Only picked up the OneRepublic and Kings of Leon tracks seeing as I'm not a fan of Mumford & Sons so here's my first playthrough scores, impressions and stem confirmations for this week's songs!:
"Counting Stars" - OneRepublic - [Guitar: Tier 3 | Bass: Tier 1 | Drums: Tier 5 | Vocals: Tier 4]
Expert Guitar: 225,829 | 100% Notes Hit (1209/1209) Full Combo | Gold Stars
Expert Bass: 98,396 | 100% Notes Hit (426/426) Full Combo | Gold Stars
"Use Somebody" - Kings of Leon - [Guitar: Tier 1 | Bass: Tier 1 | Drums: Tier 3 | Vocals: Tier 1]
Expert Guitar: 225,808 | 100% Notes Hit (873/873) Full Combo | Gold Stars
Expert Bass: 156,551 | 100% Notes Hit (837/837) Full Combo | Gold Stars
Stem Confirmations: "Use Somebody" is legit, no muffling of other tracks when missing notes on your own instrument. "Counting Stars" makes it 2 out of 2 for the tracks I've purchased this week. A buddy of mine confirmed "I Will Wait" is also legit, so that's three songs this week, all with legit stems! This lends creedence to all the new tracks in Rock Band VR having masters and split stems!
DLC Impressions: "Counting Stars" has a pretty decent guitar chart! Starts off with a series of steadily strummed alternating single notes and chords with little hammer-on flourishes in between. The second half of the song consists off a pretty fun alt-strumming string of double strummed single notes and chords, like a disco riff but nowhere near as annoying! Overall, pretty decent. Bass is a bit run of the mill though, plenty of steady single note strumming and long held sustains with a few pattern changes here and there. Overall a solid song for both instruments."Use Somebody" has a guitar chart that's pretty engaging for a tier 1 chart, if a little simple. Loads of two-note and 3-note chord strumming with some single strumming in between during the verses, it changes up just enough to not get too dull throughout the songs running time. The bass is pretty similar in terms of beat and pace, expect it mainly consists of single note strumming, there's a bit later that has a few pauses throughout but other than that it doesn't really stray much from the established pattern. Pretty so-so.
Best Guitar: "Counting Stars"
Best Bass: "Use Somebody"