New Rush!
Rush's new single, Far Cry, was released to the internet today. Here's my .02.
Likes:
- Many hits and punches!
- Tasty riff!
- Even at 192kbps, sounds like a good mix!
- Neil Peart! And his Signature Ride Cymbal Pattern!
- Great guitar tones!
- Odd time signatures!
- Lots of layers, especially in Alex's playing!
- Hemispheres Chord!!
- Geddy's flamenco bass playing. Never been a big fan of that. He started it on the Counterparts CD, though, if you watch the Limelight video from '81, you can see him doing it there.
- Geddy's "smooth" voice. In most of the Rush releases since, say the mid '80s, Geddy sings and no longer goes balls out. I understand his voice has mellowed with time, but sometimes I just wish he'd go for it.
- Harmony vocals and vocal layers. Is it me or does Rush just do weird vocal harmonies?
- No guitar solo. I got tired of Vapor Trails and its lack of soloing. So far, with Far Cry, there is no solo. I'm guessing there will be on the other tracks.
- Length of tune. Can there be a thing as too much Rush? Sometimes. Again, see Vapor Trails, a record they produced themselves. In other words, each song on VT was about 2 verses too long as the boys couldn't find a good place to end them. Having a producer for this new record should help the tunes tremendously.
May 1 can't come soon enough!
