Ok, after some unavoidable delay we now can get to Tristan. I remember I reviewed, like Xurtio, the previous album from his band and remarked that the production was terrible. He says that this time it's better. Let's see.
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Disregardier – General Disregard (Tristan Geoff) – 2016
The one thing I will give Tristan here is that his album is incredibly short. There are two songs which are less than a minute, two that are a minute and the longest is just over two minutes, so this won't take long to listen to. Sweet. Well the sound is still very raw, but I guess with a garage punk band you would expect that. Nice riff, but I can't really get a handle on the song itself. Vocals are again very low in the mix so it's hard to hear them, guitar is drowning everything out, including the drums. This opener is one of the longer (!) tracks, at just over two and a half minutes and it's called “Uncle Charlie”. I can't really find anything to say about it. Some silly radio stuff at the end. “Train hopping” has a kind of blues feel to it, but my Jesus the vocals are almost inaudible; can the guy not stand closer to his microphone? Sorry lads but if this is better produced then you just need a better singer, or one who can project better. It's pretty awful, vocalwise, though I do like the melody and the beat. Too short though.
The “epic” (!) is next, almost three minutes of “Gorgasm”. It's entertaining and you can just about hear the singer, though just barely. Either buy this man a decent mike or push him right up beside it: he sounds like he's standing at the back of, or even outside, the garage trying to be heard. Nice sort of blues breakdown here, like that a lot. Reminds me oddly of the Clash. Oh dear: if Tristan's real name is Flip, then he
is the singer! Sorry dude; I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and say you just need to do as I mentioned above. Good guitarist though. Maybe you might want to consider getting a separate vocalist in? “White people!” and “Amphetamine” are forty seconds long each, so hard to get any sense of either. The first seems to be mostly a drum solo, while the second is a riff-fest with added drums. That leaves “Bands Tristan likes”, the closing track at just over a minute, and it's probably the best of the bunch here, with a nice fast strummed guitar and harmonica. Can't go wrong with a harmonica!
Track Listing and Ratings
1. Uncle Charlie
2. Train hopping
3. Gorgasm
4. White people!
5. Amphetamine
6. Bands Tristan likes
Same problem as before, guys. Either you're just not a good singer, Tristan, or you need to learn to project, or the production is s
hitty again. Either way, I can barely make out what you're singing. You're a good guitarist though. I'm not sure what else to say. Not a total disappointment, but when you mentioned the production had been addressed, I have to admit, I was expecting better. Third time lucky?
