Kate Bush

More or less than the Lou Reed/Metallica? Because that is the gold standard of anticipation.

Tough one, but more.

i am completely down with minutes upon minutes of falling snow and the crunchy sound of people walking in it.

Kate already went ambient with the new version of This Woman's Work, so yeah, using the sound of snow as main musical texture could be the next logical step.

for me, kate bush has always been about challenging my aesthetics, but god damn that cover..

It's not too big a change from what I though was a pretty boring one for Aerial

Never liked Kate Bush album-art, honestly (but I adore her despite)... think I actually posted about it upthread.

I was the other other guy who likes "Deeper Understanding". Very much looking forward to this new one.

New single is pretty interested and bodes well for the album after disappointment of Director's Cut. Sounds fairly Dreaming era arrangement wise. Sad to hear her voice is slightly diminishing in it's power nowadays though.

I missed the premier on BBC Radio2, is that where you heard it? I'm stoked!

Someone posted it for streaming here: http://breakingillusions.tumblr.com/post/11268597787/wild-man-kate-bush-album-version-you-are

Not for me, I'm sad to say.

http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/check-out-kate-bush-wild-man/

oops xp

Thanks guys!

Chorus sounds kinda Steely Dan

I really like it, thanks.

Hmmm... It's good, but I'm not mad on the chorus.

It's got a bit of a Bowie-vibe overall, no?

Her voice has definitely waned a bit, she sounds more like Patti Smith.

I'm very glad to hear form her again after DC which was a disaster imho, so it's good to have her back, and like Jamie said, bodes well for the album.

love the new song!

can't tell. honestly for years I've been very lukewarm on anything new she puts out but then I grow to love most of it. the music is great, certainly

This song is a bit. . . uneventful.

It's got a bit of a Bowie-vibe overall, no?

I was more thinking Japan. A very early eighties electronic sound for sure.

I thought it pretty much follows on from Aerial, somewhere between 'King of the Mountain' and 'Nocturn'. I really like the production, the progression in the electric piano sounds is warm and lovely.

One thing though is that there's not much in the way of melody. On the verses she's really having to try to force the vocal into a tune that isn't really there. It's something that's come out of participating in the U2 and Led Zep, how eventually the ability to write strong hooks just goes. You make up for it in other ways, like her exploring long, loping rhythms, but I'm wondering if that's a universal of ageing for some reason.

in the U2 and Zep polls

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/377765_10150392901235680_10393480679_8274779_725544317_n.jpg

Nice.

Indeed.

http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/michael_jackson_dangerous-f.jpg

ugh son lol

why can't that be the new album cover instead of pedo-snowman?

4real. it's a great image

totally

all in favor say aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy

I'm in favour of all images of Kate Bush.

OK, in all seriousness, it's a beautiful image but it has way too much potential to be derided and dubbed something like Kokey Kate if the album came across as particularly strange to a critic. I mean I like to feign maturity and all but I couldn't help but think of it as Kate in a ski mask after having cased some drug dealer's joint.

Kokey Kate? Seriously?

"something like" were the keywords; i'm not prophesying here

but yes its ridiculous

The thought didn't occur to me at all!

this was actually her original design for the LP cover:

http://www.dopenativeboy.com/wp-content/uploads/jeezy_snowman_tee_logo.jpg

Perfect for the Class of 2017 dorm-room walls.

what is this purported pedosnowman img?

http://www.katebush.com/

they hit you with it right off the bat.

http://www.katebush.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullwidth_image/JCB-BW.jpg

Awww yeah!! :D

"A Little 'Snow' At Christmas Never Hurt Anyone!"

Eh, what's with the furs? Kate, I thought you were my veg buddy.

She addressed this after more people complained:

A note about fur and photographs

From Kate...

Hi there,

We have recently taken some photos and I just want to pre-empt any concerns there might be as I'm sure most of you will feel the same way as I do about wearing real fur. All the fur in these photos is synthetic.

Best wishes,
Kate

I don't even get the point of wearing fake fur, but at least it's not real...

Redeemed! Thanks LBI!

xpost dunno, is it warm or something?

There's a review of this in the new Wire btw. Unsurprisingly the reviewer is kind of luke warm on it (it is the Wire after all):

50 Words For Snow is like a wintry riposte to the midsummer day of Aerial's conceptual suite, A Sea Of Honey. Instead of the amber glow of midsummer sunlight, it's another kind of brightness - the whiteness of snow - that presides. The mood is subdued, the backing spare, meditative, but - as we've become used to with Bush - lacking in any adventurousness of spirit; at points, you could even describe it as late night jazz club tasteful.

Also, didn't we predict the following upthread? Can't say I'm relishing the prospect...

Stephen Fry playfully intones the 50 synonyms of the album's title track

don't forget about the proper album thread Kate Bush // 50 Words For Snow

muah!