new gorgeously dreamy video for "silhouette:"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8_ZWlOKsUQ
― j. winters (josh), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 18:01 (eight years ago) link
hey this album is really cleaning up the year-end lists! and all of my favorite people are here talking about it! i forgot to give it a shot prob bc i didn't really care for loud city song. what i've heard is super lovely
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Saturday, 21 November 2015 18:49 (eight years ago) link
Report back!
― Tim F, Saturday, 21 November 2015 21:42 (eight years ago) link
yeah i love this. as stated throughout this thread this is her most immediate record and parts of it are still kinda elusive to me, her sense of rhythm is sometimes really strange and displaced which is something that both pulls me in and sometimes leaves me feeling adrift.
the instrumentation on this record is super gorgeous and feels so deliberate that you really appreciate the choices she made
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Sunday, 22 November 2015 16:23 (eight years ago) link
really wish i had heard this record before i filed my enya review lol. their records go great together
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Sunday, 22 November 2015 16:30 (eight years ago) link
She's playing shows in the UK, Dublin and Paris in February :)
― paolo, Sunday, 6 December 2015 12:08 (eight years ago) link
Have You In My Wilderness has grown into an AOTY contender for me (as seems to be the case for a lot of people on this thread).Been exploring her back catalogue over the last few days. So far I'm slightly preferring Ekstasis to Loud City Song, although (a) they're both pretty good and (b) neither of them has grabbed me as strongly as HYIMW yet. Will give Tragedy a shot next.
Buzzing for the Glasgow show in February already :)
― Nose-Punk Era (Mr Andy M), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 22:16 (eight years ago) link
Ekstasis > Tragedy > HYIMW > LCS
imo
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
saw her last night, loved it
― just sayin, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 22:22 (eight years ago) link
This is really wonderful music. Where have I been?
― Austin, Saturday, 9 January 2016 00:06 (eight years ago) link
Austin
― ecclesiastes nutz (m bison), Saturday, 9 January 2016 00:35 (eight years ago) link
I hate people who have the opinion that I'm about to have but wow does "Tragedy" completely tower over everything else she's done (or anybody else for that matter)
― got a long list of ilxors (fgti), Saturday, 9 January 2016 00:47 (eight years ago) link
Will have to search that one out.
― Austin, Saturday, 9 January 2016 03:38 (eight years ago) link
Saw her play a mini set on a small keyboard at L.A. nonprofit film houseThe Cinefamily with maybe 10 other people a few years back. She is just atranscendent talent, and her continued success and creative growth makes me thinkshe'll be a significant force to be reckoned with for a long time
― beamish13, Saturday, 9 January 2016 07:28 (eight years ago) link
What if she is Luke skywalker's daughter hmmmm
― ecclesiastes nutz (m bison), Saturday, 9 January 2016 14:12 (eight years ago) link
Ekstasis is very good.
(first time hearing it right now)
― Austin, Saturday, 16 April 2016 22:30 (seven years ago) link
One run through of Tragedy and I'm pretty disappointed by its non-songs that just seem to meander. Maybe I need to sit with it a little more, but on first impression, not terribly impressed.
― Austin, Sunday, 24 April 2016 03:02 (seven years ago) link
The version of 'Feel You' she performed with the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians at Africa Express is quite something. Sadly can't find it on youtube http://open.spotify.com/track/5cvrDq3ESa2CpfG7oEiUc9
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 3 February 2017 20:45 (seven years ago) link
In the Same Room not only justifies its existence fairly easily, some of these new recordings feel very much definitive.
Excellent.
― Austin, Thursday, 6 April 2017 04:10 (six years ago) link
I'll check it out. Saw her twice on tour and the first time was great (Loud City Song) but the next show for Have You In My Wilderness felt like a night full of constantly crescendo-ridden pop. Made me miss the subtlety of Ekstasis.
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Thursday, 6 April 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link
She's on the new Laurel Halo album, Dust
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Thursday, 29 June 2017 04:40 (six years ago) link
The new rearrangement of “So Lilies” from In the Same Room is so great. I’d be down for the whole of Tragedy re-recorded with a full live band.
― mthrn, Thursday, 29 June 2017 11:06 (six years ago) link
I fucking adore that NPR article, great job. I put off reading it until I familiarised myself with the album a bit, because I didn’t want to have any preconceived expectations before listening. But boy, this piece (and the track-by-track analysis) really does give another dimension to this already complex record. Especially for a person like me—English is not my first language, so it really helped me catch some nuances/references in the lyrics. Thanks.
― mthrn, Thursday, 29 June 2017 11:14 (six years ago) link
^ Shit, wrong thread. Sorry.
but who's that article about, i wanna read it
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Thursday, 29 June 2017 14:06 (six years ago) link
I saw her in Bologna last night. There was a lot of new material, which left a very favourable first impression. There was one song the title of which she said she didn't know, which is probably the most boisterous song she's ever written, with high-pitched vocal freakouts and what have you. Bring on the next album, in an event.
― Freedom, Sunday, 3 December 2017 10:28 (six years ago) link
Yeah, saw her in Lisbon last week, impressive show, just her and a piano, a guy on synths. Good songs, a style of her own.
― niels, Sunday, 3 December 2017 21:29 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhBrJDgIxO4
revisiting this album and love it.
the vocal on "What did i do to make you feel so bad? What did i do that you would make me feel so bad?" kills
also love the euphoric birdsong vocals of "lucette stranded on the island"
― kolakube (Ross), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 05:11 (six years ago) link
it's such a great album! i've started listening to it when i want to calm and center myself, and it works wonders
― austinb, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 18:23 (six years ago) link
^ good way of putting it
― kolakube (Ross), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
Kind of inspired by the 'best multi-album run' thread, because she's had a fantastic one.
ANY news about a new LP? Rumours?
I saw her live in November 2016, she debuted two or three new tracks -- she even thanked the audience for being enthusiastic about this new, yet-unreleased material. It made me think a new album was surely coming very soon, but that was obviously not the case. HYIMW turns 3 in two months, I think it's been her longest break between records so far?
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Thursday, 26 July 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
Would love a new record soon. Have You In My Wilderness and In the Same Room have set the expectations pretty high, but I'm hopeful.
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Friday, 27 July 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5uwPaCvbhA
this is maybe the best thing she's ever done
― ufo, Thursday, 6 September 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
Double album Aviary out on October 26th, can't wait!
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Thursday, 6 September 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
a double album! awesome
― . (Michael B), Thursday, 6 September 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
press release mentions "Blade Runner-inspired synth work" ...!
― ufo, Thursday, 6 September 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
Wow, that single is gorgeous. Kind of reminds me of something from Laure Anderson's Mister Heartbreak.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 6 September 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
Pre-ordered that shit so fast.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 September 2018 14:49 (five years ago) link
New song is good. Really looking forward to a double album from her. She's done nothing except improve with record, so my hope are pretty high for Aviary.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 6 September 2018 15:43 (five years ago) link
I love the new single. Luxurious.
― . (Michael B), Friday, 7 September 2018 00:03 (five years ago) link
I’ve given her a bunch of chances and was encouraged by the synth mention above but stuff doesn’t have enough structure for me, not enough of a groove I guess
― calstars, Friday, 7 September 2018 00:05 (five years ago) link
Cannot wait as well
she is good live. first time she told me that if i wanted to buy her record, i had to make sure i had bus change. mensch
second time it was all crescendos, but have you in my wilderness is top drawer
― dig me out requiem (Ross), Friday, 7 September 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
I saw her live in the Berghain, phantastic place and great concert. She is so natural and has quite a large spectrum, she never ceases to amaze. In a way I see her as the legitimate successor of Laurie Anderson. Though her music is totally different.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 7 September 2018 20:46 (five years ago) link
^ I totally get what you're saying with the Laurie Anderson comparison! Of course they're miles away stylistically but at the same time it makes so much sense in my mind.
I saw her live twice, the first time after Ekstasis and before Loud City Song, and the second time after Have You in My Wilderness. Both shows were great but the second one was especially moving and memorable (nice indoor venue instead of a festival tent; she also seemed more confident as a perfomer and it seemed... IDK, somehow grander?). She's an incredible musician, it's such a joy to just sit and watch her play. After the second show she also did a meet & greet almost immediately afterwards and seemed like a truly lovely person, but I was too shy to approach her (and I didn't bring anything to sign).
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Friday, 7 September 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
I don't disagree that her music can lack struture but I don't think that's the point, I love how she explores textures and tensions and I really like this new single
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 8 September 2018 09:17 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIk2CGUTPr0
fully expecting this new album to be her masterpiece
― ufo, Thursday, 18 October 2018 00:12 (five years ago) link
she seems to get better with every record which is a rare thing these days (the last one is divine)
may have posted this earlier but she is also super down to earth. Saw her on LCS tour and not only did she geek out about kate bush and buffalo 66 with me, but she asked me to choose what to pay for her vinyl so I could safely get home on transit!
― Ross, Thursday, 18 October 2018 16:48 (five years ago) link
I love that the latest single is a beatless, freeform exploration that lasts seven minutes, I know there's other people doing similarly audacious things but she just feels so unparalleled as an artist sometimes
― boxedjoy, Friday, 19 October 2018 15:01 (five years ago) link
Just received a "shipped" notice on my preorder. Really exciting.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 22 October 2018 16:13 (five years ago) link
this album is really... so so much. often breath-taking but like i could do without the occasional extended dissonant bagpipes drone section but thankfully there's not too much of that.
after one listen i'm leaning towards 'truly incredible accomplishment'
― ufo, Thursday, 25 October 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link