caroline polachek doesn't have to be a gender activist if she doesn't want to
― treeship 2, Friday, 8 December 2017 18:34 (six years ago) link
Support Caroline on this one!
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Friday, 8 December 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
I have a lot of memories of friends experiencing a very particular kind of conflicted doubt when they get invited to all-female festivals. I can only imagine all those feelings compressed into a shock when learning about it after signing up. moogfest & emmy parker are definitely not grandstanding though, and I liked their response
the CEP solo album has a balance to it, the way her melodies give way after the opening pieces to longform sinewave textures. like hiroshi yoshimura & eliane radigue on the same bus. sounds great loud.
― Milton Parker, Friday, 8 December 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
It does strike me as about 40 years too late to curate electronic music festivals around gender. Among musical genres, academic/experimental electronic composition has been the most friendly to female composers, and the most eager to fete female pioneers, at least since I first started paying attention in the 80s.
― Sanpaku, Friday, 8 December 2017 21:04 (six years ago) link
Milton - that polachek solo album is great!
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Friday, 8 December 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link
She sounded strong vocalizing with John Cale recently at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 December 2017 21:55 (six years ago) link
yeah I'm usually surprised at people not having heard her solo album -- it's way better than the last chairlift record
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Friday, 8 December 2017 23:31 (six years ago) link
"From Ottawa to Osaka" sounds like a textural nod to her solo record; but the last chairlift record is so uneven it's probably for the best they split so they can both focus on their own projects.
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Friday, 8 December 2017 23:46 (six years ago) link
'Amanaemonesia' just popped up on shuffle play and blew me away all over again. I still can't believe how much of a step forward Something was from their debut, and even moreso how they went completely to shit afterwards.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Sunday, 12 August 2018 21:41 (five years ago) link
Definitely one of the best singles in the respective year. Follow up was super patchy, some songs felt like they may have fit better on Caroline’s solo record, which was very good.
― Abomination Street (Ross), Sunday, 12 August 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w6R4I7I3wA
absolutely phenomenal imo
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 23:58 (four years ago) link
beautiful song
― monotony, Thursday, 20 June 2019 00:47 (four years ago) link
song & video are both incredible, very excited for this record. was a little worried that she said in this interview that Danny L Harle co-produced 2/3rds of the record but he was apparently involved on "Door" so it should be fine
― ufo, Thursday, 20 June 2019 01:39 (four years ago) link
Wow, I'm blown away by this. Agree that video is just as incredible as the song. Suddenly very excited for her album now.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 20 June 2019 04:14 (four years ago) link
It's a nice song, but there's a limit to how much I want to hear her in ballad mode. Generally prefer the upbeat tracks.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 20 June 2019 05:05 (four years ago) link
What struck me here is how much the vocal technique she (over)relies upon mimics overt autotune.
― despondently sipping tomato soup (Sanpaku), Saturday, 22 June 2019 23:29 (four years ago) link
omg I love this
― Tim F, Sunday, 23 June 2019 12:26 (four years ago) link
This is so good!
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Monday, 24 June 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
That last Chairlift album was underrated too.
True
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 24 June 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ku7o_25wUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6HDrFxDVX8
two more tracks, nice but not stunning in the way that "door" was
― ufo, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 05:06 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NTUY-jP47I
― ufo, Monday, 16 September 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
Apparently the album is out on October 18th. Going by these singles, it's shaping up to be quite special.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 01:28 (four years ago) link
I like em all so far! Door still the standout though
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 11:48 (four years ago) link
I did not expect to like this as much as I do (still not really into "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings," not sure why, on any axis) but I do, also from what I've heard it is somehow the closest to a sarah brightman album I am likely to get (exaggeration but it is definitely conversant with classical/new age stuff)
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Monday, 7 October 2019 12:45 (four years ago) link
Does this mean she's pretty much abandoned the more upbeat pop songs?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 7 October 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
not exactly, no
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Monday, 7 October 2019 16:24 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZtUJ4b2jsw
another wonderful single, extremely excited for this
― ufo, Monday, 14 October 2019 23:04 (four years ago) link
unsurprisingly this rules. kinda sequenced weirdly with the most pop moments right near the end though
― ufo, Thursday, 17 October 2019 22:41 (four years ago) link
Loved all the tracks that have dropped so far; Hit Me Where It Hurts is doing it for me the most of the new tracks.
― triggercut, Friday, 18 October 2019 09:18 (four years ago) link
that's probably one of the weaker ones for me, my favourites of the new ones are "pang" and "shut up caroline". "door" and "so hot you're hurting my feelings" are some of the very best songs i've heard this year still
― ufo, Friday, 18 October 2019 12:01 (four years ago) link
this album is so sick
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 18 October 2019 12:54 (four years ago) link
as a white man I can't believe the misogynists at pfork only gave this a 7.3. ;)
(sorry)
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 18 October 2019 13:10 (four years ago) link
About 2/3rds of this album is great; the rest that isn't sounds like something made by the kind of white woman Kelela called her out for being.
― winters (josh), Thursday, 31 October 2019 18:22 (four years ago) link
what does that mean?
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Saturday, 2 November 2019 06:57 (four years ago) link
she wrote "n***as" on her instagram last year, quoting a lyric, and kelela saw it and was understandably mad about it
― ufo, Saturday, 2 November 2019 08:56 (four years ago) link
she wrote it uncensored that is
"Pang" is an excellent Dave Matthews Band rewrite, "Caroline Shut Up" is excellent, period. Sometimes she's too in love with the sound of her voice.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 2 November 2019 10:31 (four years ago) link
i don't blame her too much when she has a voice like that
― ufo, Saturday, 2 November 2019 10:45 (four years ago) link
over a full album the static tempos make this feel a little inert but I love so much of it, definite Imogen Heap vibes
― boxedjoy, Monday, 4 November 2019 09:25 (four years ago) link
Caroline Polachek has coronavirus :(
― flopson, Sunday, 15 March 2020 04:13 (four years ago) link
Do you have a source on that? I don’t see any news site or social networks reporting anything about it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 15 March 2020 06:55 (four years ago) link
which one of y’all gave caroline polachek coronavirus pic.twitter.com/pjy17xaVab— original visual (@poppysdaddi) March 14, 2020
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Sunday, 15 March 2020 08:05 (four years ago) link
yeah surprising that pitchfork or whoever didn't pick up on it. but it was in her ig story
― flopson, Monday, 16 March 2020 01:55 (four years ago) link
Given their closeness at a recent London performance it wouldn't surprise me if Christine &tQ is also infected
― monotony, Monday, 16 March 2020 03:28 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dtUmoxGT8I
lol at this christmas version of "so hot you're hurting my feelings"
― ufo, Monday, 21 December 2020 03:10 (three years ago) link
I fully endorse the concept of Christmas versions of existing tracks
― kinder, Monday, 21 December 2020 22:58 (three years ago) link
this album is really, really good btw
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson)
Brad otm here. It may have taken me five years, but I just had a moment with Moth. The songs I dismissed are suddenly sounding glorious.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 04:33 (three years ago) link
I burned through everything related to Caroline this past year, and Moth was the album that grew on me most (though Something is still my favorite Chairlift by a long way). Sure, the intro track is kinda nothing, and "Unfinished Business" grates, but the eight other tracks are great. "Ottawa to Osaka" got clowned upthread but I love it. Does You Inspire You is the album that really doesn't have the depth of the other two. underwritten, and not much to recommend it past "Bruises"
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 08:56 (three years ago) link
Caroline's cover of The Corrs' "Breathless" is probably unnecessary but pretty lolsy.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 09:19 (three years ago) link