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London Grammar?

Curious about people's opinions of London Grammar. I just discovered them on a Qobuz playlist.

I've only just started listening to their 3 albums. The music seems interesting enough to get my attention but not sure yet if it will hold it.

Curious as to how people feel about the technical quality of the recordings.

Interested to hear how people would classify the music. At times it seems a bit like pop.....maybe even a bit like Adele who I don't care for. But probably more than simple pop?

Curious what people think about Hannah Reid's voice. The range is certainly there. But is it disciplined? Is it it a pop gimmick? Is it AutoTuned?

What do you think about the two other musicians?

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hikerneil
36 posts
 

I use Hey Now as a test for how low a system's bass will go.  It can be a wonderful test and the song is fantastic.

deep_333
1,439 posts
 

Modern pop, electronic music or even rap can have fairly difficult tracks that can be used to stress test hifi systems. There are fairly talented artists tucked away inside the "young people" genres. They actually sound good on hifi rigs and don't sound good on crappy rigs (Bose, Sonos, etc) of the "young people".

A bluetooth speaker with a 3 inch driver should do just fine for Beatles (i.e., the whiny 60s boy bands!), rolling stones, etc. You don’t need a hifi rig with badass speakers and subs for the beatles!

Apparently, some guys around here stuck in a time warp think that the greatest music ever made was from 60 years ago. Ooooo, so sophisticated, don’t i know....Read some of the 60s boy band lyrics and it is just as cheesy and sappy as some modern crap.

 

 

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snook2
626 posts
 

a few audio shows play HEY NOW as a reference. It sounds fantastic on the Grimm mu2  The rest of the music is pop something nothing 

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