Rob Swire (748 views)

[senatorsenpai]

Robert Swire-Thompson (5 November 1982)
Vocal Range: A2-F5
Associated Acts: Pendulum, Knife Party, Xygen

Significant High Notes:

F5 ("Halo", "Mercy Killing")
D5 ("The Catalyst", "Come Alive")
C♯5 ("Ghosts 'n' Stuff", "Granite", "Nothing for Free")
C5 ("9,000 Miles", "Begin Again", "Comprachicos", "Mercy Killing", "The Tempest")
B4 ("Anti-Hero", "Crush", "Different", "Monophobia"*, "Showdown")
B♭4 ("Nothing for Free")
A4 ("The Catalyst", "Crush", "Different", "Ghost Town", "Halo", "Propane Nightmares")
G♯4 ("Anti-Hero", "Breathe", "Mutiny", "Self vs Self", "Watercolour", "Witchcraft")
G4 ("Begin Again", "Different", "Encoder", "Hold Your Colour" Live at Brixton Academy, "The Island - Pt. I (Dawn)", "Louder Than Words", "Propane Nightmares")

Significant Low Notes:

E3 ("Anti-Hero", "Violet Hill")
E♭3 ("Watercolour")
D3 ("I'm Not Alone")
C♯3 ("Crush", "Granite", "Nothing for Free")
C3 ("Comprachicos", "I'm Not Alone", "Silent Spinner", "The Tempest")
B2 ("Anti-Hero")
B♭2 ("The Tempest")
A2 ("Crush")

SPOILER: Click to show

{Album and EP Ranges}Hold Your Colour (2007): F3-F4
In Silico (2008): B♭2-C♯3-C♯5
Immersion (2010): A2-C3-C5
Elemental (2021): C♯3-B♭4-D5
Anima (2023): C3-F5

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• Blue marks falsetto notes.
• Bold marks outstanding passages.
• Italics mark non-melodic notes.
• Underlines mark backing vocals.

* Release version of Monophobia is transposed one tone higher.


With thanks to aphelion for creating the original thread!

[Electric Mami]

Are 17 bolds really necessary? That's the third of the thread bolded, seems a bit excessive to me. Also I'm hearing C♯3 at the lowest in the passage of the alleged A2, and I believe the B♭2 is just a synth in the back. As for the two underlined C3's, I don't think they need to be underlined, they're pretty clear ("Comprachicos" has a C3 in the lead vocals at 0:36 at least). I'd also mark the "Different" B4 as blue

[senatorsenpai]

Good catch on "Different", I did miss that when fixing the formatting! I will leave the bolds as they are.

I also wasn't sure about A2 for "Crush" in the previous thread, and it would be good to get some more opinions but after hearing the acapella I do hear it there: vocaroo.com/1jMNxLRo8UpX

[Electric Mami]

It is for coherence's sake that I'm suggesting unbolding some notes that aren't any more impressive or remarkable than other non-bolded notes. I'm thinking of these: "Silent Spinner" C3, "Violet Hill" E3, "Witchcraft" G♯4, "Watercolour" G♯4, "Halo" A4 (I find the F5 in the back more impressive on this bit), "Crush" A4, "Monophobia" B4, "Mercy Killing" C5 and F5. It's mostly the notes that are repeated but drive a catchy chorus rather than being super remarkable, if that makes sense. We don't need to bold all the cool chorus high notes haha. Oh also I forgot to mention that the "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" C♯5 also doesn't need to be underlined

As for the A2, I see better how you could perceive an A2, however it seems to be the result of harmonies perfectly overlapping rather than an actual A2 to my ears. Could you possibly isolate the "The Tempest" B♭2 as well please?

[Baronessa]

Lots of those bolds are just normal notes and how they're supposed to sound as opposed to being particularly outstanding.