blood orange

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

#buzzbands #solange

#blood #orange

this song is good (altho it just makes me wanna listen to liberian girl again) but i wasn't really feeling the few others i've heard from the album. there's something about him as a performer that is not clicking with me.

they like mansun

i like this album. songwriting could definitely be stronger but it's a good listen.

i like it i feel like hes very deep into his thing

def see how the pastiche is a total turn off for some ppl but i think it's fun

v disappointed in some dude for omitting the #hipsterrnb tag tho

riot hipsterr

this is my fave thing about this guy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Icicles

In February 2006, the band announced they were splitting up.[1] In an interview with NME in March 2006, Hynes claimed that "We were never, ever that keen on the music. I understand that people liked it, but we personally, er, didn't.".

Haha! We had that in common, I guess.

lol xp

@Jordan, what is this a pastiche of, do you think? I'm hearing influences but it doesn't seem like a straight rip of anything.

ILM r&b crew hates this guy iirc

i recall them liking that solange song but maybe it wasnt them it was those outside the crew

ha omg i did a search for blood orange before starting this thread but wow i just searched for dev hynes and lol wow i think you might be right

emo canon in twee major (BradNelson) wrote this on thread itt: kinda out there, maybe kinda experimental, maybe kinda pretentious modern r&b on board I Love Music on Nov 19, 2013

no time in this life for dev hynes

J0rdan S. wrote this on thread Those NME "momentous announcements" on board I Love Music on Apr 23, 2008

12. Dev Hynes (Lightspeed Champion)

^^this one is the worst by far

Morrissey & Clunes: The Severed Alliance (PaulTMA) wrote this on thread ask dextor ellis bextor, lead singer of the new hot band THE VALENTINES with their NEW HIT SINGLE 'SHE'S GOT NOISE' out in JULY/AUGUST on NORMAN RECORDS on board I Love Music on May 21, 2012

Speaking of Test Icicles, how come Dev Hynes is still having records released?

moët plaudit (Nilmar Honorato da Silva) wrote this on thread ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012 on board I Love Music on Jan 24, 2013

literally had no idea dev hynes was a thing post test icicles

dyl wrote this on thread R&B 2013 on board I Love Music on Jul 19, 2013

dev hynes is involved in some way in case anyone wants to suddenly decide they don't like it based on that

monotony wrote this on thread thread for pics of Drake looking ridiculous on board I Love Music on Aug 6, 2013

first thought: "wait now DRAKE is working with dev hynes???!!!"

emo canon in twee major (BradNelson) wrote this on thread SKY FERREIRA on board I Love Music on Oct 9, 2013

pretty sure there will be no dev hynes on this album at all

yessssssss

I don't even know wtf this band sounds like I'm just trollin (fffv) wrote this on thread SOLANGE KNOWLES, omg the return of on board I Love Music on Oct 2, 2012

after this and "Everything Is Embarrassing" I kind of want Dev Hynes to write all of the pop songs. which is so weird.

boss & toss (lou) wrote this on thread ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012 on board I Love Music on Jan 24, 2013

dev hynes needs a lifetime ban from music

yesss

had the misfortune of seeing him perform and it was unbearable. literally had to leave.

lex pretend wrote this on thread ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012 on board I Love Music on Jan 24, 2013

i like "everything is embarrassing" a lot despite dev hynes. sky ferreira is an incredibly charismatic performer despite not having much in the way of actual killer tunes yet and in general it's a pretty real song

i did the same search when i was tempted to start this exact thread like 5 weeks ago

ahahaha

I'm on the record as liking some songs by this guy so I'll double down and say that Chamaky rules

eagerly awaiting the haters

The other song I like is Champagne Coast

Does he have a new album out

yes.

this is the song off the last album that gets played in clothing stores at the mall now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvbOWR-Zvdg

what if cupid deluxe has a deluxe edition

The other song I like is Champagne Coast

the video for this with the rei ayanami and sailor mars posters was p lol

is he the first guy to be chillwave and hipster rnb

i always hear this guys music in stores that sell expensive but not like really expensive clothes

lmao that is a p good archive of dev hynes hate

I think a friend of a friend was involved in the shooting of that vid! xp

Feel like if you bought this dude's CD there would be a sticker on it that said "For fans of INC.!"

dreamnb was the new chillwave for a bit i think

Dude is horrible

What's up dude haven't seen you around in a while

Blood snorange

hey now were all reasonable people here

btw sup lamp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1mgtY86bCU

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i like this guy he is funny and cool

he wrote/produced that sky ferreria song that was an ILM fave last year

gr8080 why are there so many new replies to the HAIM thread? did you like that record? is it better or worse than blood orange?

1) they were on SNL this past weekend
2) yes
3) i think its better than blood orange but i think its less your style than blood orange

also that video was lol

I think a friend of a friend was involved in the shooting of that vid!

haha i know one of the girls in it iirc. p much in love w/ it btw wish more ppl were doing dirtbag verz of danny lopes art school artificial video series

http://www.thefader.com/2013/11/19/blood-orange-hitting-the-right-notes

http://cdn.thefader.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/F89_FEATURE_SHEA_01.jpg

can i just say gluten free bread is total garbage, dont make me any of those crappy sandwiches

otm

why fuck w imitation food is how i break it down, just dont eat bread

His albums always take awhile for me to really, really like. Always love what he's trying to do, but the choruses don't immediately stick

i just love the production throughout... i think it's such a warm palette and fits his songwriting better than arrangements w more structure

project pat on this

production is indeed nice, but i feel like it seriously lacking in hooks compared to the previous two

First listen was more vibes than hooks, but obviously I think I need to pay close attention to the lyrics. Not sure I'm down with all the spoken word interview interludes, but there weren't many of them, iirc.

his records sound so good though in the summer, it was like 81 and humid at 8am today and this was so pleasant to hear

On Instagram Dev Hynes called the Blood Orange gig I just saw Friday night a "DREAM SHOW IN DC..." Nitpicky me was intermittently impressed with his songcraft,arrangements, guitar playing, & dancing; but (maybe it was the microphone & sound system & not him) at times his voice wasn't strong enough; many songs felt like '90s r'n'b homages but without the hooks, he didn't play the piano enough (which he sounds great on). I feel like he's on the verge of eventually doing something consistently great but he's not quite there yet.

Oh on Instagram, Dev also says he composed a new 75 minute score for a dance piece by the Chicago-based Hubbard Street Dance Company that premiered in Chicago recently. He says it's his "longest classical piece yet." It's a collaboration called "There was Nothing" with impressive Memphis juke dancer Lil Buck Da Legend and Third Coast Percussion.

Song Exploder did an episode about the making of "saint" last week

Song Exploder did an episode about the making of "saint" last week

― President Keyes, Monday, October 1, 2018 3:08 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh excellent, must listen. truly enjoyed him showing off his gear and his late 80s Manhattan loft in the video for that song.

like most of his albums i feel like the last one features a few really strong songs interspersed with lots of texture and contextual production vibes. always feels a bit uneven, although i really dig the sounds and spaces he creates with them

I really wanna see that dance piece, actually—I'm in Chicago, so I really have no excuse not to (besides like.....lack of funds).

one of my fav albums in years

this album fucks def

so weird how much time has passed since test icicles, a band i saw in langley opening for fake shark (of which Kevin went on to produce for carly rae and many others)

like most of his albums i feel like the last one features a few really strong songs interspersed with lots of texture and contextual production vibes. always feels a bit uneven, although i really dig the sounds and spaces he creates with them

― in twelve parts (lamonti), Thursday, October 4, 2018 3:55 AM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

felt that way about the last one but this one do not

feeling some sort of resonance between this and the moodymann dj kicks

OK fine

heh

diamonds in my hair i’m pretty as fuck

love this album

feeling some sort of resonance between this and the moodymann dj kicks

― lag∞n, Sunday, October 7, 2018 10:16 PM (four weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

how much of the resemblance is down to yaw - 'where will you be' tho?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA5RW-X2QTc

Loving it. The only track I skip is the gospel track. And I like gospel, but it starts up and NOPE

his vocal chops are def put to the test at some points lol

feeling some sort of resonance between this and the moodymann dj kicks

― lag∞n, Sunday, October 7, 2018 10:16 PM (four weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

how much of the resemblance is down to yaw - 'where will you be' tho?

― flopson, Tuesday, November 6, 2018 9:16 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

great song def idk mostly just a vibe/was prob stoned when i wrote that

oh, this album rules

he did it, i finally don't hate a blood orange album

You hated the last one?

i guess hate is an exaggeration but i’ve never enjoyed his solo work

What's changed in the new one?

idk the songwriting feels stronger and less murky and monotonous in tone

I'm with Brad. He's written songs instead of atmospheres without sacrificing the poignancy of those atmospheres.

way more hooks on the previous two. i couldn't really get into this one

find this pleasant sounding but i have pretty much the opposite reaction to alfred. i.e. it's not quite songy enough but there's some nice atmospheres

I'm with marcos and jim here. Songs feel more like sketches on this new one.

I'm with Alfred. Atmospheres feel like songs, songs smell like farts.

i found most of those hooks to be p tepid at best & annoyingly condensed at worst (like, that crj song) so i prefer his songwriting stretched out as it is on the new one. still not totally converted yet but

i just love the production throughout... i think it's such a warm palette and fits his songwriting better than arrangements w more structure

― J0rdan S., Sunday, August 26, 2018 12:38 AM (two months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

also this is otm

yeah i think it earns its digressiony qualities bc the swirls of melody and structure that appear and disappear are, individually, pretty much always commanding and interesting. (imo, again, i found his previous two solo records, despite having more strictly bound "songs," far less imaginative.) it's a pretty filmic record, tracks run into each other like a cut or dissolve between frames. he's less hemmed in rhythmically here too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce8i5BDuf7U

this is so good, love the piano

nice

wau

why are there no tv shows with decent live audio when so many radio stations get it right

i liked negro swan so much it go me into freetown sound which i didnt really connect with before but now think is good

a few months ago i randomly heard "chamakay" on a college/community station. that is a song

dope def

EVP possibly my favourite (midtempo melancholy) song of the last 5 years

freetown sound is really good

holy cannoli Angel's Pulse is amazing!!!!!

<3 "gold teeth"

yeah what a nice suprise to see project pat and gangsta boo on a track! cool to hear them over something kinda spacey/jazzy