Correct. Shame it wasn't on the European release of the album.
― caek, Friday, 12 October 2007 11:09 (sixteen years ago) link
I hold Sally Shapiro almost entirely responsible for my inability to properly appreciate the Chromatics album. 'He Keeps Me Alive' is amazing!
― Matt DC, Friday, 12 October 2007 23:59 (sixteen years ago) link
gareth told me you wouldn't shut up about the chromatics album
― jaxon, Saturday, 13 October 2007 00:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Buggered if I know, but yeah, probably.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 13 October 2007 00:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, "He Keeps Me Alive" is super! The other newie, "Jackie Jackie," is also great; nice vintage PSB style production with ABBA-esque chorus. Again: super. Both written by this guy btw: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=66025460
(He wrote "Anorak Christmas" as well.)
― David Bachyrycz, Saturday, 13 October 2007 00:17 (sixteen years ago) link
The record's being released in the US on October 30th.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/44466-sally-shapiros-iromancei-comes-to-north-america
― three handclaps, Saturday, 20 October 2007 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Nixon? I really like this version of Anorak Christmas, not as good as Shapiro, needs her voice imho, but who is it? Although actually when he does the don't go bit at the end, that is very good and nice I think.
― I know, right?, Saturday, 20 October 2007 14:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Ugh that Nixon dude's voice is terrible, thank god he has Sally to write songs for though.
That North American tracklisting looks good, more like a proper album than a lengthy EP.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 20 October 2007 14:49 (sixteen years ago) link
This is now out in the US! Thinking of going to get my copy tonight.
― three handclaps, Friday, 2 November 2007 21:57 (sixteen years ago) link
kinda unimpressed by this for some reason????
― deej, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:12 (sixteen years ago) link
kinda wonder if my taste in trendy twee-ish electro-indie pop calcified ages 19-22 and since then nothing will top phoenix and annie
^^^i sound mad softbatch here
― deej, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:16 (sixteen years ago) link
In your defense, Annie is hot.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 10 March 2008 03:18 (sixteen years ago) link
this chicks voice really bothers me
― deej, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:21 (sixteen years ago) link
It's a little chirp-y, but I like it. She's better in small doses, I'll give you that. The single is v. good.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 10 March 2008 03:23 (sixteen years ago) link
will there be hot chicks at her show? a friend invited and im deciding whether to go and thats really my only motivating factor atm
― deej, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:31 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe youre unimpressed by this bcuz it's really boring
― J0rdan S., Monday, 10 March 2008 03:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I clicked on this hoping there was a new single or something. thanks, haters.
― 31g, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't think this music aims to "impress" anybody
― winston, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:36 (sixteen years ago) link
seems like a weird word to use for this record
― winston, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:37 (sixteen years ago) link
is english your first language?
― deej, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:38 (sixteen years ago) link
haha
― tremendoid, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:49 (sixteen years ago) link
before you blame me, blame yourself!
she's the farthest thing from boring, i know that.
― tremendoid, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:50 (sixteen years ago) link
did you try "He Keeps Me Alive"?
yeah, this stuff sounds kinda pretty but i think i just find her voice to dull/irritating
― deej, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:55 (sixteen years ago) link
man the line between "pretty" and "putting me to sleep" is pretty thin for me
― J0rdan S., Monday, 10 March 2008 04:01 (sixteen years ago) link
i agree
― deej, Monday, 10 March 2008 04:04 (sixteen years ago) link
she wasn't really front and center on her first big single, in a weird way, and it was great so I don't think of it that way I guess. Her limitations are pretty obvious as a singer but the nu-talo is exquisite imo.
― tremendoid, Monday, 10 March 2008 04:17 (sixteen years ago) link
"nu-talo"!!! hahaha
i heard she doesn't perform live OR dj during her "live sets"
― jaime, Monday, 10 March 2008 04:41 (sixteen years ago) link
here we go
― tremendoid, Monday, 10 March 2008 04:50 (sixteen years ago) link
ok that's actually good to know thx.
― tremendoid, Monday, 10 March 2008 04:55 (sixteen years ago) link
I still play the US version of Disco Romance a lot, and I think I'd likely count it as one of my favorite lps of the past few years. I feel pretty biased though, as my love for the sugary synth-pop end of italo is pretty much off the chart.
SS does have a new 12" out now on Permanent Vacation, containing 2 of the new tracks from Disco Romance, and a couple of remixes (including one by the Junior Boys).
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 10 March 2008 23:38 (sixteen years ago) link
friend went to the show in nyc. verdict : boring.
― oscar, Monday, 10 March 2008 23:43 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm with deej a bit on this one but that junior boys remix is fantastic.
― haitch, Monday, 10 March 2008 23:46 (sixteen years ago) link
winston otm
― blueski, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:15 (sixteen years ago) link
just downloaded the Sally Shapiro Remix Romance V.1 album and it's quite good, most remix albums blow but this is really good.
remixers are holy fuck, lindstrom, junior boys, tensnake, juan maclean and woodhands [who are from Canada and you should also check out their album]
theres my two cents.
― zappa, Friday, 11 April 2008 14:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, shockingly good for a remix album.
― Gukbe, Saturday, 12 April 2008 00:32 (sixteen years ago) link
i really really want that..
― winston, Saturday, 12 April 2008 01:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Has anyone downloaded vol. 2 yet? Not as many familiar names on that one.
(also, does anyone know if it's getting a physical release at all or if it's just through Paper Bag's mp3 shop?)
― Telephone thing, Saturday, 12 April 2008 01:40 (sixteen years ago) link
havent been able to get all of vol.2 yet, but i've heard the russian futurists and cfcf mixes because they're on a website already, can't remember the one. they're good mixes thou, the futurists mix is more like a cover version and the cfcf mix sounds like an old madonna tune, good stuff.
not sure about a physical release but on the paper bag site is says digital only so it might be just that
― zappa, Saturday, 12 April 2008 16:28 (sixteen years ago) link
just heard "i'll be by your side today" and i guess i don't get it :/ sounds like by-the-numbers 80s electro dance with very thin, 60s french-style singing
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 12 April 2008 16:30 (sixteen years ago) link
it grew on me. there's a few better on the album than that tho - i like that remix of 'find my soul'.
― blueski, Saturday, 12 April 2008 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
blueski - the remix album grew on you or the disco romance album?
tracer hand - i have the north american version of the DR album with He Keeps Me Alive on it which is a highlight, you should check out that tune, it's a good one.
― zappa, Sunday, 13 April 2008 00:13 (sixteen years ago) link
sounds like by-the-numbers 80s electro dance with very thin, 60s french-style singing
are people reading reviews leading them to believe that it is anything other than this? i mean, i personally really enjoy this album (it's one of the best indie-pop albums in a long long while) but people seem to be expecting it to be some big innovative blockbuster or something
― winston, Sunday, 13 April 2008 21:17 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^^
exactly what i was thinkin.
― zappa, Monday, 14 April 2008 22:56 (sixteen years ago) link
The Canseco's remix of "Hold Me So Tight" borrows heavily from the extended version of Electronic - "Getting Away With It".
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 17:57 (sixteen years ago) link
ok! has anyone else heard it yet?! pitchfork and stereogum gave it some love today
― zappa, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 21:16 (sixteen years ago) link
well, the new Remix Romance Vol. 2 is out soon, I've heard it and it's different than Vol. 1 but is still really killer...iTunes is getting a different version on June 3rd, it has 2 more remixes added to it, here is the iTunes track listing:
Remix Romance Vol. 2 track listing:
1. Time to Let Go [CFCF Remix] 2. I Know [SLL Remix] 3. Find My Ghost [Dntel Remix] 4. Skating in the Moonshine [Solvent Remix] 5. I'll Be By Your Side [Russian Futurists Remix] 6. Time to Let Go [Spitzer Remix] 7. Anorak Christmas [Alexander Robotnick Remix] 8. Hold Me So Tight [Dyylan Remix] 9. Find My Soul [Johan Agebjörn's Norwegian Electrojazz Mix] 10. Jackie Jackie [Dyylan's Subzero Nocturne] 11. I'll Be By Your Side [Grahm Zilla Remix] *iTunes BONUS TRACK 12. I Know [KooLTURE and Diego Puerta Remix] *iTunes BONUS TRACK
i also saw a post on here about Vol. 3, does anyone know if this is true or not, i can find any info about it anywhere but the line up looks pretty crazy, info please if anyone knows!
― zappa, Monday, 26 May 2008 02:20 (fifteen years ago) link
~ Z S
― Z S, Monday, 26 May 2008 04:49 (fifteen years ago) link
what's happened to her?
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Friday, 13 February 2009 00:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I must push back and say the second album is awesome. I find all three albums very consistent in songwriting, with a bump in production values as time goes on.
Looking forward to hearing this new one more. Glad "Don't be Afraid" made it out of semi-obscurity and onto the tracklisting. Also the saxophone solo in the middle of the album: sublime.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 01:59 (eleven years ago) link
I wasn't a fan of "My Guilty Pleasure" either. This one's much better. Still nothing as strong, melodically, as some of the songs on the first album. The sound is reminiscent of some 80's stuff I can't quite put my finger on, but it's no longer Italo. Maybe Pet Shop Boys?
― daavid, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 05:57 (eleven years ago) link
yes to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shD48VzQ9zE
― johnny crunch, Friday, 1 March 2013 23:31 (eleven years ago) link
SS albums have been some of my favorite things in the past 8 years. Only just realized there's a free album on their website collecting almost all of the remixes Johan has done. The unreleased Jam & Spoon mix is great! Surprised the Friday Bridge remix is NOT on it, though.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 17 February 2014 02:25 (ten years ago) link
RIP Sally Shapiro :/
sweet farewell single though
http://www.stereogum.com/1874063/sally-shapiro-if-you-ever-wanna-change-your-mind/mp3s/
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 00:18 (seven years ago) link
what?????
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 00:28 (seven years ago) link
oh jesus, i thought you meant the lead singer had died. don't do that!
Sorry! I meant that they had broke up.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 00:32 (seven years ago) link
I still really love all three albums + the album of remixes Johan did under the SS name. They captured the sincere sentimentality of italodisco without being overly cheesy/kitsch or strictly track-based, and they weren't a one-off.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 00:46 (seven years ago) link
I was just today listening to "sleep in my arms" on repeat
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 03:39 (seven years ago) link
Pictures circulating on the web that she's been found in the elevator at her Nordic compound.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 15:20 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzKlAggR8LM
underrated artist
― Paisley Window Pane (Ross), Thursday, 13 July 2017 03:27 (six years ago) link
Just released a second low-key-but-great track with Ryan Paris today, looks like they will both be released in a week. Miss Sally's voice a lot these days.
Forget about youhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHunLcfH74M
Love on Ice (from 2018)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rPYIb9oMrw
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 01:17 (three years ago) link
new music coming improbably(?)
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 18:46 (two years ago) link
single on Friday! and there's a new one from Annie due this week too. All we need is Cloetta Paris to return.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 16 June 2021 19:25 (two years ago) link
Cloetta Paris is a very good SS clone, although the production / vocals are a little more generic IMO. I am naturally super excited about any new Sally Shapiro material.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 16 June 2021 20:58 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1ILNYiihhcGorgeous, if a bit darker than usual but hey it's on IDIB. Full "collection of new material" in the fall!
― willem, Friday, 18 June 2021 05:40 (two years ago) link
this is excellent, reminds me of the Junior Boys remix a lot.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 18 June 2021 10:24 (two years ago) link
So glad to have them back. Perfect timing with a new Annie single out today as well.
― kitchen person, Friday, 18 June 2021 13:30 (two years ago) link
yeah, this really sounds like Pleasure Masters-era Annie!
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 18 June 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link
Madonna “Holiday” cover out today. They do succeed in putting their own spin on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nOJkbDurI8
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 16 August 2021 15:43 (two years ago) link
A little disappointed that the new single is just last year’s single with Ryan Paris.....although with Sally singing Ryan’s part now. Song now sounds flatter and less dynamic (original is amazing). At least the full album is only a few months away.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 10 October 2021 15:01 (two years ago) link
https://sallyshapiro.bandcamp.com/album/sad-cities
Sounding better now it's getting colder in the southern hemisphere, ha.
― etc, Monday, 4 April 2022 00:52 (two years ago) link
Love this album, feels like they never left. Maybe a few more slower/darker songs this time, but really satisfying throughout. Still irked by the new version of Forget About Me, although the song itself is fantastic. Love on Ice is also essential even though it’s missing from the album.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 4 April 2022 02:01 (two years ago) link