OFF: reviews of some new CDs

[QUEST]

On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Carl Edlund Anderson wrote:
> On mån 24 mar 1997 14.01 QUEST <dcapehar at UTDALLAS.EDU> wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, cjohnson wrote:
> > > * Pressurehed - 'Explaining the Unexplained' (77min)
> > > IMHO This is the best Pressurehed yet.
> >
> > I think so too.  Actually, I think EtU is about par with Sudden Vertigo
> > (barely better), but both of them are excellent.  Phrankly I think
> > they're as good as some of the best Hawkwind ever was.
>
>      How is the sound on the album?  I've generally disliked the guitar and
> bass sounds in Pressurehed, despite giving them good marks for other things
> .. and that can really kill an album for me.  A bit too flat and buzzy.  I
> was grieviously disappointed by the bass playing on their first tour with
> Nik, though it was noticeably better (IMO) on the second.

The sound on "Explaining" is much clearer, I think.  I remember on
"Vertigo", when Tommy would distort his vocals and mix them waaay down so
that I could barely tell there was "singing" going on.  "What's that
annoying buzzing in the music?  Oh, wait - that's the lyrics."

As far as the guitar and bass, none of the members is Jimi Hendrix of
course, but I'm impressed anyway.  There's less emphasis than before on
the guitar and bass in favor of the sequencers and drum (machine).  Don't
worry, though.  It's nothing like "Business of the Future". :-)

Damon