Today's 3-part harmony singing

[Rickenbacker]

I was listening to America's debut album & it made me wonder if anyone today is still doing that. Any suggestions? (I'll pass on Alice in Chains)

[progeezer]

Moon Safari (more than 3 parts)
Magic Pie (same as above)
Arcade Fire

[Progbear]

Khatsaturjan

[hippypants]

Spock's Beard

[Geoff O'Donoghue]

Amplifier's latest release Echo Street may satisfy your requirements. This is their first CD to feature ex-Oceansize guitarist/singer Steve Durose and replacement bassist/singer Alexander Redhead (aka Magnum).

Two songs to check out:





Geoff

[klothos]

I was listening to America's debut album & it made me wonder if anyone today is still doing that. Any suggestions? (I'll pass on Alice in Chains)

There is plenty and has been back for awhile -- particularly in the Pop world and has returned since the Pop-Punk revolution of the early 00s.

Actually, The hack 90s seems to be the only era that eschewed it: 3-Part Harmony was probably "too happy" a flavor to use in music meant to be moody and angry.

[Yanks2014]

particularly in the Pop world and has returned since the Pop-Punk revolution of the early 00s.

Actually, The hack 90s seems to be the only era that eschewed it: 3-Part Harmony was probably "too happy" a flavor to use in music meant to be moody and angry.

Pop-punk revolution, really? As to harmony vocals, pleanty of 90's groups employed this, and I will bring up Alice in Chains. I think with them though it was two part harmonies. King's X of course should be mentioned, along with fellow Texans Galactic Cowboys.

[klothos]

Pop-punk revolution, really? As to harmony vocals, pleanty of 90's groups employed this, and I will bring up Alice in Chains. I think with them though it was two part harmonies. King's X of course should be mentioned, along with fellow Texans Galactic Cowboys.

Yes, really!

There is a BIG difference between two-part harmonies and three-part harmonies --- especially three-part accapellas (no comparison, really). The pop-punk bands that had taken over for grunge in the early 00s were adding a lot of three-part harmonies (Good Charlotte comes to mind).....I'll give you King's X (whose vocals are phenomenal) but, really, they count as a pre-grunge group, don't they? ----- If you think about it, the popular mainstream rock bands in the 90s that were doing the 90s "Thang" that had three-part harmonies (Collective Soul for one) were so few and far in-between, I can probably count them on one or two hands

[Rarebird]

Die Prinzen?

[Rickenbacker]

Thanks all. Really liked Amplifier.

[Yanks2014]

Yes, really!

There is a BIG difference between two-part harmonies and three-part harmonies --- especially three-part accapellas (no comparison, really). The pop-punk bands that had taken over for grunge in the early 00s were adding a lot of three-part harmonies (Good Charlotte comes to mind).....I'll give you King's X (whose vocals are phenomenal) but, really, they count as a pre-grunge group, don't they? ----- If you think about it, the popular mainstream rock bands in the 90s that were doing the 90s "Thang" that had three-part harmonies (Collective Soul for one) were so few and far in-between, I can probably count them on one or two hands

My comment about pop-punk was because you cvalled it a revolution. Can't say I even remember a pop-punk scene, and I have no idea what Good Charlotte sound like. Doesn't mean it didn't exist, I just don't rememeber anything like that. Yeah, a big difference between two and three part harmonies, and in the case of a band like Moon Safari, five part harmonies. I'm not sold on their music, but I was so impressed with their vocal abilities when I saw them at Rosfest.

[klothos]

My comment about pop-punk was because you cvalled it a revolution. Can't say I even remember a pop-punk scene, and I have no idea what Good Charlotte sound like. Doesn't mean it didn't exist, I just don't rememeber anything like that. Yeah, a big difference between two and three part harmonies, and in the case of a band like Moon Safari, five part harmonies. I'm not sold on their music, but I was so impressed with their vocal abilities when I saw them at Rosfest.

Sorry: I only used "revolution" as a metaphor -- I was just saying that it became the big mainstream/commercial rock thing that replaced the 90s mainstream rock thing.................and, yeah, Moon Safari's harmonies are spectacular!!!!! Right up there on par with Little River Band (whom also had with 5-part harmonies)

[Garden Dreamer]

It doesn't get much better than Magic Pie, who Geez mentioned. They remind me of 70's Chicago harmonizing.

[bill g]

Okay, I have to say we have 3-part harmonies on 5 of the 8 tracks on the new Cirrus Bay album. Although the 2 backing vocals are more subtle, with one voice taking the lead. This is something we really didn't do on our previous albums.