Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (RIP blogs)

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I'm not usually one to have a problem with "weird" vocals--big Bjork, Knife, Arthur Russell, David Thomas et al fan- -Soundslike

Yeah I don't have a problem with Bjork or Arthur Russell's vocals (I haven't heard Knife or David Thomas to my knowledge), but I only have a few favorites of both of them that I only pay attention to. I don't think Johanna is bad and I prefer her sound to most pitchfork music (god I hate pitchfork music), but I have yet to find a single Newsom song I would listen to repeatedly or put on a mix cd.

Bjork's Venus as a Boy, Hyperballad, Human Behavior, Joga, Triumph of Heart.. and Arthur Russell's Home Away From Home, You and Me Both, That's Us/Wild Combination, You and Me Both.. seem so much more engaging than anything Newsom has done. I'm not really feeling it with Johanna Newsom. Too flowery

*A Little Lost

Worth pointing out that triple album or no, it's still just 18 songs, so hardly some massive clearing-house. First album had short songs. Second album had long songs. Third album has long and short songs. Makes sense to me.

I wanted to like this album, obviously. But I don't. :(

So far (only listened to the first disc) I'm loving every minute--it scratches a certain musical itch for me, I guess. Not one I need fulfilled too often, but this gets at it. Each (longer) song definitely has enough ideas for a good full length album, which could be a knock against it--I don't disagree that it could seem "flowery". But it avoids feeling overwrought through sheer skill and quality--I'm almost always one for minimalism over the baroque, shorter over longer, pithy over wordy, but this overcomes all of those predispositions, which impresses me still further.

Great record(s). Probably better that the new Broken Social Scene. :-)

The arrangements are, thus far (I'm also only one disc in), already way more interesting than those on Ys.

There's just way more space and dynamics. Harp + orchestra can grow a bit dull and colorless over 50 minutes.

i wonder how much of the Triple Album thing is a marketing gimmick.
if it is - it works fine.

in many ways, this record vs Y's is like comparing Wee Tam & The Big Huge with Hangman's Beautiful Daughter:

a psych folk classic turned in the next record into something more accessible and simple, in a longer format, with some boring, repetetive-melody fillers and still some excellent stuff as well.

this has leaked like Ronald Reagans diaper

Any info on who recorded this and where?

it was recorded by Bibbleloo Dibbleodid,but do not speak his name or you will turn into a bale of straw.It was recorded at the foot of Auriuga by one of the Pleiades,possibly Maia.

it was recorded all over the place by five people: t j doherty, noah georgeson, ryan francesconi, dana gumbiner and neal morgan - @ radiostar in weed; at fantasy (berkeley), sear sound (ny); king sound & pictures(laurel canyon); cedar house (sea-town); station to station (grass valley).
mixed by noah g (laurel canyon); jim O'Rourke @ magnet (Japan).
mastering by steve rooke @ Abbey Road Studios

Thanks thanks

I wish I liked this album half as much as everyone else.
Most of these new songs just aren't very good, imo. None of the (plentiful on Ys) revelatory climactic resolutions are there, save for a couple of songs (which sounded 1000x more affecting live anyway). Obviously a lot of thought & work has been put into this album, but I think the sparser arrangements/deliberate restraint only help reveal how brittle and deceitfully noneventful most of this whole thing really is.

A lot of the songs are actually musically really repetitive. It's seriously ten minutes of her doing variations on the same melody line. Yes it breathes more than Ys and she's (IMO) singing much better, and her lyrics and storytelling is pretty great, but musically and chordally these songs really drag and don't really do that much. Even when they crescendo they crescendo on the same chord progression and generally peter out on the same one too. It's not as EXHAUSTING as Ys, but it's also nowhere near as interesting. That said I find it infinitely more listenable but still something I'd never see myself reaching for much

lol

wow we got that wrapped up, what, 40 hours after it leaked?

you instant let-me-hold-forth guys ever take yr time with anything?

Fuck, I like "Good Intentions Paving Company." I think it could be a little shorter (around 4:00 it takes some of my breath away, but then there's still 3 minutes to go and it's a let-down waiting for it to end), but it's so pretty at moments that it even makes me forget how annoying her voice is. Particularly what she does at, "But I fell for you, honey, as easy as falling asleep," and, "It had a nice a ring to it / When the old opera house rang / So with a song I'm all ran / Signed, sealed, delivered I sang."

brb sean gramophone, questioning my worth as a human being

you instant let-me-hold-forth guys ever take yr time with anything?

― sean gramophone, Monday, February 22, 2010 1:14 AM Bookmark

That's what she said.

i'm waiting for the 2020 quadruple "deluxe edition" with previously unreleased bonus tracks.

The CD packaging is really cool. Its like a flip open (side spine) actual "box" a little under half an inch deep, then each disc is in its own sleeve and a pretty hefty book of liner notes and lyrics. The pictures on the sleeve covers and the lyric book certainly back up her emphasizing the "hot" Joanna Newsom. Black and white photos of her lounging on a chair wearing what sort of looks like a bathing suit with overall type straps over the shoulders.

This is the first time I'll be going to the record store the day of release in a while!

The store I stopped by this afternoon just happened to have it out already!

So anyone able to buy copies of this in Austin, TX yet?

i saw them at end of an ear on saturday

I wish more people respected the release date for the album of the year. Respect, respect!

i wonder if it will sound different if i wait til tomorrow to illegally download it

Thieves!

Why wait until tomorrow when you can do that today?

Have One On Me = I give you permission to download my record illegally

"... pretty hefty book of liner notes and lyrics"

rilly? the vinyl box has no notes, just lyrics and recording info.

Black and white photos of her lounging on a chair wearing what sort of looks like a bathing suit with overall type straps over the shoulders.

wait--i think you're confusing this with the new robert wyatt record.

velko otm

Analog recording + orchestra + 2 hours of music + cost of harp upkeep. Probably cost at least 50k to make. $25 for three vinyls.

+ couture!

haha

^ Likely comp'd, or discounted. At least, I hope so.

rilly? the vinyl box has no notes, just lyrics and recording info.

You are correct, I jumped the gun. Its all lyrics and recording info, just seemed like there had to be more to it than that. I forget how many words she crams into songs.

Andy Samberg 9.2!!!!!

Thing is, "Ys" had long songs, but it was 1 CD, so was digestible.

This is 3 CDs of long (and some not so long, heck one's short!) songs.

I haven't attempted it yet!

Mere hours before the record store opens.

i wish drag city would man the fuck up and let their stuff stream on lala or whatever

So anyone able to buy copies of this in Austin, TX yet?

― Moodles, Monday, February 22, 2010 4:33 PM (Yesterday)

i saw them at end of an ear on saturday

― city worker, Monday, February 22, 2010 4:38 PM (Yesterday)

I saw it there on Friday afternoon -- politely inquired that I didn't think it had been released yet, and they replied that they had heard otherwise from Drag City, and put it onto the shelves that day, so who knows...

I left all the copies there for you fans, btw.

The pictures on the sleeve covers and the lyric book certainly back up her emphasizing the "hot" Joanna Newsom. Black and white photos of her lounging on a chair wearing what sort of looks like a bathing suit with overall type straps over the shoulders.

This is sad, but was due to happen sooner or later, I suppose. Gotta inject something new into her image, it'd be impossible to keep up with the "Hipster Renaissance Fair" look of Ys forever...

i am playing hard to get and waiting til i can pick this up next week before listening, but the pitchfork review of it is great, so clear and devoid of cliche