SKY FERREIRA

Stage fright & vocal chord issues are by far the most annoying things I’ve ever had to deal with. #1 thing I’ve learned on this tour is alcohol doesn’t help you (by you, I mean me) be a better performer just because you feel numb for a bit. Self medicating is bullshit. Don’t let people pressure you into it so you can get the job done or whatever…In any situation. After it fades away you’re most likely going to feel worse than you did before. Anyways,my point is have fun. Don’t do shit because of anxiety/insecurity/depression. It doesn’t help or make any of those things go away. I’m telling you from experience. If anyone knows how to deal with stage fright HMU. This isn’t supposed to be preachy, just an observation I made about myself recently.
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Sky

her show in DC at the 9:30 was incredible. early on, she apologized that she couldn't do "I Blame Myself" until her voice healed, but after lots of requests at the very end of the show, she soldiered through it, maybe not the best idea for a voice but a fucking incredible moment you'd never see from an older/jaded/grizzled performer, especially a pop star. i love the moment at 1:44. these crowds are the most enthusiastic she's ever gotten and it shows. it was an amazing show!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF0_VHvlUVs

fucked grammar up there … *her voice

I love NTMT all the way through now, after seeing Boys and Ain't Your Right live. DEFINITELY agree on Lost in My Bedroom flopping live - ditch the old stuff! she did that, Everything is Embarrassing, and the entirety of NTMT I believe, except maybe Kristine, but everything else was played. it was all amazing! will totally see her again!

Kristine is my only sore point actually, the rest of the album is fantastic.

"kristine" is one of my favorites! i began to like it more once i could actually kind of figure out what she was singing in it

"kristine" is a highlight for me too, just the opening guitar crunch is so hard

So, OK, on the b-sides disc, is the version of "Everything Is Embarrassing" the original (superior) version, or the album version?

Probably gonna buy just for the Unknown Mortal Orchestra remix, but the answer to the above question will mean the difference between going out to get it right now and putting it on my Amazon wishlist or some shit

i got mine today -- it's the same version as on the ghost ep (the inferior version). would've been amazing if it were the orig vers but alas.

Wait is the version on the EP the original one or the album one? What's the other one, then?

What is the orig version I know nothing abt this

the original is the version that was used on the video

Oh I never even noticed that the video + the ep were different

Finally got this and "Omanko" is really doing it for me for whatever reason. It feels like a demo, the lyrics are almost a placeholder, but it comes together

That song is amazing. And it's going on my Christmas mix.

is omanko about orgasms? something about it has always scanned as her encapsulating "the orgasm" into a song. rhythmic, raw, the self-satisfied breathy vocals, the frantic drums towards its climax.

"Omanko" is apparently rude Japanese vernacular for ladybits, so, yeah, maybe? I'm working it into a (terrible!) mix right now; it sounds amazing slowed down just a little bit.

perhaps referencing 'turning japanese', though i'm not sure how xmas fits in

She says "I'm gearin' up for Japanese Christmas" like over and over

i noticed... i meant how it relates to the masturbation theory

IIRC, Christmas in Japan is a big commercial event, sort of like Valentine's Day? I am very much not an expert though

She just killed it on Letterman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUhMTEFR8hU

god stop doing that w yr hands!

new music video for title track: http://www.vevo.com/watch/sky-ferreira/night-time,-my-time/USUV71302652

The Letterman performance sounded good but it seems like a backing track mostly takes over the vocal on the chorus?

yeah well i mean there are harmonies in the chorus. idk why her backing band wouldn't sing them tho, unless they don't sing.

I think I can hear a faint harmony on the title phrase, but it's more the way the lead vocal sound totally changes in that whole section, like it's double tracked and very compressed (you can hear all the notes equally well), and it just doesn't sound live there where it does in the verses. I guess it could be just the way they're processing her vocal differently there, but it sounds odd to me. It doesn't offend me or anything, and I thought Sky's vocals sounded great when I saw her live, although "You're Not the One" did seem a bit rough, which is understandable because it's a difficult song to sing -- the vocals are very constant and full of long phrases. I just was a little surprised by what I was hearing in that clip as far as TV performances go, but maybe that's pretty normal?

ok, i see what you mean now. she has been inconsistent live in recent months (prob due to her stage fright and vocal injury) so maybe that was why they used the backing track for the chorus. she sounded good tho!

Yeah for sure, didn't mean to sound too harsh on her. I really enjoyed her live show.

it's def a backing track, just mixed too high

sounds awesome imo

isn't "Love In Stereo" just wonderful?

like it sounds like a million other songs and in and of itself it's like okay enough I guess but when it pops up in the context of the album it's just like AWE OMG THIS IS SO CUTE AND FUN

i'm a big fan

Can we make a list of songs that "Love in Stereo" is like a str8 rip of bcz I know there are literally dozens but I cannot think of a single one by title

hm the guitars instantly remind me of "time after time" definitely

vocally tho i have trouble placing it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGfbDIL3GQM

surely she's not just shy here?

So high.

not that I condemning or anything

*I'm

okay seeing that interview where she was talking about how she only started doing music bcz she hated school so much and was looking for an excuse to drop out kinda made me loathe her as a person but that thing just made me adore her again

i have a feeling the p4k show was one of her 'self-medicated' performances lol

i hope her next record will sound like Omanko, Kristine and not like the rest.
love those songs.

Why is this not on Spotify or iTunes? Or maybe that's just my country

it's not out in most of the world yet

it's on us spotify

Jesus and mary chain style
Xpost to myself

dat ariel cover tho. love him thru and thru but also love the idea of starlets going in and glossing out his trove

Yeah, I just got around to seeing it. A+++++

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odg5lHuwPf4

She was sexually abused when she was younger: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/02/sky-ferreira-album-drugs-sexual-abuse-interview

Also, this is new: Tim Jonze's trip to New York was paid for by Universal.