*aggro not aggrieved
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 24 September 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
yeah this album is solid but ultimately its alt-rock pastiche is just less exciting than her previous pop-metal stuff which was a much more distinctive niche
― ufo, Saturday, 25 September 2021 00:40 (two years ago) link
I don’t mind the mainstreaming It just feels a hair too fast to me
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Saturday, 25 September 2021 02:33 (two years ago) link
I love the records (esp "I Disagree") but the gratuitous mispronounced Japanese lyrics are cringe
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 25 September 2021 04:57 (two years ago) link
Really like this new album. I feel like I both agree and disagree with deej's comments above, in that:
1. Yes this is less distinctive/surprising than the earlier stuff
2. Her specific current vibe, which out of laziness I will just call "Eight Arms To Hold You", is (a) a vibe that I really connect with, probably more than her previous sound once novelty is set aside, and (b) one which requires stronger songwriting than her previous approach in order to sustain, and I think she rises to the challenge accordingly
3. "Stronger songwriting" is relative and as she becomes hookier she risks inviting comparison with other hooky artists whose hooks may more memorable than hers, though I need to sit with this longer to decide just how memorable they are. I revisited Sky Ferreira's album shortly afterwards, and at this stage of preliminary assessment I'm not sure anything here tops "Boys" or "You're Not The One" or "Heavy Metal Heart". But I might change my mind in a day or two!
― Tim F, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 08:23 (two years ago) link
i don't think the hooks are stronger on this one than on i disagree
― ufo, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 09:01 (two years ago) link
that’s correct : I think the songwriting is better, and (separately) the style she is working in now places more pressure on the hooks to perform, but neither of those things necessarily translate into the hooks being better.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 09:52 (two years ago) link
I’m not so much concerned with her needing to be hookier, I do think *some*thing is lost in just visceral intensity (beyond shock factor) which isn’t to say it’s not replaced by something equally valuable … I don’t consider this a fall off by any means, just kind of mourning a future that never was
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
lol i didnt know the backstory re her collaborator ... welp
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlkdkQR2gUs
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 October 2021 11:51 (two years ago) link
oh hell yeah
― ufo, Thursday, 21 October 2021 11:58 (two years ago) link
glorious
― nxd, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 12:03 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTTEBn_gze0
poppy released a new song about her cat
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 20:50 (two years ago) link
i'm finally seeing her at the end of march
"eat" not placing in the 77 is an error from which this board will never recover
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 14 February 2022 16:04 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXbPSCHncJc
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 29 August 2022 16:49 (one year ago) link
apparently going to be on a new EP, stagger, out in october
heavy poppy is the best poppy
― ufo, Monday, 29 August 2022 22:13 (one year ago) link
new EP whips!!!
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 14 October 2022 14:18 (one year ago) link
"FYB" is the only real heavy poppy song just FYI
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 14 October 2022 14:28 (one year ago) link
it's good! better than flux
― ufo, Friday, 14 October 2022 22:58 (one year ago) link
Always get excited and immediately disappointed when this thread gets revived because I think it’s a Poppy Family thread.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 14 October 2022 23:09 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXE_NkbWDhw
tremendous cover of kittie's "spit"
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 20:50 (one year ago) link
kittie rules hell yeah
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 23:54 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD9xotOWQSk
"spit" cover is my song of the year
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 May 2023 17:09 (one year ago) link
for all those girls who speak contradictions
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 May 2023 17:10 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag3L1fBPo54
i want to like this a little more than i do, this industrial sound is a good fit for her but the song's just missing something?
― ufo, Thursday, 20 July 2023 07:06 (ten months ago) link
curious what the album’s gonna be like (comes out in october)
― ivy (BradNelson), Thursday, 20 July 2023 13:40 (ten months ago) link
the press release made it sound like it'll generally be along the lines of this & "church outfit" but some of it will have guitars on top of the industrial beats too
― ufo, Thursday, 20 July 2023 13:41 (ten months ago) link
it also compares one track to 'mirwais-era madonna' which i have no idea how will fit with the rest of the stuff going on and cites burial, blawan, and a whole bunch of new wave as influences
― ufo, Thursday, 20 July 2023 13:44 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reMPqmtYtpU
record's getting not much of a reception but as usual i think it's great. the dnb drum track in this is so good
― ivy., Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:10 (six months ago) link
this feels like the electro record i was expecting kylie minogue to put out this year
― ivy., Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:19 (six months ago) link
the fake pop music in vox lux should've sounded like this
― ivy., Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:47 (six months ago) link
excited to hear
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 10 November 2023 00:58 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I6di1S0Mqw
"the attic" is the exact same vibe as this great batten girls track
― ufo, Friday, 10 November 2023 02:05 (six months ago) link
weird album, it's pretty all over the place stylistically. some of it is great but a lot is just ok at best
highlights are "linger" (the burial impression here lol), "the attic" and "prove it"
― ufo, Friday, 10 November 2023 11:40 (six months ago) link
I just made this my first Poppy album. I really don't like her voice tbh. Good musical ideas though - esp Church Outfit, Hard and Zig.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 10 November 2023 11:50 (six months ago) link
the ones you should actually listen to are i disagree and the eat ep
― ufo, Friday, 10 November 2023 12:00 (six months ago) link
Loving 'Motorbike' although the video is disappointingly literal.
― nashwan, Friday, 10 November 2023 14:19 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev_vPbqUlZs
― ivy., Thursday, 25 January 2024 16:57 (four months ago) link