thread of miguel

and like there are more amazing new nikkiya tracks this year than miguel ones :(

the estelle album is not better

and neither was that old nikkiya album but i haven't heard the reissue

maybe they're not ~faded~ enough for you but they are definitely more enjoyable to me. just better songs, better production, singers you want to spend more time with...miguel is trying very hard to be an auteur rather than the semi-anonymous guy behind "sure thing" but in the process hasn't remotely come close to "sure thing"s impeccable standard

and i really love "...all" but c'mon FELLOW OUTCASTS! AND WEIRDOS! stfu you try-hard

maybe they're not ~faded~ enough for you

oh fuck off

also, i do want to spend time with miguel. in bed.

trying to reduce miguel to some tumblr-wave thing is so NAGL.

and he's done at least 5 songs better than "sure thing"

i'm pretty sure if i was forced to spend time with estelle i'd want to cut my head off in short order.

"sure thing" is great, but so are "adorn", "arch & point", "...all", c'mon. dunno why it always has to be this vs. that, devolve to bickering abt the cultural positioning. weirdo art outcast is no more contrived than any other pop persona.

also, i do want to spend time with miguel. in bed.

― The Reverend, Saturday, June 2, 2012 4:27 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^^

this is pertinent!

maybe they're not ~faded~ enough for you but they are definitely more enjoyable to me. just better songs, better production, singers you want to spend more time with...miguel is trying very hard to be an auteur rather than the semi-anonymous guy behind "sure thing" but in the process hasn't remotely come close to "sure thing"s impeccable standard

― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Saturday, June 2, 2012 3:43 AM (8 hours ago)

yeah you do not get miguel at all

Despite the miguel songs I love I think you might be right there

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lol

tweets very much in character

"adorn" is now an OFFICIAL SINGLE + a minute longer

will take some time to get used to the new version but his singing at the end is fantastic imo

http://soundcloud.com/miguelofficial/adorn

Was just coming to post this. like. FUCK. so good.

Can we also talk about how the synths riff that emerges just around/after the point where the Art Dealer Chic Vol. 1 version trailed off is very very Prince's "If I Was Ur Girlfriend"?

didn't think it was really missing anything before but it definitely feels more complete now, love the bridge xpost

Brevity was a big part of Adorn's mystique, but I'm not one to complain about more of a good thing.

One of the blogs I follow shared the track and teased "Bigger news to follow..." which I can only imagine means an album announcement.

lovely.

this morning "Arch n Point" became my most played 2012 song.

or *fingers crossed* the launch of a new 'bike messenger chic' social networking site

xpost

championing fellow fixed gears and beardos

lol

Brevity was a big part of Adorn's mystique, but I'm not one to complain about more of a good thing.

otm

or to complain about more of a sure thing

literally just clapped my hands to the side of my face and exclaimed "OH MY FUCKING LORD" when I got to the end of the new version

why isn't rev one of those people that does youtube reaction videos as he's listening to records for the first time

haha

my fav part is 0.00 to 3.16

^^^^

i don't really feel that this adds much to the song, and the false stop is kind of jarring, but it's fine

on the other hand if this is your first time hearing it there's no sense that the song faffs around.

yeah it still sounds weird to me... but i don't think that's really unexpected considering how attached i am to the original version

it still sounds great tho, and i feel less weird about naming it my favorite song of 2012 (so far) now that it's an actual single

I feel like the best song of the year just got ten times better.

and yeah his voice is terrific. As much as I love the tension borne of restraint in A&P the abandon in "All" and the love-man vigor here are just as satisfying.

that new 'pop' sound is kinda weird

'pop' sound?

All the kids are into it

sounds like idk an eggcup being hit?

high pitched water drop

When you have the best fucking song of the year, you can get away with teasing people for four months before the climax.

does anyone have a link to an interview in which he discusses writing and recording these EPs?

i haven't seen one...

high pitched water drop

― Faith in Humanity: Restored (dayo), Wednesday, June 27, 2012 5:46 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this was on the original version too, at least mine

well it is and it isn't - something like it is there but not so high pitched and forward in the mix

oh I dunno -- it was always prominent

112 'Cupid' is still the best song featuring the water drop.

maybe I just have an earlier mixed version of the 2:19 one? xp