I like this album a lot.
― Tim F, Monday, 24 September 2018 06:42 (five years ago) link
Really not feeling it (compared to first LP) but I guess I'm just not that into the stuff (eg 80s gloss-funk) she references
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 24 September 2018 07:48 (five years ago) link
and lyrically, sure it's articulate but, boy, does it feel talkative
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 24 September 2018 07:51 (five years ago) link
something french... talkative... ?????!
― ||||||||, Monday, 24 September 2018 08:29 (five years ago) link
talkative isn't a problem at all to me, it's just refreshing to hear someone cover this lyrical ground so well when others that have tried similar things and even been praised (such as shaking the habitual) have just felt clumsy to me
totally fair if you're just not into what it's referencing though, i didn't really get into her debut much at all
― ufo, Monday, 24 September 2018 09:16 (five years ago) link
I’m in awe of what she’s achieved with this album - still getting my head around it, frankly. “Bruce est dans le brouillard”... Matty Healy would be weeping.
― monotony, Monday, 24 September 2018 13:20 (five years ago) link
I really love this album. I've had it on repeat over the weekend. A huge step up from her debut.
― kitchen person, Monday, 24 September 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
My God this is incredible yeah.
― piscesx, Friday, 5 October 2018 02:04 (five years ago) link
I feel like she is operating on a level that very few pop acts are even close to approaching rn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPAH_2lf7Mw
― monotony, Friday, 5 October 2018 10:47 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8w4gSPIYSc
the choreography is so good on top of everything else
― ufo, Friday, 5 October 2018 11:18 (five years ago) link
I like it well enough but won't deliver a final judgment. The electrobeats aren't as twitchy or densely layered as Haim's but she's a more compelling singer than Danielle.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 October 2018 11:28 (five years ago) link
"People, I've been sad" (out today) is a beaut.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 18:45 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGirXOIssqI
― DJI, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:21 (four years ago) link
I think Heloise Letissier is my favorite working pop artist at the moment. "People, I've been sad" blows me away
― winters (josh), Friday, 7 February 2020 06:53 (four years ago) link
Yes, this is great. Particularly love the slinky synth bass underpinning it.
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 8 February 2020 19:34 (four years ago) link
^^ and the overlapping vocals
― DJI, Saturday, 8 February 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
new single "la vita nuova" out tomorrow featuring caroline polachek
27th February - 8.30pm CET 🩸♥️ https://t.co/bSySj8ezvG pic.twitter.com/sJ5cL4dEEh— Chris (@QueensChristine) February 25, 2020
― monotony, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:59 (four years ago) link
Awesome news! I wonder if there's a new album coming or if these are just one off singles?
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:35 (four years ago) link
6 track EP and short film out now! https://pitchfork.com/news/christine-and-the-queens-shares-new-ep-and-short-film-watch/
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 27 February 2020 20:18 (four years ago) link
multiple fire emojis!
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Thursday, 27 February 2020 21:20 (four years ago) link
god the song with caroline is fucking amazing
― monotony, Thursday, 27 February 2020 22:11 (four years ago) link
italian ululation and then a huge haim-style chorus
this is her best work
― ufo, Friday, 28 February 2020 00:03 (four years ago) link
Yeah, this is all right
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIdSORj_dd0
― sbahnhof, Friday, 28 February 2020 06:59 (four years ago) link
(and the actual sounds)https://soundcloud.com/christineandthequeens/sets/la-vita-nuova-1
― sbahnhof, Saturday, 29 February 2020 12:17 (four years ago) link
This is a great EP. She just keeps getting better!
― kitchen person, Saturday, 29 February 2020 16:09 (four years ago) link
new album delves into synth-heavy post-punk, kinda coldwave? a bit of a departure
apparently a second album is on the way too, produced by mike dean
i also didn't realise chris had been a relative flop, it was really good and a step up from the debut but i guess it didn't produce the same sort of hits somehow?
― ufo, Friday, 11 November 2022 09:42 (one year ago) link
it's a weird listen because it still has much more of a pop sensibility than a lot of what it's drawing on but it's pretty raw and unstructured for a pop album
feels like after a few more listens i'll either think it's completely brilliant or be completely frustrated by its indulgences
― ufo, Friday, 11 November 2022 10:31 (one year ago) link
interested in hearing the mike dean record
but the direction Redcar's gone in the past five years has been a real diminishment for me
sad that the change (imho diminishment) in music has coincided with his transition, and that he'll likely internalize the reaction to the former on the latter
the observer profile bummed me outhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/06/christine-and-the-queens-redcar-interview-adorables-etoiles
― sean gramophone, Friday, 11 November 2022 13:59 (one year ago) link
both chris and la vita nuova were very good so i'm not sure what you mean
just this new one is a weirder more self-indulgent thing and i very much get why his label has no idea what to make of it but it sounds like things are tense and no one's happy
― ufo, Friday, 11 November 2022 14:13 (one year ago) link
I don't follow C&tQ enough to have known that he transitioned this year, and have liked the stray song in the past and the recent one with Charli XCX and Caroline Polachek; but a quick listen to a bit of this Redcar album and I think it's really good! It's weird and arty and pretentious and I can see why people might be taken aback by this stuff. Anyway I'll probably listen to this some more.
― akm, Sunday, 13 November 2022 22:33 (one year ago) link
Les étoiles is beautiful
― ꙮ (map), Sunday, 13 November 2022 23:12 (one year ago) link
wow just sampling on bandcamp and this is wonderful
― ꙮ (map), Sunday, 13 November 2022 23:16 (one year ago) link
For me the new record is a bit aimless and opaque, unfortunately, outside of "rien dire" which I adore. Between the loss of his mother, the broken leg, and label tensions it sounds like it's been a rough trot for him and I don't anticipate this album garnering the same level of critical or commercial praise as the prior releases, so I hope that doesn't make things worse for him on a personal level.
I think he is an extraordinary talent and the live show I saw a couple of years ago was one of the best ever. So I'm hopeful that the Mike Dean album might be more my speed.
― monotony, Sunday, 13 November 2022 23:36 (one year ago) link
I've been enjoying this, but (at least on Spotify) the backing production is super muddy? It's like someone is playing 80s synthpop records in a wardrobe in another room, really loud.
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Monday, 14 November 2022 00:42 (one year ago) link
Struggling to make sense of the new album. Agree with Monotony that Rien Dire is the clear standout. I did like the really one that samples Gina X Performance as well. I'll spend more time with it as I really want to love this album.
It's a strange situation that Chris was relative commercial disappointment. The album got universal acclaim, good radio play and seemed to be promoted really well. Girlfriend, Doesn't Matter and 5 Dollars should have all been huge hits. The debut seemed to be a success on Tilted alone. Chris was a big step-up and the EP was even better. It has been sad to see this new one come out with so little fanfare. The one video from the album so far appears to have no budget. The Guardian article is really worrying. I hope things get better for him. He's one of the biggest talents out there. I don't see this album doing that well and hope that doesn't mean the next album gets even less of a push.
― kitchen person, Monday, 14 November 2022 02:08 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNh-6sNxx6A
first single from the album with mike dean sounds much better
album has three madonna (!) collabs
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 21:35 (one year ago) link
A triple album with the seventh track called "Track 10" (could it be a Charli cover???) It certainly sounds...intriguing, especially with all the Madonna features.
It was interesting too that when speaking with Clara Amfo on BBCR1 Chris didn't mention Redcar at all, and Clara was acting as though there hadn't been any new C&TQ material in ages. I wonder if Redcar and its songs will be dropped altogether from future tours, or if its dry coldwave will permeate through this new album too.
― monotony, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 23:25 (one year ago) link
lol i hope it's a charli cover
― ufo, Thursday, 9 March 2023 00:06 (one year ago) link
https://www.standard.co.uk/esmagazine/christine-and-the-queens-interview-new-album-trans-paranoia-angels-true-love-b1067166.html
confirmation that madonna is just doing some spoken word bits (how did i know that's what it would be lol)
― ufo, Sunday, 19 March 2023 02:29 (one year ago) link
lol there is an 11 minute track on this
― ufo, Friday, 9 June 2023 01:49 (one year ago) link
the album is a lot to grapple with, but there's definitely more for me to enjoy here than on Redcar
― monotony, Friday, 9 June 2023 03:18 (one year ago) link
you could make a very good album out of half of this but the other half is pretty meandering. still a much better sort of self-indulgent mess than redcar though
it's also just weird to hear mike dean in this mode outside of his work with kanye, this sound is so closely associated with him.
― ufo, Friday, 9 June 2023 07:29 (one year ago) link
i think the only thing i really dislike is "full of life" being built around pachelbel's canon, that's such a corny move. otherwise this is mostly great despite being all together way too much
― ufo, Saturday, 10 June 2023 04:34 (one year ago) link
"Tears can be so soft" is a deep jam, trip hop vibes, incredible stuff going on. What's the song it reminds me of? Not the Marvin Gaye sample, though that is also a+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM8cBIfzRjs
The live show is mindbending, what an incredible artist. Really opened the album for me. Hard to put into words what was going on, but these reviews do a decent job:https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/18/christine-and-the-queens-review-meltdown-royal-festival-hall-londonhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/24/christine-and-the-queens-review-grief-lust-and-transcendence
There must be full footage of the Glastonbury show somewherehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBpGd9gZtRg
― corrs unplugged, Sunday, 2 July 2023 21:12 (eleven months ago) link
I'm with you. The album has connected with a huge amount over the last week. For a 90 minute album, it's remarkably consistent and almost always captivating.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 2 July 2023 22:13 (eleven months ago) link
What's the song it reminds me of?
massive attack's "teardrop"?
― ufo, Sunday, 2 July 2023 22:17 (eleven months ago) link
definitely hearing massive attack
it's the cadence of "I miss my mother miss my mother miss my mother at night" that tickles, could be an old soul song or something 90s, could be MJ, can't place it but it's instantly familiar
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 3 July 2023 06:50 (eleven months ago) link
idk then, beyond the production there's a few little bits of the vocal melody that are very reminiscent of "teardrop" but not the part you're thinking of
i still wish the album was a little shorter but it's really strong overall, a pretty immense accomplishment. the second half of "lick the light out" is probably my favourite bit
― ufo, Monday, 3 July 2023 08:02 (eleven months ago) link
There must be full footage of the Glastonbury show somewhere
You scallywag! Shiver me timbers! Jolly roger might have a link in the briny deep etc
― StanM, Monday, 3 July 2023 14:56 (eleven months ago) link
Separate note here that Chris was a guest judge on the opening episode of Drag Race France Season 2 the other day. Fun appearance! The lip sync choice was the duet with Indochine (whose lead dude was the other guest judge).
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 July 2023 16:31 (eleven months ago) link
this is fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlIYME8iQ1Y
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Saturday, 30 December 2023 19:30 (five months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM2ShBEyTKU
new single
― ufo, Friday, 26 April 2024 07:01 (one month ago) link