Dexter, I checked out four or five of your songs. Strangely enough, your singing voice is so similar to the former guitarist/singer in an old band I played in it's downright creepy! That sound, I dug the acoustic guitar stuff a lot more than the weird atmospheric material you had on there. Of course, that's just my general preference. I tend ot steer clear of the later sort of sound.
Axl, not bad, man. You kind of have this hi-fi Dead Kennedys thing going on. I love a good punk show, and I imagine you guys would deliver. From one drummer to another, I would work on smoothing out your grooves so they don't sound as choppy as well as your transitions from groove to fill and back. You do have that high energy feel that fits well with the band, however. I'm sure there's more, but I listened last night and can't remember what else I wanted to say.
[Edit for blatant self-promotion]
Alright, without further adieu I finally got around to swapping the old mp3s on my band's for new ones.
These are all rehearsal recordings captured in my apartment via a Shure KSM-44 Condensor microphone and SM58s for the vocals onto a minidisc 4-track and then dumped into my PC through Soundforge. The levels (read loosely; ie, the ratio between vocals and instruments) may be kind of hosed due to my sheer incompetance at this first try as well as our still getting a feel for the new mic. They did turn out pretty well overall, despite any lyric flubs, a few missed changes, and overall choppiness.
Feel free to have a listen and leave praise/hatemail/criticism/cookies/drugs at your leisure.
