Retro-instrumental quirks with an imaginative twist – a familiar cover concept, but a track and intention that’s quick to redirect things. Slender Guitarist offers a creative look at two worlds colliding, with this pop-punk meets old-school gamer tones composition, for If GREEN DAY’s Brain Stew was in Pizza Tower.
Not purely a guitar-led ambiance as implied by the artist name, but a nostalgic electro-funk arrangement of programmed drums and synths, backing up a rather humble solo portrayal of that unmistakable GREEN DAY melody. This original version quite perfectly encapsulates the playful freedom with which Slender Guitarist approaches music. The production has a naturally gamer-like simplicity about it, progressing from a simple two-layer set-up to something mildly more full and energised, but never-overbearing.
It’s a fun sound, in short, letting the earworm of the original song ring loud, and meanwhile building up the anticipation as the heavier beat and bass combo drops into place. The latter half in particular is quite addictively uplifting, the intensity subtle and stylish but also effective – gearing you up in the way that modern gaming tends to, whilst reminding the yesteryear music fans of the glory days of rock and pop-punk.
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