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
Got it!
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 7 September 2012 10:48 (eleven years ago) link
am I right in assuming the songtitles double up as chapter titles in the book
― it's-a me, irl (DJ Mencap), Friday, 7 September 2012 11:07 (eleven years ago) link
I quite like the ennervated, David Guetta-goes-witch-house vibe, and the vocals are obviously baffling.
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Friday, 7 September 2012 11:33 (eleven years ago) link
she totally puts a stake in anything resembling witch house.
― scott seward, Friday, 7 September 2012 12:53 (eleven years ago) link
RIP witch house.
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Friday, 7 September 2012 12:53 (eleven years ago) link
I'm still torn on whether the weirdness is intentional or accidental. From that tweet at the top of the thread obviously her mom thinks it's pop music.
― dmr, Friday, 7 September 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
DON'T LET IT GET OUT
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Friday, 7 September 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't heard anything this alienating in years
both lol and really true, with the insiderizing of outsider music (ariel pink, jet-setting superstar jandek) this is really striking as outsider stuff that's not easy to subsume into some kind of 'us'.
― tubular, mondo, gnabry (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 8 September 2012 13:02 (eleven years ago) link
I agree this is really great. Sort of the dark avant-garde side of today's pop. When will it be released on CD?
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 9 September 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
Don't think there's any great mystery to the vocals, really - isn't she just reading excerpts from her book into Songify?
― mike t-diva, Monday, 10 September 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
late pass, this is really fucked up
― goole, Monday, 10 September 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
maybe she's just a really big fan of the last two scott walker albums.
― scott seward, Monday, 10 September 2012 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
"Phrases are of irregular length, and conform to no pattern."
http://roadsafety.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/emergency-call.jpg
― goole, Monday, 10 September 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
"Am I A Rockist?"
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 11:50 (eleven years ago) link
the autotune abuse in the track liked to in the opening post reminds me so much of this guy: http://www.myspace.com/4poundzz
Was 4Poundz ever discussed on ILX?
― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 12:07 (eleven years ago) link
"This Stuff Is Pretty Rad"
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 12:09 (eleven years ago) link
"It's Definitely Weirdo Music (Maybe)"
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
Goddamn this album is brilliant. This thread and that review linked upthread are the only places on the internet where I've seen people even remotely defend it. People are stupid. This album is unbelievably bizarre and fantastic, and in fact it just might be my favorite album of the year, maybe even the decade! I've never heard ANYTHING like it. Has it gotten any kind of mainstream press? Could all you music journalists please vote for it for Pazz and Jop album of the year so it might get a CD release?
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 01:50 (eleven years ago) link
now im imagining a world where records actually get released that way
― bugler, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
i think more realistically we will have to wait 30 years and then light in the attic or whoever will put out a reissue with 30 pages of liner notes and original illustrations
― bugler, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 02:47 (eleven years ago) link
Wrote about this at the Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/09/the-scary-misunderstood-power-of-a-teen-mom-stars-album/262237/
Still no info I can find on producers, etc., but I can say that the tweet from her mom at the top of the thread is a parody account (that's a mug shot).
― cr4bdbgs, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/F1abraham/status/245697800938061824
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
Who is that? I'm rockist scum so I don't recognize her.
― Everything You Like Sucks, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
i mean...listening to this now and how can "Caught in the Act" *NOT* be bizarre on purpose...like you cannot listen to this and think...Ok this is a normal song.
― listen to that wu-tang whistle blowin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
That's a really good piece. I wish you had noted that the sarcasm hedge was inserted by io9's editor, who was afraid of commenter backlash, though. Oh, well.
― 誤訳侮辱, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
haha m@tt OTM
"ho hum, sounds just like Lady Gaga *presses skip*"
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:31 (eleven 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