I think the tuning bit might be your ear - no offence. Definitely no overbending, tuning issues or bad intonation... the guitar was set up professionaly before tracking and there were no issues between the main track and double track - so no tuning problems. Also, all guitars were recorded DI for reamping and we really scrutinized them to make sure everything was super tight and in tune.
Verb on the vox is just a basic large room verb at 2 seconds, sounds neither dry nor wet to my ear. Bought the vocals back a touch as they're not exactly amazing but it was their first recording experience so they seemed a touch inhibited. I'm sure they'll feel a lot more comfortable next time!
Yeh - out of tune singing has to be made in tune though. The lead singer had some pitching problems at times but backing vocals were mainly good. Strange how it tends to be like that actually.
Thanks for listening though!