blood orange

classy stuff from the guardian...http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/19/dev-hynes-puppy-burnt-kickstarters-charity-cases-blood-orange

horrible article.

meanwhile: http://bloodorangeforever.tumblr.com/

That article is terrible. Hynes' girlfriend's mother setting up a donation page after a devastating fire is not "crowdfunding". Basically a very poorly timed excuse to hate on Zosia Mamet.

vagenda plumbing new depths there, which i didn't think was even possible for them

fyi they used kickstarter to fund their dim-witted, terrible blog

also, literally using the "it was just a bit of fun" defence rn (with a side helping of "mummy, twitter's being mean")

also, vagenda's previous peak moment: https://twitter.com/VagendaMagazine/status/410722360400965632

Kanye West has synesthesia!

thank god

That post was an A flat sus chord

#normcore

http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/02/normcore-fashion-trend.html

Q: If #normcore was a chord, which chord would it be?

A: Chorduroy!

why would it be a chord what kind of joke is that

That post is sounding a little pitchy

lol

"sus chord" Haah

http://www.stereogum.com/1671429/blood-orange-gave-a-ted-talk-about-his-synesthesia/news/

https://twitter.com/wastedsummers/status/482575969031446528

http://www.thefader.com/2014/07/01/calvin-klein-ck-one-2014/

hey look, it's what all these people should have been doing for careers all along :D

Dope imo

who were the dev hyneses of previous musical eras?

pitchfork.xls

I like this dude's album but I'm always like "wait, what's happening?" when suddenly it turns into rawkus rap

otm

i always forget that stuff is on there when i put it on

i made a playlist and took those songs off + put everythings embarrassing and the solange song on B-)

I like this dude's album but I'm always like "wait, what's happening?" when suddenly it turns into rawkus rap

― The Reverend, Friday, September 12, 2014 5:00 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

despot's verse is actually pretty fire though

the grime one i can't fuck with though

I like the Despot track it always just takes me by surprise trying to figure out what I cued up after Blood Orange.

The only album I have heard from them/him? is Cupid Deluxe and I love it, in the same vein as Solange and that Drake song that sounds like a song. Is the new or the previous album good?

Just investigated and you all already knew this but Blood Orange produced Solange's Losing You which also sounds like the inspiration to Hold On We're Going Home so it seems like he is the reason I like those two.

i used to be all "he is surely the reason i like both 'losing you' and 'everything is embarrassing'" but his own records are not v compelling at all, he is not a very convincing performer despite the super obvious influences he wears on his sleeve

like srsly imagine how bad "everything is embarrasing" could easily have been had he recorded it himself: https://soundcloud.com/user43036935/dev-hynes-everything-is-embarrassing-demo

Leaked demo of a track apparently sent to Britney for "Britney Jean". Kinda chillwavey. I like it. https://soundcloud.com/user43036935/dev-hynes-britney-demo-1-no

http://www.stereogum.com/1792012/watch-carly-rae-jepsen-dev-hynes-ariel-rechtshaid-debut-all-that-on-snl/video/

this is being talked about on the carly rae jepsen thread

its good

xpost i figured there'd be a few blood orange fans who didn't follow that thread?

oh yeah for sure

New track. Still don't know what to make of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLPsk89aUKw

i like the video

does this guy have the narrowest range of any really good songwriter/producer of recent years?

nearly all the tracks i've heard from him--his "own" stuff and the stuff he produces for other singers--is working a very similar instrumental palette, songwriting style, mood.... it's a nice mood, to be sure.

i went a listened to all his production/songwriting credits from other artists a while ago (as listed on wikipedia dot org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Hynes_discography) and some of them are more "blood orange" than others the ones that are both good and have that sound are imo

http://i.imgur.com/51Wnuv1.png

its p cool to have someone writing and producing with such a left field vibe

oh also: flying overseas - theophilus london

dev hynes had to move to ny to learn how to be cool

this is still prob my favorite thing he's done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI4NlOCTD3U

thats dope ty

i really like everything he's done but i wish he'd do more like this tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvbOWR-Zvdg

about to listen to a review copy of the new album, was like "hey wonder what ilx thinks about this dude" and hoooooooooooooly bejesus lol, did not know hynes was a cause of such contention.

i can /sorta/ see why people think it's the dreaded hipsterrnb but more than anything else the motivation behind that line of thinking m/l boils down to "urban outfitters locations have played his songs before." anyway, carly rae jepsen is featured on a track! excited to check this out.

stoked 4 this

it's good. somewhat uneven, and so anyone who's annoyed by the pastiche aspect of his arrangements will find that aesthetic in full flight here. but a lot of fun imo. "sandra's smile" isn't on it, which is odd considering how prominent sociopolitical concerns are throughout the record

cupid deluxe is a really good record

cupid deluxe is pretty good but the way he always uses completely static drum loops is frustrating

i fn love cupid deluxe