this is my favourite scene in music right now tbh
start here: https://blackdresses.bandcamp.com/album/wasteisolation
proceed to: girls rituals, rook, anyone else from this compilation that catches your ear
note that for the purposes of this thread, katie dey is a canadian
― imago, Monday, 18 June 2018 14:13 (two years ago) link
Cool thread !
― sunburst N snowblind (Ross), Monday, 18 June 2018 18:37 (two years ago) link
Black Dresses is my favorite album this year, but I think it goes in the category of things I love unconditionally that I can't imagine recommending to anyone I currently know IRL.
if you're on the right wavelength, it's basically everything. I'm slightly less enthusiastic about Girls Rituals, but the track "It's Not That Deep" hits similar highs.
― fffv, Monday, 18 June 2018 23:18 (two years ago) link
rook put out an album today and it rules and you should send her some money.
https://rooksfeather.bandcamp.com/album/shed-blood
― fffv, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 00:42 (two years ago) link
oh sick I'll listen to this presently
― imago, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 08:43 (two years ago) link
this is sounding amazing
― imago, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 13:51 (two years ago) link
seems like rook is putting out another album tonight, stay tuned
― imago, Monday, 17 September 2018 23:31 (two years ago) link
Katie Dey deleted her twitter :( a lot of her tweets in recent months were really concerning, I hope she's okay
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 18 September 2018 03:09 (two years ago) link
me too
meanwhile, here's new rook https://rooksfeather.bandcamp.com/album/parasite
― imago, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 21:32 (two years ago) link
hi im outta hospital & doing well <3 not gonna use twitter a lot though because its brain hell . not that i used it much before .... anyway love u— katie dey (@katie_dey) September 28, 2018
all power to her <3
― imago, Saturday, 29 September 2018 00:05 (two years ago) link
monday pic.twitter.com/zjvUovT3R6— Black Dresses (@BlackDresses666) October 12, 2018
who needed a new black dresses? yes that's right - all of us! and this one they made while in the same room...
― imago, Friday, 12 October 2018 18:32 (two years ago) link
dizzy/devi has been doing heroic and slightly scary work unmasking an abusive doctor on twitter btw so there might have to be some sort of legal kickstarter soon. or maybe the guy will kill himself, which would be preferable
― imago, Friday, 12 October 2018 18:34 (two years ago) link
boom
https://blackdresses.bandcamp.com/album/hell-is-real
― imago, Monday, 15 October 2018 15:10 (two years ago) link
The compilation this thread is named after seems to have been removed from Bandcamp. For someone who never got around to buying it: is there anywhere else it can be found? A reason for its absence, related or unrelated to all the other obvious upheaval in these artists’ lives atm?
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Monday, 15 October 2018 18:07 (two years ago) link
On the new moon in Scorpio ♏️ Wednesday November 7th at 16:01 EST @katie_dey and i will be releasing our first full length album together! 💌 pic.twitter.com/PD5OeBq24Z— Dei Genetrix (@dei_genetrix) November 1, 2018
katie dey + dei genetrix (fka girls rituals) album out november 7th!!!!
― ufo, Thursday, 1 November 2018 23:57 (two years ago) link
!!!!!!!!
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Friday, 2 November 2018 00:38 (two years ago) link
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― imago, Friday, 2 November 2018 00:41 (two years ago) link
So this is cool then
― imago, Thursday, 8 November 2018 15:32 (two years ago) link
i like the weird MIDI pop thing they're going for here in places but the overall sound design doesn't really grab me in the same way that katie's solo work does, and they haven't really made the vocals mesh with it very well (this was a problem for me on girls rituals and black dresses albums too)
like the 'bedroom prog' tag though
― ufo, Thursday, 8 November 2018 15:39 (two years ago) link
It's no Flood Network and it's no WASTEISOLATION, but it's cool imo
― imago, Thursday, 8 November 2018 16:46 (two years ago) link
I do suspect it'll grow on me too
― imago, Thursday, 8 November 2018 18:29 (two years ago) link
When it hits the highs there are things on this one that I think might become my absolute favourites out of any of the records, but then there are patches where it just doesn't move me at all (I actually think the first track was one of these, just didn't gel for me at the start).
― emil.y, Friday, 9 November 2018 15:36 (two years ago) link
the run of die or be killed through into the sky is exceptional, as is pigs don't feel pain
― imago, Friday, 9 November 2018 15:56 (two years ago) link
New BD on Feb 5
― imago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 19:47 (one year ago) link
voila
https://blackdresses.bandcamp.com/album/thank-you
#anthemz
― imago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 06:33 (one year ago) link
"wheel of fortune" struck me on first listen
good continuation of a great sound
will give it a few more goes this weekand hopefully over the next few months too
― nxd, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 10:15 (one year ago) link
WATER is the one for me, on first listen
― imago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 10:16 (one year ago) link
new album is v v good
opening for Odonis Odonis on 04/04 which is an inspired pairing
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:55 (one year ago) link
went top of the 2019 RYM chart at the last update. chaos has ensued. a bit reminiscent of when they showed up on the ILM albums poll, but maybe a little less polite
― imago, Thursday, 14 February 2019 11:09 (one year ago) link
xp yesss love odonis odonis
― nxd, Friday, 15 February 2019 10:32 (one year ago) link
oh wow I hadn't realized that was their first-ever live show. they killed it
― Simon H., Friday, 5 April 2019 10:52 (one year ago) link
You went???? I AM SO JEALOUS.
― emil.y, Friday, 5 April 2019 12:18 (one year ago) link
honestly best show I've seen in month, such an inspired pairing, great receptive crowd for them to debut to. kudos to whoever thought it up.
― Simon H., Friday, 5 April 2019 23:50 (one year ago) link
i love this music and these people and support the general premise of this thread
― james brooks, Saturday, 6 April 2019 21:21 (one year ago) link
omg 'dreams come true' (the track)
https://blackdresses.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-come-true-2019
― imago, Friday, 10 May 2019 09:10 (one year ago) link
heyhi i wasn't aware of this when it came out and now the download has vanished w/out a trace! does anyone know what happened/have a zip they can send me? i've thought about just going and collecting the tracklist one by one but i'd like prefer just to have the comp!
― hsayerr, Sunday, 23 June 2019 17:45 (one year ago) link
^^^i didn't download it at the time, sorry. someone must have surely
ANYWAY
https://blackdresses.bandcamp.com/album/love-and-affection-for-stupid-little-bitches
:D
― imago, Thursday, 1 August 2019 08:43 (one year ago) link
would this be a nice place to discuss the recent Default Genders album, coz I'm loving it, ty ogmor and others who've mentioned it
― TOO LOW, the Curator (imago), Friday, 7 February 2020 18:01 (eleven months ago) link
great record, it was posted in another thread early last year but cant remember which...
― nxd, Friday, 7 February 2020 18:59 (eleven months ago) link
it was posted in the thread for the artist's pre-transition project, elite gymnastics...but idk, this thread has her blessing so why not
― TOO LOW, the Curator (imago), Friday, 7 February 2020 19:14 (eleven months ago) link
get excited ppl
https://adarook.bandcamp.com/album/2020-knives
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 19:19 (ten months ago) link
Black Dresses Peaceful as Hell out next week
https://youtu.be/w9RSZmltcVI
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 14:56 (nine months ago) link
that song, that video. my word
― ban laggy jazzer (imago), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 15:53 (nine months ago) link
https://blackdresses.bandcamp.com/album/peaceful-as-hell
so far this is wall-to-wall extraordinary widescreen anthemz
― ban laggy jazzer (imago), Monday, 13 April 2020 12:54 (nine months ago) link
just starting now but holy crow is "maybe this world is another planet's hell?" an incredible song title
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Monday, 13 April 2020 14:24 (nine months ago) link
yeah lots of v good stuff here, idk if this is their best but it certainly doesn't put a foot wrong
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Monday, 13 April 2020 16:07 (nine months ago) link
they've never put out anything that isn't great but they've also never topped wasteisolation. this is as close as they've come tho maybe
― ban laggy jazzer (imago), Monday, 13 April 2020 16:43 (nine months ago) link
re: Black Dresses, it’s fascinating to me just how unique the toxicity within uber-queer fanbases is — not saying it’s more toxic than cishet fanbases (south park says hi) but rather that this type of fanbase pushes back against its creators in a unique way— David Simon (@snidelaughter) May 22, 2020
:(
― imago, Saturday, 23 May 2020 18:06 (seven months ago) link
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this comes a week or two after fantano gave them 9/10 and thus inadvertently sicked his horrible fanbase onto them. not blaming him for this really (especially as BD cause RYM chart drama every time they release an album) but it is so shit how online responses to artists often work now
― imago, Saturday, 23 May 2020 18:08 (seven months ago) link
I still have no idea what happened.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 23 May 2020 18:12 (seven months ago) link
Black Dresses breaking up bc they asked tiktok cosplayers to stop doing cutesy edgy lipsync to a song about child sexual assault and got harassed for it, i truly will be burying myself alive— esther miri rose (@EstherOnFilm) May 23, 2020
― imago, Saturday, 23 May 2020 18:17 (seven months ago) link
ugh ffs
― pomenitul, Saturday, 23 May 2020 18:20 (seven months ago) link
i still have no idea what happened because i literally have twitter blocked on my computer as a malicious site, which it is, and which, since i'm drunk, i'll go ahead and recommend everybody else do. immediately.
― Kate (rushomancy), Saturday, 23 May 2020 20:05 (seven months ago) link
dare I ask for the offending tiktok
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Saturday, 23 May 2020 21:20 (seven months ago) link
(cw csa mention)from what I've been able to gather here's a rundown pic.twitter.com/P1HsrldGfs— 🏳️⚧️ Lady Alexis 🏳️⚧️ (@StebMcDreb) May 22, 2020
heres a more detailed summary. infuriating self-righteous idiot teens
― ufo, Sunday, 24 May 2020 01:44 (seven months ago) link
on a happier note, the new girls rituals album bangs
https://blacksquares.bandcamp.com/album/crap-shit
― imago, Sunday, 24 May 2020 11:55 (seven months ago) link
pretty sure I attended the only two black dresses gigs ever lol
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 12:45 (seven months ago) link
new rook https://adarook.bandcamp.com/album/2020-knives
holy shit at the opening track!!
― imago, Sunday, 31 May 2020 10:40 (seven months ago) link
woah
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Sunday, 31 May 2020 19:30 (seven months ago) link
this is one of the best things either of them have done, together or apart
― imago, Sunday, 31 May 2020 20:07 (seven months ago) link
Yeah, I love this. Got me quite emotional earlier today. I think I strongly lean towards the simpler, almost Strawberry Switchblade-ish electropop songs, that level out the screechier stuff.
― emil.y, Sunday, 31 May 2020 21:17 (seven months ago) link
shall we add some horrorcore rap to the fray
yes
https://backxwash.bandcamp.com/album/god-has-nothing-to-do-with-this-leave-him-out-of-it
― imago, Monday, 1 June 2020 20:50 (seven months ago) link
Too early for horrorcore rap o'er here but the Ada Rook sounds delightful!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 08:36 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE2q-XuM-s0
― ufo, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 10:51 (seven months ago) link
in its own way that^ is one of the most brutal things she's ever made :(
― imago, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 13:41 (seven months ago) link
the hits just keep coming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnKqdhEQgR4
― imago, Sunday, 28 June 2020 10:40 (six months ago) link
it just gets better and better, omg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2boIVtlrPW8
― imago, Tuesday, 7 July 2020 12:55 (six months ago) link
Both are great, she possibly sounds fresher than ever! :)
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 15:39 (six months ago) link
I remember kind of sleeping on the last Black Dresses album out of fatigue from the sheer volume of amazing output, but my god Peaceful As Hell has been on repeat since it came out and it still feels totally fresh and full of depth.
The new Katie Dey singles are sooo beautiful.
― tangenttangent, Monday, 13 July 2020 18:25 (six months ago) link
it's probably their best album on balance
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Monday, 13 July 2020 18:27 (six months ago) link
well there's only one album that drops tonight that i'm stoked for
― imago, Thursday, 23 July 2020 17:01 (five months ago) link
hate to break it to you be the scabloopy floop album doesn't officially drop until _next_ week
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/scabloopy-floop/scabloopy-floop/
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 23 July 2020 17:08 (five months ago) link
Backxwash with another massive hit https://backxwash.bandcamp.com/track/stigmata-produced-by-backxwash-3
― imago, Monday, 27 July 2020 22:51 (five months ago) link
new rook is a treat
https://adarook.bandcamp.com/album/small-towns
― where do all these unsold amps go? (gaudio), Sunday, 13 September 2020 19:43 (four months ago) link
More! MORE!
https://blacksquares.bandcamp.com/album/magic-fire-brain
― imago, Sunday, 13 September 2020 20:44 (four months ago) link
This Crisis Sigil is cool too, better than the first one!
But yeah like you look away for a second and this crew have released like 3 new albums, and they're all great
― imago, Sunday, 13 September 2020 20:50 (four months ago) link
OK second half of the CS album is sick
― imago, Sunday, 13 September 2020 20:58 (four months ago) link