New Single: "all You Sons And Daughters"

[raygunner]

My biggest beef over the last few albums has been the over reliance on drum machine backed songs. I know Matt gets an actual drummer to do the parts in studio, but since its just him and a guitar when he does the demos -- he uses Garage band for the drum parts and on the recording they just come across as an after-thought.

 

Many of the songs would be better off acoustic, which is why his live acoustic performances are so popular. Just Matt and a guitar is INCREDIBLE. In a lot of the recordings the drums just sound so manufactured. If you listen to the older albums (non MGB), even with Pat on the drum parts added so much more to the songs, rather than just the same old beat he uses over and over again now.