every melody is somehow lovelier than the last
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 24 July 2020 05:03 (three years ago) link
My biggest objection to her dance-pop stuff is it tends to be too rigid to let her unfurl those long melody lines. Which she's really good at.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 24 July 2020 05:09 (three years ago) link
she keeps some of the clipped-pop delivery here but it sure works
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 24 July 2020 05:12 (three years ago) link
lol at "betty" being about being in love with a girl but she makes sure there's one line that makes it clear she's playing a male role to make it straight
― ufo, Friday, 24 July 2020 05:15 (three years ago) link
so none of this is gonna be played on the radio huh
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 24 July 2020 05:16 (three years ago) link
seven is lovely.
― aphoristical, Friday, 24 July 2020 05:17 (three years ago) link
"Cardigan" is being promoted to radio.
― jaymc, Friday, 24 July 2020 05:19 (three years ago) link
overall this is quite good, probably a few tracks longer than it needed to be but that's my only complaint
― ufo, Friday, 24 July 2020 05:23 (three years ago) link
Trixie Mattel will cover "Betty" by Monday.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 24 July 2020 05:25 (three years ago) link
That modulation at the end of Betty is just *chef's kiss*.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 24 July 2020 05:31 (three years ago) link
i want a whole album of "august"s
― ufo, Friday, 24 July 2020 05:35 (three years ago) link
I haven’t listened to Bon Iver since Skinny Love and that EP, does he always sound like this
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 24 July 2020 05:37 (three years ago) link
no, it's rare to hear him in that lower register
― ufo, Friday, 24 July 2020 05:42 (three years ago) link
"what if you just sang it in a normal voice, like a regular singer, Justin?"— Keith Harris (@useful_noise) July 24, 2020
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 24 July 2020 05:44 (three years ago) link
well - the other characters have names, why not the narrator ("James")? it doesn't feel forced to me
― Your dream has symbolic content (morrisp), Friday, 24 July 2020 05:47 (three years ago) link
piano on Cardigan is very 'Norman Fucking Rockwell'.
― piscesx, Friday, 24 July 2020 05:50 (three years ago) link
Cardigan is her best single since Blank Space.
― piscesx, Friday, 24 July 2020 05:53 (three years ago) link
it was just funny because when i first heard it i thought she'd written a gay song until the one line where she no homos it by revealing the narrator's name
― ufo, Friday, 24 July 2020 05:54 (three years ago) link
'james' never made anyone less gay
― Your dream has symbolic content (morrisp), Friday, 24 July 2020 05:57 (three years ago) link
Was Taylor referring to the National when she sang about that indie band in We Are Never etc
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 24 July 2020 06:13 (three years ago) link
Lol if so that would be the ultimate slow burn revenge on Jake Gyllenhaal
― Tim F, Friday, 24 July 2020 06:19 (three years ago) link
On about the 4th time through August I realized the opening reminds me of "Life in a Northern Town." (A good thing.)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 24 July 2020 06:19 (three years ago) link
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Thursday, July 23, 2020 11:13 PM (seventeen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
unfortunately it was best coast
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 24 July 2020 06:31 (three years ago) link
cardigan is good but there are several tracks even better here imo! But it's not an album of singles that will take off so whatever.
Definitely some of her best melody lines ever here and they're allowed space to breathe
― abcfsk, Friday, 24 July 2020 06:32 (three years ago) link
Holy shit @ "Illicit Affairs"
― Tim F, Friday, 24 July 2020 06:54 (three years ago) link
I think this is the best Swift album ever and I'm still only at August on my first play
― boxedjoy, Friday, 24 July 2020 06:55 (three years ago) link
still on my first time through and have been knocked for 6 a few times, most recently on "invisible string"
― monotony, Friday, 24 July 2020 06:55 (three years ago) link
"August" has a very specific vibe I'm having trouble placing. The Sundays? Sixpence None the Richer?
― bunny slopes, Friday, 24 July 2020 06:57 (three years ago) link
I also hear a bit of 'Back for Good' by Take That in it. The "I can see..." bit reminds me of "whatever I said, whatever I did".
― triggercut, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:01 (three years ago) link
re "August", it's very "Here's Where The Story Ends" or "Homeward" from The Sundays, but the chorus also has overtones of 90s Cocteau Twins.
― Tim F, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:02 (three years ago) link
Re « August » the « I can see » part reminds me of... « I’m Gonna Be (500 miles) » !
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:29 (three years ago) link
when brad compared it to cocteau twins i heard it immediately, the shimmering guitar + drum machine + the "i can see us lost in the memory..." melody
― ufo, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:34 (three years ago) link
"Seven" is very Sufjan
― alpine static, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:35 (three years ago) link
with rapping
(also - I'm hesitant to type this - but in "Mirrorball," when she starts to sing "You'll find me on my tallest tiptoes," it totally sounds like she's about to sing "You'll find me on my toilet...")
cosigning this
― alpine static, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:37 (three years ago) link
Funnier later in the chorus (?) where it sounds like she’s saying “...but I’m still on my toilet.”
― Tim F, Friday, 24 July 2020 08:21 (three years ago) link
― Tim F, Friday, July 24, 2020
A helluva thing to read first thing
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 July 2020 09:29 (three years ago) link
I love this albumI think it reflects both the best of Taylor's writing and also of The National folks' productionI feel like my fandom for both respective artists is justifiedI hope Matt Berninger is having a good day
― whiney hoosteen (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 24 July 2020 11:03 (three years ago) link
don’t know if anyone’s talked about “peace” yet, but...wow, “peace”
― monotony, Friday, 24 July 2020 11:10 (three years ago) link
I like the pastoral home-movie clips that accompany each track on the Spotify phone app. They help to set the mood.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 24 July 2020 11:24 (three years ago) link
Peace was the one that set me off, tears forming in my eyes. What a great album
― boxedjoy, Friday, 24 July 2020 11:55 (three years ago) link
so "The Last American Dynasty" is her less starstruck "Starlight" crossed with "Showbiz Kids," no?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 July 2020 12:00 (three years ago) link
God, yes, me too on "Peace" - that one really stopped me in my tracks, a heart-stopping tear-jerker.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 24 July 2020 12:04 (three years ago) link
xp last american dynasty immediately reminded me of starlight yeah
― johnny crunch, Friday, 24 July 2020 12:40 (three years ago) link
This might be the first Swift album I'm excited to hear, but I'm also curious to see if it passes the teen test. That is, will my actual bonafide teen girls like and listen to it. My older one never really got into the last couple of Swift albums, but my younger one really liked the last one, I think partly based on how much she liked the documentary.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 24 July 2020 13:04 (three years ago) link
um "Cardigan" is really really beautiful
― Joey Corona (Euler), Friday, 24 July 2020 13:13 (three years ago) link
xp Josh in Chicago does Dark Souls pass the teen test?
― Joey Corona (Euler), Friday, 24 July 2020 13:14 (three years ago) link
I also bought one right of the bat at midnight. Turns out I purchased the non-explicit one, how the f**k was I supposed to know this would be the first TS release with profanities in in the middle of this whole frenzy and chaos.
― cpl593H, Friday, 24 July 2020 13:15 (three years ago) link
I'm loving it, surely up to the standards of Lover, not sure yet if it surpasses it. I like the understatement of "conventional" Taylor, her subtleties and nuances hidden in plain sight. I'm afraid media will spin the "artistic statement" side of this to the point of exhaustion but in the long run this will pass, the songs will remain and it'll still be great.
For the time being, Speak Now > Lover/folklore > Red > Fearless > 1989 > rep > TS
― cpl593H, Friday, 24 July 2020 13:21 (three years ago) link
hearing her swear is funny imo
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 24 July 2020 13:21 (three years ago) link