Protest The Hero - Gardenias - SOUND ENGINEER REACTS
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- In this video I take at look at and react to the fantastic 'Gardenias' by the band Protest The Hero. I react from my unique perspective as a live and studio sound engineer, looking at the songs' recording, production and mixing.
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Is PTH still Canada’s best-kept secret? They need more attention.
More gold star tracks to check out: Drumhead Trial, Turn Soonest To The Sea, Cold Water, Bone Marrow, Moonlight
The Alliteration Rody (vocalist) does with the letter H at the beginning of the song is amazing. "Hapless hills of Hollywood hide half hearted happiness, a hardened heroine hangs her head. Hear her hyperventilate, here her hands had hammered home" thats honestly some bars. 🤣
totally agree!
There's another (clever?) layer because the song is all about Peg Entwistle who tragically killed herself by jumping off the H in the Hollywoord sign.
@@kylenewman8928 yes ofc! This was the main point I knew I had forgotten to mention. Thank you for reminding me!!!
I know this is 2 years late...
But the final words of the verse: "her half-written history" also just tie it all back to the album's main theme: historical revisionism. Truly genius.
Love protest the hero
they're great!
From The Sky and All Hands are killer songs from Palimpsest. In fact the whole album is incredible in my opinion. Other noteworthy tracks to check out Bloodmeat, Mist, Blindfold Aside, The Divine Suicide of K, Turn Soonest to the sea, Sequoia Throne, Limb from Limb
Yep I've actually listened to the album a handful of times now, it's awesome!
@@TheBunkhouseStudios it is a very cool album. PTH are masters of having each album sound different, while still all sounding undeniably PTH.
Volition is the point, in my opinion, where their production started to really reach top quality. Skies, Mist, Plato's Tripartite etc. Off of Volition are all well-loved tracks by PTH fans because of how they each demonstrate their different sides of their style and production.
I would honestly recommend checking out all of their albums in order of release. Scurrilous is my favorite album. But that album takes some time to see what's great about it. Most of their other albums are pretty accessible for the genre.
yeah I have listened to a couple of tracks of the first album i think it was? but definitely need to check out their back catalogue!
@@TheBunkhouseStudios kezia is a good place to start that is their first full album. The stuff before that kind of just sounds like rough demo's
@@sirlayne1257 that's good to know, thanks!
I would agree I used to have trouble listening to Scurrilous for some odd reason but then I just listened to it it’s a amazing album and now my favorite
PTH is one of the best. This album is such a nice maturity to their style and the singer has had vocal surgery I believe and he sounds great.
Yeah a lot of singers, especially rock/metal singers that use more distortion or screaming in their vocals end up having problems where they need surgery. His voice is awesome! Was really impressed overall by the track. Planning to check out more - any advice on where's best to start? Newer or older stuff?
@@TheBunkhouseStudios If you want to see where they came from and get a picture of the contrast, I'd check out Heretics and Killers. For something in between, try Dunsel and Cest la vie
@@metal-adjacent I checked out Heretics and Killers - can definitely see how much they've developed although I still like their earlier sound. Been listening to Palimpsest and it's a killer album, really good!
@@TheBunkhouseStudios yea it's less refined, but it's the start for me so I love it. Palimpsest is really good.
From The Sky and All Hands are killer songs from Palimpsest. In fact the whole album is incredible in my opinion. Other noteworthy tracks to check out Bloodmeat, Mist, Blindfold Aside, The Divine Suicide of K, Turn Soonest to the sea, Sequoia Throne, Limb from Limb
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Gar-dee-knee-ahs . It’s a flower lol
Ahh right! Thanks for the info!
Subscribed! Can never go wrong with some PTH
Thanks so much! Definitely not, I'm really glad I got recommended them to check out, they're awesome!
Very cool hope you do my favorite song scardust- concrete cages
Great Video, The bass drum sound you mention is very much inspired by what PTH grew up with (SoCal Skate Punk and Propagandhi).
Random question, sir, but are you from Cornwall? I don't claim expertise on English dialects, but my ears hear that region in your annunciation :)
BTW, Protest The Hero has great production in general, and their groove/prog style really benefits. Rody's vocals are also great in the mix!
Is everyone notice that Rody used only h-h-h words in the intro lyrics? Goddamn he is genius
check out to PTH pacific myth , its of another world
Protest the hero is excellent. I don’t know how I feel about the Sonics, really a lot of compression but I mean it’s the sound of the genre really.
PLEASE CHECKOUT TOOL ANEMA THE WHILE PRODUCTION ON TOOLS ALBUMS IS EXCELENT
ALSO ONE Of the best mixing engineers I’ve heard influence an album is Radiohead, especially their “king of lambs” he pioneered many excellent magician like mixing techniques.
yep I know what you mean about the sound, it's definitely a mix/production style that fits this genre. I'm a fan but I also like plenty of stuff with more dynamics going on. Yeah Tool is a good one to check out, I am familiar but not super familiar with their work. Everything from In Rainbows onwards with Radiohead is pretty incredible in terms of production, mixing, recording and mastering. Just stellar all round.
@@TheBunkhouseStudios you should really check out Tool, you’ll pretty much get instant traffic lol like “mix reaction video” they get a lot of views just saying
@@NahImPro yeah they're definitely on the list! :)
Love PTH, great reaction. Agree 100% with you on the bass tone, it's not my taste. Especially in comparison to the old bassist who one of my favorites in the genre.
Yep, although I though the bass tone change in the breakdown type section later in the song was pretty killer! Just would like it to sit at the back of the mix less throughout the rest of the song.
Yeah but it was pretty hard to hear Arif too, his parts were only turned up from time to time...
I love this record, but the somewhat glassy-sounding cymbals bug me a bit. I think it could also do with a bit more energy in the lower treble, but neither are critical issues and detract very little from the overall quality of the record. I think _Fortress_ is probably the best-produced and all-around most creative and well-written record in their catalog.
Yeah I think the mastering plays a part in the overall tonal balance too. I'll have to check out Fortress, I've mostly been listening to this album so far!
I just wish the bass was more easier to hear on Fortress
Could you please do some reaction of some Daft Punk stuff? I think Motherboard is a masterpiece
Great shout - i'll add it to the list, thanks!
Protest the hero and propagandhi are Canada’s best exports
Not heard of propagandhi, will have to check them out!
@@TheBunkhouseStudios please do! I recommend duplicate keys Icaro, note to self, nigredo, dear coaches corner or night letters as a starting point
I pronounce it Gardeen E ahhs
yeah makes sense!
Did you really listen to the song on RUclips though? Not exactly the best way with all the compression going on... which you should know as a sound engineer. EDIT: Nevermind, you mention it too in the video. Would be better to buy the flac on bandcamp for a dollar for songs like these...
honestly, as an engineer, if I couldn't critique/analyse a mix through a compressed youtube stream then i'd be worried haha! Plus i'm listening through in ears, which whilst they're good quality, there's better out there. I get your point though. I'm just doing these for fun and the dollars/pounds would add up over all the videos!
@@TheBunkhouseStudios Sure, I get it. I enjoyed the video nevertheless, you deserve tons of subs and views, I'm sure you'll get there even if this is just a fun side project. Oh and I still recommend just purchasing the album or other albums from the fellas, in any format. Protest deserves all the support :) and it's worth listening on some non-streaming format!
@@gocsa yeah definitely agree with you there - if it's music I want to listen to I always try and support the artist. I only really listen to music online to discover new music. And thanks! Hope you didn't think I took offense to your other comment by the way! I get where you're coming from!