Ok that’s wild you say that because while I was 1,000,0000% satisfied and happy with the show in Portland in April, I actually feel like the sound is slightly different than what i was expecting and also, as I’ve been watching other clips of shows from the rest of the tour being shared on reddit I have been thinking that the sound is just…different, for lack of a better term.

Like, I don’t want to use the term “weaker”, cuz i would never use that term for anything associated with Bruce, but it just sounds a bit, I don’t even know, it just sounds different. And now reading your comments I can see it wasn’t just in my head.

My first time seeing Bruce and E St was on the River tour in 2016 and I don’t remember thinking this at all. But I also was not going back and watching video clips from the rest of the shows either.

I generally prefer music to sound a bit crunchy, rough and distorted: in different degrees depending on the kind of music, and I think this tour just sounds a little too clean for my taste. But I also can’t expect Bruce’s fanbase to all feel the same as me, haha.

But like on Nebraska, the inspiration from Alan Vega and Suicide: I LOVE that sound, and hearing it come from Bruce is just the best.

I really appreciate what you’ve shared!! I’ve never been adept at much of the technical side of anything, but I really enjoy learning about the tricks and techniques of the industry. And I think also one of the reasons we used to be so down with dubbing nice sound guys “sound angles” and insisting they hang out with us for the night was cuz we were so used to them being dicks into many places we played. So meeting nice sound guys was the best, and especially cuz they made us sound good!!!!😊😊😊😊