Inscrutable

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I'm trying (and mostly failing so far) to work out why I like New Order for the review of their reissues I'm writing.

What are the bands you love but find hard to write about? (Or, if yr not a writer, love without being able to articulate why?).

Comments

Re: the vocals issue

[petronia.livejournal.com]

I like Barney's voice a lot; the tonality of it. There's no forced macho-ness, no nasality, no over-singing, which are my huge turn-offs when it comes to indie dude vox. For most of NO's career he sounded very young, which combined with the facts that 1) he's just able to carry the tune 2) one-syllable word rhyme lyrics creates an effect of... childlike primitivism? It's so blank and stupid it's arty. But the tune he's just carrying is frequently beautiful, and the music is shimmering, creates spaces.

EDIT to add - to clarify this more I think what I particularly like here is the juxtaposition, half idiot-savant clumsiness half ethereal sound architecture.

I don't think Barney's singing is what I love above all about NO, as dubdobdee writes it's more than sum of parts, but I actually prefer indie vocalists who sound like Barney. A lot of the Teutonic/Scandinavian dudes do, to my ears (only they sing better XD).