Hazy Eyed Smiles - Love Rages

Hi all,

Me again. But then, it is my blog.

I came across these guys, who are based in Portsmouth, on twitter of all places. You know. The thing that has no audio whatsoever. What attracted me was the name. Hazy Eyed Smiles. Hmmm, is this a 1960's stoned covers band? What is going on?

In fact it's a million times better than that. Check out "Love Rages".
Crisp vocals, crisp guitar, really clean wholesome rock and roll.

Imagine U2 vs Rolling Stones and you wouldn't be far off for this track.

Lyrics are excellent. Definitely "in-car" singable.

Find them and it here:




Thanks for reading,

U2, sound effects and listening to your own advice.

Hi All,

I thought I'd play a little U2 earlier this month. I don't really like them to be honest, but this has got to be one of the very few tunes of theirs I like.

To play it though requires a bit of thought. They have that weird bend in, so you apply an octave bend to your pedal, but then you realise you have a wah sound over the top of that. It's a bit awkward to play with only one pedal. To that end I went to soundcloud and played the verse differently every time.

Here it is:


Hold me thrill me kiss me kill me Cover by Hand by Calloused Hand


After about an hour of playing it back to myself, my wife and kids, etc... I decided a mix of 1 and 3 wouldn't sound too bad, so I went for that for the video and then completely failed to listen to myself.

Here's the video:



Let me know what you think or if you have any ideas on that sound effect.

Thanks for reading,