The purpose built next generation interstellar Dawn Richard thread

i'm allllllllll about "scripture"

I am so sad right now that I am working and can't listen to this over and over and over.

was kind of thinking how the little 'dance-floor buildup' a la we found love was not really necessary in 'faith'

xp yeah, but also in just how motorik the percussion is, just a kind of military stomp

like I'm not quite sold on the anthemic second half when the synths and kickdrum come in...but maybe that'll come

yeah the kelis album was what i thought of re: "faith" too

SORRY IF YOU THINK IF YOU THINK I'M AUTOMATIC
FUCKIN WITH THE WRONG TOY NO BATTERIES INCLUDED
TRYNA TURN ME ON CUZ YOU THINK I'M OPERATED
TREAT ME LIKE A DROID CUZ YOU THINK I'M AUTOMATIC

woah this is good

― art dealin' thru the west coast (tpp), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 11:56 (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ugh, it's not on amazon and i don't fuck with itunes

i think it leaked, someone kindly gave me a link on twitter.

aha, found it! thx

still wanna put my money on it tho

the percussion is really what makes this album

yes, but also the tunes + dawn

I take those two as a given tbh

just grokked the "pearls" reference in "scripture"

fuck itunes i paid for this and all songs will download except one!

ugh son

Just downloaded this, but can't listen to it yet (at a cafe and I have no headphones).

Instead, I am thoroughly enjoying the OG dropshadow booklet design.

the last minute of "Heaven", fuck! those strings and that ever more insistent percussion

HOW GOOD IS IT

http://dawnrichard.tumblr.com/post/20054589357/bombs-away-say-hey-what-did-you-say-shout-out-to

scroll down <3

OK, at home now listening to the album. At Automatic, seems like the track sequence is really perfect.

yeah it's sequenced really really well

I'm hanging in there for Faith and Scripture based on comments here, although it's still great to hear Black Lipstick and Changes again this way!

OK, well obviously, Faith is my new jam. But feel like I need much more time with this!

Just downloaded it. Preparing to listen.

People saying "Faith" sounds like Flesh Tone otm. Love that album, need to go back to it.

kinda sounds like it was inspired by the Jamie XX & Gil Scott-Heron/Drake thing to me

this album is too good

SFMU remix is so great

it has this sort of aftermath-of-the-war vibe

I love the persistent superman motif's in Dirty Money-related projects

superfluous apostrophe there

REFERENCE SUPERMAN LISTEN TO SADE should be the dirty money motto

'automatic' has that same sort of nonapologetic vibe of 'runway', it's great

wait, maybe sade is superman

It's interesting that Dawn runs with that superman/superhero/invincible/bulletproof narrative so much given I think a big part of her voice's appeal is how she can sound so much on the verge of tears while still singing really well. "Change" is an excellent example of the latter quality.

true, i'm finding it kinda hard listening to this in the sunshine thinking "jeez cheer up brandy"

jokes aside tho the record is impeccable

hope + pray for an extended version of 'heaven' somewhere down the line for the full quentin harris experience

oh i should hear this huh

i swear that's skepta's voice just before the drop on 'faith' as well

i'm kind of weary of all the superhero-themed lyrics on both tapes.

― some dude, Monday, March 12, 2012 3:13 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

seriously it was quite enough when dawn had "superman" AND "super hero" AND "bulletproof" but then kalenna came with "s on my chest" and i was like come the fuck on

I have so much room in my heart for all these superman songs

otm

I GO GRENADE
YOU GO GRENADA

I'm listening for the first time and I just got the irresistible urge to post that. Three songs in and this is unstoppable.

So apparently there are other records that people might want to listen to now this exists? Unbelievable.

Sort of feel that this sets a high-water mark for dance influences in R&B and reveals almost everyone else as a clunky hack in comparison. Things like actually getting the drums right and sounding like they go with the music and keeping that rhythmic interest running - the flimsiness of recent R&B drum sounds has been a minor bugbear of mine for a while. Also she's great at songs and melodies that sound like they actually fit with the music rather than awkwardly plonked on top of it. The huge Guetta-does-Jamie-XX drop in the second half of 'Faith' works because everyone concerned realises that big filterdisco choruses are something that needs to be built up to rather than the basic building block of pop. Icing not cake.

idk why anyone is surprised that dawn's preoccupation with superhero motifs is continuing on an album called ARMOR ON

she uses them in really interesting ways, too - feel like "bulletproof" is the key here, the whole idea of being made superhuman through love - you could hear it as another iteration of the sade obsession b/c it's an extension of the whole "soldier of love" imagery

otm