I headed to two concerts this week, and while Band of Horses were understated (acoustic gig) the vocalist does use a fair bit of reverb / other effects on his voice to good effect. "Evening Kitchen" would have to be the best track I have seen live this year.
But I was totally let down by Grizzly Bear. If you are a fan, like me, you know they have some great songs and a really interesting sound... but geez did they blow. The second lead guitarist (the tall one) was wailing through the mic like a stuck pig, way too loud and with so many effects it sounded like an out of tune air siren. You could not hear his actual voice tone, which from the album, can be amazing!
It was just a shame to see kids with too much money and effects blow it all by dialing the knobs too high... should I really judge them for that, probably not...
"let those who have not sinned throw..."
