You want to know where elec guitar is going to make a resurgence in pop music...

[reo73]

It's with a band like this. According to my teenage son who is deep into hip hop and pop music, this is the hot new sound...check out the 1:50 mark. A lot of 80s style electric through-out.

 

[9fingers]

No too bad.

 

[Hack Prophet]

very throwback 80s guitar tones. and as I suppose we should expect nowadays, the mix is completely brickwalled and there is absolutely zero dynamic range

 

[shane8]

to my jaded ears it doesn't have much of a hook & very little in the way of dynamics

ya can dance to it :|

 

[wire-n-wood]

very throwback 80s guitar tones. and as I suppose we should expect nowadays, the mix is completely brickwalled and there is absolutely zero dynamic range

Exactly my first thought listening to this, including the guitar solo at 1:50. It's the 80s mix of disco and new-wave.

 

[ant_riv]

80k views in 8 months.
Not really setting the world on fire.

Nice to hear guitar featured prominently, though.

 

[Sweetfinger]

This sounds like the theme and interstitial music from an early 1990s daytime talk show.

 

[blueworm]

yep ... some 80s retrovibe has been around for some time

 

[Gretsch6136]

OMG the flattest dynamics I think I've ever heard! What a POS the final product is. It this had some dynamics like an old George Benson disco track it would kill!

 

[reo73]

 

[bigtone23]

I love 80s and guitar pop, so naturally this type of retrovibe stuff works for me. Seems the 20 year resurgence trend is doing overtime with the 80s.
However, this modern mastering with zero dynamics is fatiguing.

 

[8len8]

 

[twotone]

The drum beat sounds like something from 1980s dance pop music.

 

[Lucidology]

Very cool

 

[Tone_Terrific]

OMG the flattest dynamics I think I've ever heard!

What did you call the portions where the instrument density drops and or the volume drops, like after the guitar break?

 

[JosephZdyrski]

I like it .... kinda reminds me of anime intro music minus the Japanese lyrics.

 

[peter_heijnen]

Hot new sound? It's a complete Katy Perry rip off, not only the sound but also the main chord progression.

It looks like you need to have a serious word with your son.

 

[Bankston]

It's okay. I like the New Wave guitar style.

But THIS is how you meld guitar into EDM.


And here's a better use of the Hush hook:


And the bluesy gospel-infused version:

 

[haslar]

very throwback 80s guitar tones. and as I suppose we should expect nowadays, the mix is completely brickwalled and there is absolutely zero dynamic range

Exactly.
The multiband EQ is pumping like mad, and honestly on my computer speakers, it's completely unlistenable.

 

[8len8]