Panda Bear - A Day With the Homies 12"

he tends to ladle it on in the studio, "Tropic of Cancer" for example... although much of the "delay" on PBVSGR is vocal hocketting (the ping pong delivery on Boys Latin)

I think it’s a typical trick from songwriters who are not singers deep down. They try to cover it up with various fx.
That said it’s totally subjective since a great singer like Lennon was very uncomfortable with his voice and kept trying to find new ways to change it in production...

that's true for a lot of people and certainly many of AC's peers & ripoff artists but PB is a legitimately great singer, he's classically trained & was in choir throughout high school, & his second solo album Young Prayer is "is very classically influenced. All the weird baroque flourishes and stuff in terms of the way I’m singing. And that was definitely intentional, I set out to do something that sounded like that."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP9YdxAxjrc

Avey Tare's singing is more comparable to Lennon imo. also the reverb on "Tropic of Cancer" isn't that saturated, tbh it reminds me of Frank Sinatra recordings. that song is probably the best display of his singing abilities besides the Young Prayer album.

oh I didn't say he's a bad singer.
I don't find him great as I feel he lacks emotion, intensity and variations but it's ok for what he does (I mostly get tired of his production choices for his voice actually. Like listening to a whole album is difficult).
It's more that I think maybe HE thinks he's not a good singer, hence the fx, etc.
I agree about Avey Tare being more a Lennon voice to PB's more Macca.

ah gotcha, sorry for misunderstanding. curious to see how he treats the vocals on this new ep. everyone that's asked him about it after shows over the past year has relayed the message that the songs on this ep (and the one coming later in 2018) are very stripped down, dry, and simple. hopefully that applies to the vocals, i'd like to hear a more direct approach. the desert daze set is great but the AC's live shows usually aren't a good predictor of how the songs will sound on a record.

This is SO good. "Flight" and "Sunset" are career highlights.

Sunset is so beautiful.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTXBYrSVAAAtgal.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GGimxSvmoE

this new song is the very avey tare-ish sounding.

Sounds like he was really influenced by that Sung Tongs show

his singing here... 👀

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zSy0MyCVek

oh, nice