I really enjoy this record - maybe even moreso than w h o k i l l - and I'm a bit surprised it doesn't seem to have the same kind of impact as its predecessor. Sure, it's a bit messy in places, and it requires a few listens to properly sink in, but that's always been the case with her, hasn't it? So many hooks, so many beautiful melodies to discover!
What's interesting to me is that she has said in interviews that she had studied 'pop composition' prior to writing the album. I vaguely remember her even mentioning a book on how to write a pop hit. It's curious, because most of the songs here tend to stray away from the typical pop structure. It's a bit more glossy, more synths and programmed beats; hooks and tunes - check, but your usual pop song structure? Not so much.
― mthrn, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 13:39 (nine years ago) link
huh I thought this album was explicitly more conventional in songwriting and performance than whokill
also, it rules
― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 13:54 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, compared to w h o k i l l, sure, but in early press she made it sound like HERE COMES MY TOP 40 RECORD. Or maybe I just saw it mentioned one time too many and expected something more straightforward. But I'm glad she didn't dumb it down; and yeah, it rules.
― mthrn, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 14:05 (nine years ago) link
love it
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 14:14 (nine years ago) link
It definitely hasn't gotten a tenth of the buzz of whokill. I have a theory--the lyric "a blood soaked dollar" from the single is to blame. It comes across as a Grade Z Occupy Wall Street trope, just so obvious and clumsy. It kinda mars what is a kickass song.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 15:22 (nine years ago) link
i just never warmed to this album.
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 15:23 (nine years ago) link
I admired the previous album, but rarely wanted to play it. This one I actually enjoy listening to.
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
Saw her live last night. What an awesome gig. It made me appreciate her songs even more, especially the Nikki Nack ones.
― mthrn, Friday, 21 November 2014 11:39 (nine years ago) link
they sound better live, yes.
― Face facts poptimism hacks, your a scam. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 21 November 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
New song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAadziqcQZw
The album, I can feel you creep into my private life, is out in January.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
I am really surprised by how hard I've turned around on her. I guess once I acclimated to the shouting, I could start enjoying what she was doing.
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 17:15 (six years ago) link
lol reading upthread shows I have both a great mind for inference and a terrible memory
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 17:24 (six years ago) link
Very cool!!
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
Love it. Welcome back.
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link
Love this.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 03:37 (six years ago) link
"Heart Attack". Like the way the track starts very basically, then gradually blossoms to an opulent 70s disco sound. Album's going to rule. Don't like this video much though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-7je-jsuC4
― Jeff W, Saturday, 13 January 2018 13:26 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xd097nWH2s
― sean gramophone, Sunday, 27 September 2020 01:27 (three years ago) link
I like the video better than the song
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 27 September 2020 19:02 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hcG6UgTHiU
this is the best thing i've heard from them in a long time
― ufo, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 23:24 (three years ago) link
This 1000% reignited my fandom... I love when she plays to her strengths (biggest voice out there, puppets)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy3xdHw4YTs
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 21 March 2021 00:14 (three years ago) link
I mean it this performance is crazy and great, vocal performance alone even
yeah that's a fantastic performance
i feel pretty optimistic about the new album now
― ufo, Sunday, 21 March 2021 00:39 (three years ago) link
i kinda like the cover of Cannonball
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 21 March 2021 03:26 (three years ago) link
Me too
― Hello Nice FBI Lady (DJP), Sunday, 21 March 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
i really like this album, her best since whokill! haven't paid enough attention to notice if there's any of the real embarrassing clunkers there were on the last one though
― ufo, Thursday, 25 March 2021 22:57 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyXwmyjNco8
idioteque cover is cool too
― ufo, Friday, 26 March 2021 02:03 (three years ago) link
oh meant to say "lyrical clunkers"
― ufo, Friday, 26 March 2021 02:06 (three years ago) link
dang at that idioteque cover, nice blend of styles
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 26 March 2021 12:53 (three years ago) link
now that i've paid attention to them i can say it holds up lyrically too! delightful
― ufo, Saturday, 27 March 2021 10:06 (three years ago) link
This album is REALLY REALY good
― Dana Jel Pey (DJP), Thursday, 1 April 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
I agree
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 1 April 2021 21:43 (three years ago) link
yes
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 April 2021 21:54 (three years ago) link
That's quite the triple recommendation.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 April 2021 23:17 (three years ago) link
This is great and I can't really figure out what I want to say about it besides that
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 5 April 2021 02:46 (three years ago) link