Retro blues rock country

Thoughts?  Be brutal please.  (You have to click the play button)
 
http://www.ctek-media.com/m/True.htm

First I've heard of yours.  I liked it.  It sounds familiar, but it stands on its own.  That's a good thing.  Vocal fit the song perfectly.

Retro Garage band genre (if there be such a genre)?!  Top notch doleful guitars!  (I'd love to collab with you for those sweet tones!)

TBH: This commences, lyrically, as eternal love ... but then gets darkly complex with the emphatic "kingdom" hook.  So I'm baffled and don't get apocalyptic hooks very well (I'm old and stupid and probably not making any sense).  

IOWs, The intro pining love aimed at 'her' might have continued strait into the chorus ... or at least returned to redeem her there ... in the chorus.  JMHO.

Also, the organish spots could be louder.

I like this song and it's raw attitude. The guitars are beautifully panned and I like the spacing of the drums.

Very nice.

Only critique is I can't really get the vox clearly. If there was a way to make them stand out more in the verses that would be good for me.

At the end, when you open up "love is true" I get the vox right up in my face. Maybe that's the point of the earlier subtlety.

Good song.

Thanks for the feedback everyone.  Will work on getting the vocal a bit cleaner.  That mid range is very busy.

If anyone else thinks the organ should be a bit more forward please let me know.

Hello Ctek.  This piece definately fills that grungy, garagy, desperation blues category right up. Great execution of a live feel with soulful guitars and raw drums. Your voice has a smoky scratchy quality that fits the arrangement well. The sparce organ part is nice iceing.  I'm having a difficult time hearing your voice and the words in some places are lost in the mix .  So, get the vox track up on top with more presence on the eq, and maybe a little reverb so we can hear the passion you wrote into this tune...............Waiting to hear what you do...........Ron

Posted a new version - it is better but still a bit weak in regards to intelligibility.

I left the "pitched by the waves" section a bit in the mud on purpose. 

I re-recorded some of the vocal and cut everything in the vox below 220 hz.  I also added a 3 db bump around 2500k.

I cleaned up some other minor bits - the ending fade sounds much better.  I also cut the rhythm guitar out below 220 hz or so on the verses.  Now that I think about it I should do the same on the chorus. Added a bit more reverb to the vocal.