>lo-fi garage rock band gains popularity outside of their hometown
>they sign to a major record label
>their sound becomes more polished and you can actually hear them singing clearly
>>65260776
Who?
>>65260887
all of the lo-fi bands that became popular
>>65260887
Black Lips
FIDLAR
>>65260887
Wavves
Car Seat Headrest in the future
>>65261161
car seat already
wavves comes to mind immediately
then again im not a teenager anymore and he never stopped targeting that demographic
>>65261161
>>65261194
CSH immediately came to mind tee bee honest
>>65260908
It hasn't happened to King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard... yet.
>>65260776
>>65260776
>their hi-fi releases are their worst and you realize they were just a shitty pop punk band all along
i still love early wavves though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfLqTqFUpcE
>>65260911
Man it went bad for Fidlar, they went from fun demos and singles to almost overproduced 1st album to full-on pop-punk 2nd album
Bass drum of death also
Cloud Nothings took the other direction, from (lo-fi ish) pop to being almost a noise/drone performance when on stage
>>65260776
>lo-fi band cleans up sound
>songs start to suck
>realize that all along the only thing they had going for them was their lo-fi aesthetic
>>65260776
THERE'S A PORTRAIT OF VAN GOGH
>their sound becomes polished and you can actually hear them singing clearly
>quickly lose interest
>>65261674
They haven't signed to a major label. Doubt they will too.
What's the appeal of lo-fi recordings? In a handful of cases, if the band is going for a real grungy/distorted sound anyway it can be kind of cool but for the most part, shitty recording quality is just a bad thing.
>>65262992
some people just like/don't mind the sound, I just think it gives the music a cool comfortable filtered effect that isn't as aggressive as the better produced music
>>65260908
I wonder if it's gonna happen to Surfer Blood or Mac DeMarco.
