Marina & The Diamonds!

Classy

yeah, that's not good. way to taint a beautiful song...

if anyone's interested, I splurged some words about The Family Jewels in my end-of-year blog a while back.

http://ocularonions.blogspot.com/2010/12/obligatory-fin-de-siecle-list-making.html

Good piece.

awesome piece, need to hear all the ones I haven't yet

also yeah the M&D album is great to dip into - the second half is almost ridiculously good as second halves of pop albums go - starting halfway through was kinda my way into this

thanks folks.

for me, it took a while to get to grips with the second half of The Family Jewels. it seemed weak compared to the opening tirade, but it definitely eventually revealed itself as the stronger half. seeing her do these songs live was the key, I think. rootless and numb and, especially, guilty were so powerful in the flesh.

I think I'm about ready for a new album. After a long break, The Family Jewels is sounding great again.

New stuffs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9txg0XicoJ0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU7GoCKSQfg

Radioactive is particularly poppy, but not in the way that will bring her any chart success.

They seem less interesting to me than what she's already released, but I could maybe become preoccupied with some of the changes she is making. Definitely hear her using her voice differently. Were these collaborations? It doesn't seem that the overall musical feel has her unique imprint. On first listens, Fear & Loathing appeals to me more.

Fear & Loathing is definitely the more nuanced of the two, as Radioactive is clearly a push for a hit single (produced by Stargate even). Apparently, there's some kind of "two sides of Marina" theme building for this second album...which seems gimmicky and dumb imo...but I'll wait until there are more than two songs by which to judge it.

Only two sides?

Apparently, there's some kind of "two sides of Marina" theme building for this second album

There's an awful "more facets to this diamond" promo tag line that I'm tempted to run with.

The first video also looks more like her idea. The second one is just too boring and cliche-ridden. (Could still be her idea.)

Not really feeling Radioactive despite it being the kind of thing I usually like. Maybe I get easily bored by songs that repeat the title really blatantly over and over? but there's an acoustic version which I actually prefer (this v rarely happens with me). She's been tweeting about 'electra heart' for about a million years; I assumed it was some kind of alter ego which yeah, seems beneath her....
I only recently heard 'Sinful' which has stuck in my head far more strongly.

Hmm...Homewrecker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN0eFK_hSUc

Sounds like Womanizer

I'm about 1/20th excited for this new album as I was her first one.

(perhaps even less)

There's a youtube of a new one Primadonna from a gig but the sound quality is crap so I stopped listening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV2rUvraywg&feature=channel

That's supposed to be the "real" lead single from the album. I like it far more than Homewrecker.

Sounds like Pet Shop Boys. (Homewrecker, that is.)

http://i.imgur.com/IejyB.jpg

I like the video distortion trick.

Prima Donna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj5L9SYhoSE

really wanna like this new stuff but that sounds like .. the old stuff Xd with bits of the production off Femme Fatale era Britney.

in its defense, Prima Donna is probably the best of these new tracks and I understand why they've saved it to be the "kickoff" single.

pisces otm, was thinking same.

i like this prima donna song it's cute

sounds like katy perry a lot more than britbrit

six track stream here http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/26/marina-diamonds-electra-heart-review

Whole thing has actually leaked fwiw. It's way more polished and poppy than the first album, but that works to her advantage imo. Also, I think her singing is getting better.

electra heart is awesome, who knew

I went digging around the other day to see what she's up to. She's been keeping a super low profile for months, so there's an album being recorded I'd presume.

nothing rly against charli xcx but it saddens me that she got blanket coverage p much and her slightly more intellectual, tricksy m8 basically got ignored

this album repeats the debut's trick of sneaking up as it progresses, with an incredibly strong run of middle/end tracks

Something's happening today.

http://assets.atlanticrecords.co.uk/marinaandthediamonds/froot/email/2014-10-10/marina-froot-announce.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI_0HIz_4JY#t=304

huh, okay

this sounds like music go music! i.e. sounds like abba

After initially being struck a little dumb by this song, I've come around. Ambitious and slyly earwormy.

I like it when pop songs are three good pop songs

yeah this is rly rly good

yeah why am I playing this for the 5th time

maybe coz it's rly rly good. patiently waiting for ilx to dismiss it as too intricate, too contemptuous or w/e

Excited for the new stuff now
Still listen to Primadonna regularly, love that jam and they keep playing it at my local bowling alley so it can never go away ha

if the next album is on this scale then it'll be p much the pop event of the year (imo)

No album before early 2015 is what I'm reading, but maybe we'll get a second single before year's end.

listening back thru her back catalogue

she's truly incredible

http://i.imgur.com/CMVdSDm.png

Also? A video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZzcY7ASQno

not sure this is grabbing me yet. but optimistic for the rest.

guys

gonna stick my neck out and call this the most important british pop album since...fuck idk it's v v important tho

if the whole thing's got the scale & scope of the title track then my god are we in for it

i said that upthread