blood orange

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

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/arts/music/dev-hynes-blood-orange-freetown-sound.html

NY Times writer Jon Caramanica hangs out with Hynes at various NY locations--studios, parks, the ballet, uptown, east village,

i tried to read that but it was too much "new york is a mysterious mistress"

although

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Posted: November 25, 2015 at 3:01:20 PM
dev hynes had to move to ny to learn how to be cool

It Is What It Is

tru

damn... That caramanica profile a brutal hit by the cringe-mafia

imo to like this guy's music is to have a crush on him but reading someone so in thrall to a flâneur-type is weird cuz they paint the most banal activities as some rarefied shit, like 'he sits in parks... plays sports... walks the streets... pays for tickets to the ballet... and he has Unlocked The Secret To The City Of New York"

also lol at this

That sort of engagement feels almost antiquated, a product of an older time when place was something close to destiny. That’s no longer the case. It is less essential than ever, in this time of easy mobility of ideas and internet-driven transnational fame, for an artist to identify with one spot in the world. To be, in essence, local.

being immediately followed by 'oh and his snapchat is the bomb'

dev just ~surprise-dropped~ the new album, it's available across all platforms

http://i.imgur.com/I2gIuks.jpg

uhh doesnt he know ur supposed to put the slam poetry in the last song

i thought the intro was good! appropriately tone-setting

Get ready for some think pieces

oh damn "E.V.P." and "Desirée" are sooooo good, definitely feeling this

ha i just reread this whole thread and its so good

Jesus, that Caramanica piece. That's what a Harvard education will buy you, I guess. "When friends like Florence Welch have concerts, he goes." Really living the NYC life to the max there.

Man this album is so fine. 'But You' has the most lush chorus Garth Greenside hasn't written in years.

garth greenside

oh shi..

#blood

kinda uneven sounding to me.

i dont' like this nearly as much as the last one, on first listen, but it might be a grower. I also haven't listened to it intently, just put it on in the house

Don't really get the hype around this one

tricked into listening to some mediocre wispy pop thanks to a Carly Rae Jepsen feature, gutted

I can't get into this yet. On "Augustine" he sounds even duller than Solange.

i love the single. chorus is very tame impala. though the whole thing could have been released in 1986 apart from the 90s R&B breaks.

tricked into listening to some mediocre wispy pop thanks to a Carly Rae Jepsen feature, gutted

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lol adult children of teen pop

This is a lovely-sounding record that could use more actual songs.

can goon be tempted out of his poochie-ass lair of irony vibes to offer an opinion on this or is the brand 2 strong

feel like i havent gotten deep enough yet will report back, does feel a lil vague tho, def hasnt grabbed me like the last one

ur poochie tho

sandras smile was so good and this is a whole diff vibe which is interesting

i really like this

This album is good. I think the Pitchfork review way back when is pretty OTM slotting it in alongside the D'Angelo and Kendrick. It's not about songs as such but moods and themes. I think.

It's growing on me a bit, but still wish some of the songs tunes were as impressive as the moods, themes and what he seems to be going for.

Saw him last week.I took a friend who went in blind, and at first all the '80s style appropriation turned him off, but by the end he was pretty convinced. It's just delivered as this weird contrast of a really talented, compelling, confident guy playing and singing like he's still insecure and trying to figure things out, as an aesthetic, which comes off a little off-kilter and incomplete. But again, by design.

guess he has some music on the imminent solange album

i really love this but cupid deluxe might be better

im not sure

I think the Pitchfork review way back when is pretty OTM slotting it in alongside the D'Angelo and Kendrick.

oof i cringed a little when i read that review, seemed like such a cheap and easy critical move to do just bc of some political vocal samples. i love this album but i really don't see it in the same vein as the BM or TBAP, it is very different, honestly i don't even view BM in the same vein as TBAP other than major albums w/ some persona/political themes by black americans?

dev hynes is from london town me old china

i know, i was talking about d'angelo & kendrick