i trashed that link, didn't i?
― uncannydan, Monday, 13 July 2009 04:30 (fourteen years ago) link
new single: love in july
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 13 July 2009 05:15 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah the Irkuk mix is fantastic
― racially dubious goals panel (MPx4A), Monday, 13 July 2009 08:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Clips of the new album tracks are up on Amazon, which probably means the album has leaked...
http://www.amazon.com/My-Guilty-Pleasure-Sally-Shapiro/dp/B002HWON7K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1250032806&sr=8-2
Nothing really grabs my attention. Is it just me or is this already sounding kinda old (like, again)? I'm curious to hear the full version of "Moonlight Dance" though. That one doesn't sound bad at all.
― Y tú, y tú, dime lo que bailas! (daavid), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 23:35 (fourteen years ago) link
It has leaked. And unfortunately, nothing except for "Let it Show" is grabbing me at all. Granted, I only really liked a few songs off of the first one, but at least on that one the other songs were not bad, definitely bearable. This one is for the most part skippable, at least for me.
― PIN number at the ATM Machine (Z S), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 23:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes, I doubt I'll ever listen to this a second time. zzzzzzz
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 00:17 (fourteen years ago) link
The limited to 20 cassette advance release sold out very very quick yesterday. Wouldn't have minded a copy of that :D
― plazzTT, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 13:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Digging the new album so far after one listen.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link
After a half dozen listens, now thinking My Guilty Pleasure is as amazing as Disco Romance.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:52 (fourteen years ago) link
This Miracle number is channelling Dubstar big time. Gotta hear the rest.
― everything, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 17:16 (fourteen years ago) link
The remixes from My Guilty Pleasure are brilliant, Boat Club's take on "Swimming Through The Blue Lagoon" is early-90s sounding melancholy slow-motion disco excellence.
― o0o00h really? (boxedjoy), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 09:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I actually kind of dig Johan's eurodance parody "Move That Barbabody"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZcngh-6N_c
Also great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7zu7HaJVHI
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 12 February 2011 05:00 (thirteen years ago) link
since hearing that Anoraak song a couple of days ago I've wanted to listen to nothing but.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Monday, 14 February 2011 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
or that was the case until 'He Keeps Me Alive' just rudely introduced itself to me and got all in my face as I sat home alone on Valentine's night.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Monday, 14 February 2011 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
anorak christmas is indeed amazing, one of maybe 3 sally shapiro songs i could not do without
― teledyldonix, Monday, 14 February 2011 22:58 (thirteen years ago) link
The remixes from My Guilty Pleasure are brilliant
only just been checking these out but yeah i like the Bogdan Irkuk mix of 'Miracle' and Lo Motion Disco mix of 'Let It Show' in particular
― ˆᴥˆ (blueski), Monday, 18 April 2011 16:01 (thirteen years ago) link
when u feel so lonely in yr heart, i'll be by your side \(^o^)/
― markers, Monday, 18 April 2011 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
anyone got johann's album? casablanca nights it's called. just listening first time now and it's sounding nice. it's on spotify. collaborations with legowelt and lots of people i've never heard of. some sally stuff on there too.
― Phelan Nulty (Local Garda), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 09:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm going to pick that up soon. In that vein I bought Anoraak's Whenever The Sun Sets the other day, it's really nice if a little forgettable. I like the way he and CFCF 'borrow' from other songs.
― mmmm, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 10:28 (thirteen years ago) link
this was on one of the dj mixes johan did last year...really great tune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNXIguqfoNU
― Phelan Nulty (Local Garda), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I've been enjoying this track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IxgwSDAelY
― skip, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
The whole Wolfram album is worth a listen if you are a SS fan. Lots of Hi-Nrg/poppy italo stuff, with an all-star list of guest spots by Legowelt, Sebastian, Hercules & Love Affair, Holy Ghost, Haddaway, Paul Parker, Patrick Pulsinger.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 18 May 2011 02:23 (thirteen years ago) link
As in, the actual Haddaway
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 12:47 (thirteen years ago) link
three months after thinking 'Don't Be Afraid' would be a passing obsession I'm still playing it to death.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 13:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha wow this Wolfram album is great! High quality cheese. And I haven't got to the Haddaway song yet.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 28 May 2011 15:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow I love that Wolfram song. Is the whole album as good as that?
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 29 May 2011 09:01 (thirteen years ago) link
That Wolfram song upthread is technically a Holy Ghost! song (well, it's on their album). He certainly milks it on his own album btw, think it appears three times in various forms?
― Matt DC, Sunday, 29 May 2011 12:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Came upon this via the Lindstrom remix on Vol. 1 -- find "He Keeps Me Alive" and the Irkuk "Miracle" remix to be the aces so far.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 1 April 2012 12:30 (twelve years ago) link
can't believe that ilm failed to alert me of a new sally shapiro single: http://soundcloud.com/paper-bag-records/01-what-can-i-do it's quite nice.
― Perfect Chicken Forever (Merdeyeux), Monday, 5 November 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks!
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 5 November 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
nice! glad to hear a new album is on the way.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
who else has a fantasy about marrying an incredibly hot european disco chanteuse
― max
― buzza, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 02:20 (eleven years ago) link
I'm really liking this. It looks like they've decided to make a move away from Italo and more into a 'Club 8'/Labrador kinda sound. I like the sparse guitar by Jaime from Spanish pop act Souvenir, who also co-wrote. In fact this post is a bit of an excuse to recommend them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP9QBj3MrMM
― daavid, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
New album confirmed for Feb 26th.
http://pitchfork.com/news/48467-sally-shapiro-announces-new-album/
Really hope it's a lot better than the second album which I can't remember a single thing about.
I'm hoping 'This City's Local Italo Disco DJ Has a Crush On Me' lives up to it's title.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 6 December 2012 02:53 (eleven years ago) link
Second album was just as good as the first, I thought! Maybe a bit more focused even.
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 8 December 2012 06:12 (eleven years ago) link
First one always gave me a shy Japanese karaoke vibe but I've been trying to revisit and really give it a shot.
― Evan, Saturday, 8 December 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
another track from the new album:https://soundcloud.com/sally-shapiro/sally-shapiro-electric-youth
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 12 January 2013 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
New album streaming on Pitchfork.
http://pitchfork.com/advance/32-somewhere-else/
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
This is great, a huge improvement over the second album. The single is not representative of the album at all.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
I must push back and say the second album is awesome. I find all three albums very consistent in songwriting, with a bump in production values as time goes on.
Looking forward to hearing this new one more. Glad "Don't be Afraid" made it out of semi-obscurity and onto the tracklisting. Also the saxophone solo in the middle of the album: sublime.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 01:59 (eleven years ago) link
I wasn't a fan of "My Guilty Pleasure" either. This one's much better. Still nothing as strong, melodically, as some of the songs on the first album. The sound is reminiscent of some 80's stuff I can't quite put my finger on, but it's no longer Italo. Maybe Pet Shop Boys?
― daavid, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 05:57 (eleven years ago) link
yes to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shD48VzQ9zE
― johnny crunch, Friday, 1 March 2013 23:31 (eleven years ago) link
SS albums have been some of my favorite things in the past 8 years. Only just realized there's a free album on their website collecting almost all of the remixes Johan has done. The unreleased Jam & Spoon mix is great! Surprised the Friday Bridge remix is NOT on it, though.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 17 February 2014 02:25 (ten years ago) link
RIP Sally Shapiro :/
sweet farewell single though
http://www.stereogum.com/1874063/sally-shapiro-if-you-ever-wanna-change-your-mind/mp3s/
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 00:18 (eight years ago) link
what?????
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 00:28 (eight years ago) link
oh jesus, i thought you meant the lead singer had died. don't do that!
Sorry! I meant that they had broke up.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 00:32 (eight years ago) link
I still really love all three albums + the album of remixes Johan did under the SS name. They captured the sincere sentimentality of italodisco without being overly cheesy/kitsch or strictly track-based, and they weren't a one-off.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 00:46 (eight years ago) link
I was just today listening to "sleep in my arms" on repeat
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 03:39 (eight years ago) link
Pictures circulating on the web that she's been found in the elevator at her Nordic compound.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 15:20 (eight years ago) link