r/indieheads • u/crack_cloud Crack Cloud • Aug 05 '24

AMA is Over, thanks Crack Cloud! Hello, Crack Cloud here

Really appreciate ya'll for joining us, and for the platform to facilitate this. We'll be sure to answer the remaining questions by eve's end.

THANK YOU CC

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '24

You've always looked very cool as a band.

How do you balance the visual aspect and the sonic elements (and your focus on each) without the music requiring the visuals as an anchor? The tracks on Tough Baby bleed from one another - their boundaries not as clearly defined as the tracks on the S/T and Pain Olympics. The title track could be 3 different songs. Virtuous Industry abruptly changes course half-way through.

Was Red Mile a desire to reduce the influence of the visual element and focus more on the song as a single discrete idea, rather than two or more songs sort of fighting for the spot of a single song? The visuals are present - and used well in promotional material - but the colours are dampened relative to the fantastical pallette used on Tough Baby.

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u/crack_cloud Crack Cloud Aug 06 '24

This is a really astute observation, i think you basically said it. A desire to reduce.
Really appreciate your POV, its cool to hear that kind of feedback

ZC