Acoustic Albums Done Right.

As i just simply devoured Dayseeker’s Replica this week, this is just a stupid high bar set for future “acoustic”/“deconstructed”/“stripped”/“reimagined” albums in the future.

One of my buddies just can’t stand these kind of drops. I personally don’t mind them, but I’ve realized it is harder to get right than one might expect. You want the quiet version to pull out new things you haven’t heard before, keep you engaged by introducing new elements, still stay accurate to the original, and be as strong (and powerful) as the original full band version, which likely far less to work to do. It’s hard to do and really shows whether a song is a great song, or whether production may have hidden/saved something. I don’t know. They are cool when done right. I think back to one of 10 Years’s early EPs which I truly loved, and then find it fascinating to go back and check out their latest Deconstructed from just a few years back and just find it.. empty and one-note (no.. range). Versus Rory’s and Dayseekers’ Replica, which ugh, is just full, gorgeous, powerful. PLUS, I’m always a fan of breathing new life into Evanescence’s old stuff. They freaking nailed that cover.