hm well neither have i tbh
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 17:36 (nine years ago) link
also it feels very weird at a time when the ballroom scene seems so healthy for RM to reference it so explicitly as an influence but not go anywhere near it sonically
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 17:39 (nine years ago) link
Murphy's seems to have been adopted by the transgenderqueer (etc., I don't keep up) community for a while.
― Dreyfuss levels of hopeless romantic (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link
's (Video is one of several unofficial fan videos for "Simulation" featuring trangender peeps - parts might be unsafe for some workplaces)
― Dreyfuss levels of hopeless romantic (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 18:59 (nine years ago) link
i feel like the new record is kind of a sister (or cousin) to last year's mr twin sister album
― j. winters (josh), Sunday, 19 April 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
Hmm, hadn't thought about that, but makes sense on the surface.
I'm definitely a fan of the straightforwardness of Overpowered. This one takes more dedication to love, like Ruby Blue did imo.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 20 April 2015 04:05 (nine years ago) link
been listening to this a lot lately and came across a track-by-track where she basically confirms that only "gone fishing" is about balling, the rest is about her strange interior life. was surprised to find out "exploitation" is literally about sex but in retrospect it's obvious
anyway this is still one of my favorite records of the year, though it makes more sense as a follow up to ruby blue than overpowered. "unputdownable" prob one of my favorite love songs of all time at this point
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 14:29 (eight years ago) link
i waited so long for a new RM album but now there is one i couldn't care less, it's weird.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 14:41 (eight years ago) link
I played it a lot in late May but haven't returned to it. Too quiet and the melodies are skimpy.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 14:43 (eight years ago) link
gonna give it my first shot in weeks b/c Brad.
yeah really liking unputdownable, thanks Brad. I think i was put off by the single with the queazy speeding-slowing thing going on. hated that.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 14:46 (eight years ago) link
Too quiet and the melodies are skimpy.
sympathetic to this but i think i like it bc of how pared down and nervously quiet it is
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link
also i'm a real sucker for the jazzy guitar runs in "exploitation" and "house of glass"
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 15:32 (eight years ago) link
I think i was put off by the single with the queazy speeding-slowing thing going on. hated that.
If you mean Exploitation, that's one of the things I like about that track (my favorite from the album, in either the single version or album version).
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 15:59 (eight years ago) link
ah so there IS a thread. doesn't come up in the search for Roisin. first track is amazing. good to see it got a Mercury nod. this is her best stuff IMO.
― piscesx, Monday, 19 October 2015 15:28 (eight years ago) link
the lack of love would be more baffling if this weren't a very quiet and elusive record
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 19 October 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
omg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic9f7XRRhx0
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 7 December 2015 05:16 (eight years ago) link
INDEED
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 December 2015 05:26 (eight years ago) link
The full version looks like it's getting released on Friday (digital/12") and is 7+ minutes. WANT
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 December 2015 05:27 (eight years ago) link
He should do a full remix album. The video is so good too.
― ewar woowar (or something), Monday, 7 December 2015 08:36 (eight years ago) link
Another remix
https://soundcloud.com/miss-roisin-murphy/unputdownable-prosumer-remix/s-9xUmr
― groovypanda, Monday, 7 December 2015 12:29 (eight years ago) link
so, uh, i guess there might be a new album this year?https://twitter.com/roisinmurphy/status/702787290171629568
― circles, Saturday, 27 February 2016 18:43 (eight years ago) link
Wow
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 27 February 2016 19:09 (eight years ago) link
hell yeah. hairless toys didn't hit me at first but now i think it's amazing... i listened again keeping a couple comments in mind i'd read on the EOY 2015 thread, something about how 'evil eyes' switches gears into a boogie song four mins in. her previous album, which i love, even sounded a bit drab afterward in comparison.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 27 February 2016 20:21 (eight years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/miss-roisin-murphy/mastermind
new track is nice, hadn't seen the tweets so I wasn't expecting something new already.
― ufo, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 13:42 (eight years ago) link
This song is like a series of forks in the road, and she took the right one every time.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 13:46 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, this is great! Even though it's the sort of thing my pop-structured mind tends to find unpleasant, it works when Róisín does it.
― daavid, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 14:20 (eight years ago) link
just came here to post about the new album. nothing for 8 years then 2 albums inside 1 year. weird huh? last album is amazing, easily her best IMO.
by the way this thread is impossible to find.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 20:37 (eight years ago) link
Hairless Toys was impressive but I still love Overpowered more than anything she's done, though.
― daavid, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 21:16 (eight years ago) link
album title is intriguing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-BQXz1Nk7k
― Number None, Sunday, 24 April 2016 20:10 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4xe-qiKE00#t=210
― daavid, Monday, 16 May 2016 14:55 (eight years ago) link
oh boy
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 16 May 2016 15:13 (eight years ago) link
that song "Mastermind" is a jacuzzi.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 May 2016 15:26 (eight years ago) link
'ten miles high' on repeat
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 19 May 2016 17:22 (eight years ago) link
Album sampler. Properly bonkers as expected. I feel like Róisín is now fully in her own world... and what a beautiful and mysterious world that is!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cppivyhqwFU#t=554
― daavid, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 03:45 (seven years ago) link
Róisín DGAF!
tbh I'm not into very much of this, at least at this early stage, but good on her
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 6 July 2016 03:55 (seven years ago) link
It seems to lose a bit of momentum towards the second half. But the first four tracks or so have some incredible moments.
― daavid, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 04:02 (seven years ago) link
I love that the bass is used so sparsely (both here and in Hairless Toys) but when it's there, it's fucking there. No messing around.
― daavid, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 04:12 (seven years ago) link
this record is super fucking wacky. also "ten miles high" is a masterpiece
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 8 July 2016 17:19 (seven years ago) link
I don't have any fully-formed opinions yet but this album is amazing.
― ǂbait (seandalai), Saturday, 9 July 2016 00:42 (seven years ago) link
New album is utterly bonkers.
― chap, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:38 (seven years ago) link
It sounds like Disco Volante era Mr Bungle in some sections.
― chap, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:39 (seven years ago) link
I'm not liking this new direction.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:39 (seven years ago) link
I think I like it, but it'll take me a few listens to confirm.
― chap, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:41 (seven years ago) link
She has too powerful a voice and presence to murmur over slow tracks.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:42 (seven years ago) link
It's not all that though. I get the impression that they're the kind of tracks which will reveal their underlying structure and power over time.
― chap, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:45 (seven years ago) link
"ten miles high" reminds me heavily of moloko
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:45 (seven years ago) link
also idk if sustained murmuring is really a new direction for róisín
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:49 (seven years ago) link
The beats tended to be kinetic ("Dear Miami").
I like "Ten Miles High" too.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:50 (seven years ago) link
imo it's the best song from both albums
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:51 (seven years ago) link
Long time fan of Roisin Murphy, of course.....
― I Left My Harp In Sam Frank's Disco (Tom D.), Thursday, 21 September 2023 13:14 (eight months ago) link
cool to see the guy who steered a national newspaper into printing a series of stories about how hiv didn't cause aids has learned absolutely fucking nothing about shutting up on matters best left to medical professionals
― come on barbo let’s go parpo (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 21 September 2023 13:17 (eight months ago) link
Equally cool to see the guy who paid a Holocaust denier six figures to translate Goebbels’ diaries weighing in, the schmuck.
― steely flan (suzy), Thursday, 21 September 2023 21:12 (eight months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/hHmDXtN/Screenshot-2023-09-23-071625.png
probably not unusual for niche artists but the album debuted last week at #5 in the uk charts, this week it's dropped to #73
― NickB, Saturday, 23 September 2023 06:24 (eight months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/rsp1gmt.jpg
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 23 September 2023 11:43 (eight months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/rsp1gmt.jpg ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 23 September 2023 11:44 (eight months ago) link
Case closed.
― I Left My Harp In Sam Frank's Disco (Tom D.), Saturday, 23 September 2023 11:46 (eight months ago) link