not enough going for the most obvious melody in any given situation
― imago, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
that's harsh, ldr isn't bad. but god what did weyes blood have to do to get everyone's attention. she even wrote do you need my love' and got shrugs
― imago, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link
Maybe it would help if she re-wrote a famous Radiohead song.
But seriously, the reason why LDR gets so much more attention is because she's had a lot of mainstream success and Weyes Blood hasn't.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 17:18 (five years ago) link
also maybe sooooooomething to do with image? they are both extremely pretty but LDR makes much more of a show of it/her visage
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
also Weyes Blood's music was pretty "weird" before Front Row
― alpine static, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
Weyes rules. Drug dealer collbs dope too
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
Imago otm
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
LL otm
Lana Del Rey is a pop singer-songwriter and superstar because that's what she is; Weyes Blood is an indie singer-songwriter with a cult following because that's what she is. Two different worlds. You might as well ask why Ariel Pink doesn't get the same pop star hype as Abel Tesfaye.
― crüt, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:03 (five years ago) link
Would you not agree though that the last WB album was full of brilliant pop songs, though, or that LDR has quite a bit of indie cred?
― imago, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:05 (five years ago) link
Her songs are clearly too progressive in that they don't always end where they began.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
I honestly haven't paid much attention to WB in the past couple of years! I love her voice and I think she has great taste but her productions don't sound very poppy to me? Pop music is extremely hi-def & quantized & autotuned these days & that's not really a vibe I envision her pursuing. She keeps the rough edges in her music iirc. I personally liked her best when her recordings had lots of tape hiss, e.g. "Candyboy"
As for Lana Del Rey, I know only what I read and the very little I've heard, but she seems very invested in that hi-def world.
― crüt, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
The aforementioned 'Do You Need My Love' got quite a bit of airplay and a glowing Pitchfork write-up. I definitely think she's gone pop, in a 70s kind of way.
I bumped this thread because the two new LDR songs ILM was slavering over sounded a bit like watered-down Weyes Blood to my ears
― imago, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
Is the new LDR album really called "Norman Fucking Rockwell"? That's a pretty funny joke that will get old very fast.
― crüt, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
Maybe a bit better than that (Venice Bitch being far superior to the other one) but certainly along similar lines
― imago, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
LDR channels Lee Hazlewood eccentricities, but Weyes Blood seems to be an actual eccentric like Hazlewood. Or what crut said about pop vs. cult.
― saddest kamancheh (bendy), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:32 (five years ago) link
I think imago is saying weyes is underrated
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
No way is it watered down ldr tho man
Retract ?
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link
Christine McVie vibes on this one https://open.spotify.com/track/40PRp88YqFp5fM0MtG2j1N?si=N4Wl5gWSQOyEMSQArqdSJw
― niels, Monday, 24 September 2018 07:37 (five years ago) link
new https://open.spotify.com/track/0L6lVIgGqVHnmR3BIy8GHa
― just sayin, Thursday, 17 January 2019 04:34 (five years ago) link
beautiful track, and an instant earworm
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 18 January 2019 01:24 (five years ago) link
keep listening to andromeda again and again. it's wonderful. melodically more pleasing than anything on front row, and i love the lead guitar.
― mizzell, Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:20 (five years ago) link
"melodically more pleasing than anything on front row"
strong disagree. but it is lovely and I'm excited for what's next
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:21 (five years ago) link
new album, Titanic Rising, is out April 5.http://www.brooklynvegan.com/files/2019/02/weyes-blood-titanic-rising.jpg1. A Lot’s Gonna Change2. Andromeda3. Everyday4. Something to Believe5. Titanic Rising6. Movies7. Mirror Forever8. Wild Time9. Picture Me Better10. Nearer To Thee
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 14:14 (five years ago) link
i prefer the art released with Andromedahttps://subpop-wysiwyg.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads%2F1547682611625-WeyesBlood_Andromeda_600.jpg
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 14:15 (five years ago) link
Awesome!
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 14:18 (five years ago) link
Andromeda the better of the two advance singles so far but she's definitely going for something pretty singular
― imago, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 14:19 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ-BFlTo5ag
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
wait a secondi just watched the first 36 seconds of that video before i realized this is 100% not what i thought "weyes blood" sounded like
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
haha me too ... this sounds like aimee mann (not a complaint, it's good!)
― tylerw, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CsvKUoGzXk
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 12:59 (five years ago) link
this is streaming on the sub pop site if you pre-ordered the album. on first listen nothing stood out like Andromeda has. gonna listen again now.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:00 (five years ago) link
you mean the album is streaming???
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:12 (five years ago) link
this song is awesome obv
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:15 (five years ago) link
yes
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:18 (five years ago) link
if i were to hypothetically pre-order the album now, i could hear the stream, is what you're saying
interesting
i would like to hear more about how it compares to her previous stuff
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:22 (five years ago) link
fav songs on second listen are Movies, based around a synth arpeggio which builds up with mult-track vocals and then a break down with violin following the synth and builds again, and Mirror Forever which has a nice synthy guitar lead and the most interesting melody/lyrics a lot of the other songs are based around piano and strings.title track is a short washy synth instrumental. final song is a short strings/synth instrumental.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:45 (five years ago) link
o yeah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFtRq6t3jOo
― mizzell, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 00:18 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlykn_KSQ3o
― mizzell, Thursday, 28 March 2019 13:15 (five years ago) link
ooh
btw this album has gone OFF on RYM. haven't heard it yet but...wow
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Thursday, 28 March 2019 13:16 (five years ago) link
For ppl who have yet to preorder:
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/705506270/first-listen-weyes-blood-titanic-rising
― Simon H., Thursday, 28 March 2019 13:23 (five years ago) link
ah right ok let's go
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Thursday, 28 March 2019 13:31 (five years ago) link
ok, my feeling is: good, not as good as the previous two, but i can sort of understand why RYM has gone berserk - they've basically been asleep for three albums. also this has a bigger sound and everyone loves that
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Thursday, 28 March 2019 15:06 (five years ago) link
that is your feeling after one listen, is that correct?
― alpine static, Thursday, 28 March 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
two listens! it might be a grower too
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Thursday, 28 March 2019 22:55 (five years ago) link
also fuck you - who are you to patronise me like that
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Friday, 29 March 2019 07:36 (five years ago) link
sorry, that was a bit strong
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Friday, 29 March 2019 11:26 (five years ago) link
and maybe alpine static knows something i don't, because this is growing on me now
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Friday, 29 March 2019 14:54 (five years ago) link
I understand the high quality but just it is just not my cup of tea. Feeling wins over logic.
― nostormo, Friday, 29 March 2019 19:26 (five years ago) link
this record kinda reminds me of Mitski's Be The Cowboy - not sonically, but it's a very strong, solid, well-crafted record that feels like a mass appeal-ready crystallization of the artist's vision, with maybe just a teensy tiny bit too much of the rough edge polished off.
Be The Cowboy was top 10 worthy, and so is Titanic Rising.
― alpine static, Saturday, 30 March 2019 07:02 (five years ago) link
they are probably the two best current songwriters
listening to this again this morning...i don't know why i ever doubted it, this is incredible. as you say, it is more widely-appealing than the early stuff, but it hits this amazing space-psych vibe that it sustains throughout. it's ecstatic for its vision
be the cowboy is definitely mitski's best imo and time will tell if this is weyes blood's
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Saturday, 30 March 2019 08:12 (five years ago) link