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publicInteresting article about this song on the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/13/world/asia/china-rock-song.html
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publicThe structure of this song reminds me of a Black Keys song - 
Little Black Submarines. It starts with a quiet, clean, almost acoustic intro, with a distorted electric, drum heavy break in the middle that feels incredibly triumphant
Little Black Submarines. It starts with a quiet, clean, almost acoustic intro, with a distorted electric, drum heavy break in the middle that feels incredibly triumphant
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publicThis is a really strange connection to make, but the structure of this song (and the vibe, to an extent) reminds me of a track of the DoTA 2 soundtrack - 
Spoils of War
Spoils of War
Both songs start aggressive and loud, and also end aggressive and loud, with a quiet, more introspective part in the middle.
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publicOnly here do the drums break into a standard rock beat. The bass begins to play root notes. Finally breaking into a rock rhythm creates this triumphant feeling, fitting after such a long buildup.
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publicHere the song enters a bridge like section, the chords change slightly, a flute enters with a new melody, the bass begins to play more traditionally, and some light percussion begins, mostly cymbals.
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publicI really like Nick Valensi's #guitar work on this song - the #solo after the chorus is great. I tried transcribing it, and it's actually quite difficult, requires some pretty fast alternate picking.
It's also played in #dorian-mode , sharping the 6th of the minor scale.
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publicBy convention, I'm used to guitar solos happening after the second chorus, where a bridge would usually be in a song. But it seems like a lot of indie rock songs tend to place them right after the first chorus. This song does that, 
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor and 
The Modern Age do as well.
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor and The Modern Age do as well.
Come to think of it, I can't think of a single Strokes song where the solo happens during the bridge.
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publicThere's this accompanying riff that he plays during the chorus that's fantastic where he arpeggiates the triads to chords of the chorus. It sounds so angular and distinct.
He definitely has a very distinctive soloing style, especially for a indie rock guitarist. He really likes playing intervals, triads and changes - it's a lot more sophisticated than your basic pentatonic indie rock soloing (which is mostly what I do). Contrast this to the solos in Arctic Monkeys songs (which I still really like!), which are almost all pentatonic, with basic bends - think I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor. Even fancier indie rock solos like the one in 
Slow Dance II (or 
Even Flow, if we want to expand to grunge) are mostly pentatonic, and draw mostly from the Hendrix/SRV style of playing. What Nick Valensi plays here sounds completely different, and that's cool.
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor. Even fancier indie rock solos like the one in Slow Dance II (or Even Flow, if we want to expand to grunge) are mostly pentatonic, and draw mostly from the Hendrix/SRV style of playing. What Nick Valensi plays here sounds completely different, and that's cool.
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publicThis song's structure is quite interesting - the chords don't change at all throughout the song, save for some slight deviations in the middle.
For the first half of the song, there aren't any drums, and the #bass plays quite melodically - in a higher range, and it doesn't outline the root notes very strictly.
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publicThis is simply one of my favorite songs of all time, it fills me with feelings of peace and tranquility, but also a feeling of yearning and sadness. It's bittersweet.
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publicThis song is composed of roughly 5 8-bar sections, all played over the same chord progression.
The first 8 bars introduce this synth sounding riff. There are no bass and drums besides this ticking in the background. There is also this symbol hissing buildup (don't know if that's the proper term)
The next 8 bars introduce a guitar riff. The riff is in 4/4, but the notes repeat in groups of 3 to create an offset feeling. Drums and bass are added in.
The next 8 bars introduce a different riff, which alternates between strummed chords and a picked melody.
The next 8 bars are a kind of breakdown. The guitar riff is built mostly around chords, and the drum beat changes to play more in unison with the strums of the guitar, rather than playing a constant rhythm.
The next 8 bars use the same riff from the first section, only now played with drums and bass.
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publicThe #chinese name for this band translates to "Omnipotent Youth Society", which has to be one of the sickest band names ever
