SKY FERREIRA

There's not much song to this song, but it will do.

TBF this is probably better than any Primal Scream song in 15+ years, to the extent I'm wondering if Sky gave them the song. Either that or it was written by some Sumnerlike ringer. Bobby G has been overproduced which is usually the best way to deal with his voice.

Imagining these two interacting is kinda gross, you can just imagine Sky approaching it with transparent hero worship and Gillespie just lapping up the fact that a person under 30 actually likes Primal Scream as if that's proof of his inherent genius.

Yeah, the song could be way better without Bobby.

wonder what the haim song will be like

And then you realise the album is called CHAOSMOSIS and it's like aaah normal service is resumed.

night time my time was one of my favorite records of 2013-2014 but i haven't listened to it much since then. la weekly thing made me go back to it. fuck. this is easily one of the best albums of the decade so far. treeship's post in the other thread said it perfectly - this thing balances so much and hits so many buttons - there isn't a bad song on it. i really, really hope her new record comes out this year

100% OTM

Although I've kept it (and the ep's/singles) in my current playlist since then.

Still think every song on the album is better than "Everything Is Embarrassing," which seems to be the song most people (who came late) gravitate towards. ¯\(ツ)/¯

lol I'd successfully wiped the song "Obsession" from memory until I revisited the early section of the thread. Her first US label deal was so stupid.

(who came late)

pffft

xp yeah I don't like "Everything is Embarrassing" at all. I saw her twice that fall - in September opening up for Vampire Weekend at Barclays and in November headlining the 9:30 Club - it was, uhh, night and day! the difference was amazing though - nobody was there except ~100 diehards at thisd stadium show, and even though she played mostly night time stuff, it sorta floated past me. Although I remember "I Blame Myself" and "24 Hours" stuck out. Two months later, everyone knew every word and were begging her to play "I Blame Myself." It was awesome.

Of course real heads know that the non-album version of Everything is Embarrassing (which came first) is vastly superior

saw her at Pitchfork in summer '13, appalled by er performance. The album was a seismic shock, to say the least. And, yeah, OTM: I didn't top ten it in 2013, now it's essential.

yeah this album has become a once-a-month listen, everything I'd want in a new JAMC album & more.

not sure i get the jamc shout out but it is a great album.

(who came late)

pffft

― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, June 22, 2016 2:06 AM (6 hours ago)

joeks, bruh

2013 was a great year for Ariel Rechtshaid. Anything worth checking out by him from 2014 thru now?

thank you, btw, to the gross awful sexist hacks at la weekly for reminding me she's playing here next week. just got my tix.

her best song is obv "you're not the one"

clearly

def a top 10 from the last 5 years for me

same

You're Not the One reminds me a bit of In A Big Country, and not in a bad way

we'll see about that won't we
we'll see about that won't we

You're Not the One reminds me of a lot of "Public Image", also not in a bad way.

one of the last CD i have ever bought, got the two disc version. i think it is fine but not one of the best of this decade but maybe i need to play a bit more.

I adore "You're Not The One" but it's very twinned with "Heavy Metal Heart" for me, I can't imagine thinking of one as a standout vis a vis the other.

Don't sleep on "I Blame Myself," people

i'm not it is a highlight but something like "Omanko" sort of left me cold.

"you're not the one" is prob the best sky song but my fav is "love in stereo"

I probably complain upthread about how it doesn't have much of a chorus. it has exactly the right amount of chorus

god i love "omanko"

omanko is the jamc-est one and i tend to loop it like six times in a row, but real highlight (at the moment) is either i blame myself or ain't your right. "we'll see about that won't we" poss my favorite moment.

terrific album yeah. i listened to it for the first time just a few weeks ago and had it in regular rotation by the time the l.a. weekly piece happened. when synchronicity sucks.

every day i hear them saying something else i know

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

i like the whole album, but that song is really something: vulnerable but bitter... self pity transmogrified into ANGER, which is the only way it ever heals, as anyone who listens to punk already knows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1gDuaY8-V4

i love the pauses on this track. 1:27: "you put my faith... back in..... boys. back in.... boys" followed by that sputtering engine shoegaze guitar effect. i could listen to that forever.

i am also a fan of the album art. weirdos claimed at the time she looked terrified, like she was about to be attacked, but i don't see fear on her face at all. more like anger or disdain or maybe just resolve. almost all of the emotions reflected in the songs can be read into her expression here. it's a good portrait, even if i am not a big fan of gaspar noe overall

Yeah, it's a very Highway 61-esque "fuck you" kind look. Anyone who says she looks terrified needs their head examined.

*kind of

her expression doesn't indicate fear, but her physical posture is somewhat defensive. torso turned away from the camera, shoulders up, chin tucked. can see as how it might read as threatened, wary.

def. she's "turning away" from people's expectations of her as a musician and a public figure, casting a cold eye on the culture that wants to pin her down as one thing or the other.

the cover fits with the album's lyrical preoccupations imo.

not listened to this in ages,
so this thread revival did a good thing as it's f*cking brilliant.

everything I'd want in a new JAMC album & more

this is not that far removed from my opinion re this album.

kristine = JAMC vs girl pop = perfection.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OJl6Z4afEU

love the twitchy guitars and synths churning in the background

Dang, I was hoping this was bumped for something from the new album

you blame yourself

You think you know me so well

Yikes, the only vinyl copy of this on Amazon is going for $85

weird.