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Slow Dance II
Naked Giants
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11/21/2025
sombr can try his hardest (and 
we never dated is a banger) but nothing captures the feeling of being horrendeously down bad like a waltzy blues does
we never dated is a banger) but nothing captures the feeling of being horrendeously down bad like a waltzy blues does
the guitar playing on this song epitomizes the saying "you can't play the blues with a full stomach"
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11/18/2025
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4/8/2025
On a second listen, this song is in #3/4 . I really love blues phrasings over 3/4, other examples include 
Aching Heart, 
Slow Dance II , and 
Maggot Brain
Aching Heart, Slow Dance II , and Maggot Brain ...
2/24/2025
There'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.
