What do you think of MTV Teen Mom Farrah Abraham's first single?

is there anywhere to find this album besides itunes?

Amazon has it as well.

And some dude, I'm definitely interested.

cool!

it's on Spotify as well

the fader on this wagon

http://www.thefader.com/2012/10/01/staff-selects-playlist-teen-moms-farrah-abraham-and-auto-tune-run-afoul/

not very well but still

their masthead should say "listening to the right things for the wrong reasons since 1998"

Even with all the other things wrong with it the most smh is misidentifying the Ali Lohan Christmas song as "Lindsay and her mother."

It's good in that "so this is what music sounds like to people with some kind of mental disorder that prevents them from hearing music normally" kind of way

Ok, this record is amazing. It's like something from a parallel universe secret museum of mankind where early 20th century bedouins have autotune.

I'm telling you, she's some kind of genius outsider artist. I want to review this album for The Wire.

― 誤訳侮辱, Sunday, August 19, 2012 2:19 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

And there it is in this month's issue. Review is by noz though - did he get there first?

afaik 誤訳侮辱 hasn't written for the wire and was just saying that, not announcing actual intentions. am curious about noz's take though, will have to look out for that.

ditto - wire stuff isn't online is it? didn't imagine it'd be noz doing it!

feel weirdly proud of all this traction :)

誤訳侮辱 is unperson, right? He has a couple of reviews in this month's issue.

oh is he? for some reason i thought that was someone else. hard to keep track of display names.

that one almost sounds like xiu xiu xp

otm.

Maybe this is avant garde maybe not but it's definitely (to borrow a phrase from George Harrison) "avant garde a clue". Someone with no talent but lots of publicity producing something. It's 'outsider art' in the sense that it is outside the realm of good taste but this isn't some homeless lady or mentally challenged individual or otherwise obsessive artist type who feel driven to create. This is a shitty vanity project that will get lots of un-needed attention from people that think they are being brilliant in calling it avant garde.

This is a shitty vanity project that will get lots of un-needed attention from people that think they are being brilliant in calling it avant garde.

... like Xiu Xiu?

Yeah, I reviewed Aluk Todolo and Neurosis in this month's issue.

I don't think anyone who has reviewed it has called it "avant garde," just put the end result in relation to avant garde and experimental stuff (where it belongs) rather than "vanity pop from a reality TV star" (where it also belongs, but not in the way people have put it there, I guess?). AFAIK nobody knows how this thing was actually produced yet, but the possibility that FLA is actually an experimental artist doing an extended performance art piece on "Teen Mom" a la Joaquin Phoenix doesn't really seem likely.

to me this just sounds like a shittier version of crystal castles

and i get that the lyrics are "real" and "raw" and disorienting but there's only so much LOL-cutup-talky-autotune vox that i can take

man I cannot get ppl who do not think this is good

if she actually makes an album with Eryn Woods (which I don't think she actually will -- I'm pretty sure the thing about their collaboration is just Eryn trying to get public attention) it definitely won't be good.

and i get that the lyrics are "real" and "raw" and disorienting but there's only so much LOL-cutup-talky-autotune vox that i can take

what's surprised me after the initial WTF reaction is that it seems i can't get enough of the vox

tons of 'famous' outsider music records were vanity projects so idk why Adam is making out that they're mutually exclusive

Interesting review in Dummy: http://dummymag.com/features/2012/10/03/comment-why-teen-mom-farrah-abraham-s-dream-is-our-reality/

I don't really agree with framing it as "camp," per se, and pitting this album against mainstream pop just doesn't seem like it makes a lot of sense. Still wondering about production -- I imagine it was made on FL Studio (or something equivalent) but not necessarily by FLA.

this is one of my favorite albums of 2012

much to my wife's chagrin

seems relevant to this thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOi3CQ3Z4zY

why does this go on for 6 minutes

that's not my only question but that was the first one that came to mind

this album's been out for several months and still nobody's found out who produced or how it was made or anything? nobody's been able to get an interview with her?

my attempts have been a dead end so far

btw if anyone wants to read the wire review (it's just a few paras) i can email it

this is one of my favorite albums of 2012

― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 30 November 2012 18:28 (Yesterday) Permalink

much to my wife's chagrin

― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 30 November 2012 18:30 (Yesterday) Permalink

Yup.

Still no info on production, have thought about trying to get an interview as well, may have a lead on getting contact info but not sure. Meanwhile I submitted a question to her next book (where she answers fan mail, basically) about the album and am eagerly awaiting her non-response.

Was this released on a physical cd?

Maybe there are credits in the booklet?

no cd

Late to the party, but here comes Tiny Mix Tapes with their review. Spoiler alert: it's positive.
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/farrah-abraham-my-teenage-dream-ended

this is one of my favorite albums of 2012

― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 30 November 2012 18:28 (Yesterday) Permalink

This is one of my AND my wife's favorite albums of 2012

Maybe this is avant garde maybe not but it's definitely (to borrow a phrase from George Harrison) "avant garde a clue". Someone with no talent but lots of publicity producing something. It's 'outsider art' in the sense that it is outside the realm of good taste but this isn't some homeless lady or mentally challenged individual or otherwise obsessive artist type who feel driven to create. This is a shitty vanity project that will get lots of un-needed attention from people that think they are being brilliant in calling it avant garde.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:33 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

intentional fallacy

As far as I know, The Shaggs weren't homeless or handicapped.

holy shit!

i added "searching for closure" to the eoy spotify playlist and was like "this album, song title, and cover art looks suspiciously earnest for an ilx-championed song, what's the deal?" WOW.

yeah, it is a battle between that song and "After the Prom" as to which one is my favorite

they're both so effortlessly creepy without using any of the normal "hey this is a creepy song" signifiers

just realized who she reminds me of...MySpace supremeo 4Poundz!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-isrOWpzf8

The AV Club totally fails to understand the brilliance of this record. Unsurprising, given the clotted, stale turds that made up most of their "best music of 2012."

That Onion A.V. Club feature is always the worst (except for some of the weird categories they come up with, e.g. the Michael Jackson covers thing). They slotted the second t.A.T.u. album in the "least essential" slot a few years ago. Works better as an accidental recommendation feature.

Jukebox was weirdly on board with FLA (middling score, low controversy). Haven't seen the album anywhere but the Guardian year-end so far.

So did anyone ever find out who produced/wrote these songs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R61x52zt6ms

in this "comedy" interview she says she wrote the songs. also sings along v briefly to "on my own" :)

wtf is happening

Farrah Abraham has made a sex video with James Deen. (Link is to TMZ and is SFW.)