'strangers' is pretty clumsy and the clear weak link, 'beat beat' is massive and probably should be a single
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 May 2013 14:30 (ten years ago) link
679 didn't want to release the finished record but allowed her to release it on her own label, hence no Headphones-
― JLB Credit (Jack BS), Friday, 3 May 2013 14:57 (ten years ago) link
I thought Headphones was always meant to be a standalone single? Seems like I read something to that effect when it popped up.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 May 2013 15:12 (ten years ago) link
As per above comments, I kinda wish she found a producer soulmate and established a less anonymous identity. The MNDR album last year did this sort of thing better.
― Me So Hormetic (Sanpaku), Saturday, 4 May 2013 23:06 (ten years ago) link
I played this again and really enjoyed it pretty much all the way through. I really like how it flows. It's a shame it's not going to sell at all. This kind of sounds like the album I thought she'd make when I first heard the full version of Stuck On Repeat back in 2008. A lot of the stuff she tried on Hands just didn't suit her that much, Remedy gave her an actual hit single but you could tell it wasn't her style.
I never understood why she did an edit of Stuck on Repeat for the album and didn't put it out as a proper single? She answers that in this interview.
http://thefourohfive.com/news/article/i-know-who-i-am-and-where-i-am-at-now-the-405-meets-little-boots
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 4 May 2013 23:25 (ten years ago) link
I actually really like this album.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 23:17 (ten years ago) link
liking this, reminds me some of that kathy diamond album a few yrs back. i can see this being great for the summer
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 00:55 (ten years ago) link
yeah i get its flaws, but i just dig the album's sound, house stuff is gonna always do it for me
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
Seems like she needs to have a bit of space and do her own thing without any pressures. Hopefully she hasn’t burnt herself out by the whole major-label thing.
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
is there a remix disc or w/e of this planned? i feel like there should be
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 1 June 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link
damn this shd have more than 595 views https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuCLJLDHQJk
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 15 August 2015 21:14 (eight years ago) link
little boots has quietly been making very good music for the past 5 years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sQzEib6hOA
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Thursday, 10 May 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
I totally missed this new EP but it is characteristically brilliant. I think about her and Charli XCX in similar terms - why are people so suspicious of artists who openly admit they want to make great pop music?
― boxedjoy, Friday, 11 May 2018 12:47 (five years ago) link
in her case probably because her first go-round wasn't great (I still like "Remedy" though) and lost among La Roux/v1 Lady Gaga/etc; also it doesn't help that there's really no solid place in the music press right now for this kind of thing except, like, Popjustice
("well why didn't you pitch it" because I totally missed it)
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 11 May 2018 14:18 (five years ago) link
I enjoyed the first album a lot at the time and was completely underwhelmed by the follow-up. Played the debut a month ago and it was sounding like it came from a completely different pop universe to now, like the idea that anyone would try and pitch those songs as mainstream concern seems totally alien in a world of straight-down-the-line maximalist Zara Larsson bangers.
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 May 2018 14:38 (five years ago) link
the follow-up was uneven but the first four tracks are completely unfuckwithable (really, it should have been an EP)
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 11 May 2018 14:43 (five years ago) link
yeah "Motorway" is probably the greatest thing she's ever done give or take "Stuck On Repeat"
I love this video for Eros though, it's such a simple concept but it looks incredible
― boxedjoy, Friday, 11 May 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
The second album is my favourite. Still love “Every Night I Say a Prayer@.
― michaellambert, Friday, 11 May 2018 14:50 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I love that second album. One of my favourite albums of the decade. Working Girl was crazy underrated too. Both much stronger and more consistent than Hands.
― kitchen person, Friday, 11 May 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link