buckle up for some dumb analysis where i'm spewing amateur shit @pannee-dragon link for the tabs
So. Sleep Token isn't known for their incredible guitar solos. Most of the guitar stuff is only rhythmic. The thing that makes the guitars sound good is the layering. With this part, there are two other guitars (and most likely additional synth and stuff added with an editing software).
I think it's cool how the rhythm guitar is litteraly for the rhythm and not some sort of guitar harmony. It works just like the drums. Usually, when we think of the guitar, we think of a melody with chords and single notes but it's not the case here. It doesn't feel the same to me anyway. Also I labelled "chorus" a part where Vessel doesn't sing which might not be correct but don't worry nothing is correct here.
The verse feels like the first layer of colour in a painting. It's like an ambient thing. And for the bridge and breakdown, they are purely rhythmic as well. There is no other guitar, only drums and bass with that.
The sound and the melody we associate with the guitar in Hypnosis is made of two guitars with a tremolo effect : only one for the intro, then the second one comes in with all the other instruments. They sound cleaner than the rhythmic one.
Also. The bass. It's the exact same as the rhythm guitar (but in bass version but it's still the same). III and IV are basically playing the same thing during live performences.
When I listen to the songs, I like to imagine how they came up with them. For this one, I feel like II might've helped Vessel for the guitar. After II said he accentuates vocals and guitar parts with his drums, I can see that too.
I'm not a pro either and I don't know a lot about music theory but I can tell that this is no childgame. Like for a bunch of other songs of the record like High Water or Alkaline, they really worked a lot on the layering of sound samples and instruments.
like there are the things that make me happy about it, especially obi-wan and the prequels and tcw but also like
I'm frustrated about what they did with ahsoka, and then I'm also just not finding fic that I can vibe with and the fandom just feels so…empty?
which is wild because it's definitely got bigger since I joined, but idk, it just feels like in the obi-wan fandom circles, it just feels like it's shrinking. and I think part of it is everyone being really busy with irl things (myself included) and then whatever is left in the sw fandom in general is just stuff i don't vibe with
but then I keep seeing it over and over and over again so now it's just irritating to me
like. yeah there are ships/tropes that I don't vibe with at all and I usually try to steer clear of them when looking for fic to read, but these days it feels like that's all I can find. so now I'm frustrated and tired and not really getting the fic fix that I want
and normally my solution to this is to just write what I want to read, but I don't have the mental space to do it, so I'm just. stuck.
a part of me feels bad to complain about this, but idk I'm gonna put it out there anyways. it's just like the fandom feels completely different than it did when I first joined, or even like 2-3 years ago, and I'm not sure if I'm happy about it.
so sorry for disappearing :( i miss yall lots. i open tumblr every day and think ill finally reply to people and reply to asks but then i just don't do it. i feel bad that i always have to come here and apologize (even though i know i shouldn't have to or feel the need to) and i always feel like im being down 24/7 /:
truthfully i stepped away because my depression has been at it's worst and everything is beginning to feel like a chore and i don't want to bring that energy here at all :(
i miss you guys and i'm going to try and get my shit together soon and reply to everyone. hope everyone is well ❤️
and the thing is, I want to watch it, I want to watch it and like it.
but that fucking intro song fucks with me more then I'd like to admit.
It's annoying, and not like, charmingly annoying like the 87 intro song is, or "thought" it was annoying and now i'm loving it like the 2012 intro song. just plain fucking annoying, disgustingly annoying.
it grates on my brain and I skip it each time but the first few seconds of the song annoy me so much, I genuinely hate it
I'm not gonna stop trying to watch the show but omg I'm dying over here.
happy valentine's day! i hope that even if you are feeling sad or lonely today that you are still able to do something kind and nice and loving for yourself!! whether you already have a partner or not, it's never too late to work on loving yourself!