These promo videos remain fun.
"Play" is the big ballad of the second set.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJBC8L3pG_Y
"In Due Order" goes more hard-edged sawtooth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AqU8FvTR3E
― Sanpaku, Thursday, 12 April 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
There's an album coming out soonish...http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/68433236.html
I loved both Play & In Due Order!
The newest one, Idle Talk, isn't bad either.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2KxlzQMTpU
― gyac, Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
I've somehow missed all the hype building for iamamiwhoami but I just gave Kin a listen and it's a real album of the year contender. I need to go back and check some of her earlier singles. Think she's going to become my new obsession.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 15 June 2012 04:46 (twelve years ago) link
i loved the singles for a while but then fell off the hypetrain hard after she released a couple of duds. gonna have to give the album a listen.
― teledyldonix, Friday, 15 June 2012 06:09 (twelve years ago) link
listen to the bounty singles and search youtube for her concert (the hour-long one)!
I haven't bought Kin yet because I bought everything on it already the moment it went on iTunes and b)it's not out on CD yet, but it is very, very special.
― gyac, Friday, 15 June 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
think "clump" was her best track but she put it out after everybody stopped caring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VduvB5xY2L0
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 15 June 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
I got really quite bored of the dribbling things out slowly and anonymously quite quickly, even though I had liked the initial dribbles.
But I gave the album a chance and it's definitely worth a listen - picks up towards the end, it's definitely one for the post-Knife thread (if we still had such a thing, why oh why can't we just grab threads from the Sandbox?)
It's funny, I occasionally find her voice a bit much (in a way I don't find Grimes' voice irritating because Grimes' voice is so obviously a theatrical reducto ad absurdum) when she goes into that quirky thing but not so much that it spoils the enjoyment for me.
― a cake made of all their eyes (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Saturday, 16 June 2012 07:04 (twelve years ago) link
"Play" (above), which I initially wrote off as plodding, is constructed just like a mid-period Cocteau Twins tune, and I haven't been able to get it out of my head for two weeks.
Dunno about album of the year, as The Knife announced a 2012 album release a while back, but I think Kin edge's out Niki & the Dove's Instinct and Purity Ring's Shrines in the artsy electro-pop debut category.
― The Painter of Blight™ (Sanpaku), Thursday, 12 July 2012 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
Wait, what's that about a new Knife album?
WHY DON'T I HAVE A KNIFE AND POST-KNIFE ARTY ELECTRONICA THREAD NO MOER?!?!?
― Queue de Cheval (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Thursday, 12 July 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
That thread was on the sandbox.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 12 July 2012 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
Play is my highlight too, think this is my album of the year now. I do really like the Niki & The Dove album but this is so much better.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 12 July 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/42307-the-knife-at-work-on-new-album/
― The Painter of Blight™ (Sanpaku), Thursday, 12 July 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
Why would I read Pitchfork when I have ILX to summarise the salient bits for me? ;-)
(thanx for link tho)
― Queue de Cheval (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Thursday, 12 July 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
Isn't much to the P4k link. You can also peer into the horse's mouth:
http://theknife.net/take-action-for-the-housing-rights-of-roma-in-rome
― The Painter of Blight™ (Sanpaku), Thursday, 12 July 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
So this album is properly out now. It's without a doubt my favourite album of the year, probably the best thing I've heard since the third Portishead album. Wish it was getting a bit more attention.
Kill is my current favourite song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTnH3zs8wRo
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 16 September 2012 12:55 (eleven years ago) link
RYM users rate Kin in the top 25 of 2012, and #1 under electropop and indie electronic genre tags, so global genre fandom is fairly aware of the album. ILM fans are limited to a subset of the usual suspects for this kind of music, so clearly my lobbying has been ineffective.
― A guy who one-shots his coffee before it even cools down (Sanpaku), Sunday, 16 September 2012 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
I was underwhelmed by the album, at first listen, but i'm looking forward to seeing her at Ether next month.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Sunday, 16 September 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I saw it had really good reviews on RYM. It seems to have been getting some decent reviews in the music press too. I guess I was hoping it would take off on here a bit more, especially with The Knife/Fever Ray being so popular. Maybe I'll just keep bumping this thread until people take notice.
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 16 September 2012 23:39 (eleven years ago) link
I listen to every new song of hers hoping it'll distinguish itself, and so far, to my ears, she hasn't done anything musically that'd put in the same league as "the usual suspects". But I always have time for a new iamamiwhoami song.
― E.I.E.I. (Ówen P.), Monday, 17 September 2012 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
I really like the album.
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 17 September 2012 03:39 (eleven years ago) link
As I mentioned earlier in the thread I missed all the early hype for her when she was putting out those early singles, the first time I heard her was when I listened to Kin all the way through. I can imagine some people got bored of waiting for the album or just her whole campaign but for me it reminded me of hearing Silent Shout for the first time or Black Cherry, I just fell in love straight away.
Owen, Play is the song that really stood out for me. If you know it already then I can't really think of any others of hers that would change your mind.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 17 September 2012 04:19 (eleven years ago) link
After a second and third listen, i actually like the album even less than i did the first time. It's a shame because i like her aesthetic. There's nothing on there to match 't'.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Monday, 17 September 2012 07:17 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone seeing her in London this evening?
― Go Narine, Go! (ShariVari), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 10:12 (eleven years ago) link
Yes! Looking forward to it a lot.
― if, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 10:28 (eleven years ago) link
So good! I'll have to give the album another go. Live, she's fantastic.
― Go Narine, Go! (ShariVari), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
Absolutely fantastic. After nearly three years of following her mostly erratic output, it was a massive buildup that could have flopped - but didn't. Unreal. I nearly, nearly, nearly shed a tear when she did Y. Incredible.
― gyac, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
'kin' is a pretty incredible album, feel like it's massively slept-on. it's reminiscent of how austra was vv similar to the knife in ways that were pretty good but just made me want to listen to 'silent shout', except this is similar in ways that make me want to keep listening to 'kin'.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 20 December 2012 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
Agree that this has been slept on massively, I've not seen it on one end of year critics list. I'll be voting for it in the ILM poll for sure, no album has come close to it this year.
For the people who still like to own actual CD's they've recently announced they're releasing Bounty in March.
http://towhomitmayconcern.cc/releases/iamamiwhoami-bounty
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 20 December 2012 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
^ neat
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 20 December 2012 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
I really like this album. For me, this and chairlift destroy the rest of the competition when it comes to catchy synthy Knifey styles this year
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 20 December 2012 23:17 (eleven years ago) link
Playing in London again in May.
― Go Narine, Go! (ShariVari), Thursday, 20 December 2012 23:37 (eleven years ago) link
Couldn't agree more, it's excellent! Varied but still cohesive. Grimes gets all the attention, and I wouldn't say this destroys her, but it is just as good.
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 21 December 2012 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
this year's gazelle twin in terms of quality and unfortunate underappreciation imo.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Friday, 21 December 2012 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
Playing a date in the US...in Oakland. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10151715593939336&id=270417754335
http://symbiosisgathering.com/lineup/
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 18 July 2013 21:04 (ten years ago) link
http://www.popjustice.com/videos/iamamiwhoami-fountain/123717/
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 23:00 (ten years ago) link
That's a good one.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 23:07 (ten years ago) link
I'm usually a big fan, but this is a bit too Sarah Brightman for me, I don't know...
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 04:30 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, the vocals ruin it a bit for me too. I feel only Liz Frazer can pull off that sort of thing. The song would have probably worked if it was sung a full octave lower.
― daavid, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 05:18 (ten years ago) link
Late period Cocteaus got away with it because they had a better sense of tension and release and always shimmering sonics. I recall some missteps from them too (IIRC, on Love's Easy Tears) when they got into a lock groove of trilling.
Hopefully the next one from Joanna & co. will be more grounded.
― His magesty's satanic walnut farm (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 05:25 (ten years ago) link
Love's Easy Tears is CT at its best imo.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 06:19 (ten years ago) link
Another new song. Hopefully this means an album is on its way.
http://www.popjustice.com/videos/iamamiwhoami-hunting-for-pearls/124760/
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 27 February 2014 01:10 (ten years ago) link
Bandwidth schmandwidth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJxXYHQIF40
― disposable soma (Sanpaku), Thursday, 27 February 2014 04:00 (ten years ago) link
Another five singles have been released since the last post on here and an album is out in three weeks. Kin is still one of my favourite albums of the decade so far but I've been strangely unmoved by any of the songs I've heard from this new one and haven't even listened to all of them. Will definitely give the album a listen but I'm just not expecting to be blown away like I was with Kin or Bounty.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:28 (nine years ago) link
I've heard all the singles on Spotify and I like all of them. Didn't realize they were leading up to an album so soon (I'm accustomed to her taking a couple years to get to that stage).
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 02:54 (nine years ago) link
"Fountain" and "Hunting for Pearls" have probably been two of my most played tracks this year, awesomely excited for this next record
― nxd, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 08:41 (nine years ago) link
Maybe I just need to spend some more time with the songs that are out there. I'm actually more behind than I realised. Seven of the ten tracks on the album have already been released and I may have only heard three of them.
The album is out Nov 10th and is called BLUE.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 15:08 (nine years ago) link
Three new songs: "Shadowshow", "The Last Dancer", and "Ripple"
For some reason Vogue Magazine has the exclusive album stream.
― TTAGGGTTAGGG (Sanpaku), Thursday, 6 November 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
Second live concert video, streaming now.
― Immaculate molars, baby! (Sanpaku), Thursday, 30 April 2015 00:07 (nine years ago) link
"Kin" is my favorite album from 2012.
― Ross, Monday, 17 October 2016 17:43 (seven years ago) link
It's in my Top 3 with Visions and Bloom.
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 20 October 2016 00:41 (seven years ago) link
Not sure why Jonna felt the need to distinguish this from the iamamiwhoami material.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xdov_B-cQg
― it's just locker room treason (Sanpaku), Friday, 2 June 2017 19:04 (seven years ago) link
IONNALEE is Jonna doing it on her own afaik. IAM was more collaborative
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Friday, 2 June 2017 19:12 (seven years ago) link
Really good single as usual. Kinda feel like it doesn't have the usual layers of IAM's stuff though, where you can come back to it and find something new - it's much more immediate. The outro is fantastic though
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Friday, 2 June 2017 20:43 (seven years ago) link
Given time I think "Blue" is close to as good as "Kin". Try listening to this while walking by the seaside on a sunny day, it accompanies the empyrean sparkle of water perfectly. "Kin" is more of a weird and tense record, but "Blue" is absolutely consistent in its embodiment of the air/water elements. It's a release and exorcism of demons and reclamation of joy.
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzqJCco1WE8
just cuz
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Thursday, 6 July 2017 02:13 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUSDfx9ItWs
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Sunday, 8 October 2017 03:42 (six years ago) link
new song on friday is a redux version of this apparently http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=4yAI5_YXNqI
excited
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 05:53 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihd9dKek2gc
newest single, favorite of the bunch and reminiscent of Blue era
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Monday, 27 November 2017 04:09 (six years ago) link
so I never, ever hear about this woman's work outside of ILX and via people who have liked it on youtube. maybe i'm out of touch; I think all of it is pretty great; does she have any kind of presence outside of these narrow confines?
― akm, Monday, 27 November 2017 05:19 (six years ago) link
hi akm, yeah would say she does to some extent. rym rated Kin as #82/1200 albums in 2012. Will say out in the wild I don't meet a lot of iam fans, probably know about 3 tbh
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Monday, 27 November 2017 05:25 (six years ago) link
new album feb 16 "everyone afraid to be forgotten"
thankfully this time Jonna put out less advance singles than she did for "Blue" which ended up making the album a tad familiar on first listen.
technically this is a new artist and not imamamiwhoami anymore
― kolakube (Ross), Monday, 8 January 2018 21:21 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF-8uJUpL5A
― kolakube (Ross), Sunday, 14 January 2018 05:15 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dt3-1la9ug
nice
― kolakube (Ross), Saturday, 20 January 2018 03:47 (six years ago) link