New music midday tomorrow.
He introduced it around 8:07 this morning on Laurenās show. He said it has the longest guitar solo he has ever done on a track. He said new album is out in May. The song sounds great!
New album is the latest Dinked Edition. Looks really nice!
Videoās dropped. The song is very, very Gruff Rhys, but the mastering is a bit shite. Ordinarily I complain about vocals being too high in the mix but this is soooo muddy. Also weird flex having a double-necked SG in the vid and not using bothā¦
Production is by Mario C
I thought the video would look like the image from further up the thread. I like the song. Wish it had a bit of harmony/backing vox.
Song sounds like Steely Dan too.
its nice but a bit long. Wouldnāt suffer from having 90 seconds chopped off.
This always blows my kind. Mononeon does it, but his style on bass sort of makes it make sense.
Yer man from Doves does it with bass as well but I canāt remember if he does the same with guitar or not
Iām not much of guitarist but what would be the reason for this? Surely you could just restring the right way? am I being really stupid hereā¦
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Not sure if Gruff or someone else, but in one case I read about they learnt on someone elseās guitar or were sharing instruments, so it was easier to learn to play that way.
Yeah I was gonna say I presume they just self taught on someone elseās guitar more than likely
Yup.
Although he is right-handed, he learned to play left-handed on his brotherās left-handed guitar.
Once his brother left home, Rhys only had access to a right-handed guitar.
As he had already learned to play left-handed, and rather than invert the nut and re-string it, he taught himself to play the right-handed guitar upside down so the bass strings are on the bottom.
Today, Rhys still plays left-handed on an upside down right-handed guitar.
Wow I had no idea heās actually right handed as well, thereās another twist to the whole thing
In Mononeonās case, itās easier for his style of play having the strings the other way around. If you watch him play you want to try it yourself, but would inevitably still be shit in comparison.
Donāt normally like Gruffās solo stuff but thatās good stuff.
New Gruff albumās a bit good isnāt it? Got the Dinked Edition and itās absolutely lovely.
Ordered mine from Resident and it arrived today with some Gruff doodles on the mailer (including a nice āthank you spiritofjazzā) which I thought was a nice touch
Always mixed emotions when thereās a new Gruff album as I always just wish it was an SFA album instead. Havenāt really given the last few much time as found his solo output consistent but a bit samey. Gave this one a run , enjoyed Hiking in Lightning and Distant Snowy Peaks on first listen.