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Mew - Beach
This is a Rich Costey production and mix… he’s my favorite.
Everything about this song is really solid. The drumbeat (That awesome dynamic Hi Hat) is such a catchy beat. Really smart to open the song with more sparse drums and then slam into that beat. I read a small interview about how Rich gobo-ed the shit out of the drums to get them to sound “huge.” Dead rooms are my favorite to track drums in.
The vocals also need some appreciation. I think it’s really smart he sings in a low baritone and then a high falsetto octave on top. Makes it sound really airy and thick.
Good band, good record… check it out.
