Robert Smith's Eyes

[BigRedX]

New single out now from all the usual downloaded and streaming sites

 

 

There's also a poptastic remix by Matt Pop:

 

 

[pete.young]

That's excellent. I love the sound of the bass on the first track, and it sits perfectly in the mix.

[BigRedX]

Thanks! It's an Eastwood Hooky Bass VI going through a Line6 Helix with Compression, Chorus and the Roland Jazz Chorus Combo SIM (something that would be completely unsuitable for bass in real life) plus whatever additional studio trickery was applied by our synth player during the mix.

[Lozz196]

I like both, the poptastic remix really “eighties” the song.

[police squad]

I absolutely love the remix, the whole vibe, magic

[BigRedX]

Thanks for all the kind comments.

 

On 30/04/2025 at 10:55, Lozz196 said:

the poptastic remix really “eighties” the song.

 

The original mix is actually a re-purposed version of something I wrote back in 1984 for the synth-pop band I was in at the time.

[Beedster]

15 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

Thanks for all the kind comments.

 

 

The original mix is actually a re-purposed version of something I wrote back in 1984 for the synth-pop band I was in at the time.

 

Very nice work @BigRedX, actually does take me straight back to 1984 👍

[MacDaddy]

I'm liking the remix. The vocals seem to sound better. Not sure why? 🤔

[BigRedX]

On 03/05/2025 at 11:09, MacDaddy said:

I'm liking the remix. The vocals seem to sound better. Not sure why? 🤔

 

Different processing? Sit differently in the mix with the different instrumentation? It's the same vocal track. Also for a "pop dance" mix you'd expect the vocals to be a bit more prominent in the mix.

 

Matt Pop also did us an instrumental version of his edit mix. We've been considering dropping this version into the set for selected gigs.

[Bassybert]

Really enjoyed listening to that, nice one.

 

Great illustration of Mr Smith as well 😊

[Roland Rock]

That's great BRX. I also prefer the Pop mix; the vocal seems to sit better in the mix for me, and I love the synths.

[dmccombe7]

Thoroughly enjoyed that BRX.

Both great versions but for me being old school rock and prog I prefer the original 1st version with proper bass rather than 80's  synth bands / bass.

Dave

[gazhowe]

Really enjoyed listening to those. Both tracks sound great. 😎

[Crusoe]

I'll not get a chance to listen to it until later, but is it more "Looking through Robert Smith's eyes..." or "She's got Robert Smith's eyes"? 😄

[BigRedX]

34 minutes ago, Crusoe said:

I'll not get a chance to listen to it until later, but is it more "Looking through Robert Smith's eyes..." or "She's got Robert Smith's eyes"? 😄

 

Probably somewhere in between...

[BigRedX]

18 hours ago, Bassybert said:

Really enjoyed listening to that, nice one.

 

Great illustration of Mr Smith as well 😊

 

Thanks. The illustration was based on two photos, one where I liked the expression and the other which captured the "hair" better. I did a Google image search on the finished version (before I added the googly eyes) and neither of the inspiration photos showed up, so I considered that a job well done.

 

I also did illustrations of the band in the same style to go on the back cover...

 

[silverfoxnik]

Great stuff @BigRedX! 

 

Tracks sound really good , but like @dmccombe7 above, I prefer the original version as it embodies the sound and feel of your band. That said, it's brilliant to have such a brilliant remix for Clubs! 

 

Is that an old Vivian Westwood pirate shirt, circa 1980, that I see in some of your band images by any chance?