Right, just got done with both of the DLC tracks this week so here's first my playthrough scores, DLC impressions and stem confirmations!
"Glass House" - Kaleo - [Guitar: Tier 5 | Bass: Tier 3 | Drums: Tier 4 | Vocals: Tier 5]
Expert Guitar: 148,507 | 100% Notes Hit (941/941) Full Combo | Gold Stars
Expert Bass: 138,660 | 100% Notes Hit (701/701) Full Combo | Gold Stars
"Bizarre Love Triangle" - New Order - [Guitar: Tier 4 | Bass: Tier 5 | Drums: Tier 5 | Vocals: Tier 3]
Expert Guitar: 145,082 | 100% Notes Hit (862/862) Full Combo | Gold Stars
Expert Bass: 310,925 | 100% Notes Hit (1648/1648) Full Combo | Gold Stars | First Ever XB1 FC!
Stem Confirmations: "Glass House" has legit stems, making it a 100% success rate for the RBVR tracks so far" "Bizarre Love Triangle" makes it 2 for 2 this week so if you're an "independent stem enthusiast who don't need no DIY stems" then you can safely purchase this week's DLC in it's entirety! Here's hoping "Champagne Supernova" next week continues the RBVR stem streak eh?
DLC Impressions: "Glass House" is fantastic on guitar. Tons of bouncing up and down the guitar neck with 2 note hammer-on strings, jumpy chord and single note switches, and a rad as fuck solo that can easily slip you up as well as a snakey, hammer-on heavy outro riff. Overall, top-notch charting! The bass is pretty fun as well for an average difficulty bassline. Lots of bouncy single note strumming and short bursts of hammer-ons inbetween. Overall, a great track, it might surprise a lot of you! I know it surprised me, I wasn't even aware of the artist or the song before listening it, and I urge everyone who hasn't to give it a listen.
"Bizarre Love Triangle" has a good, varied guitar chart as well. Lots of off-beat alt strumming patterns switching between various synths with some cool as fuck hammer-on snaking inbetween that switches it's pattern up three times in a short space of time. Overally pretty good, and definetly worthy of it's tier 4 ranking. Now, the bassline is where opinion may differ, at tier 5 it lives up to it's high difficulty rating. There's a lot of rapid 3 note gallops requiring you to zig-zag up and down the fretboard, followed by offbeat alt strumming and double strums, and then a hard as fuck loooong zig-zag back and forth between 2 notes before switching lanes to hit another combination, rinse and repeat.It requires one hell of an alt-strumming arm and those who can handle it will probably enjoy it, but it's not for the faint of heart, closer to devil tier in my opinion, but still, check out a video of the bass chart before buying!
Best Guitar: "Glass House"
Best Bass: "Bizarre Love Triangle"