feel like she pushes all my buttons
http://image.punkreas.org/javiera-mena.jpg
tell me about her
― dayo, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 11:58 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.ciudademergente.gov.ar/home08/assets/fotos_bios/fotos_pop_rock_javiera_mena.jpg
that synth looks pretty heavy... you might get back problems later on in life!!
― dayo, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 11:59 (thirteen years ago) link
this is like all i've listened to for the past 48 hours, so great
― salem witch bile (Tape Store), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
how did this album appear, fully formed, out of nowhere
it is a mystery
― dayo, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 23:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe you missed her first one. The new one's not really a surprise.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 October 2010 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnEQTFkakvU
This is a track from the first one. I love the video almost as much as I love the song itself.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 October 2010 00:47 (thirteen years ago) link
yes I did johnny fever. tell me more about her
― dayo, Thursday, 14 October 2010 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
also her last album came out in 2006
― dayo, Thursday, 14 October 2010 00:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't really know too much biography-wise, but I do know she embraces the '80s in a slightly different way than a lot of other aesthetically similar acts (Glass Candy, La Roux, etc). She fearlessly tackles the side of the '80s that's not really cool now. There's some stuff on the first album which could pass for not-quite-top-40 schmaltz from 1987, but the detail in the production and arrangements make it clear that it's absolutely no mistake what she was going for. "Al Siguiente Nivel" is definitely the most earwormy song on the first album (released in 2006 in Chile, then re-released in other regions in 2007, which is when I caught wind of it).
The new album lacks a real whopper single like "ASN," but I think overall it's a better execution of her ideas. The production, structure and whatever else just sounds fuller. Both are worth hearing, though. Also, a song called "Ausencia" that came out in between the albums. It's a slow-burn, synth thumper ballad with an edge.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 October 2010 01:02 (thirteen years ago) link
wow @ that video, it's gorgeous
I guess what strikes me right now about her songs is the admirable sense of restraint, every synth effect and patch seems specifically tailored to where it appears in the song, it's really quite remarkable how everything just...fits
― dayo, Thursday, 14 October 2010 01:06 (thirteen years ago) link
http://javieramena.indicevirgen.com/tapajavieramena_2.jpg
awesome
― dayo, Thursday, 14 October 2010 01:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry for getting all James Murphy "I was there" earlier. I honestly thought she was more of a known commodity than she apparently is.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 October 2010 01:24 (thirteen years ago) link
hah np. this is the first ilm thread on her I think
― dayo, Thursday, 14 October 2010 01:33 (thirteen years ago) link
The cover for the new album does weird things to my eyes:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7ydh6O5R51qzkqqho1_400.png
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 October 2010 01:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I love the really prog synth sound in "Acá Entera". I think it's the same as "Touch and Go" by Emerson Lake & Powell.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 October 2010 01:56 (thirteen years ago) link
:( i can only find one of her songs from some random compilation. (i mean to purchase digitally. i don't use itunes.) guess i will have to go buy her albums irl!
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 14 October 2010 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry, I don't know where everyone on ILM lives, but if you're in the US or UK both albums are available for download on Amazon.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 October 2010 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
this stuff is fantastic.
― adam, Saturday, 16 October 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
crushin hard on the pic in the OP
― samosa gibreel, Saturday, 16 October 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
The album will likely make my top ten.
TSJ loved it. My favorite song, which I did not expect, is the ballad "No Te Cuesta Nada," which has the same synth vibe as Will to Power's cover of "I'm Not in Love" (which should tell you something about her affinities).
― raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 October 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
"Sufrir" is perfect. Obsessing over this even more than I did "Al Siguiente Nivel."
― fffv, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
hah np. this is the first ilm thread on her I think― dayo, Wednesday, October 13, 2010 6:33 PM (5 days ago)
― dayo, Wednesday, October 13, 2010 6:33 PM (5 days ago)
there was a thread on her maybe on the sandbox? she's definitely well-loved on ILM iirc.
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 02:28 (thirteen years ago) link
well I think she is good enough to warrant two threads!
xp yes, the little chopped up bit at the end of sufrir gets me every time
― dayo, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
man esquemas juveniles may be even better than mena!!
― dayo, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 13:20 (thirteen years ago) link
so beautiful I want to melt
― dayo, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 13:24 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqOR3dwqljs
love how batshit this gets in the final minute
― dayo, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
loving this
― just sayin, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Newer ilx thread:
latin american hipster shit
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 30 December 2010 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
she just got announced for Primavera. this pleases me.
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Thursday, 3 March 2011 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
God, what I wouldn't give for a Javiera Mena U.S. tour.
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Sunday, 22 April 2012 08:46 (eleven years ago) link
yes! been on a Mena kick lately and found actual hard copies of her records and am loving them more the more i hear 'em
― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 22 April 2012 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
New Javiera
H/t to AiM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S94UJ449P-M
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 22:48 (ten years ago) link
I hope the goodwill I have from my belated discovery of her last album isn't shaping my judgement of this, which is extremely favourable.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 23:31 (ten years ago) link
I thought she was going to take a lengthy break from making music, but now I can't remember how long ago I read that. Apparently a while ago.
This sounds great!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 28 November 2013 04:20 (ten years ago) link
I'm loving this, perhaps not as much as "Luz de Piedra de Luna", but almost.
― daavid, Saturday, 7 December 2013 01:30 (ten years ago) link
Javiera doth rulehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqNTdNCU2y8
― making plans for nyquil (outdoor_miner), Friday, 10 January 2014 16:23 (ten years ago) link
Holy shit, I guess I've been overlooking this thread. This is great.
Also, I guess it goes without saying that this is another Canada directed video.
― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Friday, 10 January 2014 16:56 (ten years ago) link
Awesome
― skip, Friday, 10 January 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link
Amazing! Feel that Espada was the moment I fully jumped aboard the Mena-bus.
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Friday, 10 January 2014 17:25 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=241FKqkfOj0
― popchips: the next snapple? (seandalai), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
OH YYYYYYYESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:13 (nine years ago) link
just what i needed for the summer
― dyl, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 16:03 (nine years ago) link
Dunno if she's ready yet to release another album, so I'll just go ahead and predict this track lands at #45 in the year-end poll.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link
New album in September I think.
― popchips: the next snapple? (seandalai), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 17:44 (nine years ago) link
Oh good!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 17:46 (nine years ago) link
This is fantastic. Very happy to hear their is a new album coming out soon but would be even happier if it came out in time for the summer.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
oh my fucking god, this song
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Friday, 13 June 2014 14:53 (nine years ago) link
those pinballing synths in the middle eight that envelope the song 'til the close are everything
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Friday, 13 June 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
"La Joya" video is on-brand:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5oSXpoWg5U
― dem bow dem bow need calcium (seandalai), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 16:11 (nine years ago) link
I love that synth solo.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
I just now noticed she did a guest vocal on a Dapuntobeat single in 2012. It's deece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtNOacGXe2w
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link
That is not her in the video, obvs.
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 17:11 (nine years ago) link
So. There's an album out on 28 October! Called "Otra Era". You can pre-order: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/otra-era/id927854929?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaB2WA7A9S0
1 Los Olores de Tu Alma 5:002 Otra Era 4:043 Esa Fuerza 4:334 Sincronía, Pegaso 4:455 Pide 3:27 6 La Joya 3:277 Que Me Tome la Noche 3:288 La Carretera 4:499 Quédate un Ratito Más 3:4010 Espada 4:14
The album cover (NSFW): http://scontent-a-fra.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10689907_10152494262547637_5811857414121889378_n.jpg?oh=313c99e4a0659394ce5b394ce44eb0ad&oe=54AD6737
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Saturday, 11 October 2014 12:38 (nine years ago) link
yisssssssss
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 11 October 2014 14:59 (nine years ago) link
:D
― dyl, Saturday, 11 October 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
So soon!
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 12 October 2014 04:05 (nine years ago) link
Title track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1rckkIw1_s
― daavid, Thursday, 16 October 2014 01:50 (nine years ago) link
this is great!
― anonanon, Thursday, 16 October 2014 02:05 (nine years ago) link
nice! the outro with layered pitched vocals <3
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 16 October 2014 02:57 (nine years ago) link
that is really nice
― Simon H., Thursday, 16 October 2014 03:54 (nine years ago) link
yay!
― jaymc, Thursday, 16 October 2014 04:09 (nine years ago) link
been bopping to this all day; i love it
― j. winters (josh), Thursday, 16 October 2014 08:14 (nine years ago) link
love la joya and love this, god so excited
― een, Thursday, 16 October 2014 18:32 (nine years ago) link
espada's been out for a long time, too, if you haven't heard that. or maybe you just don't love it.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 16 October 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
Trademark space launch present and correct. So stoked for the album.
― sweet lids of the stars (seandalai), Thursday, 16 October 2014 22:35 (nine years ago) link
new song is so amazing
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Friday, 17 October 2014 06:00 (nine years ago) link
serious love for all three of these new songs
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 17 October 2014 22:24 (nine years ago) link
!!!!!!!!!!
― sweet lids of the stars (seandalai), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 10:26 (nine years ago) link
<3 this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V5vvGqZKdA
― sweet lids of the stars (seandalai), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 11:19 (nine years ago) link
d-_-b
― 龜, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 12:36 (nine years ago) link
Whole album up on Spotify.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 13:23 (nine years ago) link
whole album is damn good but wow "sincronía, pegaso" especially
― dyl, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 23:08 (nine years ago) link
This album is so good. Think I already like it more than Mena.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 02:18 (nine years ago) link
The last minute of "Sicronia, Pegaso" is glorious bleep-bleep. If I were going out dancing as often as I did five years ago, I'd turn that last minute into a communal face off.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 02:48 (nine years ago) link
i'm so happy
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 02:49 (nine years ago) link
i have recently realized "espada" is one of the best songs in years
― dyl, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 06:05 (nine years ago) link
listened to this like 5 times, v much in love
― een, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 11:59 (nine years ago) link
Excellent sounding album, I find it more consistent that Mena
― nxd, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 12:04 (nine years ago) link
i wish i could speak spanish; i feel like that would only compound my enjoyment of this. last minute of "la joya" is some of the most breathtaking music of this decade
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 12:31 (nine years ago) link
production here is great and i think the songwriting took a big step forward too, love this record so far
― adam, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 14:50 (nine years ago) link
To be honest, I felt a little disappointed by this on first listen. It *sounds* great, but the songs weren't as immediately memorable as those on Mena. And it's sort of ... one-note, maybe? But I'm looking forward to digging into it more, so that its hooks and nuances reveal themselves.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 14:58 (nine years ago) link
i completely disagree with you about the songs--i find them both more immediate and more interestingly constructed. "sincronia, pegaso," for example, has something of a disco slow burn that reads as confectionary, almost, but has these very finely wrought details like the "rapido, rapido" bit that's all slinky and just barely off the beat. and the title track works a very endearing st etienne vibe as it works itself up to that final synth meltdown/layered vocal bit that's discussed upthread, which is one of my favorite musical moments this year.
the last record got by, i thought, mostly on good synth sounds and a nice idea but lacked in catchy songs.
― adam, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 15:04 (nine years ago) link
i have to admit that i played a few of her songs on youtube and most of them had that sort of elementary-school sing-songy, rudimentary melodies that remind me of indie pop bands of the 1990s like stereo total or something. the production was often enjoyably busy and textured but the songs were almost insultingly plain. i recognize this is not a consensus opinion and maybe i just heard the wrong songs. but my immediate thought was that in terms of melody/song structure this sounds like a lot of iberian indie pop of the turn of the century which i largely found completely disposable... even if the dance-music textures made it a little more engaging.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:25 (nine years ago) link
she's from argentina, right?
Chile.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:25 (nine years ago) link
i mean that kind of super-sugary indie pop stuff has some currency in latin america, right? i imagine it's kind of a rich-kid thing, though i wouldn't know for sure.
xpost
ah, i see. sorry! my point still holds--or doesn't.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:26 (nine years ago) link
I like her, and she's about the best there is at figuring out how nuevo retro synth pop should sound, but, yes, often her vocal melodies on these tracks are just OK. My favorite song from the last album was the ballad "No Te Cuesta Nada," not the dance pop.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
Chileans and Mexicans don't listen to the same music.
of course, i'm forgetting the names of those spanish (and some portuguese) indie-pop bands i sort of dabbled in ca. 1998-2001. i believe some were on the elefant label. generally speaking they were very post-sarah-records type of thing, and generally speaking there was an almost total absence of songwriting talent.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:28 (nine years ago) link
who referred to mexicans?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:29 (nine years ago) link
iberian refers to spanish and portuguese -- i was just likening her songwriting to some bands from those places that i used to know. and IIRC there were also some chilean and argentinian bands of that time that had similar sounds.
but it also reminds me of plenty of anglo-american, french, even german bands of that period.... but the iberian stuff stands out in my mind as being particularly devoid of melodic interest, relying instead on musical citations of 1960s pop and general twee-ness to carry interest. but maybe this is kind of a thread derail in which case, sorry. :(
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
Mexico is in Latin America.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
yes, what is your point?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
I'm not picking on you, am, just pointing out that a Chilean musician is not Latin American and wouldn't make music that sounds like sugary sweet pop that has currency in Latin America. I get pricklier because it's close to home. It's like when critics refer ot "pop" as a monolith and use "African music" as a buzzword.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:44 (nine years ago) link
Latin America is the subregion of the Americas comprising those countries where Romance languages are spoken, primarily Spanish and Portuguese. It consists of twenty two nations which cover an area that stretches from the southern border of the United States to the southern tip of South America, including the Caribbean.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
i recognize that there are distinctions among latin american countries, but it was my recollection that indie pop had some currency in both chile and argentina (which ,per every definition i know, are latin american countries), at least it once did. i said nothing about mexico.
Alfred has his own special definition of latin america iirc
― keep the meat alive: pampas grass (wins), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
Latin America is Cuba. Just Cuba.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:49 (nine years ago) link
saying 'this music has some currency in latin america' does not imply that it's equally popular in e.g. mexico, argentina, belize, the dominican republic, etc.
never underestimate ILX's ability to be tooth-gnashingly pedantic. but i love you, anyway, alfred.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:50 (nine years ago) link
This makes more sense. I mentioned "Mexico" only as an example of a Spanish-speaking country nothing like Chile.
wins reminds me: Yeah, I was taught that "Latin America" stretched from Mexico to Panama. South of Panama was a continent called South America. And Cuba wasn't a part of Latin America at all – it was an island in the Caribbean. Same for the DR.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:56 (nine years ago) link
a side note: "Latin" is a meaningless adjective anyway. I have a native-born friend whose mother is a naturalized citizen born in Florence, Italy. He likes to call her Latin American.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link
it's not meaningless in the sense that it has some intersubjective meaning if i told most people, e.g., "i have been travelling a lot around latin america," they would know what i meant.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 17:25 (nine years ago) link
I love you, North American scum
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
I love Pide.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 17:44 (nine years ago) link
Have been assuming it's a song about
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/03/c8/0e/9d/chicken-pide.jpg
― legit new threat wrt to a norman invasion (seandalai), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 17:47 (nine years ago) link
I agree with you, amateurist, re Mena's melodies sounding influenced by that Iberian twee circa 2000… but to my recollection that sort of thing was never at all popular in Latin America (perhaps Entre Rios being an exception).
The thing that bothers me about Mena's singing though is not her melodies but her phrasing, which is sort of typical of South American indie and it kind of grates of me. I can only get past it because the music is incredible.
― daavid, Thursday, 30 October 2014 15:22 (nine years ago) link
I have grown to really love this album, with "Otra Era" and "Sincronía, Pegaso" being the stand outs...but that can change based on the day. I'm finding it hard to compare it with MENA since they seem like such different beasts.
Also, it looks like there is some countdown clock on her website counting down to Monday. Hopefully, that's when we can order the physical version.
― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Thursday, 6 November 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link
wtf @ Alfred using "Latin America" as a synonym for "central america"
― jaymc, Saturday, January 25, 2014 10:16 PM (9 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― jaymc, Thursday, 6 November 2014 17:46 (nine years ago) link
i think this album is much better than mena
― dyl, Thursday, 6 November 2014 17:59 (nine years ago) link
this is really great
do all her albums sound like peak era kylie
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 6 November 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
Not really sure but Esquemas Juveniles is also really good
Mena is about half very good half okay
― 龜, Thursday, 6 November 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
nah, mena is 100% great, esquemas juveniles is about half very good half okay. they get less kylie-esque as you go back, afaict, but i'm no kylie expert.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 6 November 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
Mena is definitely 100% great, just not in the same way as Otra Era.
― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Thursday, 6 November 2014 21:55 (nine years ago) link
her videos are usually great but the one for otra era is surprisingly dull
― anonanon, Thursday, 13 November 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, November 6, 2014 3:06 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark
Yeah I realized I had it mixed up, this is the correct opinion
― 龜, Thursday, 13 November 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
you guys the "espada" video
― jaymc, Thursday, 27 November 2014 07:01 (nine years ago) link
it's a masterpiece
― dyl, Thursday, 27 November 2014 17:39 (nine years ago) link
javiera era era era era era era
― death in Skegness (seandalai), Thursday, 27 November 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
la carretera reminds me of a perfume song
― dyl, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 03:49 (nine years ago) link
^
― j. winters (josh), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 04:02 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGfY0aIvIZg
― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Monday, 23 November 2015 20:39 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRzDWozhMN4
― CarlosDP, Tuesday, 1 March 2016 02:50 (eight years ago) link
When the ILM Lollarooella fest happens, we've got to make sure she's near the top of the bill.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 1 March 2016 03:15 (eight years ago) link
^^^^^^^ Ain't that the truth.
― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Tuesday, 1 March 2016 19:44 (eight years ago) link
Really cool show! The live clips I'd seen before were super ropey but I guess now she has the experience and the budget to make the most of her limitations.
― conditional random jepsen (seandalai), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 00:32 (eight years ago) link
New jam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhQTABZGYew
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 November 2017 21:26 (six years ago) link
low key...I assume I'll get into it after a few listens
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Saturday, 4 November 2017 00:43 (six years ago) link
All I want is a space launch outro so I can post "javieraaaaaaaaaaaa" :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzrwsUHc9fs
― it was stale, and I did not like it, as the man said, &c (seandalai), Sunday, 25 March 2018 02:22 (six years ago) link
Here for this
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 25 March 2018 02:24 (six years ago) link
yeah that is excellent
― niels, Sunday, 25 March 2018 10:33 (six years ago) link
Apparently she has a new album out tomorrow! Looking forward to hearing it. The singles so far have been so good.
― kitchen person, Friday, 27 April 2018 02:05 (five years ago) link
Just hit play on it a moment ago. Will report back.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 27 April 2018 04:06 (five years ago) link
I approve!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 27 April 2018 04:40 (five years ago) link
Excellent! Seems like a great day to be alive with this and Dirty Computer coming out on the same day.
― kitchen person, Friday, 27 April 2018 04:44 (five years ago) link
This album is pretty streamlined, fits together well, easy listen. Janelle's is kind of a sprawling mess, so I'm not sure where I'm at on it yet.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 27 April 2018 05:05 (five years ago) link
this new record is so good! i think I've found my summer album.
― joshywinty (josh), Friday, 27 April 2018 19:05 (five years ago) link
V nice!
― Simon H., Friday, 27 April 2018 19:06 (five years ago) link
― kitchen person, 27. april 2018 06:44 (sixteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
And Grouper! Pretty crazy day, honestly.
― Frederik B, Friday, 27 April 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link
wait this is out today??? brb
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 27 April 2018 20:54 (five years ago) link
"Alma" and "Espejo" are incredible and this is so good, easily my second favourite of her albums already
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 09:00 (five years ago) link
The new album is lovely. It's not hitting me the same way Otra Era did, but there's some gorgeous stuff here.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 14:15 (five years ago) link
This is...her least interesting album? Fault is probably mine, I just miss being launched into space...
― it was stale, and I did not like it, as the man said, &c (seandalai), Thursday, 3 May 2018 22:14 (five years ago) link
^^same here
― breastcrawl, Friday, 4 May 2018 08:27 (five years ago) link
I think you guys are all crazy. The vocal melodies on this are much stronger on this, they don't stay in the same narrow range that they did Otra Era.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 4 May 2018 09:24 (five years ago) link
low-key but not-at-all-bad Mecano cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4GDduAJoY0
― britain's secret sauce (seandalai), Sunday, 6 October 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
New single!
https://youtu.be/_Zub5WKLEGM
― daavid, Friday, 27 March 2020 23:34 (four years ago) link
love it, good video too
― adam, Sunday, 29 March 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
woo yes
― dyl, Sunday, 29 March 2020 22:43 (three years ago) link
what a hero
― boxedjoy, Monday, 30 March 2020 17:33 (three years ago) link
Great use of negative space
― I am using your worlds, Monday, 30 March 2020 21:19 (three years ago) link
i missed "flashback" when it got posted. banger, imho. this came out yesterday: https://youtu.be/j2BsHWcYEIQ
― Scampo, we hardly knew ye (outdoor_miner), Friday, 26 June 2020 20:09 (three years ago) link
there’s 15 remixes of “Flashback” to choose from if you’re so inclined
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 26 June 2020 20:34 (three years ago) link
new banger out today, "corazón astral" https://open.spotify.com/track/6POeNaMCaqfJZIgA11NR7T?si=v6pt_ihbQv2Ug-M9tcEhNg
― monotony, Friday, 3 July 2020 01:25 (three years ago) link
oops, sorry, didn't have embeds on and missed outdoor miner's post!!!
good song, bad videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRDFl-S2_Lw
― Bignefs Proportionable (seandalai), Friday, 23 April 2021 12:42 (two years ago) link
new EP out, "I. Entusiasmo", which features "Flashback", "Corazón Astral" and "Dos", plus 2 new tracks. Hopefully the "I" part of the title means there's a "II" soon.
― monotony, Friday, 28 May 2021 07:31 (two years ago) link
last year she gave a special performance for the 10-year anniversary of this thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axyyffovfF4
― in a bar, under the (seandalai), Sunday, 25 July 2021 00:09 (two years ago) link
lol I am very pro Javiera-at-Eurovision (she has entered the Spanish selection process)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnKVEPghN-4
― Vangelis fleadh (seandalai), Monday, 24 January 2022 01:17 (two years ago) link
pls
― nxd, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 20:05 (two years ago) link
Still making bangers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhVZHYucKbA
― daavid, Tuesday, 14 June 2022 15:40 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW_vsNMYlJs
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 14 June 2022 15:48 (one year ago) link
new record Nocturna is out today, featuring a number of already-released songs together with a few new ones. All-killer no-filler on first contact
― monotony, Friday, 30 September 2022 06:07 (one year ago) link
love the flute jam on Me Gustas Tú
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Sunday, 2 October 2022 23:27 (one year ago) link
is it better than the last one? didn't get into that at all
― groovemaaan, Monday, 3 October 2022 01:38 (one year ago) link
It wouldn't have surprised as a follow-up to Otra Era
More highlights:- When Javiera says "Hola" at the start of a song- The Radiorama-level of Italo overdrive on "Sombra" (is that a lion-roar sound effect?)
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Monday, 3 October 2022 12:40 (one year ago) link