Anticipate Laura Marling's fifth LP: Short Movie.

jesus that court and spark jpg is bad, the original lp had some embossed letters and not that dark print

"Her father, Sir Charles William Somerset Marling, the 5th Marling Baronet ran a recording studio.."

Such a beautiful story.

wow, it's really been a year and a half since the last one? still, 5 albums at age 24.

finally got to listen to the single - love it

You talk like a fucking cattle farmer XP.

how appropriate u talk like a cow

Yeah sure

I forgot to add prick tbh

lol am i missing something here?

The English class system and Mordy being a fucking arsehole

And CAD being a stupid posh twat

lol sorry dude, i was just making a joke ref to a video game. i love laura marling but have no opinion about her class standings, like most americans i try to suppress thinking about class entirely

fuck off whoever you are xp

Lol! i will do.

FPing furiously over here

this took a turn

wtf just happened

haha noooooo clue

CAD are you secretly English nobility I had no idea! didn't know the celtics took off over there

but for real fuck whoever that lunatic is, no one even said a thing in response to xelab's initial barb about her being the daughter of some lord, which, who gives a fuck?

well thank god for your brevity and consistency, well actually no you are a boring fucking pleb.

will somebody please think of the children

wow, my flag post finger is getting quite a workout! Well done, xelab. You have quite a knack for swooping into threads and randomly insulting everyone posting to it for no apparent reason.

suspected sock or just a bored drunk troll? you and nuki should hang out

in any case you fuck off and listen to sleaford mods you soppy limey prick, no one started a goddamn thing with you

(xxxp)

can think of a few potential puppets if that name is indeed a sock

in any case, laura marling's p cool

Search function says xelab's first posts were on Dec 11, 2013, so it was a timebomb set to go off in a year it appears.

slothroprhymes is a worse new poster than raccoon tanuki

OMG IM CRUSHED

That's a magnificent achievement imo

also xelab rules get over your chill selves

even tho he yelled at me i think xelab has pretty cool taste in music

i literally have no idea who xelab is but i think my new goal is to get every british poster to hate me despite the fact that i rarely interact with them.

Confused by the squabbling in here but I like the new song; mildly surprised that the album title isn't six syllables long; hoping that she pulls things in slightly different directions to her past stuff on this one, even if I do love all of what she's done before very much.

xp I'm all for this pursuit it's def already happening for me and I too have rarely initiated arguments or even convos w them

monotony it is a v good song & I apologize for contributing for the clog-up of the thread

*to the clog-up

Yeah, the single seems to indicate something in between her last two albums, something a little more breezier? Thematically it looks much of the same: Marling speaking directly to someone about relationship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nny4zzUlkSQ

interesting track, not sure that I wanted to hear her rock more

I like it alright.

I can imagine her welcoming a new direction after Eagle but this is still a bit strange to me.

It grew on me, but I hope it's an unique track on the album.

heard from someone that got a promo of this and they say it's "dark"

gritty laura marling reboot

once I was an eagle was already plenty dark

She's been 'dark' for a while now, arguably.

she started out pretty dark and has rarely been otherwise

We've heard this already, but here's a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqf7DxBAuSw

very nice, this song is growing on me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hnKz9rlna4

slightly misjudged video for "gurdjieff's daughter" imo unless she's meant to seem like an annoying manic pixie etc who keeps bothering her friends who are trying to read their books or hang out in peace

the album just keeps getting better though, she's so good at highlighting her best lyrics with melodic twists

I made myself listen to this. I think she's great, but I am not that into the type of thing she does, so I had to make myself. I'm glad I did. "Gurdjieff's Daughter" is a standout, partly because her normally distinctive phrasing is even more distinctive there. Watching the video for the first time now and I noticed the kids are drawing enneagrams. On the strength of "Gurdjieff's Daughter" alone I think I need to give Marling much more attention. The only previous song of hers that I liked in a big way was "Devil's Spoke."

I think I'd be happy if she went more rock-oriented, although it just depends on what she does with it, obviously.

When I read people talking about her American accent, I thought: I don't hear any American accent. But I wouldn't, or maybe I would if it were poorly done and affected?

I may be crazy but some of the phrasing is reminding me of "Bette Davis Eyes" of all things. Not saying there is much overall similarity.

Intro. reminding me of some other song, but it's escaping me.

slightly misjudged video for "gurdjieff's daughter" imo unless she's meant to seem like an annoying manic pixie etc who keeps bothering her friends who are trying to read their books or hang out in peace

I don't know exactly what she's going for, either lyrically or in the video, but it seems to fit as a cartoonish version of Gurdjieff badgering people into wakefulness. At other times it seems more like she is an embodiment of things the people in the house are trying to ignore.

As long as I'm making ridiculous comparisons, I also keep thinking of this (where her faces, and Brit in California image, are concerned). Terrible rip.

(A Laura.)

"Consider" is a Fourth Way term of art, but she doesn't appear to be using it that way in her lyrics. Not sure what she is going for there.

(Opening is reminding me of HAIM's "Honey & I" though I can't say it's very close, listening to them back to back.)

On the other hand, a lot of people are going overboard with the Sultan's of Swing comparison.

- the damn "'"

I think this is her best and most consistent album so far. Despite the tagline about this being her electric album, my favorites on this are the acoustic tracks, for the most part.

Is the rest of this album as good as Gurdjieff's Daughter? I've never really been that taken with LM but that song is incredible.

― nate woolls, Tuesday, April 28, 2015 6:42 AM (6 months ago)

OTM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCS4OTgaHeM

A very nice surprise.

(Maybe someone should start a thread for the new album.)

song's fairly good, strings are promising; concept is a bit less so

I like the fact that it is as much of a change in direction as it is, but I agree it's more solidly good than amazing.

Also, I didn't expect her to have a new album in the works so soon.

It seemed like she was looking for a different approach on the last album, but I was expecting that to mean rocking harder. So this is an interesting curveball.

New single's groove reminds me of an understated Fiona Apple. Gorgeous track.

Currently feeling: the delivery of the line "I need soothing..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EUdZFcq-QE

I think I like this more than "Soothing." I'm looking forward to the new album.

The second single is so good yeah. I'm much more excited about this one than the last, which I liked but never really properly connected to as with her others

http://www.npr.org/event/music/515736349/first-watch-laura-marling-next-time

Really enjoying the new one and how concise it is. "Nothing, Not Nearly" reminds me of Nina Persson's solo work, which is never a bad thing.

The album is beautiful, in particular "Next Time" and its strings which seem to endlessly unfold

"the valley" also devastating in its stillness

Good points :) can totally see why Blake Mills (producer) is also working with Fiona Apple, similar little theatrical touches here and there.

Semper Femina has knocked me out, what a gorgeous album
I generally liked her before, I never heard the last one, but this is really hitting me
great production, between this and the new Mark Eitzel it's nice to hear some records that are produced so well

I really dislike the way her voice lurches up when she sings "you can't come in, you don't live here anymore". It disproportionately bothers me given it's one of the first things you hear on an otherwise excellent album.

Kinda feel like she was in danger of becoming one of those artists who becomes less engaging as they mature artistically and the move towards Laurel Canyon-esque folk rock on the last few records hasn't really done it for me but this is great. Sounds amazing on good headphones as well.

yeah this is great, I need to hear her last couple albums. I kinda tuned out a while ago for no good reason

where to start with her? heard a more trance-like minimal acoustic-leaning kind of one on the radio which i liked then listened to one of her albums and it was more rock-y than i thought it'd be

Once I Was An Eagle = trance-like and acoustic

Short Movie = more rock oriented

Both are very good though

new one is pretty but i don't like the tapping/drum machine lots

she also sing-talks in a british movie lady accent on this one, so i guess she's been shaking the seeping americanism people were noting ca. 'eagle'?

Has anyone listened to LUMP? I didn't even realize this came out until right now. Seems good so far.

I'm amazed this new one seems to be flying under the radar. Listening to it, I keep thinking it reminds me a lot of Hannah Peel, and turns out Peel plays trombone on it, so go figure. It's nice to hear Marling trying out a new direction.

the single I've heard was nice, totally forgot the album was out as well

Living Room Tiny Desk Concert for new album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RzBrwRLX2E

There are about five Laura Marling threads, this one seemed the most active.

New album's pretty good, I need to listen to it again.

So I have it on now, and am I wrong in thinking this is her most Sheryl Crow-ish sounding album? I don't mean that as a criticism.

I love Laura Marling, and this new one really hasn't connected with me so far. Not yet ready to say it's the album's fault though.

Her voice sounds so good on that Tiny Desk video