these new tracks are definitely mastered way grungier right
there's certainly a density to them but i thought everything sounded pretty clear.
the guitars are kinda 90s rock tho.
― buzzafeed (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 29 July 2012 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
what with wynter gordon too, we just need one more for a TRENDPIECE
― lex pretend, Sunday, 29 July 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
yearning urgency is exactly right btw re: miguel
melancholy implies a sort of resignation - you've given up - that's not present in miguel's work
― lex pretend, Sunday, 29 July 2012 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah "resignation" is where melancholy starts to become indie. Perhaps a sense of (self)alienation too.
Neither of which Miguel does really.
― Tim F, Sunday, 29 July 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
he just wants a quickie iirc
― Nutri Grane (some dude), Sunday, 29 July 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
Actually arguably "Broads" is resigned.
― Tim F, Sunday, 29 July 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
I cannot get over the depth of this stuff.
I want to see the waveforms when we finally get high quality versions, because (just based on my ears) this feels like a perfect opportunity to contrast tracks with lots of layers that have been recorded and mixed properly vs. stuff like My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy which is just overstuffed and overcompressed etc.
Like, 'Use Me' is the kind of song that could be a total mess sonically if it wasn't so impeccably put together. That round at the end! over top of the guitar strum!
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Sunday, 29 July 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
He still pals around with west coast hippies! Jhene, Thundercat, FlyLo, J Davey, etc...
This list is like my ultimate wkiw (esp if it includes Miguel)
Anyways way late to this party but glad I made it
― seapluspluspunk (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 30 July 2012 04:53 (eleven years ago) link
It occurs to me that part of what makes "Adorn" so special is where in most r&b songs you have a static chorus with ad libs over the top, here the chorus is single-tracked and there's this tension where he has to find this balance between embellishing and carrying the melody. Does he toe the line? No, HE GOES ALL THE WAY FUCKING IN.
― The Reverend, Monday, 30 July 2012 05:01 (eleven years ago) link
I might be wrong but I don't feel like there's much of a distinction really between the verses & chorus, and that the choice between 'toeing the line' and 'going all the way fucking in' as you put it, is kind of the main demarcation between the two. That and the short running time of the orig version (I haven't listened to the single edit yet) maybe gives it a sort of sinuous slipperiness where you can feel like lots of stuff is happening but you can't quite get a handle on it--or at least I can't. Which is one of the things that compels me to listen to it again and again.
― seapluspluspunk (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 30 July 2012 05:46 (eleven years ago) link
you need to listen to the single version
― now there's a lot of bad bitches in the building (am0n) (some dude), Monday, 30 July 2012 10:58 (eleven years ago) link
...to know what Rev is really talking about. Ok yeah, listened and got it.
― seapluspluspunk (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 30 July 2012 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, that element existed in the ADC version, but it wasn't til the single version that it was made really clear.
― The Reverend, Monday, 30 July 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
i just realized that miguel wrote this which totally makes sense in light of the adc shit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye-cmRfwFxM
― i'm a housewife, an artist, and a snow leopard (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
WAIT REALLY? HOW DID I NOT KNOW THAT??
man i love that song. also shame he didn't do more work w/ jam & lewis.
― buzzafeed (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 04:33 (eleven years ago) link
is he playing ny tomorrow? little google bird told me he might be
― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 04:41 (eleven years ago) link
that SPIN post said they're gonna have a video of a performance from a "secret live show" on wednesday morning, so yeah he's prob playing somewhere tomorrow night
― buzzafeed (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 04:44 (eleven years ago) link
he's also playing PS1 w/ jamie xx & pearson sound on 8/4
WATER PREVIEW also available on itunes now
― buzzafeed (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 04:49 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 04:53 (eleven years ago) link
right?
― buzzafeed (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 04:54 (eleven years ago) link
It's not on the Australian iTunes. I'm distraught.
― Popture, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 13:07 (eleven years ago) link
http://youtu.be/8dM5QYdTo08
Video is out though.
― Popture, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
weird
― buzzafeed (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
yahhh
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
Cool
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
Shot in Los Angeles and directed by Jason Beattie(Steve Aoki, Mike Posner, Good Charlotte), features Miguel in a moody underworld searching for a mythical, unattainable woman.
― tauheed & cambria (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
lol, whatever. i preferred just staring at his face, obviously.
but he looks ~fine~ here also, so it's all good.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
he sure wears makeup well
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
his getup is a bit too Bruno Mars
― REV LION (The Reverend), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
Rev, didn't you once have a similar haircut?
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
he's so pretty http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz166/smrougifs/Gifs/EmmaRachelSwoon.gif
― i'm a housewife, an artist, and a snow leopard (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
xp yeah, but I never paired it with a retro teddy boy suit
― REV LION (The Reverend), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
so nice hearing this on the radio
― Jacques_Lamure, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
i think i'm talking to him tomorrow fyi if u want to get any questions in
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
Friday August 3rd Line-upThe-Dream Miguel at the Ohio State Fair
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
WAIT WHAT
― tauheed & cambria (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
― lex pretend, Tuesday, July 31, 2012 11:38 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Tell him your friend Rodney has a thing for him and would like his number.
― REV LION (The Reverend), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, July 31, 2012 2:38 PM (16 minutes ago)
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101229043821/headhuntershorrorhouse/images/3/3d/Exploding_head.gif
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
Rev, if we cannot work out a way to timeshare Miguel's phone number/affections, our friendship may be hitting a speed bump.
Can I take every other weekend?
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
Also, excuse me while I google how long a drive it is from Montreal to Ohio.
It is only 12 hours! Um. Hm. Probably not.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
threesomes
― REV LION (The Reverend), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
haha. deal.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
ok, also, calling this "Kaleidoscope Dream: The Water Preview" looks ridiculous. Is it less silly to call it "Kaleidoscope Dream: Water" or "Kaleidoscope Dream: The Water" or what?
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
I'd rather call this an orgy.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
guys, srsly, let's keep it in teh gayz thread, shall we? i know it's summer and everything but restraint!
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
been up so long it looks like going down
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
ewww, who invited Alfred?
― REV LION (The Reverend), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
ima stand up for 'don't look back', dude is thom yorkeing his ass off
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link