“space cowboy” is gorrrrgeous
― k3vin k., Sunday, 25 February 2018 03:56 (six years ago) link
yep. also it made me revisit sarah buxton's "space" which is still great too.
― Heez, Sunday, 25 February 2018 04:10 (six years ago) link
velvet elvis sounds great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E8Ap6rcr14
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 25 February 2018 08:52 (six years ago) link
First two songs are excellent and showcase everything I love about her - clever, playful, and imaginative, and man can she write a hook. Her melodies have always stood out.
Worth noting that her supporting cast has changed a lot. Every song on the first two albums (with the exception of the Willie Nelson cover) were cowritten and produced by some combination of Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally, Luke Laird, Brandy Clark, and/or Natalie Hemby. And there were a lot of other talented people in the room - Misa Arriaga (who seems to have split with her romantically & professionally), Charlie Worsham, Kree Harrison...
From what I can tell she's mostly collaborating with a new team, and a lot of her band has changed.
Interestingly, both of the two lead singles (and Velvet Elvis) were cowritten with the McAnally/Laird/Hemby, so I'm interested to see if the rest of the album holds up.
― Indexed, Thursday, 1 March 2018 21:59 (six years ago) link
I don't care for "Butterflies" but holy christ "Space Cowboy" is a great tune
― Simon H., Tuesday, 6 March 2018 20:40 (six years ago) link
space cowboy is a great track
i usually listen to albums on spotify before buying them but this one is not on there yet
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 20:50 (six years ago) link
Album's out March 30th.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 6 March 2018 20:52 (six years ago) link
I'm mildly anticipating it. I liked the debut, but she's the least interesting singer and writer of the Miranda Lambert Pack; certainly she's the pick for those who think Lambert, Ashley Monroe, Brandy Clark, etc are too country.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
what's the miranda lambert pack and why would I find something too country?
STDP is all time
― niels, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 21:18 (six years ago) link
i wasn't gonna go there but i don't find brandy clark particularly too country, she has a very dance-y/pop hits sound
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 21:24 (six years ago) link
Yeah KM is also the pick for those for who love country music but whose tastes run more to KM than Miranda Lambert or whoever - that's just the way taste runs. If Kacey also appeals to people who aren't that interested in country, that's cool with me.
― Tim, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 21:59 (six years ago) link
I think Kacey is pretty country, at least as much as Monroe/Lambert/etc., all of whom have been pushing at the boundaries of pop and rock in imo more aggressive ways than the more chill Musgraves.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 22:01 (six years ago) link
I think so too - tbf Alfred didn't say she wasn't, Alfred said KM was the pick for people who found Brandy Clark and so on too country - I am guessing Alfred knows or reads such people and isn't strawmanning on some authenticity-is-better kick, because that's not really his game AFAICT.
― Tim, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 22:07 (six years ago) link
Authenticity? Moi? I'm wearing Target boat shoes.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 22:15 (six years ago) link
Musgraves is Western swingier than the others, none of whom have been Austinites to my knowledge, and has alt/pop aspirations, but not sure why those are necessarily any less country/traditional than Lambert's rock tendencies or Monroe/Presley/Clark's sometimes-countrypolitan, which can sound particularly folky in Clark's non-Southern voice.
― Moo Vaughn, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 01:02 (six years ago) link
If we must rank, then I do prefer Monroe and Lambert a little bit (for different reasons) (Clark and Presley a little less - though I loved Wrangled from last year), but I think there's a risk of acting like all of these performers are doing the same thing, or focusing on the surface level stylistic differences rather than some of the more subtle differences between them. The biggest reason I can imagine someone loving Musgraves most of all is that (at least on STDP) she is arguably the tightest songwriter of the five, there's a "just so" elegance to tunes like "I Miss You" that really stands out to me at least; some listeners might dislike that of course, but it doesn't really map onto a more/less country continuum IMO.
(although based on the above-cited comment from Kacey about resisting wrapping up every lyric "in a little bow" this may actually be less true of her forthcoming album)
― Tim F, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 01:38 (six years ago) link
oooh Like a Rose is as tight if not tighter, I think.
IT's not that they're doing the same thing necessarily; they share songwriters and producers, though, which means a certain aesthetic concordance. Tom Petty and George Harrison and Roy Orbison were vastly different performers and songwriters, but Jeff Lynne's production made them sound like brothers, or at least Wilburys.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 01:51 (six years ago) link
Not the greatest recording, but she posted a couple minutes of "Rainbow" from Glasgow. Missed this as the closer on the tracklist.
“Rainbow” will be on the new album March 30th 🌈☔️ I love this song so much. Was my Memaw’s favorite before she passed and we played it at her funeral. It’s for anyone with any kind of weight on their shoulders. pic.twitter.com/sXvLoKhmKL— K A C E Y M U S G R A V E S (@KaceyMusgraves) March 13, 2018
This is an older tune. Here's a couple of solo performances from 2013 and 2015:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kWHBJ7TsMghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfMZ6G0ztiI
― Indexed, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 17:42 (six years ago) link
yes i remember her performing that one when i saw her in 2013. it is a really nice song :)
― dyl, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 22:22 (six years ago) link
fuckin
excuse me????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fjfo256p6s
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link
from these three songs: album of the year
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:13 (six years ago) link
hahahahaha ... i knew she was slow playing the non-country stuff. this gives me great hope.
― alpine static, Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
song sounds good but I don't think the lyrics go to well with the vibe
― niels, Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link
"High Horse" makes it two for three for me
― Simon H., Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:42 (six years ago) link
OMG
― Nourry, Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:53 (six years ago) link
nice
― omar little, Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:58 (six years ago) link
whoaaaa
(3 for 3 imo!)
― dyl, Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:16 (six years ago) link
That's like Phoenix doing country.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:36 (six years ago) link
yeah the first few seconds sound like air france or something
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
lol otm
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
a bit 'Love at First Sight' too
― omar little, Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link
this song is def an outlier on the album in the sense that it's her doing something experimental in a very specific way. the album in general more or less sounds nothing like the other two but in ways that i think are more natural & organic. "high horse" does give an idea of how fun the production on the album is tho.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 22 March 2018 19:05 (six years ago) link
love at first sight was what i thought of too or daft punk...it gives me country futurism vibes through its use of country signifiers which is funny
awesome song
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 22 March 2018 19:07 (six years ago) link
I meant through its use of RETRO signifiers. not country
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 22 March 2018 19:08 (six years ago) link
its odd how certain retro signifiers convey 'futurism' in a country space, what i mean
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 22 March 2018 19:13 (six years ago) link
This is kind of what I'm hoping Kylie's Golden will sound like?
― Tim F, Thursday, 22 March 2018 22:12 (six years ago) link
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/26/595765776/first-listen-kacey-musgraves-golden-hour
― Simon H., Monday, 26 March 2018 11:25 (six years ago) link
this is so good
― niels, Monday, 26 March 2018 11:45 (six years ago) link
there's an occasional clunky line but man this just sounds so good
― Simon H., Monday, 26 March 2018 12:53 (six years ago) link
otm
― niels, Monday, 26 March 2018 13:11 (six years ago) link
definitely get J0rdan's comment re. "high horse" after my first listen. phenomenal album still though.
― ripersnifle, Monday, 26 March 2018 14:15 (six years ago) link
album is good but jesus if i have to see one more comment about "transcending country"
― lowercase (eric), Monday, 26 March 2018 14:27 (six years ago) link
oh good i'm glad i don't read the internet
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 26 March 2018 14:29 (six years ago) link
I haven't seen much of that crap yet, to be honest, and NPR got Jewly Hight, one of our best writers about country.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 March 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
or should I say "best writers" because she transcends country
her writing on this album definitely made me check her other articles
― niels, Monday, 26 March 2018 14:33 (six years ago) link
yeah, she's great!
― ripersnifle, Monday, 26 March 2018 14:35 (six years ago) link
the sound of this record is so rich
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 26 March 2018 14:38 (six years ago) link
love the fleetwood mac groove and gleam on "lonely weekend"
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 26 March 2018 15:24 (six years ago) link
taking the moment to give Pageant Material another chance & it's much stronger than I remember. I get annoyed by the attempts to redo "Follow Your Arrow" ("Biscuits", "Family Is Family", to a less extent "Good Ol' Boys Club") but the rest of the album is outstanding.
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 26 March 2018 16:39 (six years ago) link