(sorry for this niche post)
not to start drama in the swedish neo-yacht rock fandom but why oh why did state cows cut the runtime of one of their songs by a whole minute on the official release of challenges
maybe I’ll get used to it but like. compare 2:32 in this video:
to 2:23 in this one:
it feels like a radio edit, but it’s the album mix. I don’t understand why they’d cut the 2-beats-early chorus repeat + inst break x2, which are essential for the fakeout of “oh, we’re in the repeats now—wait what there’s a key change?” that is like, my favorite part of this song
also I just really miss that background “salvation fire”. I love when instrumental breaks bury vocals in the mix. (see also: ben folds’ not the same)
don’t get me wrong, I really love this album, and the new songs they added when they finished it off. it’s some of the best pop songwriting I’ve heard in 2019, right up there with CRJ’s dedicated. and I do dig the changes made to other songs. but this just seems...odd to me. I hope they make the old version available again in some non-youtube form.
