Hey, so here's my review of the tape I got :), I'm not really good at it but let's go:
1- I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure that’s Vampire Weekend. I like this, it’s a good track, the drums and the keyboards work really well together. The synths seem like a videogame soundtrack, like Mario or something like that. The best word to describe would be “fun”.
2- That’s Pink Floyd! Acoustic guitars, pianos and strings, don’t remember the name of it but I know it’s from The Final Cut. Listening to it without knowing who was at the start made me think of Lou Reed though. I like this one.
3- The transition from the previous song into this one is perfect, seem almost like part of the same album. The song itself is not bad, but not something I like, seems really radio friendly. The verses aren’t that bad, but the chorus and the arrangement are too generic. The guy’s voice remembered me Train, don’t know if it’s really them.
4- This one is awesome, is it Freddy Mercury singing? Lots of guitars and really high falsettos, I love it! Thanks for this one!
5- Not bad, I have a feeling I could have already heard it before. It’s a good song but nothing really special or remarkable about this one, it's built around an acoustic guitar and his voice, then we have some drums and bass, it’s ok.
6- Oh, I like this! A bit folky, the guy’s voice is strange in a good way and the backing vocals are gorgeous. Really digging into this one, the synth riff that starts by the middle of the song is awesome.
7- Nice melancholic track, the arrangement is really good, the strings, the piano and the backing vocals make a really interesting atmosphere.
8- Really boring instrumental track, a long beach sounding song with the sound of waves and “SpongeBob square pants” end credits feel, really long track by the way, this is over 6 minutes of the same thing. Can’t really like this one.
9- Really nice guitars on this, the parts with singing are the least interesting, really like those riffs. A good one.
10- Remembers me a bit of The X-Files soundtrack, I like the sounds that go along with this track, construction noises and this kind of thing. I was thinking it would be an instrumental, but there are vocals by the middle of it, this one is OK.
11- Well, I admit I had high hopes with this one because you called the file “King Track 11” :lol:, well not as good as expected but it’s ok, great bass going on here.
12- “And His Wife, Queen Track 12”, I like the strings and “ooouuuuhh” parts. It ends on the perfect length, 2 really effective minutes.
13- “..Prince 13”, again, I really like the strings on this one, a good song overall, nice harmonica near the end, the chorus gets a bit repetitive though.
14- This was so unexpected I laughed on the first listen. A 2 minute instrumental with a celtic feel, flutes and some nice drums by the end, it’s ok, I like the fact it’s completely different from the track before.
15- Hey, Coldplay on my mix tape! Cemeteries of London is a great song, It works really well on Viva La Vida, thanks for putting, I really like this one.
16- Heartbeats and thunders on the start, than some rain. Very soundtrackish instrumental, the synths or strings made me think of Batman Begins.A bit long but it keeps changing so it doesn’t get boring, not bad and pretty interesting.
17- Sad piano song, pretty harmless, can’t say I don’t like, can’t say I like too. The strings make it better actually.
18- Hey, this is Franz Ferdinand! Can’t remember the name of the track though :embarrassed:. Great song! Love the riff, has kinda a Black Keys feeling to it.
19- I got admit I have a thing for electronic stuff, and I’m glad this song is here, everything is in the right place on this track, really like the strange synth bridge, curious to know the artist.
20- Bon Iver! This is Perth, really like the guitar riff of the track and the way his voice goes with it. The “march” feeling of the drums is awesome too :awesome:, I really like this track, thank you for putting :nice:
21- This is a really good one, loud drums and beautiful guitars with some brass sections, and the best part is: it’s another instrumental :D. Really different song.
22- Acoustic guitars now, I was expecting someone to start singing the whole time, It’s not bad, but not really interesting too.
23- Delicate guitars on the start, things get more interesting after and the chorus is pretty loud. I kind that like it, should listen to it more times, maybe I’ll like more If I listen to this without the rest of the tape, I’m always pretty tired when I get here.
24- That’s nice, has a blues rock feel to it. I like the lyrics “I’ve got no money but some big ideas”. One of the catchiest of the tape.
25- Don’t really like this track, it goes, goes, goes and doesn’t get anywhere, don’t hate it, but don’t like it at all.
The tape was quite nice, there were some really good tracks in it. I just think it was a bit too long for me, it’s hard to listen to 90 minutes of music in a row really paying attention to all the songs. But whatever, from the ones I didn’t know about my favourites were tracks 4, 6, 9, 19 and 24. Thanks for making it, I had a great time listening to it :D