hell yeah. hairless toys didn't hit me at first but now i think it's amazing... i listened again keeping a couple comments in mind i'd read on the EOY 2015 thread, something about how 'evil eyes' switches gears into a boogie song four mins in. her previous album, which i love, even sounded a bit drab afterward in comparison.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 27 February 2016 20:21 (eight years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/miss-roisin-murphy/mastermind
new track is nice, hadn't seen the tweets so I wasn't expecting something new already.
― ufo, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 13:42 (eight years ago) link
This song is like a series of forks in the road, and she took the right one every time.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 13:46 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, this is great! Even though it's the sort of thing my pop-structured mind tends to find unpleasant, it works when Róisín does it.
― daavid, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 14:20 (eight years ago) link
just came here to post about the new album. nothing for 8 years then 2 albums inside 1 year. weird huh? last album is amazing, easily her best IMO.
by the way this thread is impossible to find.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 20:37 (eight years ago) link
Hairless Toys was impressive but I still love Overpowered more than anything she's done, though.
― daavid, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 21:16 (eight years ago) link
album title is intriguing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-BQXz1Nk7k
― Number None, Sunday, 24 April 2016 20:10 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4xe-qiKE00#t=210
― daavid, Monday, 16 May 2016 14:55 (eight years ago) link
oh boy
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 16 May 2016 15:13 (eight years ago) link
that song "Mastermind" is a jacuzzi.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 May 2016 15:26 (eight years ago) link
'ten miles high' on repeat
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 19 May 2016 17:22 (eight years ago) link
Album sampler. Properly bonkers as expected. I feel like Róisín is now fully in her own world... and what a beautiful and mysterious world that is!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cppivyhqwFU#t=554
― daavid, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 03:45 (seven years ago) link
Róisín DGAF!
tbh I'm not into very much of this, at least at this early stage, but good on her
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 6 July 2016 03:55 (seven years ago) link
It seems to lose a bit of momentum towards the second half. But the first four tracks or so have some incredible moments.
― daavid, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 04:02 (seven years ago) link
I love that the bass is used so sparsely (both here and in Hairless Toys) but when it's there, it's fucking there. No messing around.
― daavid, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 04:12 (seven years ago) link
this record is super fucking wacky. also "ten miles high" is a masterpiece
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 8 July 2016 17:19 (seven years ago) link
I don't have any fully-formed opinions yet but this album is amazing.
― ǂbait (seandalai), Saturday, 9 July 2016 00:42 (seven years ago) link
New album is utterly bonkers.
― chap, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:38 (seven years ago) link
It sounds like Disco Volante era Mr Bungle in some sections.
― chap, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:39 (seven years ago) link
I'm not liking this new direction.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:39 (seven years ago) link
I think I like it, but it'll take me a few listens to confirm.
― chap, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:41 (seven years ago) link
She has too powerful a voice and presence to murmur over slow tracks.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:42 (seven years ago) link
It's not all that though. I get the impression that they're the kind of tracks which will reveal their underlying structure and power over time.
― chap, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:45 (seven years ago) link
"ten miles high" reminds me heavily of moloko
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:45 (seven years ago) link
also idk if sustained murmuring is really a new direction for róisín
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:49 (seven years ago) link
The beats tended to be kinetic ("Dear Miami").
I like "Ten Miles High" too.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:50 (seven years ago) link
imo it's the best song from both albums
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:51 (seven years ago) link
btw can someone tell me how to pronounce her first name? Is it RO-SHEEN?
I don't want to embarrass myself this weekend around fellow music nerds.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:53 (seven years ago) link
iirc yes
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
Nervous Sleep is pretty extraordinary (this may be the one that Alfred is thinking of most with his "mumbling over slow tracks" description)
― chap, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 15:06 (seven years ago) link
Enjoying this a lot. It was less instant than Hairless Toys but I'm enjoying it more as a whole after a few plays. Some of it reminds me of a more mellow version of Ruby Blue.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 15:09 (seven years ago) link
that's correct Alfred. The accents indicate an elongated vowel sound
― Number None, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 19:36 (seven years ago) link
whoa take her up to monto is really great. sort of like if all the weird sui generis organically sprouting ideas of hairless toys were pushed even further and the carefulness abandoned
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 11:24 (seven years ago) link
^^^ yep
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 12:40 (seven years ago) link
like the surprise groove in "evil eyes" but happening all the time
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 12:41 (seven years ago) link
it's all much more labyrinthine than the way most of the tracks on Hairless Toys would slowly unfold. i don't enjoy it quite as much but it's definitely an incredible 2 hours or so that have come from those sessions
― ufo, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 13:03 (seven years ago) link
This album just gets better and better. Lip Service is my current favourite. I keep getting it stuck in my head.
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 14 August 2016 23:19 (seven years ago) link
It really does get better and better.That bit in the middle of 'Thoughts Wasted' when the flutey noises start poppin' and the male vocal accompanies her is #1.
Serious contender for best of the year.
― mr.raffles, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 13:52 (seven years ago) link
Fuck, she's brilliant.
― Ross, Sunday, 30 October 2016 05:11 (seven years ago) link
i know right?
― piscesx, Saturday, 7 January 2017 00:32 (seven years ago) link
I seriously regret not seeing her in Chicago in November. I didn't take to Take Her Up to Monto as much as Hairless Toys, but I think I need to spend more time with it.
― Wozniak on Kimye's Baby (jaymc), Saturday, 7 January 2017 07:52 (seven years ago) link
Love the moment on "Uninvited guests" where the devil may care slacker vibe turns into a gorgeous wide screen bridge. Roisin excels at these emotional shifts in songs, sections that change your perception of the narrative
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Saturday, 9 December 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
*guest
dunno if people caught this news but roisin is on two tracks on the forthcoming dj koze album. one of them can be heard here:
https://www.residentadvisor.net/tracks/899282
pretty good i think!
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Monday, 12 March 2018 13:43 (six years ago) link
that's dope
seeing aliens is also good (no dj koze thread?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyvBM1SECS0
― tinnitus the night (Ross), Friday, 16 March 2018 16:51 (six years ago) link
jfc new rousin murphy too, 2018 is attempting to be the greatest year for music in some time
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 16 March 2018 18:13 (six years ago) link
*roisin
are you referring to the DJ Koze tracks or has something been announced??
― joshywinty (josh), Friday, 16 March 2018 18:59 (six years ago) link
the DJ Koze tracks (which I still need to hear but that involves prying myself away from essaie pas)
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 16 March 2018 19:08 (six years ago) link
Definitely worth prying from Katherine. roisin can do no wrong but the album version of seeing aliens I’d probably better tbh (cut by 3 mins )
― tinnitus the night (Ross), Saturday, 17 March 2018 00:26 (six years ago) link