Charli XCX

No thread on her yet. Her two singles released this year ('stay away', 'nuclear seasons') got the 'best new track' feature on Pitchfork and TheSinglesJukebox rated the later with a 7.83 which is quite a high score by their standards. Also it seems she's been getting the love by british press for a few years now, but I can't confirm that firsthand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBxC5bRbruQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1GNx2bwZa4

― Moka, Sunday, 13 November 2011 00:24 (six years ago) Permalink

Is she named after a Star Trek episode?

― Miss Piggy and Frodo in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 13 November 2011 00:49 (six years ago) Permalink

From interview magazine http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/brit-pop-girls#_ :

CHARLI XCX
FULL NAME: Charlotte Aitchison. “The XCX really stands for ‘kiss Charli kiss’ which is unbelievably crap.”

AGE: 17.

PROVENANCE: Hertfordshire.

SOUND: Pouty raps, fuzzy basslines.

INTERVIEW: How long have you been making music?
CHARLI XCX: I started writing my own things when I was about 8. I used to try to bully my friends into imitating the Spice Girls on the playground. Then I realized, Oh god, my career’s going nowhere, so I looked in the Yellow Pages and phoned up the first cheap studio that I found and started recording.
INTERVIEW: What’s your song “I Wanna Be Darth Vader” about?
CHARLI XCX: Well, last night on Britain’s Got Talent, there was this absolute twat dancing to
Michael Jackson in a Darth Vader suit, which put me off a bit, but I used to think Darth Vader was really sexy—the mask, the voice, the heavy breathing, and the way that his cape whooshes when he walks.
INTERVIEW: What’s your grand plan?
CHARLI XCX: Well, there are a huge amount of girls out at the minute and they’re all great, but I feel like I could take them all on. I like Lady Gaga’s music and I think her fashion is great, but I saw her on a chat show and I wanted to punch her in the face. I kind of like La Roux, but her voice sometimes really annoys me. That said, I recently noticed that I’ve been doing really high notes in my songs, and I’m like, Oh no, here it comes. I’m going to turn into La Roux. And I’ve just gotten a massively short haircut with a huge fringe. Next I’ll be going ginger.

― Moka, Sunday, 13 November 2011 01:57 (six years ago) Permalink

God bless all these musicians before their PR agents get to them and they actually give fun interviews.
Great songs, by the way.

― SirGreendown, Sunday, 13 November 2011 23:33 (six years ago) Permalink

Whoops, meant to say "God bless all these youngish musicians while they're still giving fun interviews, before their PR agents get to them."

― SirGreendown, Sunday, 13 November 2011 23:35 (six years ago) Permalink

kinda confused by seeing people have their minds blown by her. she's ok i guess, need to hear way more though - i like what i've heard but i'm not fully convinced for some reason, seems a touch heavy-handed

― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Monday, 14 November 2011 07:59 (six years ago) Permalink

Stay Away is definitely one of my favorites this year. Nuclear Seasons, not really.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 November 2011 18:04 (six years ago) Permalink

Totally into "Nuclear Seasons" and I think I'm gonna go see her tomorrow at her first US show (!)

― Joan Cusack clumsily running into a water fountain (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 8 March 2012 13:32 (six years ago) Permalink

i love stay away. and valentine. haven't heard anything else other than nuclear seasons which a lot of people seem to like but i don't really get

― teledyldonix, Friday, 9 March 2012 01:53 (six years ago) Permalink

the chorus in this is great http://soundcloud.com/charlixcx/youre-the-one/s-pU6Fs

― owenf, Monday, 11 June 2012 20:51 (five years ago) Permalink

Still waiting for something as good as Stay Away. Not even the Icona Pop song is close imo.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 11 June 2012 20:57 (five years ago) Permalink

okay so this "super ultra" mixtape is just ridiculously great

― monotony, Saturday, 10 November 2012 09:57 (five years ago) Permalink

It is!

― Tim F, Monday, 19 November 2012 17:25 (five years ago) Permalink

cosign! this is probably the closest an album has come to approximating the feel of maxinquaye for me, sounds amazing late at night. rapping over "moments in love" is p much a direct route to my heart. it's a little messy, but the songs are really there. also i didn't realize she was only 20--she'll probably go for leaner production choices in the future.

― een, Monday, 26 November 2012 05:38 (five years ago) Permalink

Everything is consistently excellent. Also "Heatwave" is my jam.

― Tim F, Monday, 26 November 2012 08:19 (five years ago) Permalink

It's almost as if... Someone made tumblr-pop that justified the adjectives and lurid colourscapes.

― Tim F, Monday, 26 November 2012 08:21 (five years ago) Permalink

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/14932-various-artists-you-ha-ha-ha-lindstrm-remix/

Lindstrøm gives this shit a proper workout.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:23 (five years ago) Permalink

i really have no idea what to make of this album, like even whether i'm enjoying it or not

― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 20:53 (five years ago) Permalink

i feel like i'm on the brink of being completely YESSSSS THIS IS RESONATING DEEPLY WITH ME but i can't...quite...get...there and it's the kind of thing where if you're NOT on board emotionally it's kind of functionally useless

― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 20:54 (five years ago) Permalink

"you're the one" is a bit of a monster though

― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 20:55 (five years ago) Permalink

albeit i think i might like "you're the one" better if it didn't plunge shamelessly into its cheesy chorus?

the brooke candy verse on this is disappointingly terrible

― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 20:57 (five years ago) Permalink

have't heard the album but from the singles can attest that if you're on board emotionally they are the best ever

― katherine, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 21:41 (five years ago) Permalink

there's a vagueness that keeps me from being emotionally on board "you're the one" but that curving bass

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 21:46 (five years ago) Permalink

really love the lingering the verses do on "you (ha ha ha)" too

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 21:49 (five years ago) Permalink

Does she have her own "I Love It" on this? I am still curious to hear what she would have done with it instead of Icona Pop.

― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 22:48 (five years ago) Permalink

I'm into this newest single "what I like". she has a knack for cadence

― monotony, Sunday, 31 March 2013 01:54 (five years ago) Permalink

streaming over @ pitchfork advance

― monotony, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 15:07 (five years ago) Permalink

This has very big Alisha's Attic vibes writ large all over it. It's a modern pop album that seems designed for people who grew up in the 90s, which is probably either really cute and endearing, or naff and silly, depending on your taste for talky-sung verses in the style of Siobhan Fahey when in Shakespeare's Sister.

― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 22:50 (five years ago) Permalink

Charli XCX herself seems very much a pop starlet for the twenty-something crowd, in the way she nonchalantly swears and sings about sexual encounters but it's all framed in this goth-pop cuteness with easy melodies and simple vivid imagery. I can see this album's relationship to 90's r&b being comparable to the way Anniemal took 80's disco and made it sound very pop but very chic, even though this is a lot more obviously dark and menacing.

― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 22:58 (five years ago) Permalink

aka the awful song with Brooke Candy made me nervous but I even don't mind that in the context of the album and You (Ha Ha Ha) is actually better than I remembered and the rest of it is great. The first three singles are still the best stuff here especially Nuclear Seasons but this is a pretty wonderful pop album.

― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 11 April 2013 03:20 (five years ago) Permalink

as extravagant as charli's overload of stylistic reference points is, i don't think it's what's preventing this clicking for me - basically just don't think her songwriting is quite there yet. it's a bit overstuffed but the problem is less that and more her lack of a really distinct songwriting voice

― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Thursday, 11 April 2013 10:38 (five years ago) Permalink

or just, interesting words, or something

― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Thursday, 11 April 2013 10:38 (five years ago) Permalink

i think i'm the only person in the world that doesn't hate the brooke candy song. the second-to-last one "how can i" would be the dud if i had to pick one

― monotony, Thursday, 11 April 2013 13:03 (five years ago) Permalink

You're not alone. Cloud Aura is one of her best. That said, True Romance is a let-down for me largely due to the production. My favorite track is What I Like, but even it has it's problems. Like why start of with a great intro that gets you all hyped up, only to never reference it anywhere else in the song? Still love it, but that's just one example of the many opportunities missed by this album. I expected it to be much more in the vein of Dance 4 U and Velvet Dreaming but the album's first half is like a 90's rehash of what Little Boots was doing with 80's pop.

― Cousin Slappy, Thursday, 11 April 2013 17:45 (five years ago) Permalink

I've been cool on her other singles but "What I Like" is marvelous.

― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 April 2013 17:47 (five years ago) Permalink

this is awesome; the two-year-old songs thread in pretty seamlessly

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:53 (five years ago) Permalink

weird but so far i prefer the album tracks to most of the singles (except "what i like" which wow). "like roses" and "take my hand" especially

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:19 (five years ago) Permalink

black roses*

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:19 (five years ago) Permalink

Really, really, really good record.

― monotony, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 01:59 (five years ago) Permalink

after seeing her live last week this album is finally seriously beginning to click for me

in a way i'm glad the singles never quite did it in isolation because i get to feel the rush of "YOU'RE JUST ELECTRIC BLUE" now instead

― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 22 April 2013 19:51 (five years ago) Permalink

CUZ I CAN TASTE YOUR LIPS ON MY LIPS
YOUR KISSES TAKE ME OUT OF CONTROL
AND I CAN FEEL MY BLOOOOOOOOD
IT'S CRAWLING THROUGH MY VEEEEEEIIIIIIIINS

somewhere, shirley manson feels proud

― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 22 April 2013 19:59 (five years ago) Permalink

brooke candy's rap on "cloud aura" is so so bad but the rest of it is so good

― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 22 April 2013 20:01 (five years ago) Permalink

WHY YOU WANNA GO TO SLEEP
DON'T GO TO SLEEP
DON'T GO TO SLEEP
LET'S GO OUUUUUT

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 22 April 2013 20:02 (five years ago) Permalink

hmmm i gave this album a couple spins last week but i only actually liked about half of it (mostly the front half, but some later too), the rest just became this amorphous blur of whatever

― dyl, Monday, 22 April 2013 20:03 (five years ago) Permalink

it's taken me about a month and about...8 or 9 plays, i guess, to click

― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 22 April 2013 20:04 (five years ago) Permalink

YOU'RE JUST ELECTRIC BLUUUUUUE is wonderful. all of this is wonderful.

except for brooke candy

― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 22 April 2013 21:02 (five years ago) Permalink

Is "cloud aura" the same as on last year's mixtape?

― Tim F, Monday, 22 April 2013 22:33 (five years ago) Permalink

yeah no changes as far as i can tell

― monotony, Monday, 22 April 2013 22:42 (five years ago) Permalink

"set me free" is ENORMOUS and shoulda been the lead-off single instead of "you"

― monotony, Monday, 22 April 2013 22:43 (five years ago) Permalink

I still don't get why "I Love It" didn't get the praise this is getting, I know it's noisy and brash but that's kinda the point?

This keeps getting better on repeated listens, it's not so much that it's a grower as

― boxedjoy, Monday, 22 April 2013 22:50 (five years ago) Permalink

i'd be curious to know if bono could write a song without the edge *and* adam *and* larry *and* eno and god knows who else, damn there are so many people in that machine, but for some reason no one ever asks about that.

― fact checking cuz, Friday, 24 March 2017 20:42 (one year ago) Permalink

I'm just quoting these in response to the hilarious bullshit that is "no one has EVER questioned these singer-songwriters"

obviously -- although the very existence of this tangent suggests maybe it isn't as obviously as it should be -- pop songwriting works differently than solo, probably folky singer-songwriter stuff, but that's how the industry works, just like how publishing houses employ (for some values of "employ," but that's just me complaining) editors and copy editors and proofreaders, ad companies have multiple copywriters...

― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 24 March 2017 20:51 (one year ago) Permalink

and rock bands can have topline writers, too. michael stipe is/was a topline writer. people just don't tend to notice it in that situation, and/or they want to hold on this weird belief in the platonic ideal of the lone genius who exists without any kind of collaboration, as if collaboration is somehow a bad thing, as if you can't be genius if you're not locked in a dark room, alone, probably with no food or water.

― fact checking cuz, Friday, 24 March 2017 20:58 (one year ago) Permalink

Yeah, like no one ever is constantly questioning Drake's musicianship, his song writing, and what it is he actually writes and doesn't.

― orientmammal, Friday, 24 March 2017 21:04 (one year ago) Permalink

ghostwriting in rap is a whole separate thing

― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 24 March 2017 21:07 (one year ago) Permalink

Seriously though who has ever questioned Kate Bush, Tracy Chapman, Tori Amos? No one, because there's nothing to question - for the same reason no one questions Prince or Stevie, they make their own music.

― orientmammal, Friday, 24 March 2017 21:11 (one year ago) Permalink

ok so question, who wrote "I Love It" then

― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 24 March 2017 21:16 (one year ago) Permalink

ok so question, who wrote "I Love It" then

― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, March 24, 2017 9:16 PM

I believe the vocal "melody" of the song consists of ....1 note.... repeated infinitude. A well trained monkey could've done it.

― orientmammal, Friday, 24 March 2017 21:24 (one year ago) Permalink

this type of thing is really muddy these days

1. "producer" means something different now than it did before protools. in the context of major label pop in 2017 it means the person or people responsible for the sounds you hear on a song that aren't human voices. even then, it's usually not that simple - many producers rely on commercially available sample packs as building blocks to construct their songs, which are sometimes elaborate enough to encompass entire chord progressions or instrumental leads. most big-name producer brands don't actually do very much production at all, instead relying on stables of uncredited ghost producers to generate ideas for them. there's no way of really knowing what a pop producer actually did to earn their production credit, and anyone capable of clarifying it is usually under an NDA

2. a popular artist will always get a songwriting credit whether they contributed to the songwriting or not. to make things more complicated, artists who receive bullshit songwriting credits often have outsized and delusional perspectives on how important their contribution was - audiences tend to be ignorant of what producers and songwriters actually do, but artists are often even moreso. they tend to genuinely believe that the twenty minutes they spend changing a lyric in the second verse was the key contribution that turned the song into a hit. major label pop artists these days are often actual teenagers who have no understanding or appreciation for the craft of songwriting. they sincerely believe that bob dylan also made music by talking to max martin about his day for a little while and then coming back the next day to find a completed song waiting to be recorded

it is impossible to fully settle arguments like this because the credits that are generally made available to the public are completely false most of the time and even the people who were in the room when the song was made don't have all the facts about what exactly happened

that said, charli actually does write and she's great at it

― james brooks, Friday, 24 March 2017 21:26 (one year ago) Permalink

well, yeah, barring something like the Robin Thicke deposition it's impossible to fully settle arguments about this, but it's a whole new level of stupid to suggest that someone who makes a significant part of her living as a professional songwriter does not in fact write.

(also, pop artists might be actual teenagers, but songwriters tend to be older [because 25-year-olds are decrepit] and often either used to be "legit" solo singer-songwriters [bonnie mckee, sarah hudson, etc.] or aspired toward it)

― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 24 March 2017 21:38 (one year ago) Permalink

Seriously though who has ever questioned Kate Bush, Tracy Chapman, Tori Amos?

http://americablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/The-spanish-inquisition.jpg

― Bill Teeters (Tom D.), Friday, 24 March 2017 21:45 (one year ago) Permalink

iirc bonnie and sarah are both around the same age as katy perry

― james brooks, Friday, 24 March 2017 22:13 (one year ago) Permalink

well I mean pre-one of the boys katy perry would have also fit the category

― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 24 March 2017 22:19 (one year ago) Permalink

listening to TRUE ROMANCE for the first time in a couple of years. holds up pretty well! why haven't i liked anything she's done since (apart from "boom clap")?

― Wozniak on Kimye's Baby (jaymc), Saturday, 22 April 2017 04:33 (one year ago) Permalink

nothing else she's done really sounds like it?

― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 22 April 2017 08:02 (one year ago) Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPRy1B4t5YA

― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 19:09 (nine months ago) Permalink

Hopefully this will be enough of a hit so we actually get the album.

― kitchen person, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 20:50 (nine months ago) Permalink

Glad she's not trying to be all punky anymore.

― Moodles, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 21:46 (nine months ago) Permalink

this is fab!!

― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 21:53 (nine months ago) Permalink

👀 'They're doing all the sexy things that girls usually do in music videos' @charli_xcx reveals the all star cast in the video for 'Boys' pic.twitter.com/vAH0yDXxvl

— BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) July 26, 2017

― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 21:53 (nine months ago) Permalink

immediately loved this one

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 26 July 2017 21:54 (nine months ago) Permalink

it was produced by a guy who has done stuff for terror jr, and you can def hear that muted narcotic thump thing going on but it's a little more playful than i.e. kiaara or what not, feels like her song

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 26 July 2017 21:54 (nine months ago) Permalink

it is very lovely

― dyl, Thursday, 27 July 2017 06:00 (nine months ago) Permalink

This was a good read.

http://www.stereogum.com/1954158/so-is-charli-xcxs-album-gonna-come-out-soon-or-what/franchises/the-week-in-pop/

Apparently her third album isn't coming out until next year now!

― kitchen person, Friday, 28 July 2017 01:22 (nine months ago) Permalink

I just hope that the viral clip is enough to get "Boys" on the radio so that people will actually care about a new Charli XCX album, whenever it gets here

― Champiness, Friday, 28 July 2017 05:59 (nine months ago) Permalink

holy shit this is so good

― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 28 July 2017 14:38 (nine months ago) Permalink

it is.

― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 28 July 2017 14:51 (nine months ago) Permalink

i'm rooting for charli xcx but ugh, the fat jew in the video :(

― maura, Friday, 28 July 2017 15:02 (nine months ago) Permalink

and cameron dallas? yuck

1. Joe Jonas
2. The Fat Jewish
3. Max Hershenow
4. Charlie Puth
5. Joey Bada$$
6. OLI SYKES 💕
7. Cameron Dallas
8. Sage The Gemini
9 - 10. Chromeo
11. BRENDON URIE 💕
12. Caspar Lee
13. G - Eazy
14. Stormzy
15. Denzel Curry
16. Amine
17-18. Ezra Koeng, Mark Ronson
19. MNEK
20. Rostam Batmanglij (VW)
21. DON'T KNOW
22. DAN SMITH 💕 (Bastille)
23 - 24. Flume & A.G. Cook
25- 26. Wiz Khalifa & Ty Dolla $
27. Tinie Tempah
28- 30. The Swet Shop Boys
31- 33. WSTRN
34. Taka
35. Carl Barat
36. Barns Courtney
37. Connor Franta
38. Shaun Ross
39. Fai Khandra
40. Will.i.am
41. Tommy Cash (rose dude)
42. Jack Guinness
43. Diplo (guy with the puppies)
44. Laurie Vincent (guy w baby)
45. JACK ANTONOFF 💕 (GLASSES) AKA FROM FUN & BLEACHERS AHHH.
46- 47. Tristan Evans & James McVey (dudes with the cake)
48. Tom Daley
49. Frank Carter (candle fingers)
50. The Cobrasnake (cam dude)
51. Fred Macpherson
52- 56. Mic LOWRY (DUDES IN PINK)
57- 58. THEY (BASEBALL BATS)
59. Theo Hutchcraft (pink boxing gloves)
60. Buddy (nice butt sign)
61. JOHN GOURLEY 💕 (PORTUGAL THE MAN) (GETS TATTOED CHARLI)
62. Shokichi (cup in hand)
63. Liam Fray (phone on hand)
64. Jay Park (floating flamingo)
65- 66. Prince & Jacob (beachball)
67. D.R.A.M (smashing tvs)
68. Shamari Maurice (wearing crop top)
69. Tom Grennan
70. Jay Prince (brown jersey)
71. Khalid (holding colorful pups)
72. Poets
73. VANCE JOY 💕 (takin a bite of something)
74. MAC DEMARCO 💕 (LICKING GUITAR)
75. KAYTRANADA
76. CHARLI HERSELF 💕

― maura, Friday, 28 July 2017 15:03 (nine months ago) Permalink

(that was borrowed from the yt comments)

― maura, Friday, 28 July 2017 15:04 (nine months ago) Permalink

lotta terrible boys in that video

― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 28 July 2017 15:04 (nine months ago) Permalink

i guess there's a boy for everyone (to be annoyed by)

― maura, Friday, 28 July 2017 15:05 (nine months ago) Permalink

Didn't recognise any of 'em! Assumed they were just random, er, boys. Great song.

― Jeff W, Friday, 28 July 2017 18:51 (nine months ago) Permalink

the Cobrasnake in 2017?

― nomar, Friday, 28 July 2017 18:58 (nine months ago) Permalink

Yea I thought these were all random dudes and Mac Demarco.

― billstevejim, Friday, 28 July 2017 23:57 (nine months ago) Permalink

p humane to get the fat jew and charlie puth out of the way early

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 29 July 2017 02:56 (nine months ago) Permalink

the sound in the chorus is almost exactly "mario gets a coin", right?

― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 29 July 2017 09:23 (nine months ago) Permalink

Yeah, fitting that D.R.A.M. is in the video having used the same sound on "Cha Cha"

― Iain Mew (if), Saturday, 29 July 2017 09:47 (nine months ago) Permalink

I'm a sucker for that mario coin sound. DRAM did it better but still I can't resist it.

― dance cum rituals (Moka), Saturday, 29 July 2017 18:20 (nine months ago) Permalink

i'm always rooting for Charli XCX to do something better than those other people's hits she's on, but disappointed by the song. that coin sound is regrettable - it becomes
cringe-inducing by the end, for me.

video would be better if it had some GOP limelighters. surely Boehner, Ryan, Kasich and Carson would have been up for some carwash / lawncare action.

― El Tomboto, Saturday, 29 July 2017 18:47 (nine months ago) Permalink

kind of amazing nobody's made a youtube of that actually

― El Tomboto, Saturday, 29 July 2017 18:48 (nine months ago) Permalink

enjoying Pop 2, especially Backseat and Femmebot

― ufo, Friday, 15 December 2017 05:31 (five months ago) Permalink

wow

this is the charli album I've been waiting for

just three songs in and I'm floored

― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 December 2017 09:15 (five months ago) Permalink

just saw this in Spotify - is it a proper album?

― Jeff W, Friday, 15 December 2017 12:42 (five months ago) Permalink

it's a 'mixtape' and basically it's Number 1 Angel part 2

― ufo, Friday, 15 December 2017 12:47 (five months ago) Permalink

I have no idea how to differentiate between mixtape and album in this case. is it just because there is no physical release?

not to taint opinions out of the gate, but PC Music is all over this. it's also very good, Out of My Head in particular.

― fffv, Friday, 15 December 2017 15:03 (five months ago) Permalink

no physical release + no real label support yeah

her next 'proper album' was finished like a year ago iirc but has been held back endlessly. after the afterparty is supposed to be on it and id imagine boys too

― ufo, Friday, 15 December 2017 15:12 (five months ago) Permalink

after a few more listens I feel pretty confident saying this is both her best album and the best PC Music-adjacent release

― ufo, Saturday, 16 December 2017 15:08 (five months ago) Permalink

Checked this out after the year-end polls and Backseat has been in my head for days.

― how's life, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:02 (three months ago) Permalink

I’m a dreamer

― Free jazz baser (Ross), Sunday, 13 May 2018 03:04 (one week ago) Permalink