically amazing and has some interesting things going on but I fucking hate gutural or screaming voices which is like 90% of all metal.

Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Billy Corgan, Joanna Newsom and others mentioned upthread make no sense to me. I know they have grating voices but it's really part of the appeal. Per example Waits' almost barking drunk hobo voice adds a very genuine touch to his lyrics about... well barking drunk hobos.

I fucking hate Tom Waits.

At last we agree on something.

i have beefheart for waits-style urges, the doors or bauhaus for cave-style urges, geddy lee for uhhhhhh corgan-style urges, and....i don't know if i have newsom urges. i guess i have folk and flutes for that.

get it, cave-style urges. bauhaus. i'm a riot.

tom waits has an incredible voice, y'all are high

i tried for years to care about birthday party/nick cave, i really did. because i'm supposed to love him. i mean he's a part of my gen-x era underground dna or whatever. but i only really like the song "the mercy seat". and "shivers". and blixa. and i only really like "shivers" when that woman sings it on the dogs in space soundtrack.

the jethro tull records i've heard have so much awesomeness on them, but ian anderson's singing totally fucks up the vibe for me most of the time, i'm truly sorry.

stand up, though, wow, what an album

This is The Cure all the way for me.

Black Country, New Road

before I even opened the thread I knew

The Beau Brummels
Lambchop

I'm bound and determined to keep listening to Emitt Rhodes's s/t until I get over this hump. It's so clearly my kind of thing, but the vocals just aren't landing right in the mix, for my ears.