Post by Jules on Apr 4, 2020 8:49:27 GMT
One of the very first things I noticed when I started getting into TFF was their use of intros. This is very characteristic of their (early) music. They generally fall into two categories: 1) rhythmic and 2) atmospheric.
1) includes tracks such as...
The Hurting, Mad World, Ideas as Opiates, Suffer the Children, Change, The Prisoner, The Way You Are, Shout, I Believe, Broken, Woman in Chains, Badman's Song, Sowing the Seeds of Love, Year of the Knife, Tears Roll Down, Elemental, Size of Sorrow, I Love You But I'm Lost
2) includes tracks such as...
Pale Shelter, Memories Fade, Famous Last Words, Fish Out of Water, Power, Secrets, Closest Thing to Heaven, Call Me Mellow, Quiet Ones, Who You Are
There are two things I've noticed. The use of inventive rhythmic introductions - things that immediately capture the listener's ears and make them curious as to how the song will continue - rapidly decreased after Curt's departure and never really came back. There has been an increase of soundscapey intros, but mostly they don't sound interesting at all. They're just "there". Also, the use of rhythmic elements in general somehow became less interesting. Taking "Size of Sorrow" as an example: That intro is reminiscent of the early stuff from The Hurting, but the intro soon drops out, whereas in songs like "Shout" or "Mad World" the pattern is constant throughout. The "Size of Sorrow" intro doesn't really serve a purpose for the song. "I Love You But I'm Lost" is a better example and shows some return to the rhythmic finesse of old, although the overloaded production makes it hard to hear all those details.
1) includes tracks such as...
The Hurting, Mad World, Ideas as Opiates, Suffer the Children, Change, The Prisoner, The Way You Are, Shout, I Believe, Broken, Woman in Chains, Badman's Song, Sowing the Seeds of Love, Year of the Knife, Tears Roll Down, Elemental, Size of Sorrow, I Love You But I'm Lost
2) includes tracks such as...
Pale Shelter, Memories Fade, Famous Last Words, Fish Out of Water, Power, Secrets, Closest Thing to Heaven, Call Me Mellow, Quiet Ones, Who You Are
There are two things I've noticed. The use of inventive rhythmic introductions - things that immediately capture the listener's ears and make them curious as to how the song will continue - rapidly decreased after Curt's departure and never really came back. There has been an increase of soundscapey intros, but mostly they don't sound interesting at all. They're just "there". Also, the use of rhythmic elements in general somehow became less interesting. Taking "Size of Sorrow" as an example: That intro is reminiscent of the early stuff from The Hurting, but the intro soon drops out, whereas in songs like "Shout" or "Mad World" the pattern is constant throughout. The "Size of Sorrow" intro doesn't really serve a purpose for the song. "I Love You But I'm Lost" is a better example and shows some return to the rhythmic finesse of old, although the overloaded production makes it hard to hear all those details.