Bury Tomorrow - Cannibal - Live At The Joiners Southampton 5/11/2021

Bury Tomorrow - Cannibal - Live At The Joiners Southampton 5/11/2021
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[@willmah9557]

It’s not as good without James singing clean vocals :(

[@DogtownFS]

who? lmfao

[@willmah9557]

@@DogtownFS you missed out big time! Look him up. His voice was so much better than his replacement.

[@DogtownFS]

@@willmah9557 Missed nothing, lol. I don't like Jason Cameron. It's not James is all. I've been a fan since they were playing shows in front of 12-25 people in Southampton, Bournemouth and Portsmouth crica 2006. They're still kicking now, but arguably as a pair of long term fans (me and the Mrs). The new album is the tightest and most complete they've sounded since Portraits and the experimental stuff on the Sleep EP! Few very mediocre albums with strong singles, VS Portraits which is end to end bangers and remastered 2 classics!

[@willmah9557]

@@DogtownFS they sound like many other bands now. Nothing very special. They have no MOAT. With Jason they did. His voice was almost like no other, the way he could control it and use it. Replacement is nowhere near as good.

[@DogtownFS]

@@willmah9557that's where I strongly disagree. I feel without Mehdi they lost a lot of the organic melodic sound from before. But with Tom there's much more complexity to the song structure and overall mixes have been much better. I'd argue songs like Lionheart, Man on Fire and Cannibal are very cliché and generic. Cameron's song writing credits aren't reinventing anything. But songs like Majesty, Villain Arc and Recovery are all very different not only from one another, but from material they've worked on since Tom and before. Abandon Us and These Woods are some of my favourite songs by them, but Majesty alone is an absolute standout and their best in my opinion. Never heard anything like It from BT before. It shows more diversity and experimentation than ever. The guitars have more room to build a more defined sound with a different vocal range delivered by Tom as opposed to the warm and breathy Cameron. It's less warm, but not worse. It's one change out of a dozen nuance differences in their sound. As a fan of their oldest material, less so of the "signed" era of BT. This is a step back into the form of what made me and my partner love them all those years ago. Feels like a complete circle with them encompassing everything they've learned in their few line-up changes. Obviously a difference in preference, but I genuinely struggle at seeing their new line up as anything other than a step forward. It introduces not only a new vocalist but an entirely new instrument and a broader live sound stage, objectively. But less can be more too, I s'pose.