RÓISÍN MURPHY

That "Something More" vid is majestic, and I don't even care about the song that much

I think the song itself is great, it's just let down by dreary production. A track that sounds like it couldn't even be bothered getting out of bed.

Quietus interview, including the nugget that one song on Roisin Machine was inspired by discovering a K-Punk review of Moloko last year.

Please don’t stop dancing – that’s another part of my manifesto. I dance round the park and in my house. Scientists know for a fact it’s the best cardiovascular activity for your brain. It burns pathways, it’s maths and motion and absurdity and poetry. It’s magic stuff. I’ve never stopped dancing… and the record is like going back to that girl in the flat in Stockport, freaking out to Biting Tongues, rolling around on my orange sofa.

from the guardian interview - "the horror of andouillette"

whatever, I actually like this dish

new album unsurprisingly quite good but none of the previously unreleased tracks are among the best on it

agree although I love “game changer” with its callbacks to “murphy’s law” and rhythm that seems part “the dreaming” and part...something from ruby blue, maybe.

the continuous mix nature of it all means that even some of the singles that I’ve been rinsing for years feel fresh

also, kudos to those brave enough to stomach andouilette

Narcissus with the RTE concert orchestra:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj61gk8ToLQ

just put on "Murphy's Law" on Sp*t*fy and the original 8-minute track has an "- Extended Mix" added to it when it wasn't there before (in addition to the ~4-minute edit), so my guess is the length of the album version (and the other album tracks) are gonna be somewhere in between those running times

Looking forward to hearing the continuous mix (!!) but on this: the digital version apparently comes with previously-released long versions of the six singles as bonus tracks: the Original Mix-es of Simulation, Incapable and Murphy's Law, the Extended Mix of Murphy's Law, the Disco Mix of Jealousy, and the 2019 re-recording or edit or w/e of Narcissus - all now labelled "Extended Mix"

And it's glorious.

Wow, I put this on this morning when it came on my release radar, and several hours later, I've listened to it 3 or 4 times in a row, and I've basically forgotten that any other music even exists?!?!?

today is a good day

this rules (obviously)

sure seems like the best album ever

personally i'm ready to proclaim this the godlike masterpiece that it is

right there with you, Brad!

if the other four tracks are as good as the six we've already heard this will surely be her best album?

― ufo, Friday, July 31, 2020 3:41 PM (two months ago)

WELP

holy shit the propulsive disco string arrangement on the album version of Narcissus

HOLY shit at the album version of Jealousy

i don't think this is going to end up replacing hairless toys as my favourite of her solo albums but it still really rules

also the album version of "jealousy" definitely loses a lot by only being 4 minutes and just fading out

we already have plenty of long versions of it, and the album version is so exciting, it's a joyous climax that the album has built up to 💃💃

new to me, B-sides from the Overpowered era:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CEgNB8TZ64

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVCARpAsG-g

this is a disappointment for me tbh. i think i got very attached to a few of the remixes (the cosmodelica remix of murphy's law is stunning, incredible piano lines everywhere) and the album versions are all letting me down.

Her best album since Overpowered, despite a couple okay things.

i'm really baffled about the version of 'incapable' on here when the 'extended edit' is clearly superior. it's not even that much longer (:30 or so), it just gets the timing right on introducing the elegaic chords in the bridge and is generally more tightly structured.

'we got together' is .. bad imo.

sorry don't mean to shit up this thread, maybe it will grow on me :|

I imagine the shorter edit of “Incapable” being a matter of vinyl formatting, but I really wouldn’t know

oh i hadn't noticed the way the album version of "incapable" has those synths come in during the chorus instead of the bridge, really weird

i'm not exactly sure which "extended edit" you mean though, the original "edit" was 3:30 which is actually shorter than the album version, but it works better

the biggest problem i have with the short "jealousy" is the fade-out because it really needs the definitive ending of the original to close out the album properly when it's such an explosion of energy

Discogs user notes "Incapable and Game Changer are both slightly longer than their CD and digital counterparts, as they fade out cleanly instead of segueing into the next track."

Game Changer feels a little like a throwback to Ruby Blue imo, with the vocal melody in the verse being sketched in the margins, and the syncopate-y handclap.

We Got Together is one of my favourite tracks on this, like the massive WHOMP! of the bass just does something to my lizard brain.

But, y'know, hey, people like different things in music.

Kingdom of Ends and We Got Together both make the album better IMO simply by virtue of mixing things up a bit.

“kingdom of ends” is one of her very best songs imo

I really like Jessie Ware so I don't say this to denigrate but this is better. Jessie is only like 95% fabulous whereas Roisin is like 120%

different flavors of fabulousness imo

Roisin Murphy is more of a person or personage while Jessie Ware strives for and achieves disco-era anonymity.

the continuous mix nature of this record is what sends it over for me. this is why i can't really knock the album edit of "incapable" (not that i'm a good enough listener to really distinguish how it's different from the single edit? which i don't remember if i've even heard) bc the focus of the album is not about songs working in isolation but songs working on each other

sorry if this is rockist of me

the arrangement is prob altered bc at the point where "incapable" lands in the tracklisting you're not exactly in the mood for a song to build up gradually, just start rockin' those synths if you got em

First 3 songs here represent her best work since Overpowered imo

RA Exchange 527: Roisin Murphy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEXEk7QVba4

haven't seen brad in the RYM shoutbox calling this AOTY yet. therefore unsure whether to give it a listen

j/k let's go

the focus of the album is not about songs working in isolation but songs working on each other

yeah exactly. if you're frustrated that this version isn't 12 minutes long, you can get that elsewhere; meanwhile, hear this other song!

tbf if you can pull off an Introspective then it's no bad thing. but that requires you to only have six songs ready

holy fucking shit the intro of Kingdom Of Ends is a cover of Hawkwind's Assault & Battery!!!!!

LJ be aware that there are 8-12 minute original versions of most of the songs here, and several of them have 45-minute-long remix suites by the co-author. if you love the album versions you might need medical supervision to listen further

this album is cannily not going for big catharsis or hugeness, it's playing a much slower and subtler game. intriguing. production is v on-point

like, for all that this is a slow-burn tease, there are engaging little details that keep me alert. currently the bassline to Shellfish Mademoiselle is that little detail

good album. first half >> second half

yes, hard agree there