SKY FERREIRA

(nb except 'you're not the one', that has my permission to go on for ten minutes)

I think I just hate it when songwriters remove the slightest bit of rhythmic interest from vocal lines, like even the rhythm of natural speech patterns is removed, so it just sounds clumsy and awkward. It makes it difficult for me to rate any song that does that.

Yeah, there's a weird dead flat to the beat vocal craze going on at the moment. I think Losing You by Solange is the best example of this, it's sung at if it were quantized. If used well this vocal thing can be interesting but it often makes the track feel sterile. Part of the reason that Haim album is so fun is the top line melodies.

blame the arcade fire xp

OK, I went to listen to this, finally, and saw the title "Heavy Metal Heart" and played that first, and now it's half an hour later and I haven't moved on to the rest of it yet.

"Omanko" has an "OLV 26" vibe

there are def rhythmically interesting vocal lines on this album, like on "kristine" in particular

"Omanko" has an "OLV 26" vibe

― J. Sam

Yeah I can see that. I was thinking Broadcast when I first heard that one, probably explains why it's my favourite song at the moment.

Totally take back what I said about the first five songs sounding a bit throwaway, they've grown on me a lot. This is a great album!

Also did the CD of this get cancelled? Amazon no longer has a release date listed.

i guess vinyl's out of the question too

apparently she said on facebook that she's trying to put out a vinyl version herself? the post was deleted tho so who knows if it will actually happen: http://www.gigwise.com/news/85450/sky-ferreira-to-self-produce-album-vinyls-after-label-refuses

I Will on repeat x 1000

The CD might be this coming Tuesday if we're lucky- that's the release date for the mp3 version on Amazon, anyway, and I suspect this might just be down to iTunes exclusivity for a week.

Now that I'm listening to this I get quite a strong No Doubt second album vibe from some of this.

It's good!

"Love in Stereo" is my jam.

She's so high in this interview: http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2013/10/sky-ferreira-arrest-bust-interview

soooo high

Also, who knew John Norris was still on tv.

a lot of this sounds like some part-sparkly, part-meaty 1990s alterna-album that impresses a lot on first listens but then gets shelved for the duration. some of it sounds quite a bit better than that. i'm probably the 1,000th person to say this but a bunch of the songs are pretty underdeveloped.

3 stars

her voice has a lot of character though, which bodes well.

if this ever comes to spotify soon maybe i'll listen

I'll def listen, but I'm also waiting for Sptfy.

a relief after Arcade Fire ***

soooo high

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, November 2, 2013 6:41 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hard to watch

this is finally on Sptfy

been playing "I Blame Myself" over and over and over and over and over and over and over

yep

i do not like this record even a little bit anymore, aside from "you're not the one" and kinda sorta "i blame myself"

Oh well.

I am in the exact same boat as Brad. Altho I semi-like Heavy Metal Heart and Aint Your Right too. Very weak overall, not the kind of sounds I was expecting or wanting. Sad cos Ur Knot Tha 1 is an unparalleled belter.

I think "24 Hours" is the only weak link on here.

^ musically, it's def in my wheelhouse, but as a whole it seems really janky and trite.

For contrast: I think this is an album-of-the-year candidate.

I don't have many candidates, so this would be one of them.

Yeah this is up there for me, probably just behind the Goldfrapp album for album of the year.

Don't really think there is a weak link but Ain't Your Right is probably the only song I kind of forget about. My favourite song on here keeps changing but right now it's I Will.

I am in the exact same boat as Brad. Altho I semi-like Heavy Metal Heart and Aint Your Right too. Very weak overall, not the kind of sounds I was expecting or wanting. Sad cos Ur Knot Tha 1 is an unparalleled belter.

― Me & Mahomies (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, November 5, 2013 1:26 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

yeah, if you look past the narrative of pop-starlet-goes-rebel, this is idk just a pretty standard idol-worship record... i mean which is fine. but it's way way way way more 'pastiche-y' than the other record to get called pastiche-y this year, haim.

rtc otm about the song lengths. like all of these songs are pretty short and yet still feel overextended

title track is pointlessly hideous. "i will" successfully reconstructs the aesthetic of the bravery or the stills or something

What? No. The title track is one of the best.

Is that the witch house sounding one?

idk how you can perceive a song in all of that ~*~*~*~atmosphere~*~*~*~ #twinpeaks

It makes more sense, like most things, when you're driving on the interstate late at night.

i do like seeing brad go in on something he doesn't like. this almost never happens!

spottie too!

I dislike the title track too because she sounds better shouting over beats.

"you're not the one" is still one of my least favorite sky singles and while it's fine it's not an album highlight for me. i do love this album tho.

Itsthemiddleofthenite and I'm so GAAAAAWN!

man she really can't get enough of twin peaks: fire walk with me, huh? I count six references on this album, starting with the title.

I've been listening to this a bunch over the past week and have decidedly mixed feelings about it. It is much more rockin' than I expected, which I enjoy, I like the sonics of the album overall. But I find myself getting worn down by her over-emphatic singing. Her vocals have a tendency to take the songs too far into the Emo zone when I'd prefer it if she went darker. She hits the nail on the head here and there, but mostly I just want her to tone it down a bit. The songs don't seem like they should be sung at the top of your lungs. They need a certain level of disconnection or aloofness to really work.

That being said, I'm clearly not the target demographic for this, so I may be way off base.