^ Nice track. "Obsession" EP has grown on me; it's uniformly chill which initially turned me off, but I found it compelling in the rain today. Sublime and insular, with the highlights "Real High" and "Real Low", gorgeous tracks with alien, aquatic synth bursts.
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 23:55 (seven years ago) link
Haven't heard the EP but will ASAP
I also think this latest one is the one she's most invested and engaged in
― calstars, Thursday, 4 May 2017 00:49 (seven years ago) link
Yeah this might be my favorite since One Second days
― calstars, Saturday, 6 May 2017 01:03 (seven years ago) link
This album is so good
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Monday, 8 May 2017 21:41 (seven years ago) link
"Clive" from One Second goes perfectly into Death In Vegas "Girls". Tracks separated at birth
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNqUrPN0FE4YpGgfMydVZ23ohE-bvKOqI
Here's the Obsession EP
― calstars, Monday, 8 May 2017 21:51 (seven years ago) link
^ Awesome, calstars. "Real Low" is beautiful.
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Monday, 8 May 2017 21:53 (seven years ago) link
very much in character but i love this record
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 12 May 2017 16:35 (seven years ago) link
this record is so dreamy and beautiful. i've loved her since good evening and it's so great to see her produce a record as solid and confident as this without losing her character, like brad said
― joshywinty (josh), Friday, 19 May 2017 21:33 (seven years ago) link
This album is so good. I really wasn't that excited when I put it on as Liquid Cool didn't do a lot for me. I think this could be her best album.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 20 May 2017 01:07 (seven years ago) link
Starting to think kitchen is right that this is her best album. It's gorgeous
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Sunday, 21 May 2017 00:20 (seven years ago) link
Pretty bummed I can't see her tomorrow night cuz I'm unemployed/broke. That's life
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Monday, 10 July 2017 23:15 (seven years ago) link
album's been growing on me, might have to give last year's ep another shot.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 01:58 (seven years ago) link
Moodles, you mean Nite-Funk? Yeah that's a good one and indicative of where she ended up on this new one. Turns out I'm seeing her tonight after all, so stoked - one of my favourite artists
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
I should give that one another shot too, but I was thinking of Liquid Cool, which I forgot was a full album.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 18:18 (seven years ago) link
Saw her last night and she was great. Duo with a keyboardist which allows Ramona more of an open air to sing and not play keys primarily. She's a wicked musician and a great singer, particular highlights were a blistering version of "Running Out of Time" and "What Did He Say?"
Also "Obsession" EP has become the dark counterpoint to "Real High". It contains many of the same tracks but is much more sullen and comedown than the LP. "Real Low" revisits the title track from her last LP in instrumental form and is lovely.
― Paisley Window Pane (Ross), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 21:15 (seven years ago) link
Kitchen person OTM this is her best album
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Sunday, 20 August 2017 01:21 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I would definitely take away the "think" part of my original post. This is her best work and one of the year's nicest surprises.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 20 August 2017 01:47 (seven years ago) link
it's just 2 good 2 b true
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Sunday, 20 August 2017 01:48 (seven years ago) link
yeah i love her first but this is the record she was born to make. course correct of One Second of Love. felt a bit weird hearing a track in starbucks
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Sunday, 20 August 2017 02:01 (seven years ago) link
this album is definitely not front-loaded. it seems to peak in tempo in the middle and carry that for 3 tracks, culminating in a suite of some of her finest chill songs to date. The only weak spot is "I Don't Know"
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Monday, 11 September 2017 03:35 (seven years ago) link
I like that song. Pretty much like the whole album, in fact.
― Moodles, Monday, 11 September 2017 06:22 (seven years ago) link
it was great live, loved the break
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Monday, 11 September 2017 06:46 (seven years ago) link
I went to see her last week because it was only £7 and I thought that seemed like a decent deal. I had forgotten just how many truly great songs she's made over the years and it was brilliant, her live voice was flawless.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 11 September 2017 08:49 (seven years ago) link
the answer is the soty imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc-uwh12myM
― kolakube (Ross), Sunday, 7 January 2018 07:14 (six years ago) link
of 2017, time lapse
― kolakube (Ross), Sunday, 7 January 2018 07:16 (six years ago) link
Not to rank on her latest stuff, but I really miss Cole’s participation
― calstars, Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:36 (six years ago) link
Real High was one of my favorite albums from last year, I'm surprised it didn't get more love on here.
― Moodles, Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:28 (six years ago) link
right there with ya Moodles
― kolakube (Ross), Saturday, 10 February 2018 04:48 (six years ago) link
― Moodles, Friday, February 9, 2018 5:28 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
same
― joshywinty (josh), Saturday, 10 February 2018 07:17 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erjtza8eSaU
ultra lush, from the "Obsession" EP - which is a perfect transitional record from "Liquid Cool" to "Real High". EP starts with the title track from the newest and is book-ended by "Real Low", an instrumental version with more pronounced surface noise and an extended outro. Whole EP feels like a come-down and falls more in line with the nite-funk feel. PM me if you're interested
― tinnitus the night (Ross), Friday, 30 March 2018 03:39 (six years ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/1999281/nite-jewel-on-your-own-the-jokes-on-you/music/
new nite jewel
― k3vin k., Friday, 1 June 2018 19:08 (six years ago) link
Yup yup! Will be listening later
― calstars, Friday, 1 June 2018 19:35 (six years ago) link
New one has some of the old joyful bump of her earlier EPs
― calstars, Friday, 1 June 2018 22:20 (six years ago) link
I like it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA-kEdVp2to
― Piedie Gimbel, Thursday, 24 June 2021 14:17 (three years ago) link
: )
― calstars, Thursday, 24 June 2021 15:14 (three years ago) link
wow that's great
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Thursday, 24 June 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link
oh wow, love it
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 24 June 2021 17:40 (three years ago) link
love her, love the new track, excited for the record
― winters (josh), Friday, 25 June 2021 05:08 (three years ago) link
was just listening to real high yesterday and was wondering what she was up to. this is beautiful
― just sayin, Friday, 25 June 2021 05:46 (three years ago) link
I’m guessing from the notes to this single that she and cole have split ?
― calstars, Friday, 25 June 2021 14:42 (three years ago) link
First para of the press release
In 2018, Gonzalez’s twelve year marriage dissolved. This left her alone and displaced, drifting from friend’s couch to friend’s couch. At the same time, she began her PhD in Musicology at UCLA. Gonzalez’s research on women’s musical lament practices formed a historical backbone for what became No Sun. Dating back to ancient Greece, the lament has utilized female voices as a vehicle for expressing communal and personal grief. In her research, Gonzalez considers this tradition within the context of contemporary pop divas, asking the question “What does it mean to be a professional mourner?” or to be a woman hired as an emotional vessel for a historically male composer? Gonzalez’s research considers the creative power of such singers, arguing that while often seen as visceral performers alone, these women are agents in their own right.
― Piedie Gimbel, Friday, 25 June 2021 14:51 (three years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/track/6GlrYBxZk67foyYiNvoU0a?si=TNA0iEg6Ti6xV7ZtkY_58g&dl_branch=1New uptempo Collab sounds great , heart shaped / want you back era vibes
― calstars, Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link
I prefer happy jewel to recent reflective sad jewel
― calstars, Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:31 (three years ago) link
i am deeply here for reflective sad nite jewel - super excited for her artistically at how she's taken her core sound and driven it somewhere you wouldn't have thought it could go? listening to that first single felt a bit like watching s3 of twin peaks - the familiar made somehow strange, the denial of expectations leading to something more deeply satisfying
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Friday, 6 August 2021 00:24 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLPvUTJIRBI
― ncxkd, Saturday, 7 August 2021 07:09 (three years ago) link
No Sun is out now, going to check it out today
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 27 August 2021 15:29 (three years ago) link
I listened, sounds pretty mopey and introspective if that's your thing. A lot of songs seem to start with "I..."
― calstars, Friday, 27 August 2021 15:41 (three years ago) link
Actually I like the vibe of this. I wasn’t sold on the tracks that came out pre-release, but overall I think it’s really nice. A “mature” album I guess? Contemplative and all that. But still has some of her late-night grooves.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 27 August 2021 16:58 (three years ago) link
Title track is downright jazzy.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 27 August 2021 17:14 (three years ago) link