Far Away being good seconded!
― imago, Friday, 21 October 2022 12:56 (one year ago) link
Jesus, I somehow hadn't heard Western Wind until now
― imago, Friday, 21 October 2022 13:07 (one year ago) link
Works so well in context!
I think the only track which hasn't really convinced me yet is the opener, weirdly, cos people seem to love that one
― imago, Friday, 21 October 2022 13:10 (one year ago) link
WW rules i don't know what the naysayers are on aboutBeach House though, that had me worriedLook forward to sitting down with the whole thing
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 21 October 2022 14:26 (one year ago) link
this record is just so fucking great
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 21 October 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
world stops and the autumn leaves freeze in time mid-fall for the entirety of "western wind" every time i play it
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 21 October 2022 16:34 (one year ago) link
sheesh maybe this is her best album
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 21 October 2022 16:50 (one year ago) link
I like this album. Also I like "Beach House," it's her most convincing disco track.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 21 October 2022 19:36 (one year ago) link
This album is fun
― Bee OK, Friday, 21 October 2022 19:40 (one year ago) link
Beach House isn't great, I find it cringey, both lyrically and musically.
The title track is a way better disco bop, after she yells: "I'm coming back for you!" Iconic moment. Then those disco strings!
Talking to Yourself is def the best single from the bunch imo.
― The Ghost Club, Friday, 21 October 2022 19:41 (one year ago) link
"beach house" feels like its knowingly cringey, which makes it...camp?
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Friday, 21 October 2022 19:44 (one year ago) link
Technically I think it's knowingly camp, which makes it ironic. I don't know, it's a goofy song, hard to hate. She's kind of goofy! That's what charmed me about her live show, she's got kind of a shtick going.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 21 October 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link
And I agree, the title track is her best disco. But Beach House is fun too.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 21 October 2022 19:58 (one year ago) link
Bends is driving me crazy because I'm certain the melody of the verse is basically the same as a Momus song, but I can't figure out which one. I think I might be thinking of Voyager, but I'm not really sure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqKDUXp2gDk
Almost certainly a coincidence, just too weird to imagine Jepsen listening to Momus of all people.
Anyway, this album rules, can't stop listening to it.
― OneSecondBefore, Friday, 21 October 2022 19:59 (one year ago) link
This album is good, not great. I think it may be a grower. Beach House does kinda suck and take you out of it, I do wish it wasn’t there. Nothing really sticks out, which is a shame, she has had some great star making moments and this seems to lack a “Too much” or “Boy Problems”. It’s a nice pop star “growing up” record though, like Taylor has been doing for a while.
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 21 October 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link
On a first listen I love this album. The back half I think really nails that convalescent feeling of coming out of a long isolation, the emotional neediness of it, that mix of joy and gratitude and fragility and a sense that the good things may not last. "Bends" into "Western Wind" is perfect.
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 22 October 2022 20:40 (one year ago) link
Can't wait to listen to this in full. She was amazing last night in Berkeley
― Half Japanese Breakfast (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 22 October 2022 22:12 (one year ago) link
Did she play songs from the album? I've been wondering about her setlists, since she started touring before the album was out.
― Lily Dale, Sunday, 23 October 2022 05:20 (one year ago) link
she's playing a bunch of the new album on this tour yes
― ufo, Sunday, 23 October 2022 05:57 (one year ago) link
ooh bullion co-produced/wrote "bends" and "far away"
― ufo, Sunday, 23 October 2022 06:01 (one year ago) link
After one listen, I definitely like The Loneliest Time more than Dedicated, which never really hooked me apart from a couple songs. we'll see how it compares to EMOTION after a few more listens. "Beach House" still sounds out of left field tho, not sure I'll ever really like that song
― Vinnie, Sunday, 23 October 2022 07:10 (one year ago) link
"shooting star" reminds me of the last kylie album, i really like it but wish it rode out the coda more
― ufo, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 08:12 (one year ago) link
just like with EMOTION, the bonus tracks are amazing. "Anxious" might be better than anything on the album
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 07:33 (one year ago) link
I didn’t realise that was a bonus track, seems odd not to be part of the album to me.
I guess thinking back it’s a classic CRJ move, see “Drive”
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 08:51 (one year ago) link
Heh, I similarly wasn't aware the EMOTION bonus tracks were bonus tracks when I first heard it. I just thought it was a very long, very good album
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 10:08 (one year ago) link
I wish the whole album was co-written by Bullion. Far-away and Bends are great. I want more of that.
Bends to Western Wind is indeed a perfect combo.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 10:09 (one year ago) link
Xxxpost: maybe CRJ doesn’t know Momus but Bullion might.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 10:11 (one year ago) link
i don't think "bends" is ripping "voyager" at least
― ufo, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 11:11 (one year ago) link
lol at some point it came out that haim co-wrote "making the most of the night" under a pseudonym and i never knew until now?
― ufo, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 12:10 (one year ago) link
I finally listened to the song "The Loneliest Time." It sounds like it's going for an Olivia Newton John vibe.
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 13:57 (one year ago) link
Not hearing Momus per se but it does sounds like german electropop from early 00’s - backing track at least - something like Barbara Morgenstern, Lali Puna, isan… stuff like that.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 14:38 (one year ago) link
"the loneliest time" is excellent. that and "western wind" outclass everything else on here.
the rest is fine, but those are just excellent!
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 15:19 (one year ago) link
Huh I never knew that either. When I heard Sia's version of it, it made perfect sense that she co-wrote - it's a very Sia melody. I'm not sure what part Haim wrote, but the chorus has the quick pace of some of their songs
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 15:48 (one year ago) link
Add my name to the list of ilxors who love "Western Wind". Suggests an alternate universe where she collaborated on an album with Benoit and Sergio.
Don't get the hate for "Beach House"! If No Doubt got back together and released it I'd love it. And I love it this way too
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:20 (one year ago) link
'western wind' definitely one of my songs of the year.
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:30 (one year ago) link
Might be just the pop duet thing but Loneliest Time is giving me vibes of Annie/Jake Shears on Neon Lights
― kinder, Saturday, 29 October 2022 18:22 (one year ago) link
Okay, late to hearing this, but it really is terrific, especially the back half. Damn. Cut "Beach House" and it comes within swinging distance of flawless, imho. Absolutely love "Western Wind", "Go Find" and "The Loneliest Time" in particular.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 22:52 (one year ago) link
another beach house hater wtf
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 17 November 2022 00:11 (one year ago) link
and he's probably gonna hurt your feelings
― enochroot, Thursday, 17 November 2022 01:21 (one year ago) link
It’s not that it’s terrible, it sticks out too much.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 17 November 2022 01:28 (one year ago) link
I don't hate it, it's just not great and sticks out like a sore thumb, ruining the flow.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 17 November 2022 15:08 (one year ago) link
i can sense your hate, don't lie
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 17 November 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
"Beach House" was a real crowd-pleaser live by the way, a fun moment in the show
― erasingclouds, Thursday, 17 November 2022 16:00 (one year ago) link
Being a good live-show tune is definitely what I feel the intention behind Beach House is.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 17 November 2022 16:57 (one year ago) link
I genuinely don't hate it, I would like it more as a standalone single that works great live and shows up on her inevitably killer singles comp. It just takes me out of the album's otherwise great vibe.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 17 November 2022 17:12 (one year ago) link
It’s not that it’s terrible, it sticks out too much.― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, November 16, 2022 8:28 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, November 16, 2022 8:28 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
When I stick out, then I stick out too much.
― peace, man, Thursday, 17 November 2022 18:39 (one year ago) link
The sequencing on this album is a thing of beauty. I mentioned Bends into Western Wind, but also love Go Find Yourself or Whatever into The Loneliest Time. Bc The Loneliest Time, on its own, is poised on this knife-edge between genuine hope and false hope: it could be a love story, or it could just be the kind of self-deluding fantasy you spin when you're lonely and starting to think it's a good idea to call up your ex. But Go Find Yourself or Whatever is so clearly about being able to hold reality and false hope in your mind at the same time: "Tell me that we'll meet up someday/I'll tell you that I'm no good at tellin' lies," but also, simultaneously, "and I'll wait for you." So that when The Loneliest Time starts after that final "I'll wait for you," the balance tips just slightly in the direction of fantasy: this vision of reuniting, loneliness ended, everything back the way it was and the sun on the water in the morning, it's beautiful but it isn't real.
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 19 November 2022 03:16 (one year ago) link
that's so sweetcame by just to say it's clear to me now this is her best work yet. It mightn't even be close.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 03:52 (one year ago) link
"bends" is really so good i hope she does a full album with bullion next
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 12:46 (one year ago) link
Ohh that's Bullion producing? Maybe I knew and forgot. The song is great, yes. Doesn't seem her style to do a whole album with one producer, but I do hope they work together again
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 21:31 (one year ago) link