grimes' ART ANGELS poll

brad otfm can we please talk about Pin or something

whom up and whom voting for PIN

cuz I think this scar is permanent

FALLING OFF THE EDGE WITH YOU

it was too good to be true AH OOH AH OOH AH OOH AH OOH-OOH

Which songs will get no votes? Instrumental passages like 'Laughing and not being normal' and 'Life in the Vivid Dream' I suppose... and actual songs with low votes? Belly of the Beat and title track?

i voted for the title track

I honestly cant remember what I voted for... I guess it was realiti if not that then easily or flesh

Oh! or butterfly that one is amazing

Realiti vs. Realiti was the best part of this poll.

If Belly of the Beat gets no votes I will be sad I voted for California.

whoa whoa whoa whoa Belly of the Beat is one of the best songs on here, I loved that song immediately. title track took a bit longer bc the gtr hook gave me early aughts adult contemporary pop PTSD

idk why anyone would vote for laughing and not being normal. great song title wasted on an intro

I voted for the title track and I'm surprised it doesn't get any love on this thread. The way it culminates with the ooooohs at the end is just euphoric!

Title track probably my second favourite after "Pin".

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Wow, I did not expect that

it's a deserving choice

It was my pick, but I didn't at all think it was so well loved given t g at most of the conversation here focused on other tracks.

*given that

http://songexploder.net/grimes

i voted for flesh w/out blood before i re-listened to the album for the first time in several months. i'm glad it did well but i feel some pangs of regret for not sending more love to the title track or pins.

another thing i noticed upon re-listening is that this is my favorite album from the last 10 years at least and i typically prefer music that's a little less, i dunno, polished?

oh and the demo version of realiti is best

I will rep for some of the "nil points" tracks - "Life in the Vivid Dream" is no way the best song on the album, but it gets me in the feels like none of the others. And "Belly of the Beat" is a perplexing no-show, it's so beautiful and enveloping. Yep, literally unable/unwilling to vote here.

The fact that Belly of the Beat got shut out means this poll needs to be redone within the next year

"Laughing and not being normal" was my second choice

so when is the demo vs album version poll? it's the only way to be sure.

the short tracks are great, intro works beautifully and life in the vivid dream has some of my fav moments on the album, would love to hear more grimes along those lines

flappy otm

is this a slightly different mix like the California video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpAsOEsamA0&feature=youtu.be

whoops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpAsOEsamA0

Yeah, I've been thinking that as well. Much more bass?

https://devonrecordclub.com/2016/10/08/grimes-art-angels-round-95-toms-selection/

...in which I make a hamfisted attempt to justify Art Angels' soon-to-be clasic status.

Love this album. First three tracks are a great rebuttal to the fans that expected more of the same visions style, California in particular is a great rebuttal. World princess would be my choice on here

Fuck didn't mean to use the same term twice there

The fact that Belly of the Beat got shut out means this poll needs to be redone within the next year

― flappy bird, Wednesday, September 28, 2016 8:07 AM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

flappy otm

― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, September 28, 2016 1:13 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

*emoji looking at wristwatch*

pitting visions against art angels feels reductive, they're both great records.

i would prob have liked art angels more if a project that felt like an intensification of the ideas on visions had ever happened idk

What do you mean? Sincere question

the ‘bridge’ album between visions and art angels is missing. REALiTi is our only glimpse into it

i know what you're saying flappy but do artists need to create transitional records?

Need? No. But knowing such an album exists (or did exist) with one amazing song as its only extant document makes fantasizing about it all the more frustrating. And I loved Art Angels, but it’s like knowing that Revolver or Rubber Soul exists and not knowing how they jumped from Help to Sgt Pepper, and how many great songs will never be heard.

That's a great analogy.

Thought this revive was going to be about her threatening to get a face tat on instagram.

What do you mean? Sincere question

― stoker (Ross), Wednesday, June 27, 2018 7:31 AM (ten hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ths is more about my openness to art angels but visions offered a whole bunch of cool ideas i would have liked to have heard expanded on & instead it felt like she just went left ... in rap this happens a lot where a mixtape rapper has a dope mixtape, the album is an expansion of that sound to establish it on a bigger platform, then the artist pulls the audience in a knew direction ... "visions" felt like the mixtape to me more than the Official Debut, the earliest articulation of a style ... I think Famous Dex actually made the same 'mistake.' 10 years from now it wont matter or anything

thanks d-40. i'm curious what the new record will be like, whether it will bridge those albums in a way

From the previews so far it sounds more like art angels 2.0 - closer to a more energetic pop / rock sound than to the synth / dream pop of Visions but who knows.

she's said she's going for a darker and less pop vibe than Art Angels so it might bridge the two more