the album is growing on me, surprising there aren't more mentions of it on ILM tbh.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 12 June 2015 13:45 (eight years ago) link
It's just OK. The beats are weak imo.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 June 2015 13:46 (eight years ago) link
I don't dislike it though.
yeah i'd be interested in hearing him over production that doesn't sound like 2003 DFA
― J0rdan S., Friday, 12 June 2015 14:06 (eight years ago) link
genuinely curious what sort of production you think would be more suitable?
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 12 June 2015 14:43 (eight years ago) link
Wouldn't have minded Holy Ghost! backing him.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 June 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link
He should do an album with Will.i.am
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 12 June 2015 15:32 (eight years ago) link
sounds really 2005 to me
― soyrev, Wednesday, May 20, 2015 8:47 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is what i thought too, like something dredged up from a forgotten myspace. not in a good way. mostly in an annoying but also uninvolving way.
― lex pretend, Friday, 12 June 2015 16:30 (eight years ago) link
what does 2015 sound like?
― billstevejim, Friday, 12 June 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link
"Trap Queen" and Drake
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 12 June 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
really couldn't believe how ordinary the songs were on this. reminded me of the Aeroplane album. just nothing-y.
― piscesx, Friday, 12 June 2015 17:19 (eight years ago) link
Live, he covered Joyce Manor, Christmas Card. Fun stuff.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 15 June 2015 04:06 (eight years ago) link
yeah my first thought when I heard Shamir was will this bad 2007 blog house aesthetic ever go away?
― The Reverend, Monday, 15 June 2015 04:14 (eight years ago) link
Seeing him next weekend for free. I enjoyed the one song, but that's all I've heard.
― Greer, Monday, 15 June 2015 08:01 (eight years ago) link
"Head In The Clouds" is amazing I don't know why it's tucked away at the end there.
― got a long list of ilxors (fgti), Monday, 15 June 2015 11:58 (eight years ago) link
I get if you're cool on the rest of the album but yeah "Head In The Clouds" <3
― got a long list of ilxors (fgti), Monday, 15 June 2015 11:59 (eight years ago) link
Yeh the album is mega-disappointing. Shame.
― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 21:15 (eight years ago) link
Went to their show at the U Street Music Hall tonight. I was meh on most of the songs, but his energy was good and Head in The Clouds is a total stormer.
― Greer, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 02:44 (eight years ago) link
I love this & him
― cerealbar, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 16:36 (eight years ago) link
odd-numbered mid-00s years
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Thursday, 2 July 2015 10:21 (eight years ago) link
what does that mean
― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 3 July 2015 01:23 (eight years ago) link
this record sounds like them apparently
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Friday, 3 July 2015 02:53 (eight years ago) link
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― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Friday, 3 July 2015 02:54 (eight years ago) link
lolol
― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 3 July 2015 03:38 (eight years ago) link
got to see him on sunday, love his current live band. the drummer is especially killing.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 17:42 (eight years ago) link
...
― expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:33 (eight years ago) link
um
― expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:34 (eight years ago) link
?
― expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:35 (eight years ago) link
omg you are freaking me out just tell us wtf happened to Shamir
― Ina-Garten-Da-Vida (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
ok forget it
xp ha nothing, apparently i just can't post a link.
― expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
just paste the url ffs
― Ina-Garten-Da-Vida (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/chantssound/you-had-me
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
i think i'm seeing him tuesday; curious how well this holds up live over an hour
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:46 (eight years ago) link
haha thx. i was just trying to drop an innocuous little link for those who might be interested and now i feel like an idiot.
forks, his live show is great (i think he was nervous on Colbert and overcompensated with too many sousaphones).
― expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
glad to hear, that colbert was my only exposure to him live and i was afraid he took all his least enjoyable eccentricities seriously and was a disaster onstage
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:58 (eight years ago) link
this is a much better representation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HOQkCC2l_w
― expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Friday, 13 November 2015 20:06 (eight years ago) link
yeah, much betteri wonder if he was afraid he was gonna say fuck on national teevee or something
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 20:08 (eight years ago) link
I saw Shamir in a church basement last night and he was STUNNING (I also saw him like 6 mos ago play a short set at a club at like midnight and he seemed sorta tired and it was just-okay). Most of the crowd was, like, hyperactive high school kids which was sort of surprising and they were also not v well behaved and kept stage diving and trying to mosh, ew. He was so bubbly and engaged ~AND~ he played both "If It Wasn't True" and "Sometimes A Man" which he didn't play last time (also the crowd acted like they were new songs and totally didn't respond). It was so much better than I expected it to be. Srsly go see this lil angel.
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/12246979_10105744906652899_7873448982649899819_n.jpg?oh=df4b8680e5b5c75753a22d3503aebf28&oe=56F29E20
― Ina-Garten-Da-Vida (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 14 November 2015 12:58 (eight years ago) link
Lmao this post is killing me
― brimstead, Saturday, 14 November 2015 22:15 (eight years ago) link
Oops didn't mean to double post
as promised, he was very fun and straightforward live; walked on stage and tweety birded out a HI and it was the cutest thing. He's got a good thirty minutes of sharpness, which is an impressive catalogue for such a youngster. I would only say that after that first half hour, I needed to tap out as (admittedly without the aid of drugs, alcohol or someone to dance with), it started getting to be a bit too much cotton candy all at once. Would love to see a double bill with scissor sisters, which this is reminding me of more and more now.
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 07:31 (eight years ago) link
I thought "In For the Kill" was a HOT CHIP SONG before vox kicked in :Pgood song imo
― niels, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
dunno about this album. it sounds fun while its on, but none of it seems to stick. or is it one to grow on?
― StillAdvance, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 15:09 (eight years ago) link
No.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 15:10 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bnvxqHl7_M
― ulysses, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 16:17 (eight years ago) link
We were talking about this on Facebook. Most of the people involved in the discussion thought this was terrible.
― its subtle brume (DJP), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 16:48 (eight years ago) link
i have no real duranx2 nostalgia at all and i'm inclined to like shamir's voice but, much like his cover of brandy clark's "Stripes", i was happy to listen to this once but have no inclination to want to hear it again.
― ulysses, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:12 (eight years ago) link
The song itself isn't suited to rendition as a sensitive acoustic song and the way Shamir sings it neutralizes all of the good things about that voice and emphasizes all of the terrible things about it.
― its subtle brume (DJP), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link
his "stripes" cover is borderline unlistenable
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:31 (eight years ago) link
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/live-at-samsung-837-shamir-tickets-24486759557
― ulysses, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 14:03 (eight years ago) link
Three tracks in and I'm really liking this
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 7 June 2019 21:39 (four years ago) link
https://shamir.bandcamp.com/album/cataclysm
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
I am loving the new single a LOT, it's a definite step up in quality from his initial basement-indie output, I'm v glad he's found his footing a bit.
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 27 June 2020 13:47 (three years ago) link
Hey, I think Shamir has stopped sucking and is putting out good music again:
https://open.spotify.com/track/1HxXq8uBgSy8Yg1vicBVTe?si=a1cjyqK1Scy6nw2pys2Yuw
― Hello Nice FBI Lady (DJP), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 18:11 (three years ago) link
i.e. is comfortable working with outside producers again?
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
i am discovering shamir ... in 2021
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Saturday, 19 June 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
MATT!!!
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 1 July 2021 18:42 (two years ago) link
^lol
i've listened to "on the regular" like 100 times
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 23:19 (two years ago) link
hi hi howdy howdy hi hi
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 23:38 (two years ago) link
Isn't there a thread for artists hating their biggest hit?
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 23:58 (two years ago) link
My single "Gay Agenda" is OUT NOW🦋Listen here: https://t.co/70laK0b3gs pic.twitter.com/aL1w9JN0mk— Shamir (@ShamirBailey) October 12, 2021
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
wow - "our song"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dabTk82fqvY
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 17:37 (nine months ago) link
i mean the song and shamir's vocal performance are excellent but i would like to point out that the woodland camo crop top with the heart on the front is absolutely perfect as well.
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 17:40 (nine months ago) link