about eight months ago i bought 'a brief history of love' by the big pink and instantly fell in love with the album. the sounds are amazing, great guitar tones, curious lyrics, and beautiful use of distortion. the album was mixed by rich costey and i reckon this would've been a tough job due to the layering of sounds on the album. however rich seems to blend the frequencies together perfectly and it's still banging when the volune is turned up
after the first few listens though i couldn't help but ask myself how this album would've sounded if kevin shields of my bloody valentine never existed? i mean to me the album is very different to anything my bloody valentine did, but then again the first thing that comes to mind when listening is kevin shields must've been a big influence on the sounds here. now here's the thing with influences, or as i like to call them subconscious influences. sometimes you have no inclination to sound like anyone in particular but the sounds you produce, the way you play, or the notes you use seem to be very similar to a particular person or sound. i'm not sure if this is because somewhere in our subconscious mind we keep refering to this or if somewhere in our mind we like what we hear
eitherway if you're a fan of the big pink i would suggest checking out anything by my bloody valentine. to me kevin shields, with limited technical ability has probably influenced the guitar world more than someone like slash has. not to say slash isn't rad but there wasn't anyone who sounded like kevin before, however there are many who sound similar to him after. he is a frequency master of the highest order
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