Bearhead and Tape Sounds- NEW ALBUM

TaoTapeTao · Post by **TaoTapeTao** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:50 am

here ya go folks. yeah there's already a post about this but I thought naming the thread would get people's attention. sorry to be obnoxious :oops:

http://cambrianline.bandcamp.com/album/bearhead-tape-sounds-bearhead-and-tape-sounds

we put a lot of work into this, so I hope you guys can dig it. thanks!

bearhead · Post by **bearhead** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:53 am

What he said, but this time in yellow. :wink:

tripone · Post by **tripone** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 2:29 pm

Nice one fellas, looking forward to checking it out.

jcnporter · Post by **jcnporter** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 4:08 pm

This is really good - if I could make one comment, it would be that it might be better as two albums - One with the slower and more pastoral stuff (which remind me of one of my favourite bands - Epic45) and another with the more beat-driven tracks?

Naal · Post by **Naal** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:05 pm

Very nice album guys! Been looking forward to this since I saw that lovely teaser video.
Have enjoyed both your musics before so I knew your combined efforts would create something good.
Hope you don't mind that i grabbed this for free, but there was talk of cassettes and cd's to come so I'll probably get one of those.

bearhead · Post by **bearhead** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:32 pm

It's available for free for only a little while. Once it gets boosted by the label and gets into iTunes and Spotify, it won't be. So it's smart to get it for free while it's for free. Hahah. I'm not offended by it, and I don't think Nate would be either. Just glad you guys are interested in it. Definitely share it around if you can.

I appreciate all the kind words. You don't even know!

TaoTapeTao · Post by **TaoTapeTao** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:37 pm

jcnporter wrote:This is really good - if I could make one comment, it would be that it might be better as two albums - One with the slower and more pastoral stuff (which remind me of one of my favourite bands - Epic45) and another with the more beat-driven tracks?

I'll have to respectfully disagree on that part, I think if it was either or there would be too much similar material all at once. But thanks for the comments! Criticism is always good.

And thanks everyone for the comments! And yeah go ahead and download it while it's still up for free haha. I just want to spread the music really.

The Telepathic Kid · Post by **The Telepathic Kid** » Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:05 am

first off before I say anything, all the material on here is quality.

I have to say as an album it seems unfocused, it doesn't feel coherent. It seems like you guys had one of those amazing sessions where everything was worth putting to record.

Those can work both in your favour, and against you, and this time I think it worked against you.

For me the highlights where the more rock based compositions, such as Juxtapose, Where's the Beef, and Take Everything Seriously, those where some really inspired melodies and ideas came about.

If this was cut to about 45-55 minutes, this might have been a perfect album, but as it is, it's only really good.

I'll say one thing though, if it was to be cut down, I dunno where I'd make the cuts, all the tracks are worth being heard.

bearhead · Post by **bearhead** » Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:11 am

The Telepathic Kid wrote:first off before I say anything, all the material on here is quality.

I have to say as an album it seems unfocused, it doesn't feel coherent. It seems like you guys had one of those amazing sessions where everything was worth putting to record.

Those can work both in your favour, and against you, and this time I think it worked against you.

For me the highlights where the more rock based compositions, such as Juxtapose, Where's the Beef, and Take Everything Seriously, those where some really inspired melodies and ideas came about.

If this was cut to about 45-55 minutes, this might have been a perfect album, but as it is, it's only really good.

I'll say one thing though, if it was to be cut down, I dunno where I'd make the cuts, all the tracks are worth being heard.

Our original idea for the record was to be around 10-15 songs. We didn't want to do what we did with the split, and have about 40+ tracks. Of course, we threw idea after idea back and forth, which brought back something really interesting. So it would've been difficult to pull songs from the album.

How do you feel it worked against us though?

The Telepathic Kid · Post by **The Telepathic Kid** » Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:21 am

It just made the album less enjoyable as a whole, it felt scattershot, not completely focused with a consistent vision.

TaoTapeTao · Post by **TaoTapeTao** » Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:01 pm

Eh that might be the case, who knows. When I did listen through it it definitely felt pretty long and some songs divert from the general theme, but I'd say there are a good number of tunes that stay consistent. But anyhow, I appreciate the criticism! Hopefully you can still enjoy it? haha.

lostintegrity · Post by **lostintegrity** » Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:13 pm

dropping by to say good job to both of you. looking forward to more releases.

bearhead · Post by **bearhead** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 1:15 am

lostintegrity wrote:dropping by to say good job to both of you. looking forward to more releases.

Thanks man.

b0qurant · Post by **b0qurant** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:32 pm

Love it.

bearhead · Post by **bearhead** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 6:36 pm

Not to seem too super self-promoting... But our album was featured on this week's Bandcamp Weekly!

http://bandcamp.com/?show=29

Check it out when you can.

Mason Bane · Post by **Mason Bane** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:27 am

I really liked "Missing" by a good margin over every song on there. My second and third fav would be "Stay and "Donna Strange".

I heard some influence of DNTEL and others.

Check me out if you want.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMvdkaPGuVY

TaoTapeTao · Post by **TaoTapeTao** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 4:53 pm

Mason Bane wrote:I really liked "Missing" by a good margin over every song on there. My second and third fav would be "Stay and "Donna Strange".

I heard some influence of DNTEL and others.

Check me out if you want.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMvdkaPGuVY

Thanks but actually no influence from DNTEL here, or at least not from me. I don't listen to too much electronic music to be honest :lol:

Also I've heard that song you posted before, pretty cool. How do you get that ethereal, really BoC sounding synth that plays over the buzzy Roygbiv line? I would love to get a texture like that.

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 12:51 pm

Aw yes! Ain't that fresh!

Gonna be blastin tha pokoes today yo.

pianoforte · Post by **pianoforte** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 5:57 pm

bearhead wrote:Not to seem too super self-promoting... But our album was featured on this week's Bandcamp Weekly!

http://bandcamp.com/?show=29

Check it out when you can.

NICE!

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:44 pm

Gorgeous little release here guys! Makes me proud to be on twoism.