Country Feedback

The reason for doing Country Feedback was that I was so impressed with my attempts at guitar noise/feedback in Sweetness Follows that I wanted another song I could go to town on and this seemed perfect. Plus, the song is essentially just a loop as far as most instruments are concerned so it was a quick one to complete.

It was a bit tedious getting the guitar "solo" accurate as I'm 99% sure it was recorded in one go by Peter Buck and was not rehearsed. I always believe trying to reproduce off-the-cuff moments like this can be a bit laborious and phony. Nevertheless I'm pleased with the end product considering the short amount of time it took to complete.

Hope

If I was going to tackle Hope it was always going to have to be an alternative take on the song as a straight reproduction would be pointless and involve no guitar work whatsoever! I went with the idea of seeing how it sounds with a more traditional band setup of drums, guitars and bass, with an accordion replacing the repeating melody that drives the song. 

The result? Well, just average really. I don't think it's a particularly strong song to start with, it's charm comes from it's unique instrumentation and Stipe's vocal. So, stripped down it sounds rather weak. I do like my build up of sound at the end though and I think it's been a fun experiment.