Beth Orton: Classic or Dud?

pretty good! john martyn-y.

http://www.npr.org/2012/09/23/161272941/first-listen-beth-orton-sugaring-season

YAY

pic from that link: http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/09/24/beth_orton_wide-54c1879eb717792d439689b26c4e27d4b28ccbd5-s4.jpg

she looks really great + healthy!

ah, I know that look.

listening to it now on npr - it's beautiful

she's playing philly tmmrw nite. only one thing could stop me from going + that is yom kippur. :(

What a stunning album this is. Loving it.

too short! <- my only complaint

she's 5ft 10

this is excellent. i haven't paid attention to her since central reservation--is there stuff worth checking out? or does "8 years pass..." tell the whole story?

No! Comfort of Strangers is amazing!

i'm ready for a new album

Yeah, said that yesterday, funnily enough

A couple years ago, Alice had got a new iPad mini with her savings. She had been setting up some music on it, and we'd also installed garageband.

Anyway, she was playing what sounded like Beth covering Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" although I hadn't heard about her ever covering that one. Then the penny dropped.

"um, is that you singing?"

"yeah, I was just trying it out"

Of course she wouldn't finish it or let me keep a copy. Kids, eh?

I think the most recent Beth track is one she did with John Grant

i'd love to hear beth cover fleetwood mac

sugaring season still so good

http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/mark-lanegan-and-beth-orton-cover-marc-almond-and-nicos-1988-duet

Excellent version of a wonderful song.

Boy I can't believe how much better the superpinkymandy vers of "she cries your name" is over the near hit version from trailer park.

I like that album, generally, yes.

http://www.npr.org/2016/05/19/477927199/first-listen-beth-orton-kidsticks

Nah, gonna wait..

Stereogum said she got her start singing with the Chemical Brothers and I was mad they forgot William Orbit. That lasted 15minutes.

Until I heard this disc, I didn't realize they orig wanted to go as "Spill."
http://youtu.be/n2TeBrO8pqc?list=PLPAYZ_b8I6eadrlXvxqC4_yR3pVn97tv7

I'll astrally project myself into the life of someone else

Arrived, has it?

i have to admit i've been listening to it all week but yeah it's out now. spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/album/0bJfmxIm5Ttp7b06ImIVpz

I got a notif that it had been despatched yesterday, so I guess it'll be there at home now.

This is so untrendy in 2016 and all the better for it, some of the most immediate melodies she's ever written too. Relieved that despite Andrew Hung's fingerprints it doesn't sound like Fuck Buttons at all.

Just woke up from anasthesialogy w songs from new album in my head so much <3 this woman's music like a live saver

"Snow" specifically and the "came to life" part

She sounds like a moron

https://twitter.com/MichelCicero/status/736555670590230529?s=09

She has issued a statement, I'd paste it here but I don't think I can on this.

Jay Babcock
4 hrs ·
UPDATE --> BETH ORTON HAS APOLOGIZED AND REMOVES VIDEO
"I am so sorry. I feel sick with disgust. I was told the tree was already dead. I will take the video down now. Please let me know what I can do to help make some kind of amends. I did not direct the video and was following direction but now I know what I have been part of I feel utterly devastated and of course take responsibility for my part. I am truly and deeply sorry."

APPALLED WITH BETH ORTON
@BethOrtonOfficial vandalizes an ancient joshua tree with spray paint in a new promotional music video. This will kill the tree. This is illegal. This is disgusting. Beth, take the video down NOW. Come back to Joshua Tree and clean up the destruction you've done. https://www.facebook.com/BethOrtonOfficial/?fref=ts

Yeah, this has not gone down well, to say the least.

trees aside, I really need to listen to this. which album of hers would you say it's most like?

Somewhere halfway between trailer park and sugaring season maybe

not crazy about this album.

Yeah, not feeling it so far. I much prefer Sugaring Season, but it's early days.

This album is okay.

I heard a little interview with her on Weekend Edition on NPR this morning and her basic response to people who complain she doesn't sound the way she used to is basically "I'm 20 years older and my life is different and the way I think about things is different, so tough shit"—an admirable way to go about life, imo.

Except for blindly spray painting a Joshua Tree because your director tells you to, but she seems legit messed up and apologetic over that whole incident, so good.

finally listening to the full album and it's sort of... fantastic? it's a little difficult to describe how, exactly. "untrendy" got pretty close.

What did untrendy say?

This is so untrendy in 2016 and all the better for it, some of the most immediate melodies she's ever written too. Relieved that despite Andrew Hung's fingerprints it doesn't sound like Fuck Buttons at all.

― boxedjoy, Friday, May 27, 2016 1:37 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ta.

This is really good.

Central Reservation is such a great record

One of the fascinating things about Ilxor, as pointed out above, is the "eight years pass" aspect. The internet has trouble highlighting negative space but "eight years pass" really brings home just how brightly Beth Orton illuminated a certain era and how utterly the world moved on.

From interviews I have the impression she has the same problem as George Harrison, e.g. her life is sorted and she doesn't have a strong songwriting partner unlike e.g. Alison Goldfrapp or Florence Welch. She should hook up with Vini Reilly or someone of that ilk, it would be interesting.

Or Dido's maniacal lust for fame. Beth Orton can at least die happy in the knowledge that she's not Dido.

Found Comfort of Strangers in a clear-out bin on the weekend; love this song, connects to my mood as of late perfectly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYsuL3Pdmws

yeah I saw her SF show and it was excellent, and my concerns about her voice not quite holding up were mostly unfounded, I think it's gotten stronger with this tour and the new album held up surprisingly well when performed live.

Nice conversation between Beth and Alabaster DePlume: https://www.talkhouse.com/beth-orton-talks-with-alabaster-deplume-on-the-talkhouse-podcast/