Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell (2019)

Out August 30th

oh man, that cover is dumb. first dumb album art from her too

I love that they probably spent a ton of time making it look like it was done in 10 minutes in Photoshop.

fucked her way to the shop

her best album cover by a long shot imo

is Cinnamon Girl a cover?

also doing a Charlie's Angels thing w Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus, which.....sure

Needs a bit more Lichtenstein.

I'm so glad that Mariners Apartment Complex and Venice Bitch made the album.

the twist in the tile is that Norman and Rockwell are two different people

Doin Time was a surprise.. a cover as the 4th song on an album seems kinda haphazard but whatevs.

That's Jack Nicholson's *grandson* btw..

the twist in the tile is that Norman and Rockwell are two different people

― flappy bird, Wednesday, July 31, 2019 10:19 AM (thirty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

ramming speed, starring lee as speed

the hand on the cover has the vibe of 3D posters and comics

http://premiumblend.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Amazin_3D_Comics.jpg

is Cinnamon Girl a cover?

nah, she's posted some snippets of it to her instagram already

a cover as the 4th song on an album seems kinda haphazard but whatevs.

her albums are mostly v haphazardly sequenced, it bugs me every time!

lol the cover art is pretty bad

interesting that "best american record" is on there, hasn't a demo of that been floating around forever?

extremely excited to hear the lana del rey song entitled "california"

oh good, tour dates popping up and she's playing Berkeley. the last time I saw her down at the shoreline it was a fucking disaster as it always is (traffic, overcrowding).

extremely excited to hear the lana del rey song entitled "california"

i was recently mentioning to someone how i thought "venice bitch" is the most ldr song title ever without crossing into self-parody territory. "california" on the other hand...

As much as I love her, she seems like kind of a terrible live act, not a lot of gravity, and tons of canned vocals.

she was better than I expected when I saw her.

Very tempted to go, assuming she makes it out here.

Jack Antonoff has tweeted to say 'The Greatest' is his favorite of the new songs, adding 'just wait'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Q7FmcCqSTMc

I guess the Sublime song is on the album after all.

I like the album cover, it’s weird and fun

oh good, tour dates popping up and she's playing Berkeley. the last time I saw her down at the shoreline it was a fucking disaster as it always is (traffic, overcrowding).

― akm, Thursday, August 1, 2019 9:41 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

thinking about going to this show!

New song written and recorded over the past day:

https://www.stereogum.com/2053762/lana-del-rey-new-song-looking-for-america-mass-shootings/video/

song was released yesterday, along with her cover of season of the witch from a soundtrack; both are really good! also: her tickets for her show in Berkeley mysteriously sold out on ticketmaster within 5 seconds but were plentiful on stubhub with a 10% markup. Why isn't anyone investigating Ticketmaster after that Metallica leak?

https://youtu.be/LrSX_OcpeJg

"Fuck It I Love You" is good but "The Greatest" is next-level

Interesting! I got bored of "The Greatest" before it was half through yet like "Fuck It I Love You."

the latter has some of those sweet guitars I'm hoping there's a lot more of on the album (someone should give her a no-pianos rule for the next one)

Can't believe how much The Greatest has that Rutles-y Cheese And Onions flavour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePaHG6g7uFw

wow, wtf. had to stop listening to that lest i get too used to the association.

ahahaha

lol omg

I like these two (and the video) but aren’t there a lot of singles from the new album already (7?) ? Is it gonna be a double or something ? Otherwise there might not be a lot left to discover...

there's been 6 so far ("looking for america" isn't on the album) but the album is 14 tracks and out in a week, so still 8 new tracks

Oh ok, thanks !
Almost half out already then... but I like all of them so looking forward to hearing the rest !

The piano outro to « The Greatest » is so warm and lovely.

Sia vs Cat Power vs LDR, each The Greatest is pretty great imo

eh fuck it i love you doesn't really come together for me, the greatest is nice. not a patch on the venice bitch/mariners double drop

i like both but i'm not blown away by either like i was with "mariners apartment complex"/"venice bitch"

^ agree

Yup. I guess most people would agree too.
But I really like these two latest, "FIILU" maybe a bit more than "The Greatest".

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/the-greatest/

This Billboard story is interesting.

Speaking of haphazard track listings and cover art, this bit is great:

The album title was just something she came up with when she randomly harmonized the name of the American illustrator while recording “Venice Bitch,” though she recognizes that she and Rockwell -- an idealist whose cozy depictions of Boy Scouts and Thanksgiving turkeys graced magazine covers for half the 20th century -- have both explored big questions about the American dream in their work. And then there’s the artwork she has been using for the record’s singles: bizarrely casual iPhone photos that feel a bit tossed-off because, well, they are.

“Every time my managers write me, ‘Album art?,’ I’m just like, send!” she cackles, pantomiming taking a selfie. “And they just send the middle-finger emoji back to me.”

The title track is great, one of her best songs.

You're not kidding!

She so gradually became an excellent vocalist that I barely noticed how much she's upped her game in this respect, we're a million miles from the Betty Boop routine on "Off to the Races"

Also the mastering job seems unusually dynamic throughout, which I really appreciate

has this leaked?

it has!

ugh, I wanna hear it, I have super high expectations for this album after the string of excellent singles.