It all started when I was 16 I had just bought my first "REAL" amplifier, a $200,1975 Fender Bandmaster(aside: it came with a speaker cabinet the size of a Skylark. What was I thinking?). The best part of this monstrosity was the fact that it had, inside of it, a real spring reverb unit. I don't think I can explain how cool I thought this was. I would sit in my room, plug into my brand new wall of sound, turn the three reverb knobs up all the way, and just strum chords for hours at a time and just giggle. To this day, whenever I hear a guitar with an ungodly amount of reverb (think Dick Dale, or, really any surf rock), I am immediately made happy.
Which is why the early returns on 2011 music holds so much promise for me. It seems that many of the bands out there (or at least, the one percent I am drawn to) have picked up the reverb/echo mantle, loaded up the boat, and are sailing for awesome, empty room sounding shores. Need proof? Here's the duo Tennis doing a new song called "Marathon" (CLICK TO LISTEN)
Did I mention I think it's even cooler when singers put that reverb/echo pedal in front of their voice? I probably should have. This is the first 2011 song that I have officially wished I could have played guitar on. It is SO much fun to strum that part, I bet. And try to get that song out of your head. Tennis is all in on reverb. Here's them playing another song live: Long Boat Pass (CLICK TO LISTEN).
Aye Aye Captain!
Another pro-reverb group is the band Women out of Calgary, AB. My word. Just give a quick listen to their song Bullfight to hear what I'm talking about: (CLICK TO LISTEN)
That is ALMOST too much reverb on the guitar part, even for me. Oh, who am I kidding? LOVE!
The best part? I could throw tracks up here all day with a similar vibe, all released within the last 6 months. You can't hear it through my fingers as I type this, but I am giggling with excitement.
No comments:
Post a Comment