another track from the new album:https://soundcloud.com/sally-shapiro/sally-shapiro-electric-youth
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 12 January 2013 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
New album streaming on Pitchfork.
http://pitchfork.com/advance/32-somewhere-else/
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
This is great, a huge improvement over the second album. The single is not representative of the album at all.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 23:12 (eleven 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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link