Rethinking my opinion on the 'old' stuff...

[Gaijin]

The original albums are by far my most often played, still. Some of them have been in my house for 30 years; while new releases are exciting they don't deliver the cache of familiarity or nostalgia just yet. 

[Master Ray]

The original albums are by far my most often played, still. Some of them have been in my house for 30 years; while new releases are exciting they don't deliver the cache of familiarity or nostalgia just yet.

And that's fine, mate. I've met people at NMA gigs who are hugely opposed to 'the new stuff' (by which they mean anything released in the last 30 or so years  ) and are violently opposed to any other opinion.  I can think of bands I've loved since a teenager where I just prefer the old stuff.  All about the personal preferences, innit?

[Gaijin]

The new stuff is so loud and I find it difficult to enjoy because it lacks nuance.

[Guillaume]

The new stuff is so loud and I find it difficult to enjoy because it lacks nuance.

When you say that NMA's music now lacks nuance, are you talking about the sound/production of the albums or the songwriting?

On UNBROKEN for example you have songs like "Cold wind", "If i am still me",  "Idumea" or "First summer after" that seem "nuanced" to me, not just basic, generic Rock, without depth

[Gaijin]

The new stuff is so loud and I find it difficult to enjoy because it lacks nuance.

When you say that NMA's music now lacks nuance, are you talking about the sound/production of the albums or the songwriting?

On UNBROKEN for example you have songs like "Cold wind", "If i am still me",  "Idumea" or "First summer after" that seem "nuanced" to me, not just basic, generic Rock, without depth

It's not the production or songwriting- it's the mastering.

[Master Ray]

Would you mind explaining further, Gaijin?  I'll add to the opinion that recent albums are far more 'nuanced' than the stuff from the 80's!   

Not sure how the mastering affects things when NMA are releasing the most diverse music of their career!

[Gaijin]

Would you mind explaining further, Gaijin?  I'll add to the opinion that recent albums are far more 'nuanced' than the stuff from the 80's!   

Not sure how the mastering affects things when NMA are releasing the most diverse music of their career!

The thread I started, Listener Fatigue, ought to explain.

Mastering is usually, probably, out of the band's control. Those engineers compress and normalize the music.

[Master Ray]

Would you mind explaining further, Gaijin?  I'll add to the opinion that recent albums are far more 'nuanced' than the stuff from the 80's!   

Not sure how the mastering affects things when NMA are releasing the most diverse music of their career!

The thread I started, Listener Fatigue, ought to explain.

Mastering is usually, probably, out of the band's control. Those engineers compress and normalize the music.

I'd be interested in reading that thread but I can't find it, when did you post it? 

Also, 'out of the bands control'?  I would imagine that NMA, holding their own purse strings so to speak and not in the employ of a major record label, would have a say in these matters...