Wow!  I didn't hear the original mix but this is fabulous.  I like this song and vocal very much.  Keep it up.

Thanks for all the kinds words, and obviously massive credit to James!
 

jamesyoyo
Phil, James:

Thanks. This is a good tune that really hit me just right. It was only a few hours to get it where I wanted it.

Turnaround time was very impressive. I sent it over circa 9pm (UK time) and within 24 hours I had it back!!!

Woah woah woah... Hope of the States... I freaking LOVED them and I think I forgot they existed... Now I need to go look up if they've put out anything new recently.
 
Anyway, love this track. Totally has that feel (and Radiohead). Half way through I switched to the newer mix and I definitely like the newer mix better. The way the vocals sound is better and just overall I think it works even better. But yea, great track. I would totally listen to this. Just followed you on Soundcloud.

Great tune, mate. Holds up after hearing it several times.
 
And James: really nice job. Would you be willing to talk a little about what you did? It really sounds lovely.
 
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Great tune, mate. Holds up after hearing it several times.
 
And James: really nice job. Would you be willing to talk a little about what you did? It really sounds lovely.
 
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The tune was mostly dry so I added amp sims to carve out individual spaces for them. The vocals ran through Nectar 2 on a custom patch. I added a double vocal in that one spot and harmonized to the lead vocal.

The biggest problem with the original version was the muddieness introduced by the floor Tom, which had an awful ringing resonance that stepped over the kick and bass. That Tom was really carved up in my version, and I took a lot of the room out of the drum mix and substituted a nice early reflection reverb. I played that short lead to add some Interest in the middle section. The piano was cloned and modded with a distortion plug and then lead off with it before fading the original piano over it. It also supports the end piano to give it more grit.

I mastered through Ozone 6 with a slight dip at 560hz.

polarbear
Woah woah woah... Hope of the States... I freaking LOVED them and I think I forgot they existed... Now I need to go look up if they've put out anything new recently.
 

 
Unfortunately not  First album is definitely up there in my top 10 - opening track in pretty instense. After 'Lost Riots' they released 'Left' which was OK, took a while to click for me - doesn't help the guitarist/songwriter hung himself after they completed the first album. Then they split up after 'Left'. Lost Riots is a pretty incredible album though, very dar.!