Tinashe - Aquarius (out October 7 2014)

best pop album of the year I think unless Sucker ends up being fantastic

yeah this and 1989 for me

Her lower register is so much stronger and with so much more personality than the Ciara-esque breathy upper register she spends most of this album in, and I don't really understand why she does so.

Far Side Of The Moon is some crazy-amazing shit.

Sometimes I'm like "what is truth if truth is subjective? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

this is a very good version of an unexciting direction to me, like the kehlani tape is making far more interesting choices but nothing is really quite as perfectly executed as this is

I will take "perfectly executed"...Was happily enjoying this last night

this is p dreamy

https://vine.co/v/Ogjdx2KdZUa

Sometimes I'm like "what is truth if truth is subjective? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

― Tim F, Monday, December 1, 2014 3:15 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol it's a sign of how much I love this album that this line now makes me smile rather than rmde. current favorite moment is how she pronounces "funny" on All Hands.

to be clear, I feel likwise.

Or perhaps I'm smiling with RMDs in my eyes.

for some reason i always get snagged on that question every time i've done LSD, wish i would just read some philosophy and figure it out

fyi reading philosophy doesn't really help ime

tinashe is right to insert a mental shrug at the end of her question

thanks to the album poll, I gave this album another shot. I love it. * plays "Thug Cry" for sixth time *

ah, I thought your post might have been rooted in affection, Tim, but wasn't sure. imo the tripping in the dorm room loopiness of that line turns from lead to gold once you grasp that the truth/subjectivity of the scenario in Pretend is a lot more earthbound than your average philosophical dilemma

more philosophy from R&B singers imo

This album is fine, and I'm glad that she's gotten so much love around here, but I still like the mixtapes better.

I'm diving into this deep. I think "How Many Times" is my fav atm. Are her mixtapes seriously this good too???

i thought this was a gigantic step up from her mixtapes, which never hooked me in much

Are her mixtapes seriously this good too???

no

yeah her mixtapes weren't *but* this track she did with ryan hemsworth is as good as any song on aquarius imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM_L8ZVoWA8

The album was a big step up but the mixtapes are still solid rnb albums. Her first one is the best.. I think. I got them all at the same time so it's sorta all a big mass of music.

she's releasing "all hands on deck" as the next single! yay!

...iggy azalea's doing a rap feat on it (burn everything)

Got tickets to see her in a couple of weeks. It'll be right after TKA Twigs the night before, so should make for an interesting contrast!

* FKA Twigs, obv.

i saw her friday - a heap more tracks from the mixtape than i'd expected and no live band (only a drummer adding more to the backing tracks) but she's an engaging performer and the dancing was fierce

she's releasing "all hands on deck" as the next single! yay!

...iggy azalea's doing a rap feat on it (burn everything)
--bae sremmurd (monotony)

uuuuuuggghhhhhhh

Yeah probably my least favorite on the album

Heavily jamming this remix of 'Pretend' by Redlight: https://soundcloud.com/redlight-uk/redlight-x-tinashe-pretend

she was excellent live last night. such a smoothly paced show

My fave Aquarius track gets a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIgKMmnj4Zs

Yeah, totally amazing live. Incredible show.

Great vid that.

Sometimes I'm like "what is truth if truth is subjective? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

― Tim F, Monday, December 1, 2014 3:15 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark

Me

Oh man Bated Breath is amazing

Can't wait to watch that when I'm not at work xp

She's putting out a new mixtape next monday! And I'm seeing her live this Saturday.

yeah i'm surprised people haven't been too vocal about the mixtape here

i wanna see her live but she's not touring solo

new songs today?? this album has taken control of my brain.

http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/tinashe-amethyst-new-mixtape.115751.html
15 minutes

ohhhh boy

1minute 20s!!! lol

sounds v pretty on first listen. excited to bump it on my headphones later.

i'm late to the party as usual, but bc my bf can't hear me talk about Aquarius anymore, i'll get some of it out here (even though he's the one who recommended it to me!!). I essentially just think 2 On, All Hands On Deck, Feels Like Vegas, Cold Sweat, and Bet are some of the best songs i have ever heard. it's a little baffling. not to mention ... the rest of the album. just needed to vent!

yeah i'm surprised people haven't been too vocal about the mixtape here

― j. winters (josh), Thursday, March 12, 2015 8:51 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it wasn't out when you posted this!

it's funny to read this album's wiki. the way they describe the instrumentation on the songs is great. but there are also like a lot of spelling errors.

also the whole J Lo thing is pretty hilarious.

oh god i'd forgotten about "PBR&B"

<3 wanderer

that's the standout so far. On first listen the rest is pleasant.

water drips automatically make 'worth it' good.

gave it a listen earlier today (pretty much just listening to kendrick otherwise) and it was just ok for me. seemed like the weakest of her four mixtapes but i dunno if that's because i'm sort of tired of this sound right now. or you know, this is post-aquarius + it was exciting following a new artist back in 2012.