New Joanna Newsom Album "Ys" Due Nov 14

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She forgot the "i" in the album title!

Seriously though, it sounds like this might be the one I finally like. I've tried unsuccessfully with the others.

― sleeve (sleeve), Thursday, 10 August 2006 01:54 (nineteen years ago)

i am really excited about this.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 10 August 2006 02:34 (nineteen years ago)

The Jim O'Rourke contribution is in the mixing. It's been recorded by Steve Albini.

― Officer Pupp (Officer Pupp), Thursday, 10 August 2006 12:50 (nineteen years ago)

The songs on this album are clearly too short.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 10 August 2006 12:51 (nineteen years ago)

this is gonna rock, gently.

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Thursday, 10 August 2006 13:07 (nineteen years ago)

So...
Arrangements: Van Dyke Parks
Engineer: Steve Albini
Mix: Jim O'Rourke

What's next?
Producer: Brian Eno
Tape Op: John Goodmanson
Gofer: Thurston Moore
Footrubs: Flood

― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 10 August 2006 13:34 (nineteen years ago)

Heh, yeah. It is going to sound pretty fucking sweet though.

― Officer Pupp (Officer Pupp), Thursday, 10 August 2006 14:09 (nineteen years ago)

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I think if we all grab one of these we can have her body strung up by dawn tomorrow.

― Jimmy Mod: THE HANDLESS ORGANIST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Thursday, 10 August 2006 14:12 (nineteen years ago)

not cool

― dmr (Renard), Thursday, 10 August 2006 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

I think if we all grab one of these we can have her body strung up by dawn tomorrow.

But then you'd have to deal with Smog going all Charles Bronson on your ass...

― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 10 August 2006 16:07 (nineteen years ago)

"Also several of the songs are about sex w/ Bill Smog which may be a dealbreaker for some."

Does Callahan basically nail every female artist loosely related to the new folk movement?

I don't think I want to know about Bill screwing, I have an established image that I don't want ruined (teeth gnashing through flesh, girls held down on hardwood floors, etc.)

― paid in cigarettes (paid in cigarettes), Thursday, 10 August 2006 17:03 (nineteen years ago)

SMOG ALONE CAN'T BEAT MY AK

― Jimmy Mod: THE HANDLESS ORGANIST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:54 (nineteen years ago)

there was always something interesting going on, (that is: follow the notes; or follow the lyrics; or just gaze in awe; or check watch and see that song is now in its 13th minute)...

add HEAT and BREATH emanating from a sea of sweaty motherfuckers equals ANXIETY. That I enjoyed it as much as I did is a testament to her (enjoyable, on the whole)performance - seriously - but I was just fried at that point. When's the next Arthurthingy anyway Jay?

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Friday, 11 August 2006 05:23 (nineteen years ago)

next arthurthingy:

http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=xxx&query=search&interface=ticketweb&newhps=1&search=arthurnights&x=13&y=13

― JayBabcock (jabbercocky), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

"Also several of the songs are about sex w/ Bill Smog which may be a dealbreaker for some."

WTF?

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 20:47 (nineteen years ago)

i remain to be convinced by this, but it sounds fascinating. i mean, she couldn't really do more of the same, and this sounds like a potentially perfect progression.

or a big pile of over-indulgent bolls. we'll see. i'm hoping for the former, natch.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 22:20 (nineteen years ago)

Cover art. Hmm.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/ys.jpg

― Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 21 August 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

Clearly the Ren Fester album of the year.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 August 2006 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, it's a bit much.

― Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 21 August 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

Oh God

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 21 August 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

"What ho, fair maiden!"

http://www.company-q.com/images/ren%20fest.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:03 (nineteen years ago)

"A NEW JOANNA NEWSOM ALBUM! PRITHEE LET US SHOUT IT!"

http://www.ren-fest.com/pic25.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:03 (nineteen years ago)

"Yeah man, she's goooood."

http://biology.creighton.edu/faculty/nolan/Black%20RenFest-CUweb%20.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:05 (nineteen years ago)

so what's the significance of the various objects?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

"A marvellous ditty!"

http://i.b5z.net/i/u/555708/i/alexxushostcontest_ezr.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

so what's the significance of the various objects?

If you crack the code Kit Williams comes to your house and gives you a solid gold CDR of the album that was buried in soft peat on Bodmin Moor.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

It doesn't even look like her on the cover. It looks more like Jewel.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:22 (nineteen years ago)

so what's the significance of the various objects?
-- gabbneb (gabbne...), August 21st, 2006.

She's holding a picture of a cosmia butterfly. Beyond that, you'll have to refer to your grimoire, perhaps cast a few runes.

Wait til you see the accompanying press photo.

― Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

Beyond that, you'll have to refer to your grimoire, perhaps cast a few runes.

Damned saving throws.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

Ah, fuck it.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/newsom.jpg

"Is that a pelt on your head or are you just happy to see me?"

― Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

WILE E COYOTE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

I'm just here to encourage Ned's bad behavior...

― Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

Oh you love it.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:44 (nineteen years ago)

Hence the encouraging.

― Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:46 (nineteen years ago)

And all is well.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:48 (nineteen years ago)

yikes

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:49 (nineteen years ago)

I warned against "twee hippy-dippy forest fairy" cracks but she's really asking for it here...

― Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:50 (nineteen years ago)

This is truly the demise of the wolf bandname movement.

― Scourage (Haberdager), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

Oh wolfpaws.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:53 (nineteen years ago)

No, it's clearly the opportunity for a new fashion line - Wolf Extensions!

― Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:54 (nineteen years ago)

There's a clear Soviet flag reference on that front cover.

― Scourage (Haberdager), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.membrana.ru/images/articles/1049731551-1.jpeg

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 21 August 2006 18:02 (nineteen years ago)

She truly is the diva of the freak-folk/whatever movement with that cover.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 21 August 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

Not too far removed from our mutual favourite album, eh, Michael?

― Scourage (Haberdager), Monday, 21 August 2006 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

i ... have no idea what to make of that cover.

aside from the kitschy artwork, it has a really bad font.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 01:26 (nineteen years ago)

i would also note that it really seems to defy that elusive drag-city aesthetic.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 01:27 (nineteen years ago)

It's very much in this contemporary children's book style:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0316895016.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://www.willesdenbookshop.co.uk/sections/section11/images/sect11image19.jpg

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 01:34 (nineteen years ago)

despite coyotepaws (or because of?), JN is hella sexy in that photo

― timmy tannin (pompous), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 01:41 (nineteen years ago)

"You've got a gaping hole in your head
I'd let the birds nest there instead..."

(Damon Albarn, 1986)

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 08:16 (nineteen years ago)

ugggggggggggg

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 08:18 (nineteen years ago)

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Yeah it's a tough pick between her epics ("Only Skin"), her bagatelles ("On A Good Day"), her ballads ("Crab, Clam...") and her pop tunes ("The Book Of Right-On"). I feel like my vote would favour her long pieces, even if I care for them less, but because I respect her ambition, and they seem to be, really, the most important aspect of her overall vision.

― fgti (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 19 September 2019 22:50 (six years ago)

I wouldn't mind a POLLANNA NEWSOM, my top 5 would be all the tracks from Ys, which has not one wasted second on it, and is an exhilarating ride from start to finish.

(A poll would also force me to reckon with the rest of her discog, which I've felt less compelled to explore because Ys is already so expansive.)

― Doctor Hu (Leee), Thursday, 19 September 2019 22:57 (six years ago)

i would kinda want to wait for her next record but otherwise yes i'm in

― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 September 2019 23:02 (six years ago)

yup same

― call all destroyer, Thursday, 19 September 2019 23:06 (six years ago)

Would love and actively participate in that poll!

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 19 September 2019 23:40 (six years ago)

Does she have a new record on the horizon?

― Doctor Hu (Leee), Thursday, 19 September 2019 23:42 (six years ago)

idk i'm just hoping

― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 20 September 2019 00:01 (six years ago)

putting my wish out into the universe here

― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 20 September 2019 00:01 (six years ago)

God, I love that version of "Bridges and Balloons" from the Boise concert.

― jmm, Friday, 20 September 2019 02:45 (six years ago)

i'd hope and sort of expect a new album is due next year, and a bit after that a poll would be lovely. "sawdust & diamonds" would be my #1 probably but after that i've got no clue, she has too many masterpieces

― ufo, Friday, 20 September 2019 07:43 (six years ago)

I think Monkey and Bear, while still a masterpiece, would place a little lower. But the other 4 Ys tracks could easily go Top 4 in some order, akin to Remain in Light's side 1 on the Talking Heads poll.

Milk Eyed Mender tracks are hampered by her voice on the actual album, which is part of why these live shows are such a treasure. If folks haven't heard the Ys Street Band EP, it's got a gorgeous Clam Crab. Does anyone know if she was/is playing Colleen on this recent tour? That's a great one that can be overlooked.

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 20 September 2019 10:50 (six years ago)

"monkey and bear" is one of my favourite lyrics of hers but is certainly the weakest musically on Ys. not bad by any means just not quite on the same level as the rest of it

― ufo, Friday, 20 September 2019 10:56 (six years ago)

I think "Monkey And Bear" is marvellously arranged and recorded, but it's the most RennFaire of all her songs; the medievalist melody is rather trite-- and weirdly familiar, now that I think of it? I wouldn't be surprised if it was actually borrowed from Tallis or something. It's an amazing creation, really, definitely the most daringly un-hip thing she's ever done.

― fgti (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 20 September 2019 12:02 (six years ago)

"goose eggs" goes further in that medieval-ish direction and that's why it particularly grates on me, "monkey & bear" at least has its wonderful climax

― ufo, Friday, 20 September 2019 12:05 (six years ago)

The instrumental parts of "Kingfisher" have always given me this renfaire vibe as well, tbh.

― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Friday, 20 September 2019 12:50 (six years ago)

I'm glad she embraces it instead of shies away. I mean, the first song I ever heard by her references "Cair Paravel" in the first verse, so,

― fgti (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 20 September 2019 13:42 (six years ago)

I can bear a lot but not that POLL

― jmm, Friday, 20 September 2019 13:44 (six years ago)

I'd be up for a poll. Confession: I've only listened to Divers twice. If nothing else, this would give me the kick up the arse I need with that.

― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Friday, 20 September 2019 14:09 (six years ago)

two weeks pass...

I missed this Larry King interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvRs2g81muQ

― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 03:16 (six years ago)

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