Quote from: gavinkfox on Sep 24, 2025, 11:17 PMDon't know how true the rumors are, unfortunately this place looks dead. Might have to wait a while for an answer

Hopefully true, but it did originate from reddit, the same place that said in the last couple years that private music would have b-sides and feature Lance and also that they still want to put out Eros, so take it with a huge grain of salt.

Don't know how true the rumors are, unfortunately this place looks dead. Might have to wait a while for an answer

Haven't checked here for a while. Been enjoying the album a LOT. Been hearing rumors of another potential b-sides album though?

Cryptic.

 

Quote from: truthaddict on Aug 26, 2025, 03:47 AMI finally had a chance to listen to the album Friday night. 

Before Friday, I had only heard "My Mind Is a Mountain", then tried to avoid most other spoilers.

I think it is really good.  I'm really happy that Deftones is still putting out great music in 2025.  Just like all their other albums, this one has it's own vibe.  It has their distinct sound, but also goes in some directions they haven't explored before.  The song writing is really good.  Abe's Drums and Franks Synths/Samples are what surprised me the most. 

I am not sure where I rank with their other albums.  That is usually something I won't really think about for a few years.
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But I do have some critiques...

Disclaimer: I listened to a CD on some good quality speakers.

The mix/master on Private Music sounds a lot different from all their other albums to me.

The best way I can describe it... A lot of the bass sounds like it is just a constant low sine wave 808 coming from a synthesizer, that just keeps changing to the root note of whatever chord is being played.

It just feels like you are getting hit with a brick wall of bass all the way from the beginning to the end.  Which may have been intentional?  But it seems to crowd all the other instruments a lot and fatigues my ears more than any other album they have done.

I really don't want to be negative, but thought I would share.  Maybe someone else has mentioned something similar already.

Another Disclaimer: I am honestly not sure how much of this is caused by the style of bass playing and how much is the mix/mastering choice. 

Another Disclaimer: I'm really not trying to hate on the new bass player Fred. I have seen him play with Deftones live and he is great with that.  I absolutely don't want to jump to any conclusions of what happened with the previous bass player Sergio (because we will never know every detail), and am not trying to take any sides.

Another Disclaimer: I am a bass player, so probably pay too much attention to bass when I listen.

I've had the chance to spin this record a lot more times at home and driving around.  I really love it!

I think I was a little too harsh on it with my last comments.  I do have to admit that "Ecdysis" was the main song where the bass caught my ear on the first several listens.  But after each repeat listen, I have been enjoying the bass style more and more on other songs.  "Milk Of The Madonna" is another one with great bass.

I do hope on their next album that they have a few more "spacy" or "dubby" moments where they just let the drums and bass groove on their own.  At least for some song intros or bridges.

On my first several listens, "cXz" was not my favorite song... but now I love it.  I guess it just took my mind a few listens to absorb everything that was going on with the drums and really appreciate it. 

They all seem to be in top form for this album.  But lately, I have really been admiring Abe's drums.

This is what I love about Deftones albums... You can listen to them 100 times and keep noticing new details and finding new parts to appreciate.

I guess Deftones played an Elvis song live once.

Elvis Presley - (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnHFJObYruY&t=52s

I've never heard the original, so am not sure if this is good or bad. 

I remember Chino talked about doing an Elvis cover at some point.  I think it was maybe around the Koi No Yokan or Gore recording sessions.  But I don't remember if he said that it got recorded, or was just an idea they never followed through on.

Elvis was a hero to most, but I never cared much for his music.  But I would still be interested to hear Deftones cover an Elvis song or anything else.

Premier Guitar on Youtube just released this video 5 days ago, where they interview Steftone about all his gear.  Pretty great video if you are into that kind of stuff.

Starting at 24:09 minutes, he talks about his pedals. 

It does not look like he is using the Boss FZ-2 right now.  But he is using a Boss FZ-1w (Wazacraft).  I am not sure how similar they are.  Maybe it can get very similar sounds?

He mentioned that he uses that shelf of pedals for some of the Saturday Night Wrist songs (Beginning of "Beware").

https://youtu.be/mCjtITqTfgc?si=X4c3RXq62DgJoFHG&t=1449

I played with my FZ-2 some recently... If I set the pedal to "Fuzz 2" setting, and adjust the pickups on my guitar just right, then mute strings with my left hand and strum a rhythm with my right... I can get a sound like what you hear in the Digital Bath bridge at 2:54. Or even some stuff that sounds similar to "Infinite Source".

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