I wonder how much Cole had to do with the record.
― calstars, Thursday, 7 April 2016 11:26 (eight years ago) link
liquid cool comes out tomorrow...first listening now and I'm in love with her all over again. it's a much different record than One Second...more homemade, more emotional
― calstars, Friday, 10 June 2016 01:24 (seven years ago) link
does it have hooks?
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 10 June 2016 02:16 (seven years ago) link
Not as many as One Second
― calstars, Friday, 10 June 2016 03:14 (seven years ago) link
It sounds a lot more full-bodied than anything before, thd production is very thick and humid. Not a great deal of hooks and her voice feels somewhat obscured but I still enjoyed it.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 10 June 2016 07:09 (seven years ago) link
hmm, new one not hitting the sweet spot very often. feels a little underworked at times; the songs sometimes seem to go on forever with minimal variation. feels like a holding motion, honestly.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Saturday, 18 June 2016 05:15 (seven years ago) link
i hate this thread
― schlump, Saturday, 18 June 2016 05:26 (seven years ago) link
except calstars
― schlump, Saturday, 18 June 2016 05:27 (seven years ago) link
congrats all of you on being in the company of the guy from p4k who wrote a review complaining that this is not a wilco album
you now & running out of time so so classic
the first song also
I'm into this album, which is a relief because I didn't think much of the last one.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 18 June 2016 05:30 (seven years ago) link
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― schlump, Saturday, June 18, 2016 12:27 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
get off the internet
― wizzz! (amateurist), Saturday, 18 June 2016 11:12 (seven years ago) link
Nothing But Scenery is awesome and deep
― calstars, Saturday, 18 June 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
yeah so heavy & unusual; bc it starts so unadorned it was v surprising to play the record & hear it, but it has shades of the weird repurposing mission nj records have generally, i think. i remember reading some interview w her forever ago where she talks abt synthetic sounds from the eighties having a second act, like there having been a literally creative phase in which instruments were invented but their use being sort of truncated by the limits of the era in which they were populated, & it's so hazy & kind of eerie to hear her duet in sync w/ chiming synth noise
― schlump, Sunday, 19 June 2016 00:26 (seven years ago) link
agree, it's a very strange *sounding* album but can't put my finger on exactly how
― calstars, Sunday, 19 June 2016 03:01 (seven years ago) link
i don't like the vocals
― ejemplo (crüt), Monday, 20 June 2016 13:43 (seven years ago) link
Too much echo and reverb. There seems to be some good singing underneath all of tgat, but it's hard to tell.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Monday, 20 June 2016 13:57 (seven years ago) link
Nite Funk is out today. Dam's jams are nice and Ramona plays a subdued role vocally for the most part.
― calstars, Friday, 1 July 2016 21:17 (seven years ago) link
i will pay for the next year of ilx hosting if i am allowed to delete this thread
― schlump, Sunday, 3 July 2016 03:06 (seven years ago) link
mods
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 July 2016 03:27 (seven years ago) link
?
― calstars, Sunday, 3 July 2016 04:07 (seven years ago) link
i am just being difficult but i am enjoying this record so much !, + then halfway thru listening i remember the internet's ambivalence + kick a hole in the speaker, snap the arm from the turntable, take a bite out of the record + beat my chest wailing like harvey keitel. i saw her play w julia holter a few nights ago. it is such a good record, i think, + super interesting to hear her talk abt it existing as a kind fundamental full-circle nj record, like sharing so much dna w the first lp. the slow jams really grow on me too.
i bought the lp + read the v spare words for the first song i'd been getting hung up on, i still can't tell why it's spookin me so, living in this quiet zone. so gd !
― schlump, Sunday, 3 July 2016 04:22 (seven years ago) link
im gonna go see her on wed im excited, not planning on listening to the new alb before that tho
― johnny crunch, Monday, 4 July 2016 00:30 (seven years ago) link
there was some local witchhouse opener i dug it tbh
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 7 July 2016 02:48 (seven years ago) link
nothing but scenery really stands out imo
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 12:07 (seven years ago) link
this is as good as the first lp i think, rly classic
― schlump, Friday, 23 September 2016 14:33 (seven years ago) link
I'm warming up to it, but I wish it had more hooks
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 23 September 2016 14:34 (seven years ago) link
this is rly the 'i wish it had likable characters' of music to me
― schlump, Saturday, 24 September 2016 00:33 (seven years ago) link
will always be enamoured with Ramona but yeah I can recommend her Maia thing on Bandcamp
― calstars, Saturday, 24 September 2016 01:31 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDeiQvoCT_A
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 19:26 (seven years ago) link
OK wow I love her again
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
Nite Jewel's last full length was pretty decent (particularly like "Running Out of Time"). Opening with "Nothing But Scenery" was an odd choice though as it feels like the album loses momentum instantly.
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 21:48 (seven years ago) link
Do all the LA artists go to the same beach up the coast to shoot their videos? I feel like I just saw one like this starring weyes blood.
― calstars, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 23:12 (seven years ago) link
3 listens inSounds like a jammier version of "goes through your head"Happy to hear the major key cues
― calstars, Saturday, 25 March 2017 16:51 (seven years ago) link
this is so damn good, it's been stuck in my head all weekend
― joshywinty (josh), Monday, 27 March 2017 03:34 (seven years ago) link
Sounds good blaring from the stereo
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Monday, 27 March 2017 03:56 (seven years ago) link
Love this track she did for GTA too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkBwPmExtv8
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Monday, 27 March 2017 04:00 (seven years ago) link
Heard an advance of the full thing...it's nice? Not deathless.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 March 2017 04:28 (seven years ago) link
Tell us more Ned...does it sound like the last one or is it brighter? Like the hypnagogic pop of her first one or less slanted?
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Monday, 27 March 2017 05:22 (seven years ago) link
https://youtu.be/Gc-uwh12myM
New one not as upbeat as the other but still very welcomeKind of wish I could make out the words though?
― calstars, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 01:16 (seven years ago) link
Here's my attempt at most of it:
I saw you outit was in a dreamyou talked to mebut what did it mean?
took me homesitting on the couchit was darkI was out
please don't let the light incuz we're tryingto find you in the space that's in between usyeah
i still believe in spacecover up my eyes againseem like you're away (?)
is it you (??)
....
the answer is lovethe answer is love
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 01:35 (seven years ago) link
I thought it was "the answer is no"
― calstars, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 01:58 (seven years ago) link
Yeah I think it's "no". Seems like this album is a logical progression from Nite-Funk so far
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 02:03 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqGO9VkoX-U
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 18:57 (seven years ago) link
Looks like Nite Jewel also just put out an EP called "Obsession", all tracks below
http://www.gorillavsbear.net/stream-nite-jewels-obsession-12-ep/
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Friday, 21 April 2017 01:58 (seven years ago) link
Newest one "had to let me go" is the most funky of the singles so far:https://open.spotify.com/track/520q1SyVf34r6sz44383bJ
― calstars, Sunday, 30 April 2017 16:52 (seven years ago) link
Wish the Meters could play rhythm on it.
― calstars, Sunday, 30 April 2017 16:55 (seven years ago) link
^ Nice track. "Obsession" EP has grown on me; it's uniformly chill which initially turned me off, but I found it compelling in the rain today. Sublime and insular, with the highlights "Real High" and "Real Low", gorgeous tracks with alien, aquatic synth bursts.
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 23:55 (six years ago) link
Haven't heard the EP but will ASAP
I also think this latest one is the one she's most invested and engaged in
― calstars, Thursday, 4 May 2017 00:49 (six years ago) link