[this music] reminds me of [that music] ≠ judging frankie rose based on critical approaches, as i haven't seen any. plenty of other things i was annoyed about too.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 February 2012 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
Well then, what, in itself, was wrong with the music that ctcl swore up and down was perfect pop?
actually i'm not even sure what specific music this is now. I'm having a bit of a blank trying to remember what filled in the shoegaze-pop category in those years. BRMC were too (self-consciously) "rock" I would think.
though I guess frankie rose is like what I always vaguely imagined masonic boom projects must sound like.
― Tim F, Thursday, 23 February 2012 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
it was just a vague handwavey reminder, i can't be bothered to flesh it out when i criticised frankie rose more specifically on several other counts already
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 February 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
something about how pat her melodies are and the bored-sounding smear of the vocals
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 February 2012 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
my least favourite thing about this record are the drum sounds, easily, if they weren't so annoying it'd just be straight-up dull
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 February 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
DUDE. WTF?
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Thursday, 23 February 2012 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
i wish i liked this more cuz i wanna buy the fuck out of that vinyl damn
― dave coolier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 23 February 2012 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
The wordless chorus on the title track strikes me as something that is very much not melodically pat occurring only about one minute into the album. Those are rock and roll chords that I don't hear much in this genre (again, since maybe Lansing-Dreiden) and she's singing in harmony over them, the harmony keeping things sufficiently sweet for the genre.
― timellison, Thursday, 23 February 2012 00:59 (twelve years ago) link
i did not expect lex of all ppl to exhume careless talk
― desperado, rough rider (thomp), Thursday, 23 February 2012 01:00 (twelve years ago) link
And then there's that pretty modal guitar solo in the same song. Again, really does not strike me as being pat at all.
― timellison, Thursday, 23 February 2012 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
Pitchfork review referenced the Cure and surely you hear that in "Know Me," but are those Cure chords? I don't think they are (unless they're similar to some Cure songs I don't know).
― timellison, Thursday, 23 February 2012 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
And did the Cure, furthermore, ever have drums as tight as the ones on that song or a bass line as energetic as the one in the chorus?
I find things like this to be startling, frankly.
― timellison, Thursday, 23 February 2012 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
"My blood sugar is low / this music sucks / you guys suck" vs. "I just ate an orange / this music is awesome / you guys suck"
― real life is no dave cool (Ówen P.), Thursday, 23 February 2012 01:25 (twelve years ago) link
I'd have to call this music indie-pop or something cause it's better than "riyl The Knife"
― real life is no dave cool (Ówen P.), Thursday, 23 February 2012 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
lol an ilm thread about a record on slumberland 2012
― 99x (Lamp), Thursday, 23 February 2012 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
"Night Swim" has a genuine Feelies groove, but it's a couple of other entirely different awesome things on top of that.
― timellison, Thursday, 23 February 2012 06:44 (twelve years ago) link
this is currently my favorite album of 2012.
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 23 February 2012 09:28 (twelve years ago) link
Sorta sounds like the most restrained side of Stereolab minus the synths and communism
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 23 February 2012 11:58 (twelve years ago) link
It's more like Cocteau Twins or "This Charming Man" than The Cure, but you can hear similarities all over Seventeen Seconds and Faith.
"Primary" has TWO basslines that are just as energetic throughout the entire song, and the Boris Williams era of the band is pretty much defined by the precision of his drumming and the crispness with which it was recorded. Also, the beat pattern of "Know Me" is almost identical to "Close To Me".
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
Album just showed up in today's mail...this thing looks 100x as sweet irl.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
It's more like Cocteau Twins or "This Charming Man"
You know, what the chords remind me of on that song is Felt.
― timellison, Thursday, 23 February 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
did any fans of this rec get into the Blouse album from last year?
― ~=(,,_,,):3 (electricsound), Friday, 24 February 2012 03:12 (twelve years ago) link
The Blouse album was okay imo, but it was never in constant rotation. However, I think I'll give it another go now.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 February 2012 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I thought the Blouse album was best in small doses. I've only given this Frankie Rose record one listen so far, but it hits my sweet spot.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 24 February 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
I only have one song from that Blouse album - "Videotapes," which I loved. What are the best songs?
― Walter Galt, Friday, 24 February 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
If anyone sees the pretty vinyl anywhere, can you send up a flare? It's not even on Discogs or eBay or anything.
― Walter Galt, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
this thread got me jazzed up for the album, but the few songs i've heard have been quite dull :(
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
it's a pretty dull album
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
I still like it, so whatevs. But it's no secret that I'm dull too.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
This is pretty nice actually, like most of it more than the single.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
Pulled this out for the first time in a few months. Nice.
― mmmm, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
Underrated as fuck
― nostormo, Sunday, 28 April 2013 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
It holds up well as oppose to some other 2012 albums.
― nostormo, Sunday, 28 April 2013 14:49 (eleven years ago) link
New album out in September, feeling this: https://soundcloud.com/fatpossum/frankie-rose-sorrow
― pablum (Pablo A), Monday, 5 August 2013 18:13 (ten years ago) link
thanks 4 resoure
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Monday, 5 August 2013 18:34 (ten years ago) link
nice
― Moodles, Monday, 5 August 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
nothing's changed
― nostormo, Thursday, 15 August 2013 21:17 (ten years ago) link
Interstellar pt 2?Fine with me
― nostormo, Friday, 20 September 2013 20:58 (ten years ago) link
tighter tunes. really feels like something i would have really latched onto in early college
― illegalblues, Friday, 20 September 2013 21:48 (ten years ago) link
Make you feel young again?
― nostormo, Friday, 20 September 2013 21:50 (ten years ago) link
yeah, you could say that :D
― illegalblues, Friday, 20 September 2013 22:30 (ten years ago) link
I like the new one so far
― lucille baller (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 24 September 2013 14:07 (ten years ago) link
new one is really, really good
― a dessicated quasi-tsunami of gut-busting cosmic - tech (DJP), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 14:34 (ten years ago) link
i love it
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 14:36 (ten years ago) link
bummed my only chance to see her live this year was as franz ferdinand's opening act
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 15:48 (ten years ago) link
I was mostly neutral on the previous album but I'm totally on board for this one.
― a dessicated quasi-tsunami of gut-busting cosmic - tech (DJP), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 15:51 (ten years ago) link
This album is fantastic. Sorrow was one of my big discoveries on the Spotify playlist but there's probably a couple of songs on here I like even more. Didn't really get into Interstellar when it came out but only played it once, should probably go back and give it another chance.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 16 January 2014 02:14 (ten years ago) link
I love this album so, so much, but that's not really a surprise considering how much I loved the last one. Definitely a progression between the two, this latest one strays less into pretty confectionary (not that I have anything against pretty confectionary textures!) and adds a slight "spooky goth" element which is like catnip to me. Less Smiths, more Pornography-era Cure, which can only be a good thing.
She reminds me a lot of ways of my sisX0r, so there is a lot of that kind of nostalgia thing going on.
But, alas, I love her... so she's dooooooomed to be underrated forever.
― Branwell Bell, Thursday, 16 January 2014 10:03 (ten years ago) link
she's dooooooomed to be underrated forever.
with her hook-y, poppy, goth-y retro-80s sound, i actually think she could be someone who breaks-out of the indie ghetto, with the right song.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Thursday, 16 January 2014 12:42 (ten years ago) link
I really hope so!
But I also know from experience School of Seven Bells things that tend to be so tightly and closely aligned to "OMG, this was *made* for meeeeee!" tend to end up with a cult appeal.
Please let me be wrong, though, because this stuff is wonderful.
― Branwell Bell, Thursday, 16 January 2014 12:53 (ten years ago) link