Weyes Blood

:)

the whole thing is amazing but wait, just wait, until 'wild time'

As the songwriter said in a recent press statement, "It's about losing your interest in trying to be in love. Everybody is their own galaxy, their own separate entity. There is a feeling of needing to be saved, and that's a lot to ask of people."

relatable, i gotta say

not a lot of records make me think of odessey & oracle more than once

brb just got swallowed up by "movies"

not a lot of records make me think of odessey & oracle more than once

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, March 31, 2019 3:30 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes!!! i mean that is the level of songwriting here

wow "movies" ruined my fucking life

it just doesn't stop coming at you

aoty

New one sounds great! What a singer.

I've only really heard the last album (and not the new one yet) but I've never particularly associated Weyes Blood with a "rough edge".

I was trying to think of who she reminded me off, then finally my brain gave me Ron Sexsmith, of all people.

The reminded me of A Girl Called Eddy on the first listen. Maybe less so now.

not a lot of records make me think of odessey & oracle more than once

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, March 31, 2019 3:30 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes!!! i mean that is the level of songwriting here

― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Sunday, March 31, 2019 10:34 AM (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

damn O&O comparisons from brad and imago, i'm excited

does anyone else hear a tiny little rhythmic (or something) misfire at 1:10 of Everyday? right when she says "things"

Gorgeous album.

Every one of her songs is a journey

aoty so far

after how many listens? ;)

(but...yeah)

I love that this and Julia Holter's "Aviary" have appeared within just a short time of each other. They're almost companion pieces to my ears.

Not hearing The Zombies in this as much as flickers of other beloved folks: Karen Carpenter (that voice!), Emmylou Harris, "I Talk To The Wind" by King Crimson ("Wild Time"), ...

I love that this and Julia Holter's "Aviary" have appeared within just a short time of each other. They're almost companion pieces to my ears.

I suspect imago will have something to say about this ;)

I could not get with her first record, but this is gorgeous so far (on first listen).

zombies comparison was mostly a reaction to how immediate and sharp yet unexpected the melodies are in this context

bring it :)

and imago otm re "Wild Time".

yeah, otm. I can see that.

This is altogether stronger than Front Row Seat to Earth, just as good as The Innocents, and almost certainly album of the year. I love how comfortably she displays her influences whilst merging them with her own radical, intergalactic folk. I hear a bit of Pet Sounds in this and, like everyone says, The Carpenters. Though lyrically and atmospherically more hopeless-seeming, I still find this way more upbeat than the last album. The first song kicking in almost killed me - I love how that bit is the first impression people new to Weyes Blood will receive.

I'm new to her and think I'm going to hold off exploring her previous albums for awhile. Can't imagine them being as good as this.

People who like this will probably like Nathalie Prass' excellent debut album too (which is very different from her sophomore album from last year), much of it is in the same vein.

For some reason, I forgot she had albums before Front Row Seat, guess I need to go back and check those out too.

This new album really reminds me of Heidi Berry.

<q>after how many listens? ;)

(but...yeah)

― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Friday, April 5, 2019 12:52 AM</q>

haha, you got me. fair enough. :)

answer: maybe 10 listens over a week or so? (which i'm not saying is enough to declare an album of the year.)

ah crap ...

after how many listens? ;)

(but...yeah)

― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Friday, April 5, 2019 12:52 AM (eight hours ago)

haha, you got me. fair enough. :)

answer: maybe 10 listens over a week or so? (which i'm not saying is enough to declare an album of the year.)

This is gorgeous so far....don't know if anyone is into Catherine Howe's What a Beautiful Place but kinda similar vibes and equally great

Also has she confirmed the title is a reference to the show Homecoming? cuz it feels like it kinda has to be

It's a reference to Titanic, the movie, as she said in an interview somewhere

It reminds me of John Grant more than anything else. There's a generally similar early 70s well being drawn upon, granted, but I tend to hear it in the voice as well -- a certain, careful form of performative control. It's not a cloning or imitation, more a matter of how to use a voice to a distinct end. The relative coolness doesn't hide warmth or empathy, but there's a real sense of a guard up that, far from being forbidding, renders the music all the more empathetic as a whole.

xpost there's this whole scene in Homecoming where this returned home war vet is telling a story about a joke they played on another soldier in Iraq who's favorite movie was Titanic, they elaborately convince him there's a sequel called Titanic Rising, and he's obsessed with getting it etc but they convince the guys at the PX to say that they can't order Titanic Rising, anyway it's a great scene and obv seems pretty weird if they both thought of it but maybe it's a coincidence who knows

who is it that her (extremely wonderful) voice reminds me of?

Karen Carpenter.

Theres a lot of Todd Rundgren' Something/Anything style arrangments here,which is wonderful.

Tracks 2,3,4,8 are masterpieces imo.
Don't really care about the rest (yet?!).

Can't stand Movies.

"It's not a cloning or imitation"

Xpost

Is it? The line between being authentic and ironuc is very thin here.
Either way, pastiche or not, i like it

"seems pretty weird if they both thought of it but maybe it's a coincidence who knows"

She claims it's a coincidence

I wasn’t crazy about Movies when I first heard it either, but gradually, in anticipation of the last third of the song, it has become one of the stand-outs for me.

Mirror Forever was the one I woke up with in my head today

A Lot's Gonna Change was the one I woke up with in my head today

I'm struggling to connect with this a little, it sounds lovely when it's on but it's not drawing me in as much as Front Row Seat To Earth did. If I had to put my finger what was missing this time it's the art of the sublime chord change which really elevated the best songs on the last album.

Obviously her voice is great but she sings almost everything in the same way, which kinda makes the album slip past a little without quite touching the sides.

This is my initial feeling as well (fwiw 'Generation Why' was the highlight of FRSTE for me) but I hope to be proven wrong by the 20th spin.

that's pretty much what happened to me

weird that this one hit me so immediately idk

i feel sort of similarly to matt, except i do prefer this one to FRSTE. it sounds great, the songs are memorable enough, lovely arrangements etc. but i'm not really feeling that drawn to it. maybe it's just that the thing she seems to be doing very well on this album isn't really something i want out of music at the moment that much?

I've just realised how incredibly much Movies reminds me of both the opening and closing theme from the Mishima OST. (Not that that's a bad thing)

Funny that the one song I think is the weakest ("Movies" ) is the one most critics seem drawn to on this. Still, a near perfect album for me.

Is it? The line between being authentic and ironuc is very thin here.

Referring specifically to her vis a vis Grant in my comparison.