Are y'all about to pull a Jessie Ware/Imagine It Was Us on this woman and constantly judge every new track by how it stacks up against the one song in her discography that was actually atypical of her usual sound?
― Greer, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 01:14 (nine years ago) link
feel like jessie ware's recent output has been judged against far more than "imagine it was us"
idk, i guess i'm still checking for tinashe. i cherrypicked some of her mixtape tracks & like a few of em. just not v excited for this album yet.
― dyl, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 02:42 (nine years ago) link
Jessie ware is dope, this is trash. easy
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 03:02 (nine years ago) link
― Greer
it's a slow night
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 03:05 (nine years ago) link
i'm with j0rdan that linda perry doing r&b sounds most unwelcome, but i don't really see what "pretend" has to do with that. just sounds in the lane of all the other songs this year aiming to sound a bit like deep brandy album cuts off afrodisiac
don't think either new one is a patch on "2 on" (obv) and i hope it's not all in this vein but they're def better than anything from her mixtape days, i could see them clicking into place in album context
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 10:16 (nine years ago) link
The more I hear from this album the less sense I have of what it's trying to be. This is track 2 from the record, and its pacing and long, wonky guitar outro spit in the face of album sequencing best practices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftB-DccfZkY
― Evan R, Monday, 29 September 2014 14:00 (nine years ago) link
http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/22001/1/stream-tinashes-debut-album-aquarius
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 13:26 (nine years ago) link
Awesome!
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 14:36 (nine years ago) link
Stream doesn't work, blogs keep posting it anyway.
― Greer, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link
Content above all!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link
it's a pretty solid album
― snrub goin up on a tuesday (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 15:28 (nine years ago) link
it feels very zeitgeisty in a contained way
that's vague
it feels zeitgeisty in that it tracks along post-drake, post-aaliyah is a goddess R&B but not like fka twigs or something where it's *all* about that
insofar as it's an album with inherent commercial motivations that still manages to sound 'hip' it feels perhaps even more idiosyncratic and considered than something like twigs where the aesthetic is really the meat of the album
― snrub goin up on a tuesday (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
not that the two need to be pitted against each other or anything -- i like the twigs album a lot too
could swap jhene aiko out w/ twigs and i think the argument still holds
I am very curious to hear this. does the stream not work for anyone? soundcloud told me it was because I was in the wrong country
― rob, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 15:34 (nine years ago) link
Everything else on her soundcloud plays for me except the album stream.
― Greer, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 15:46 (nine years ago) link
About halfway through, and am enjoying this - Aquarius seems like a really suitable title, given the full on shiny, aquatic dub sonics and subsumptive dynamics. And, ah, pan-pipes.
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 16:25 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, those pan-pipes...
Also about halfway through, also enjoying it.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 16:26 (nine years ago) link
what? the strength of the twigs album is that the pre-release narrative about that aesthetic is a gigantic red herring b/c it's not that relevant to the album, which feels like it's in another lineage entirely. it's got tinges of r&b about it but certainly not the real zeitgeisty sad-drake-r&b/glacial-aaliyah-vibes sort, and it's a v minor component anyway
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 18:10 (nine years ago) link
How Many Times is amazing.
― Greer, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 18:11 (nine years ago) link
The stream I think is UK only but it worked for me using hola.
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
oh thank you, I recently moved to Canada from the US and have been meaning to figure out a good vpn
― rob, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 23:51 (nine years ago) link
Man, I love the end of Bet, with the final thick chord, and then the guitar solo playing that little riff, which then becomes the bass-riff on Cold Sweat.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 00:25 (nine years ago) link
Half-expect Enya-sample from Ready or Not to drop at the start of Bet.
The best parts of this record recall Aaliyah's s/t slowjams.
It's crazy long tho, reminds me of Goldenheart that way - could have been a bit more concise.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 2 October 2014 06:59 (nine years ago) link
It's only 12 songs in 56 minutes? Less than Beyonce. I mean, all those interludes and the fact that it's sonically kinda the same makes it a bit hard to handle, but I can already almost remember the track-order, which to me usually signifies that I'll listen to the record many many times. I really like it, guys!
― Frederik B, Thursday, 2 October 2014 14:05 (nine years ago) link
Version I've got has 18 tracks, is this a mistake?
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 2 October 2014 17:39 (nine years ago) link
i think he's discounting the interludes
― snrub goin up on a tuesday (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 2 October 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
Oh yeah, fair enough. Maybe it is quite short. I've only listened through a couple of times so far.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 2 October 2014 18:07 (nine years ago) link
Is this legit streaming somewhere yet in the U.S., or only everywhere but the U.S. still?
― Evan R, Thursday, 2 October 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
it's on itunes radio i'm pretty sure
― snrub goin up on a tuesday (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 2 October 2014 22:21 (nine years ago) link
this is sort of exactly what i expected but it's just a very superior execution on one listen, though if i was brandy i'd be so mad that afrodisiac killed my career and a decade later everyone's trying to ape it
― lex pretend, Friday, 3 October 2014 12:42 (nine years ago) link
"all hands on deck" is a banger, almost sounds like it should be a girl group song
the slow murky rest...obv one listen is not enough but it felt like they had enough personality and individuality to avoid the usual zzz pitfalls of slow sad submarine music
― lex pretend, Friday, 3 October 2014 12:43 (nine years ago) link
Hey this is indeed very good. I was maybe hoping for a few more surprises or exclamation mark moments, because this aesthetic is a little over familiar, but the material is top notch. I imagine it'll open up more when I'm not listening to it in an office
― Evan R, Friday, 3 October 2014 17:17 (nine years ago) link
Not sure what she was going for here:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51goI0vmGlL._SX450_.jpg
― Evan R, Friday, 3 October 2014 17:18 (nine years ago) link
Mortal Kombat character?
― Greer, Friday, 3 October 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
Guardian review is v lol:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/02/tinashe-aquarius-review
― longneck, Friday, 3 October 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
Haha "if you love interludes you'll love this album" is hard to argue with though
― Evan R, Friday, 3 October 2014 22:41 (nine years ago) link
this record is great and i like it
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 5 October 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caA0Ilrok1Q
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Saturday, 11 October 2014 05:21 (nine years ago) link
KISS THE OLD ME GOODBYE SHE'S DEAD AND GONEDEAD AND GONE
― uberweiss, Monday, 13 October 2014 04:08 (nine years ago) link
i never heard any of the mixtapes that were supposedly so different from "2 On" and probably further from my tastes, so i really didn't know what to expect from this album, but i'm very impressed, it holds together really well.
― Raccoon Newsy Wewsies (some dude), Monday, 13 October 2014 04:13 (nine years ago) link
Tinashe had a recurrent role on 2 And A Half Men, who knew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnTxsTs_SjY
― Raccoon Newsy Wewsies (some dude), Monday, 13 October 2014 04:14 (nine years ago) link
jake and celeste were also the names of lily kane's parents in VERONICA MARS
― j. winters (josh), Monday, 13 October 2014 23:33 (nine years ago) link
hey the bonus tracks/offcuts are good too
album is very soothing to listen to on a cold winter's night, i'm increasingly enamoured of it tbh
what really, really differentiates itself not just from a lot of albums of this ilk but a lot of albums in general is that the songs never blur into each other - each one is distinct, has its own memorable character. subtly different production details, unusually strong hooks, good sequencing probably all play a part in that.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 10:00 (nine years ago) link
wish "indigo child" was longer than an interlude, beat is sick
ayo is that a kalenna songwriting credit i see on "thug cry"!
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 15:43 (nine years ago) link
That makes a bit of sense actually, Thug Cry was the one that really stood out on first listen. Second half in general is a bit stronger than the first I think, once it gets out of its whole hippy ambient thing, the exception being that one track near the end that sounds like The Scientist by Coldplay.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
lyrics don't get more kalenna than those
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
― out here like a flopson (tpp), Sunday, 19 October 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
This is a good album, although something is missing to make me think it's a great one. "All hands on deck" and "watch me work" are jams
― deej loaf (D-40), Sunday, 19 October 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
her feature on the Calvin Harris album is pretty dope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttUNDQjZ7wU
― some dude, Sunday, 2 November 2014 02:03 (nine years ago) link
Oh Nosaj Thing produces? No wonder I got a BOC vibe for a moment there.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 2 September 2023 15:30 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHzXz8V5hjA
Tinashe getting briefly interviewed for a minute or so on ABC show Good Morning America and then doing song "Tightrope"
― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 September 2023 22:59 (six months ago) link
I find her extremely likeable and from what I’ve heard so far this has potential to be my favorite thing she has released. A Janet Jackson collab would make so much sense btw.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 05:06 (six months ago) link
Yeah I've liked everything I've heard from this a lot; the only thing possibly dampening my enthusiasm is the Body Talk / Petals For Armor / Last Year Was Weird-style rollout
― monotony, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 06:59 (six months ago) link
i almost forgot this was out today. looking at the credits and vladislav delay produced one track?!
― ufo, Friday, 8 September 2023 07:41 (six months ago) link
i want a 20 minute version of "treason"
― ufo, Friday, 8 September 2023 08:29 (six months ago) link
please give us some meditative reich&b epics
― ufo, Friday, 8 September 2023 08:31 (six months ago) link
half of this is her best ever work and the rest is still pretty good. "gravity" is heavenly, really delighted that this sort of 2-step has been a bit of a trend this year
i just wish this were a full album but it's a great EP
― ufo, Friday, 8 September 2023 08:58 (six months ago) link
Do only artists who pay Spotify get on Release Radar? I’ve been listening to a lot of Tinashe this year and no track from this release on my radar - which is bullshit.
Anyways, yeah great mini album. “Gravity” is gorgeous, “talk to me” switch still a favorite, “none of my business” also sounded good on first listen.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 September 2023 14:39 (six months ago) link
“Gravity” is the one produced by machinedrum and vladislav delay
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 September 2023 14:40 (six months ago) link
machinedrum produced a few more too including "treason" which is just incredible
― ufo, Friday, 8 September 2023 14:41 (six months ago) link
Yeah opening and closing tracks are machinedrum iirc
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 September 2023 14:42 (six months ago) link
Treason might be her best opening track yet. Impressed how she continues to evolve and do her thing after 10 albums. Really consistent and diverse discography.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 September 2023 14:49 (six months ago) link
I like "Tightrope" the best
― Sir Mick explained: (morrisp), Friday, 8 September 2023 17:38 (six months ago) link
sorta like amethyst in that album or EP or whatever it immediately strikes me as one of the best things she's put out
― ivy., Friday, 8 September 2023 18:43 (six months ago) link
On my third listen. The brevity helps in retrospective… lots of replay value and every song in here is great
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 September 2023 19:34 (six months ago) link
Recency bias maybe but this is my favorite thing she has released
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 September 2023 19:35 (six months ago) link
Keys on Treason are vaguely reminiscent of a mbira, love them.Talk To Me Nice is this perfect labyrinthine anti-jam.Needs is okay, don't mind it.I'm not sure the production totally works on Uh Huh but falsetto = good, interesting song.Gravity a little synth-drenched and known territory for her.None of my business needs a little more kick.Tightrope good minimal song.
Really good but hard to compare to 333 as only a half album.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 09:32 (six months ago) link
I rarely follow him but apparently Fantano gave this one a better ranking than p4k and loves it - with the exception of gravity which I don’t get but whatever.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 19:29 (six months ago) link
New Tiny Deskhttps://www.npr.org/2024/02/09/1230166589/tiny-desk-concert-tinashe
― Indexed, Friday, 9 February 2024 21:17 (one month ago) link
Are they no longer uploaded to youtube?
Anyways, very charming performance and tight live band!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 10 February 2024 14:01 (one month ago) link
Tinashe + Drum 'n bass = bop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlV8zVUgdLM
― groovypanda, Monday, 4 March 2024 19:48 (three weeks ago) link
love it!
― ufo, Monday, 4 March 2024 21:51 (three weeks ago) link
Certainly suits her style, cool re-use of the electronic mbira from Treason. I'm not crazy about the dnb return in style, it's always a little overpowering.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 19:31 (three weeks ago) link