Live From Soho

[nmf]

I'm curious to know what people think of this EP. No one's really talking about it.

I bought it when it went on sale last night. I love live recordings so I was really looking forward to having nice clean live recordings of new songs, especially acoustic SFTROU.

I listened to the EP a couple times driving to and from work today and I'm disappointed with it. It seems like whoever did work on the songs after they were performed did it with a really heavy hand. The songs sound GREAT but they don't actually sound live in places. I've heard enough live versions of most of these songs to know where John and Robby's voices strain a bit and on this EP, it's all polished over and echo-y and sounds unnatural. It's a shame to me as I think they generally sound very good without having their performances messed with.

I also heard that one of the reasons this EP was delayed so long was that the band wasn't terribly happy with their performance and weren't necessarily going to allow it to be released. The fact that these songs are SO perfect makes me fairly certain there's been a lot of work done to this.

[HereIsGone]

Honestly, I just got the acoustic SFTROU because the one from Amazon makes me lol (yeaaaah we blooooow) and that's obviously not a good reaction to have (too cheap to buy songs that I have far too many live versions of already). I like it just fine. I'm not adept enough to notice certain things but it felt more like they'd gone in the studio to do it rather than be in front of a live audience. So...I guess I concur (though less eloquently)?

[TuckedAway]

I won't lie... I'm kinda in the I've-got-this-stuff-yo boat, and don't want any *more* live versions... but, I am a completist (sp?), so I'll probably go-

brb, getting some version...

Back:
Slide - mehhhhhhhhhh... I mean, personally, I've been done with this song for a while now, so I'm going into it biased. Not much to say, except that I literally cringed at Korel's keyboard extravaganza... I'm biased as all hell, though.
Now I Hear - Fine enough, didn't seem quite as polished as the others, which is probably just b/c of Takac's vocals being as they are.
As I Am - This song can do no wrong with me. I love it, regardless of whatever the circumstances.
Something... - Ohhhhhhh, it's super pretty. Yeah, it's polished, all of this is, but it's still nice.
Home - THE TINGS AND EFFECTS SOUND SUPER CLEAR AND PRETTY!!! Long live ultra-gloss'd live performances!!!
Not Broken - Might as well be the album version. Almost.

It's really glossy, like Nicole said. I agree with her, but I don't care. I mean, I don't mind it. When I want to hear the awesome grit we all know this band does have, I'll careen through the handfuls of live tracks I've already got. A little sugar is fine every now and then.

[kellbells]

I've been on the road so much lately that I missed this one. Can't d/l with my less than stellar hotel internet but just listened to the itunes bits.

Do agree that the vocals sound very homogenized. The background vocals on Not Broken sound like they were peeled right off of the cd. I loved that song when I heard it live and am pretty sure there was nothing like the God On High chorus going on in this version.

I'll very likely hit the buy button because it's six bucks and I like the band tho the last thing I need in my life is another rendition of Slide. (or Iris or Broadway)

The value of this EP for me is SFTROU. Very pretty.

[magnetronnie]

Nothing new really, but I like this EP nevertheless.

Great quality! But I guess you're right they did polish it a bit.

[TuckedAway]

Jul 20, 2011 0:54:08 GMT -5 kellbells said:

I'll very likely hit the buy button because it's six bucks and I like the band tho the last thing I need in my life is another rendition of Slide. (or Iris or Broadway)

The value of this EP for me is SFTROU. Very pretty.

I agree so completely.