Venison Veteran is a solo musician from El Paso, Texas who recently released Similar To Venison. He mentions that he “mixes the gritty sounds of The Mountain Goats with the cloying glitteriness of 3Oh!3 and Merzbow.” I was impressed with the Merzbow reference because of its obscurity. Most of the songs are a little over a minute long. The brevity of the songs made it feel like I was listening to vignettes.
He opens with “El Paso! El Paso!” and it is the most fully realized song on the album. The song can be split up into two distinct sections. There is the acoustic guitar and vocal beginning which then transitions to a chiptune infused song. The white noise is a little overwhelming but I understand the effect he was going for. “you got it, champ.” was just so distorted and chaotic. I think the intention was to make your ears bleed on this track. He tones things down considerably on “OMG OMG” which is chiptune but also has elements of artists like Dan Deacon and The Postal Service. The lyrics are silly and absurd on “Wells-Fargo.” It’s a song that mixes elements of Drake with what I think sounds like an industrial factory that is run by gigantic robots. There is some beautiful piano playing and he attempts to mix that with manipulated auto vocals on “Baby Sitter Interlude.” There is a mix of hip-hop and chiptune as the album continues. “New_Recording_15.m4a” seemed to be some sort of rough demo he recorded in Garageband. I did like some of the ideas on this album. As a producer and engineer my critique here would be to expand on his idea and try and combine all the styles he is attempting into a singular sound. I think ““El Paso! El Paso!” might be a good foundation for future material. Similar To Venison felt more like a mixtape. I think there is some talent and potential here to work off of and I wish him luck in his evolution.
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