One Step Too Far

There  is something about the juxtaposition of harsh, biting guitars and the soft female voice. I really like it. I've been finding a lot of songs like that lately and this one is the most recent. It's Rose Melberg from Tiger Trap and The Softies in her latest incarnation with the Knife Pleats:

This is a nice example from Australian band Darts. They trade vocal duties within the band between male and female. This song features the latter:

This is a great song from Phoenix, AZ band the Numb Bats, with their one word lyric "Runnin":

This band, Feature,  has an excellent song from their album "Culture Of The Copy":

The guitar sounds for this San Francisco band, Grass Widow, aren't necessarily harsh, but the vocal harmonies are so sweet, that the contrast is still there:

Indie queen Mary Timony has a regular rock voice, but is so adorable that the contrast comes from the harsh guitar sounds coming from that timeless cuteness:

One of my favorite bands at the moment is Cardiff group, Joanna Gruesome:

The pioneer band for mixing Ramones-style chords and sweet voices is Shonen Knife. They've been doing it for almost 35 years (at least lead singer Naoko Yamano):

I'm building a playlist at SoundCloud with Harsh Guitars and soft voices:


https://soundcloud.com/markhdz/sets/harsh-guitars-soft-voice