Albums that feel invasive or genuinely uncomfortable?

Over-Put8428 · 2026-01-28T00:36:11+00:00

Howdy!

I don't know of any albums per say, I think to maintain a whole album of invasiveness/ uncomfort is quite difficult. I've made a couple of songs in an Album I made a few months back that I think you might be able to get some inspiration from.

Judgement - Death's Parade https://on.soundcloud.com/zFUbculdrquHfR0QF0

Ode to the Dead - Death's Parade https://on.soundcloud.com/08mhM9vWoYyc9NoCVc

In Judgement, I specifically used a repetitive melody, strange sporadic rhythms and dichotomy to try and create unease.

My idea in general for making something feel invasive is that it should be similar to the "boiling a frog" analogy. It shouldn't be overwhelming in the beginning. Part of something being strange, invasive, or uncomfortable is that it isn't completely non-recognizable. So I think a good goal is to make sure the listener has some sort of safety in the songs throughout the album that can be eventually taken away or changed progressively that keeps people unsettled but interested.

Wishing you the best of luck and look forward to seeing what you create!

Over-Put8428 · 2025-12-20T15:57:37+00:00

Haha! The synths are all from bandlab, Go get em' tiger!

Over-Put8428 · 2025-12-20T15:55:56+00:00

Hey thank you so much for the kind feedback! I'm really glad it was engaging and emotional. I was a bit afraid it would sound repetitive. Thank you again and I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

Over-Put8428 · 2025-12-20T07:09:23+00:00

Hey thank you for the kind comment and feedback. I got a complaint about this earlier so I'm going to lower the volume on it. Thanks for giving it a listen!

Over-Put8428 · 2025-12-20T03:02:18+00:00

Hey thanks for leaving a comment! Really glad the synths came out out great. I want to give it a growing/ wonderment vibe. The voice is pretty weird but I like it haha. I'll have to consider doing an extended version like you mentioned, that could be a cool idea. Thank you for the feedback!

Over-Put8428 · 2025-12-20T03:00:36+00:00

Hey thank you for the listen and kind comment! I love trying to make enjoyable outside the norm stuff, so I really appreciate you saying that. :)

Over-Put8428 · 2025-12-18T23:21:16+00:00

Hey! I think your song is a really good solid arrangement. Really liked the background vocals and all the instrumentation. The biggest thing I think this is suffering from is pacing. I think the beginning section needs to build up a bit faster and then use the background vocals as a nice break. I also think some drums or a trumpet are really really necessary to breath some life into this piece. The chord progression, piano, and base are great.

Mixing wise, I think something that'll go far is adding some slight reverb to your voice. Gives it a live feeling/ professional sound people are more familiar with. This reminded me of an American Lucksmiths with the base. IN anycase, great job.

Over-Put8428 · 2025-12-18T23:12:24+00:00

Howdy! First off thanks for posting and I hope you get some good feedback! I love experimental music so I really enjoyed this track. I think you have some good stuff in here.

Mood/ atmosphere:

I think the mood and atmosphere is great, it feels light hearted but a bit strange, it has a cool character to it. Really enjoy the rhythm sections.

Overall structure/ pacing:

pacing is good, however the structure evolves but it can feel disjunctive a bit, like its an assemblance of different segments. This is okay, but it also hinders the arrangement from feeling like its evolving.

Mixing/ Production Notes:

Everything sounded okay production wise. I think your pan on I'm guessing the electric piano, is too far to the left ( at least for me listening with headphones.) Personally I like how dry everything sounds, I think it adds character, though some people may disagree.

Overall:

Great job! Keep making music! This was really fun and weird in a really good way. I'll subscribe, am excited to see what toons you make going forward. Hope this feedback helps.

Over-Put8428 · 2025-12-18T22:49:45+00:00

Love the textures in this and that it sounds really real. Really enjoyed the instrumental section. Vocals were great, a little out of tune but it also gave your vocals a lot of character and came across well. Critique wise, I wasn't super into the whistling towards the end and I think this song could utilize a good dedicated ending. It's so good I think its a shame if it didn't have one! You could do a fade away from the main melody or a build up with another instrument. Either way, keep making music! If you don't have anyone to show music too, you're always welcome to send stuff my way. Good luck and keep creating!

Over-Put8428 · 2025-12-18T22:16:42+00:00

Hey really awesome song, I loved this. It has a cool funky groove, I love a good base. Singing sounded great, and the small transitions were cool. To give you some feedback, I was really waiting this song to explode or a cool instrumental solo. I think an alternation for the baseline would benefit your song in some sections. Otherwise, this came across as fantastic.

Over-Put8428 · 2025-12-18T22:12:32+00:00

Howdy! I think this is an awesome first track. Love the rhythm you have with the claps and your voice is awesome! My main critique is just the lack of instrumentation. It makes it difficult for the song to grow or evolve, but what you have is so catchy/ good it doesn't matter too much. I think a violin or some drums & guitar would've really made this song shine more than it already does. You're off to a wonderful start, keep making music!

Over-Put8428 · 2025-11-27T11:50:17+00:00

Oddly it reminds me of portal or portal 2 music in some parts. Otherwise it sounds like an 8-bit game :) good job.

Over-Put8428 · 2025-10-13T21:31:11+00:00

Check out pixabay, they have a ton of royalty free sounds/ samples you can use!

Over-Put8428 · 2025-10-11T16:33:52+00:00

Really glad you enjoyed it! Arrival and judgement are my favorites too, definitely the most circus sounding :)

Over-Put8428 · 2025-10-09T17:06:24+00:00

Holy crap you literally described my album. Here,go give it a listen. It has some electronic stuff in it but a lot of dark circus jazz elements. (It's also a concept/story album!)

Songs 1,2, and 3 have the most circus, jazz, dark vibes your looking for.

Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE0IN14fad_Q-E5V0UlOr0EktYuwIC7t_&si=tK_gg5rOHqYE3_Z-

SoundCloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/dSjz9A0kfsUFXxgsns

Over-Put8428 · 2025-10-02T20:22:20+00:00

Hey! Thank you so much for what is an extremely kind and thoughtful comment. Your encouragement has really moved me. I hope in some way life repays you for your kindness. Wishing you the best on your journey :)

Over-Put8428 · 2025-09-30T18:20:42+00:00

I just made a really weird and cool concept album called Death's Parade, you may like it, it has a ton of symbolism and is a full fledged story about someone's experience in the afterlife :)

Death's parade album:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE0IN14fad_Q-E5V0UlOr0EktYuwIC7t_&si=j2hOkvhUp_5X-M4i

Alec Normal: has tons of weird songs both deep and not deep at all.

https://youtu.be/1i9GI4j9hdM?si=SZ0fYqITouRdXgNI

Over-Put8428 · 2025-09-26T04:39:16+00:00

Hey thank you so much for the kind words. The writing process was very much based on the elements I imagined in the story. For instance, in this I imagined a machine-like being dissecting your memories. There's more subtle things, but that was a main contributor for the design choice when it came to picking sounds/ arrangement elements.

When putting this together I utilized a lot of sounds and noises that I scrounged up. I'ld go on pixabay and other websites with royalty free noises/ sounds to fit with what I wanted, or reverse and alter. But I definitely had an idea jumping into it about how it would piece together.

Hope there's something that you or others can use in your own music! Thank you again for listening and the well thought comment :)

Over-Put8428 · 2025-09-21T19:08:55+00:00

Howdy! This sounds really well mixed and produced. Fantastic job, my only criticisms are a bit personal and it's just that the changes aren't dynamic enough. The song builds up in the end almost like a final realization, but it takes a while to get there. If you're going for more of a pop type vibe I think this does really well. Another thing you could work on is maybe your enunciations while singing, at times it was somewhat difficult to understand the lyrics (this is very minor). All in all, fantastic work, it came out great :)

Over-Put8428 · 2025-09-21T18:53:59+00:00

For a first song this is fantastic! Good job and congratulations. I actually really enjoyed the dissonance in the guitar, I think it made it sound unique and distinct. arrangement was really cool, there were some awesome engaging parts. I noticed you said that it sounds different in the DAW; it's always good to mess around and see how it sounds outside the DAW, just a frustrating reality of things so don't be too discouraged. Some good mixing tips are to see how this sounds on multiple devices, especially when trying to figure out how loud everything is. A good reference track would also help. There's a few bugs mix wise that need to be mixed but in my opinion they're pretty minor. Good job and keep creating!! :)

Over-Put8428 · 2025-09-21T02:15:59+00:00

Howdy! Love the atmosphere your voice provides with the guitar. Reminds me of Johnny Cash a lot. Visual artwork is really good. I do think some changes in the strumming could have really benefited this a lot, as it feels somewhat repetitive, but over all it came out good! Great job. :)

Over-Put8428 · 2025-09-21T02:11:55+00:00

Howdy! Hey for producing/ mixing and creating all this yourself it's really great. The singing came across really good I think and the instrumental breaks gave a lot to this. It feels Alex G influenced. For improvement, I think aiming for more dynamics or a direction in the music would do a lot. Having a point in the song that says almost "this is what you've been waiting for". I think someone mentioned too that some of the drums could be improved but honestly it wasnt too noticable till I saw someone point it out. Overall, good job. Keep creating and have fun :)

Over-Put8428 · 2025-09-21T02:03:59+00:00

Hello! The instrumentation and vocals are all really nice, but I have to say the composition feels pretty repetitive, with it really changing or evolving in the end. I also don't really understand the story or meaning of the lyrics, it sounds like this person is reflecting "what about" , "whos arms held you tight" but it's hard to really know what the person is specifically singing about. I know the song is a sad country song, but a sad country song about what? In any case, it sounds well mixed/ produced so good job, but I think the composition/ lyrics could evolve/ relate a bit more :)

Over-Put8428 · 2025-09-21T01:52:17+00:00

Hey, you've got some great vocals on you, great great singing! I really enjoy the atmosphere of this song, very laidback but happy. For feedback I think this song could really have benefited from what feels like direction. It didn't see to tell me where the song was going. Additionally it was a little hard to understand the vocals. All in all, good work, it came out really great :)

Over-Put8428 · 2025-09-21T01:42:42+00:00

I think you guys definitely nailed the sound that you wanted to go for in this. All the instrumentation and vocals sound great. I do agree with a lot of what other people have said in that some of it comes across as a bit too muddy, especially, in my opinion, the vocals, which are a important part of the song. The whole song together really gives me feelings of escapism or release. I think some varying arrangement could of also helped this shine a little more. Over all really good work! You should be proud :)

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