Jessy Lanza - Pull My Hair Back (2013)

i really loved the first 3-4 songs of the first album (the rest just didnt match up for me), so am cautiously excited to hear the new one.

New one is growing on me...though at first I wanted it to have more vocals.

Still super jazzed for the new record; co-sign on Pull My Hair Back being unbelievably lovely.

yeah i listened to it the other day and man that was a great record, that was

new track "VV Violence" from the upcoming album has an infectious midnite boogie sheen to it

http://www.gorillavsbear.net/hear-jessy-lanzas-infectious-new-track-vv-violence/

Ooooooooh.

not sure if it got ilm attention elsewhere but i thought this mix she did last year was fantastic https://soundcloud.com/i-d-online-1/jessy-lanza-music-to-cheer-yourself-up-to

IDK, I find her vocals totally uncompelling, and that bass synth sounds like something the aliens from Explorers would play

Goddamn, the new album is great.

THE NEW ALB IS SO GOOD

did it leak?

it did and i really like it

"going somewhere" is *heart eyes emoji x100*

new album OH NO out today

Have to say i'm not so keen on this one. Does what album 1 did but not as well, plus a couple of really annoying vocal bits :(

I like it more than the debut, it feels a little hookier and more energetic

It's the exact opposite of that to me

Just listened to this for the first time and it completely passed me by. It did take me a while to really get into her first album so I will persist but my first impressions aren't good. Didn't really notice any hooks at all.

i want to like this and i do like "it means i love you", but i haven't got there yet. i'm trying though!

I wouldn't say I like it more; but it does a different thing (a little more open space, a little more pop, a little more 80s, a little more vocal variation / direct-ness / 'energy') that I'm loving in a different way. Early favorites are slow jam "I Talk BB", "VV Violence", and "Never Enough".

She had passed me by until the other day when someone recommended this LP to me. Enjoying it a lot.

Listened to it 2x in the shop yesterday...and yeah, I think every track here is a keeper. It's different enough from the debut while retaining enough vocal & production characteristics that it's not a complete sea change. Pretty much loving this record right now.

i maintain that the back stretch of this, starting with Vivica, really really opens up after a few listens.

This is a huge leap forward to me. So much more inventive and adventurous in its sounds and her performance, and the songwriting is much stronger too

http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-releases/jessy-lanzas-6-essential-japanese-electro-records/

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

great song, great video

Tried to get into Oh No a few times, just find it very undercooked sounding.

holy cow

https://jessylanza.bandcamp.com/track/going-somewhere-dva-hi-emotions-remix

I love 'pull my hair back' but I don't really like the new one and I feel frustrated at how many people like it based on the EOY lists. Same producer, same sort of sound but it just doesn't connect with me. Am I the only one who doesn't feel like it wasn't an improvement? It feels like the same thing but with lesser songs to me.

I agree with moka, am sad to say

I completely agree Moka. EOY placements feel like a result of a raised profile more than anything

I thought it was way better than the first one, more vivid three-dimensional sound and better songwriting

The new one's great and she kills it live, but the first one has "Fuck Diamond" which is all-time.

love both, although PMHB has more sentimental value to me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3D7EEpdlY4

she's back at last and sounding great

yeah, this rules – hope a record follows!

She’s been teasing a record to be released this year! This’ll likely be a part of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrwrjMntR8o

I know that couch!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moQx8CpHMGo

that was fun

Hilarious--out to the Ontario blue-bin recycling program

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flh6HYEObp4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj06wf5sZcE

this Boiler Room set has made really excited about the new record

album is fine but doesn't seem as hook-y as the last one on first listen?

well this is completely delightful on contact!

texturally wonderful as always and I can sense actual songs in there as well

i really like "over and over" and "alexander"

I've not been motivated to engage with her music for years but the new one is great, so much hookier and full of ideas than her older work. How long has she been making stuff like this?

it's not a significant shift from oh no which i'd say was slightly better than this new one

how is this not the album cover. anyway can't wait!

yet another solid album from her!

so good. The advance description made it sound like a bigger variety of producers this time. But from this new Discogs entry, can see Jeremy Greenspan is still heavily involved

https://www.discogs.com/release/27804303-Jessy-Lanza-Love-Hallucination

saw that too! their whole dynamic is very curious with the friends, lovers, ex-lovers arc.

honestly impressive they've maintained such a close and consistent creative partnership through it all. also interesting that he seemingly never proactively promotes her work nor his involvement in it.

at the beginning there was sensitivity of overshadowing and it being written off as a junior boys project but at this point certainly she's doing bigger numbers than they ever did. as a long time JBs fan I'm just glad it's still a going concern and a great one at that!

have yet to dig into the album but it looks promising. 'limbo' is A++++

a few tracks in and i think this is her best one yet

idk if i'd take it over oh no yet but it's at least better than the other two

great headphones album, the bass is very sumptuous

I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed her lockdown-era online DJ mixes, when I'd just stay in and drink red wine and listen to online DJ mixes.