this is one of my favorite tracks on the album https://www.adultswim.com/music/singles-2018/12
― maura, Thursday, 25 October 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
Because It's In The Music is so beautiful. One of the best things she's ever done.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 25 October 2018 22:23 (five years ago) link
extremely disappointed that a flamenco solo was left off of Because It's in the Music
― ufo, Friday, 26 October 2018 04:46 (five years ago) link
"baby forgive me" is extraordinarynot really feeling "because it's in the music"?? it wants to be a big, lush donna summer number but the arrangement/instrumentation just isn't there imo. lol @ actual "french kiss" in "send to robin immediately". is lil louis getting paid?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 26 October 2018 08:40 (five years ago) link
yeah, he's credited
― Number None, Friday, 26 October 2018 08:43 (five years ago) link
:)
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 26 October 2018 08:59 (five years ago) link
not really feeling "because it's in the music"?? it wants to be a big, lush donna summer number but the arrangement/instrumentation just isn't there imo.
for me it is like a patrice rushen song reduced to synth + drum machine + strings. it is completely awesome
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 26 October 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
also, wow, this is the best robyn album
love it, "ever again" is a beaut of a closer
― nxd, Friday, 26 October 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
the whole thing is late night beach party vibes which is probably my favourite vibe music can have
― ufo, Friday, 26 October 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
this is just so gorgeously paced, i can't get over it
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 26 October 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
baby forgive me > send to robin immediately > honey IS SOO GOOOOOD
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Friday, 26 October 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
otm
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 26 October 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
The only two songs that leave me cold are "Beack2k20" and "Missing U."
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 October 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
NEVER GONNA BE BROKEN HEARTEDEVER AGAIN
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 26 October 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
damn this is good, "send to robin immediately" sounds like it could fit on the mr twin sister album
― fred-a van vleet (voodoo chili), Friday, 26 October 2018 16:48 (five years ago) link
Her whole approach to this kind of reminds me of the last two Róisín Murphy albums. Instead of going for an easy win repeating Body Talk/Overpowered, they've made albums based on deep vibes/atmosphere as apposed to big choruses.
― kitchen person, Friday, 26 October 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
I miss those tbh
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 October 2018 17:50 (five years ago) link
you always do
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 26 October 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
but also it's not exactly parallel, the hooks on this album are huge anyway
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 26 October 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
*shrug* what can I say? Certain dance voices require big choruses, so I adjust expectations. But this album has good hooks.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 October 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
i've never loved her tbh but this is awesome
― macropuente (map), Friday, 26 October 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
ugh now we have to wait another eight years
― mookieproof, Friday, 26 October 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
Love this. Ever Again sounds like the hit to me.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 26 October 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Friday, October 26, 2018 10:55 AM (seven hours ago)
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 27 October 2018 00:19 (five years ago) link
love this album. though all I can do right now is pay "Beach2k20" and DRAM's "Cha Cha" on a loop
― maffew12, Saturday, 27 October 2018 01:29 (five years ago) link
her previous albums had a few fantastic singles each but also a fair amount of filler and don't really hold up that well as albums imo but this one is such a delight the whole way through
― ufo, Saturday, 27 October 2018 02:56 (five years ago) link
This is decent - I like it the further it travels away from the sad arpeggiated disco she's made her name doing and the back half is a lot more interesting than anything she's ever done. I was really enjoying "Ever Again" until the bosh trance part, the drums at that bit are distractingly terrible
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 28 October 2018 09:32 (five years ago) link
yep
― geoffreyess, Sunday, 28 October 2018 15:13 (five years ago) link
i'm liking this. it's more subtle than her typical approach over the course of her career -- a good thing since the massive emotional crests in her prior work were getting predictable. and it works! i need to revisit those ep's from the last few years too.
― dyl, Sunday, 28 October 2018 15:26 (five years ago) link
"send to robin immediately" is so good, enough that the name doesn't even bother me.
(I don't think I've used my yearly allotment of Kate Bush comparisons, so some of her ad-libs remind me, strikingly, of The Sensual World/The Red Shoes. I wish I could pinpoint exactly which song; it's either "Rocket's Tail" or "And So Is Love")
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Sunday, 28 October 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
also like how it's very deliberately, stubbornly sequenced as an album; each track flows into/calls back to the next
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Sunday, 28 October 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
This is a wonderful album.
― Trϵϵship, Sunday, 28 October 2018 19:30 (five years ago) link
yes the sequencing is excellent + the fairly short runtime makes it cohesive, suite-like. contrast this with body talk which had lots of great tracks but was basically impossible to put into as good a sequence as its material seemed to deserve (i tried!)
― dyl, Sunday, 28 October 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link
this is an outrageously good album
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 28 October 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link
maura weighs in: https://www.spin.com/2018/10/robyn-honey-review/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 28 October 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link
I burst out laughing at the genius of the Lil Louis sample.
This is her best album aye.. wasn't expecting it at all.
― piscesx, Monday, 29 October 2018 01:47 (five years ago) link
between the lines is such a cool track
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 29 October 2018 02:53 (five years ago) link
Oh wow first time hearing this and the production is amazing throughout. Feel it’s too weird and subtle to be a the massive pop hit it deserves to be, unfortunately.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 01:26 (five years ago) link
great album. listened to the whole thing 1.5 times stuck on the train home today.
― akm, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 03:07 (five years ago) link
It's so well suited to the warmth of her vocals.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 17:18 (five years ago) link
Brilliant album, loving the 90s NY/deee-lite/pal joey vibes of Beach2k20. And the French Kiss sample is superbly deployed
― i know kore-eda (or something), Thursday, 1 November 2018 11:48 (five years ago) link
i'm thinking aerial was an influence on this album
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Monday, 5 November 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
She did a "music that inspired the album" playlist on Spotify. The Sensual World is on it
― Number None, Monday, 5 November 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
Last night's show was a traet, as they say.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 19:45 (five years ago) link
Somehow missed that she was touring! Perhaps because the new album ... had no impact?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 19:52 (five years ago) link
GASP
― maffew12, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 21:01 (five years ago) link
i was late in getting tix for her show, which sold out in L.A. immediately. didn't want to pay a couple hundred, though it was briefly tempting. everyone i know who went to see her the other night said it was one of the best they'd seen in awhile.
― omar little, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 21:03 (five years ago) link
Somehow missed that she was touring! Perhaps because the new album ... had no impact?The presales crashed for days due to demand and tickets sold out in an hour or two. Why would they then spend money on advertising for months afterward?
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 21:07 (five years ago) link
yeah i missed the London tix, they sold out in a nanosecond
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 21:34 (five years ago) link