r they wu-affiliated idgi
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
did you watch the letterman clip? seems likely
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
is the the drummer papa wu i think maybe
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
what this record should have sounded like: mono - "life in mono"
yes!!! have been reading the "this sounds like 90s trip-hop" criticisms everywhere but none of them were very specific, and a lot of the bigger trip-hop acts seem way off-base as comparison points. but this, yeah - cuz i think mono were also aiming for a kind of lynchian vibe here too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2aa1tEh82I
talking of lynch though, i think this record could've been a lot better if it had been really stripped down à la julee cruise's first album - most of the songs have the hooks to survive that treatment.
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
i think that's true--nothing about the songwriting seemed objectionable to me tho it was almost totally oversahdowed by bad arrangements, weird singing, or stupid lyrics
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
FWIW, Siobhan de Maré of Mono hit the Lynchian vibe perfectly once she hooked up with Robin Guthrie.
― Plato’s The Cave In Claymation (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
i'd totally forgotten about violet indiana and had definitely forgotten it was the same girl - i really liked their first EP
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
her singing is the weirdest thing about the album because at times she absolutely nails the character and the emotion but at other times it's just so weirdly tone-deaf. it's kind of like she's only got a handle on half of what she's trying to convey
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
Mono is such a great, specific reference. I would have dropped them into my review if I thought people would know who the hell I was talking about.
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
probably time for triphop comebacks in general anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbUfDXrWgbs
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
"her singing is the weirdest thing about the album because at times she absolutely nails the character and the emotion but at other times it's just so weirdly tone-deaf. it's kind of like she's only got a handle on half of what she's trying to convey"
i don't know how many times people have posted a variation on "she really isn't ready for the big time yet" on here, but it's a lot. i think i've done it 20 or 30 times myself by now.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
Man now I really want to listen to that first Mono album again.
As for Wu Lyf, what the fuck
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I kept thinking of lamb when I listened to the record. it's too bad they don't let baz luhrmann make movies anymore, think of the mileage he could get out of lana.
xp
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
xp yeah it's pretty rare to run into someone who is being marketed as a pop singer by a major label where you can call the competence of the singer and/or producers into question! but it's really the only explanation i can come up with for some of the stuff on the record
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
wu lyf explained
All the best bands walk off after a groundbreaking peroformance, take nirvana for example when they did territoriality pissings, they just all fucked off after, WORLD UNITE!
BommyBum13 2 weeks ago
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
hahahah ty for that historical perspective bommybum
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
the drummer likes lightning bolt, the guitarist is a godspeed you black emperor fan, the singer likes coldplay and arcade fire, and...okay, i don't even know what to think about that band.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
Thread revived for everyone's enjoyment:
Wu Lyf
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
the singer seems like a legit strange person
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
i did not enjoy that band at all no
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
well i sort of did
he seems like a prat who would like to be thought of as a legit strange person but no he's just a prat
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
creep!
i could imagine creep ft. lana del rey very easily actually
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
i think the production is too much, actually - very little is as sparse as "video games", too often the songs are sort of slathered in unnecessary strings and get corny vaguely hip-hop beats and samples tacked on to them.
agreed
― dmr, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
the wu lyf perf is similar to LDR's failures in that you can see them reaching for some weirdo indie guy grail but if coldplay is watered down radiohead then wu lyf is watered down coldplay and that is very weak tea indeed
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
I have "radio" stuck in my head today, that'll teach me to listen to a pop record
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
wu lyf reminds me of mumford and sons after a bender, when they get to the 'let's just sing drinking songs and bang on shit' part of the night
― maura, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
LOL @ "wu lyf" on letterman.
that mono video -- the 90s really were a while ago huh?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
Off to the Races ... holy cow, really the worst ... just like, my jaw was dropping
― dmr, Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
fuck ya, horrifyingly bad. shocked that something so painfully wretched would be given the #2 slot on a "major" album.
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
oh man thank you for reminding me about Mono
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
xp yeah that one is a low point for sure
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Wednesday, February 1, 2012 7:52 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lex otm. LDR would have been much better served by something sonically closer to the chris isaak/julie cruise/david lynch touchstones she obviously draws on. the best-sounding and least awkward tracks are those that emphasize space, darkness and restraint: "video games" and "million dollar man" in particular. not that the latter is a particularly great song, but the production at least seems suitable.
turns out it's not a terrible album, but nor is it a great one. seems to use a trite distillation of 90s trip hop to sort of split the difference between "modern radio pop" and the retro signifiers in which the singer seems inclined to couch herself. it's a bad move, imo, resulting in an album with no clear sonic identity or personality.
in addition to "blue jeans" and "video games", i kind of dig "national anthem", "radio" (which is just okay, really) and "this is what makes us girls". the rest goes by in a wash.
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
Yep, definitely a mistake to put Kid Cudi/Eminem's producer at the helm. Too bad Angelo Baadalamenti has been semi-retired for 8 years.
"Off to the Races" is sitting in my recycle bin.
― Sanpaku, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
spotted at tesco this morning:
http://f.cl.ly/items/2y1N1e013f02111V0A0J/10_97.jpg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 February 2012 10:36 (twelve years ago) link
£10.97!!!!!
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 February 2012 10:46 (twelve years ago) link
Actually the deluxe version is 13.97, I know because I went to get it from there on Monday and had to ask someone to do a price check for me. I left empty handed and headed straight home to Amazon where the regular version cost me 8.20 from a seller.
Still really enjoying this album. Radio and Dark Paradise are my two favourite tracks at the moment.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 2 February 2012 10:59 (twelve years ago) link
No wonder Tesco are struggling.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 2 February 2012 11:07 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, 69p for Popz Butter Popcorn is daylight robbery
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 2 February 2012 11:10 (twelve years ago) link
Someone replaced the official round 'Security protected' stickers with bootleg square ones.
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 2 February 2012 13:30 (twelve years ago) link
we participate in a civil debt recovery scheme
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 February 2012 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, this is nowhere near as awful as the narrative would have you believe, but still pretty mediocre taken as a whole.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 2 February 2012 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr52zTBp3oo
― markers, Friday, 3 February 2012 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
Okay, yeah, the more I listen to this the more the clunky lyrics glare out at me. The awkward chorus of "Off to the Races" makes me think of Annie's "sexy" song in that glee club episode of Community.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 3 February 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
Way good.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 3 February 2012 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ the ldr string quartet and dave trying to boost her self-esteem
― call all destroyer, Friday, 3 February 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
that was MUCH better than snl though
yeah the talent is unambiguous there, it's just that the material is still kind of terrible
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Friday, 3 February 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
it still blows my mind that like 20 minutes before the LDR performance SNL ran the 'You Can Do Anything' sketch where entitled YouTube performers declared "I tried, and therefore noone should criticize me." it's like they knew what was going to happen.
― some dude, Friday, 3 February 2012 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
http://cdni.condenast.co.uk/272x408/s_v/VogueMar12_V_31jan12_b_272x408.jpg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 3 February 2012 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
"fascinating"
― johnny crunch, Friday, 3 February 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link