not having seen the show & having only these to go on I gotta say there's something in the earnestness of her delivery and the unrevised bluntness of the lines that's kind of moving in the way some GUYS I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING ABOUT THE WORLD hardcore used to be, these lyrics that'd be like THERE HAS TO BE! A BETTER WAY!
at any rate enjoy it while you can, by this time next week you will be as sick of this as you got of Rebecca Black
― steven fucking tyler (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:44 (eleven years ago) link
the header of her official website is "Your go to public figure..."
― some dude, Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
I'll have moved on to something else for sure, but this is a completely different kind of kick for me. Rebecca Black (who I never got even momentarily interested in) was a girl trying to make pop music and mostly failing; this is something else. I'm genuinely unsure whether this girl thinks she's making pop records which could be hits, or whether she's making some kind of bizarro confessional art-song. To tie it into something Scott said on Facebook, I feel like Editions Mego should license this album and put it out with cover art designed by Stephen O'Malley and see what happens.
― 誤訳侮辱, Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:47 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i mean the album is a soundtrack to her book right? i kinda wonder if she has any misguided pop ambitions or just threw it together as part of her media platform
― some dude, Sunday, 19 August 2012 03:00 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's different & more fun for sure but online it will play out the same way, with 10 million people saying THIS SUCKS in as many "clever" ways as they can xp
― steven fucking tyler (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 19 August 2012 03:03 (eleven years ago) link
wow she's like the lucia pamela of the autotune generation. tracks need more cowbell tho
― cock chirea, Sunday, 19 August 2012 03:24 (eleven years ago) link
This is fucking wild. I am in awe.
― Everything You Like Sucks, Sunday, 19 August 2012 06:40 (eleven years ago) link
I would probably have believed it if someone told me 'Finally Getting Up...' was the new Crystal Castles single tbh.
― pandemic, Sunday, 19 August 2012 11:26 (eleven years ago) link
This is amazing. Reminds me a lot of the Russian Youtube-hit singer Anzhela London. Same blend of twisted-commercial-pop elements and outsider art.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Sunday, 19 August 2012 11:34 (eleven years ago) link
The album is quite remarkable. As mentioned upthread, it really doesn't sound like it ended up being weird, abrasive and disjointed accidentally. Appalling music can certainly take on a strange avant-garde quality without meaning to but this sounds more deliberate and focused somehow.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Sunday, 19 August 2012 11:57 (eleven years ago) link
that one almost sounds like xiu xiu xp
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Sunday, August 19, 2012 2:34 AM (19 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^
― it's-a me, irl (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 19 August 2012 22:00 (eleven years ago) link
like by the law of averages there are probably gonna be ppl that look at this thread w/o listening to the songs and think that this is just a bunch of music nerds hi-fiving over fucking Residents references or whatever, but... this is really... something
― it's-a me, irl (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 19 August 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
haha pandemic OTM, this is super reminiscent of Crystal Castles to me
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Sunday, 19 August 2012 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
i'm really into it. the whole album. it's like if supposed former infatuation junkie era alanis made an edm record.
― hamlisch kilgour (get bent), Sunday, 19 August 2012 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
just otm-ing everyone at this point but the song is almost avant garde, pretend it came out of brooklyn with some blog buzz anda nice visual aesthetic and sky's the limit.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 19 August 2012 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
there's no musical throughline to her melodies, it's just diary entries sung at random pitches.
― hamlisch kilgour (get bent), Sunday, 19 August 2012 22:50 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, this stuff is pretty rad. one of her songs was making the rounds on my Facebook feed for the LOLZ a few days ago and i ended up listening to it probably 8 times in a row.
― circa1916, Sunday, 19 August 2012 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
Damn,....
I cannot fucking believe I'm saying this but
Is this on itunes?
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 August 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
xiu xiu is a surprisingly apt comparison. mindfuck.
― jed_, Monday, 20 August 2012 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
I seriously can't believe this is related to an MTV reality star, like I feel we're going to find out this is actually Har Mar Superstar with a pitchshifter
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Monday, 20 August 2012 03:38 (eleven years ago) link
this girl's persona on the show is completely tragic btw. a lot of legitimately bad things have happened to her (boyfriend dying, her mom is abusive iirc) but she's also kind of awful. her speaking voice is one of the least appealing sounds.
― horseshoe, Monday, 20 August 2012 03:40 (eleven years ago) link
oh I got the speaking voice thing from her Youtube cooking show, which was really the end of the world
this album is weirdly compelling though
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Monday, 20 August 2012 03:42 (eleven years ago) link
like "Liar Liar" is genuinely amazing
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Monday, 20 August 2012 03:45 (eleven years ago) link
I think Romney blasts this on his tour bus, since it's sadface android music
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Monday, 20 August 2012 03:49 (eleven years ago) link
I wrote about her for the sci-fi website io9.
― 誤訳侮辱, Monday, 3 September 2012 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
you guys
this may be my favorite release of 2012
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 02:20 (eleven years ago) link
like wtf is going on in "Caught In The Act"
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 02:21 (eleven years ago) link
a friend's girlfriend works as a producer on Teen Mom, really need to talk to them about this next time i see them
― some dude, Saturday, August 18, 2012 10:35 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark
lol i called him about this and he was like "oh yeah, we know. we heard early versions of it"
― some dude, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 02:22 (eleven years ago) link
haha I can't imagine that blase of a reaction to this
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 02:25 (eleven years ago) link
no it was more of an "I KNOW, shit is crazy huh"
― some dude, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
haha even better!
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
i am taken with the fact that this is the soundtrack to an autobiography. are you meant to listen while reading?
"searching for closure">>>>>>>
― lex pretend, Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:27 (eleven years ago) link
and yes, easily the oddest music i have heard in a while
FLAare my initialsappeal to me
― lex pretend, Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:31 (eleven years ago) link
i'm the push behind the swingi know everything we ever wanted
― lex pretend, Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:47 (eleven years ago) link
will always love both this thread and this record for giving us the line "I haven't heard anything this alienating in years" - one of the best, funniest pieces of music criticism ever
― we don't wanna miss a THING!!! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 6 September 2012 12:24 (eleven years ago) link
man, seriously
I thought people were exaggerating upthread but this is realllllly weird
someone mentioned Crystal Castles, I'm getting like lo-fi house music via noise artist vibes. like it kind of sounds like Maria Minerva or Grimes. with added bass wobbles.
― dmr, Thursday, 6 September 2012 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
It's definitely weirdo music but I don't find it especially fascinating.. I wish it was funny-sounding but I'm not laughing. You get the jist of what the entire thing sounds like after 30 seconds, and there's no big surprises after that.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 6 September 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
But just to be sure I should probably download the full album...
My past first impressions of stuff like this has often been deceiving..
― billstevejim, Thursday, 6 September 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
Umm... this really is something, huh. Love "Sunshine State".
― passive-aggressive display name (aldo), Thursday, 6 September 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
I wish it was funny-sounding but I'm not laughing.
I'm not listening to it for laughs. I really find it fascinating. Someone in the io9 comments compared it to Noise, and while I shrugged that off, I did say (and meant) that a Farrah Abraham/Dominick Fernow (of Prurient/Cold Cave) collaboration would be fucking awesome.
― 誤訳侮辱, Thursday, 6 September 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
the video w/ her taking her kid to the father's grave kinda underscores how there's some pretty genuine emotion here that i think makes how wrong and strange it sounds more compelling than just a showbiz trainwreck lol
― IN REAL LIFE (some dude), Thursday, 6 September 2012 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
would buy this cd if they had it at the crappy cd store across the street. might look for it. is it on an actual label?
― scott seward, Thursday, 6 September 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
since it has the same title as the memoir it's pretty hard to tell if it's being sold anywhere besides digital retailers or as a package deal w/ the book.
― IN REAL LIFE (some dude), Thursday, 6 September 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
this is great
― sisilafami, Thursday, 6 September 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
Digital-only. No physical CDs.
― 誤訳侮辱, Thursday, 6 September 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
want 200 gram virgin vinyl 45 rpm 2XLP. ASAP.
― scott seward, Thursday, 6 September 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
oh snap, i think im starting to "get it"
― billstevejim, Friday, 7 September 2012 07:43 (eleven years ago) link
Where can I buy this album? Every search I make leads me to the stupid book.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 7 September 2012 10:47 (eleven years ago) link
i still have a burned copy of this in my car
― circa1916, Thursday, 8 September 2016 15:23 (seven years ago) link
"After Prom" the parts where they have overdubs of her frantically whispering "don't tell don't tell don't tell don't tell don't tell don't let it get out" is crazy
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 September 2016 15:54 (seven years ago) link
With Out This Ring... still a jam
― skip, Sunday, 25 June 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
i miss that! ring
― dyl, Sunday, 25 June 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
Well here's a deep cut come to life
http://www.thefader.com/2017/11/21/farrah-abraham-album-producer-interview
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:22 (six years ago) link
she sang it to a metronome!
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 09:32 (six years ago) link
fuck me, this album is already six years old???
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 16 August 2018 00:50 (five years ago) link
She made another song two years after the album - it's slightly more normal, but she still has no idea what the words "rhythm" or "rhyme scheme" mean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h53AzPEdku0
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 16 August 2018 01:42 (five years ago) link
Farrah Abraham HATES Joan Didion and thinks you should buy HER OWN book over Slouching Towards Bethlehem. She has suddenly become our most fearess critic. https://t.co/Y2BeQZnfs3 pic.twitter.com/ge6hzCme4t— Who? Weekly (@whoweekly) March 6, 2019
― goole, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
looool
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 20:57 (five years ago) link
lol
i actually tried reading my teenage dream ended! couldn't finish it
― dyl, Thursday, 7 March 2019 01:57 (five years ago) link
new penthouse, where you can read alan dershowitz, toby young, and farrah abraham together. what did we as a culture do to deserve this
― maura, Thursday, 7 March 2019 19:30 (five years ago) link
I finally found something with the same surreal "why was this made" vibe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBDAytqFrUk
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 March 2019 22:07 (five years ago) link
― maura, Thursday, March 7, 2019 1:30 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
edited by the singer from white lung, running copy from rightwing twitter trolls who haven't flamed out yet, it's a real smorgasbord
it was pretty funny watching them go after Nicole Cliffe and getting torched
― goole, Thursday, 7 March 2019 22:26 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qRKBQU8j3E
― ufo, Tuesday, 24 November 2020 02:31 (three years ago) link
Went to Farrah’s twitter inspired by this revive and it’s unsurprisingly filled with pro-Trump conspiracy bullshit. Also she apparently looks like a fish now.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 24 November 2020 17:33 (three years ago) link
oh weird i was only discussing and rediscovering the FA album today on Facebook
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 24 November 2020 17:35 (three years ago) link
yeah it hasn't gotten any less weird over time that's for sure
― frogbs, Tuesday, 24 November 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
seems even more striking now knowing that people like James Ferraro have dedicated their lives to finding a sound like this
― frogbs, Tuesday, 24 November 2020 17:49 (three years ago) link
this is AOTY
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 24 November 2020 17:52 (three years ago) link
are the tracks only 10-15 seconds long?
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 24 November 2020 17:55 (three years ago) link
come on kid, up your ante
aoty
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 25 November 2020 21:10 (three years ago) link
merry xmas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLwke9qe9t8k
― goole, Monday, 21 December 2020 23:10 (three years ago) link
Someone get those ladies a Quiznos commercial!
― peace, man, Monday, 21 December 2020 23:37 (three years ago) link
Holy shit, the Emily Montes album is great!! After you hear stuff like this and the Farrah album, regular pop music sounds so boring.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 21 December 2020 23:43 (three years ago) link
I like this Emily Montes album! The disjointed Tik Tok format thing is a good addition to the My Teenage Dream Ended aesthetic.
― Jamie Harley, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 07:57 (three years ago) link