100% OTM
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 05:27 (seven years ago) link
Although I've kept it (and the ep's/singles) in my current playlist since then.
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 05:29 (seven years ago) link
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)/¯
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 05:52 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 05:55 (seven years ago) link
(who came late)
pffft
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 06:06 (seven years ago) link
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.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 06:31 (seven years ago) link
Of course real heads know that the non-album version of Everything is Embarrassing (which came first) is vastly superior
― Number None, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 09:52 (seven years ago) link
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.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 10:30 (seven years ago) link
yeah this album has become a once-a-month listen, everything I'd want in a new JAMC album & more.
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 10:31 (seven years ago) link
not sure i get the jamc shout out but it is a great album.
― dynamicinterface, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 12:40 (seven years ago) link
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, June 22, 2016 2:06 AM (6 hours ago)
joeks, bruh
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 13:03 (seven years ago) link
2013 was a great year for Ariel Rechtshaid. Anything worth checking out by him from 2014 thru now?
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 17:54 (seven years ago) link
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.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 18:08 (seven years ago) link
her best song is obv "you're not the one"
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
clearly
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
def a top 10 from the last 5 years for me
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link
same
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 20:53 (seven years ago) link
You're Not the One reminds me a bit of In A Big Country, and not in a bad way
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 21:10 (seven years ago) link
we'll see about that won't wewe'll see about that won't we
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 21:14 (seven years ago) link
You're Not the One reminds me of a lot of "Public Image", also not in a bad way.
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 22:12 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 23 June 2016 01:04 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Tim F, Thursday, 23 June 2016 01:10 (seven years ago) link
Don't sleep on "I Blame Myself," people
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 June 2016 01:20 (seven years ago) link
i'm not it is a highlight but something like "Omanko" sort of left me cold.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 23 June 2016 01:25 (seven years ago) link
"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
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 June 2016 03:03 (seven years ago) link
god i love "omanko"
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 23 June 2016 03:07 (seven years ago) link
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.
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 23 June 2016 03:46 (seven years ago) link
every day i hear them saying something else i know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYsJWzdfdtg
― Treeship, Thursday, 23 June 2016 04:19 (seven years ago) link
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
― Treeship, Thursday, 23 June 2016 04:21 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Treeship, Thursday, 23 June 2016 04:32 (seven years ago) link
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
― Treeship, Thursday, 23 June 2016 04:43 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, it's a very Highway 61-esque "fuck you" kind look. Anyone who says she looks terrified needs their head examined.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 23 June 2016 05:11 (seven years ago) link
*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.
― oculus lump (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 June 2016 05:35 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Treeship, Thursday, 23 June 2016 05:47 (seven years ago) link
the cover fits with the album's lyrical preoccupations imo.
― Treeship, Thursday, 23 June 2016 05:48 (seven years ago) link
not listened to this in ages, so this thread revival did a good thing as it's f*cking brilliant.
― mark e, Saturday, 25 June 2016 18:59 (seven years ago) link
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.
― mark e, Saturday, 25 June 2016 19:19 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OJl6Z4afEU
love the twitchy guitars and synths churning in the background
― Treeship, Thursday, 29 September 2016 10:49 (seven years ago) link
Dang, I was hoping this was bumped for something from the new album
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Thursday, 29 September 2016 12:31 (seven years ago) link
you blame yourself
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 29 September 2016 13:04 (seven years ago) link
You think you know me so well
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Thursday, 29 September 2016 13:13 (seven years ago) link
Yikes, the only vinyl copy of this on Amazon is going for $85
― Evan R, Thursday, 29 September 2016 13:46 (seven years ago) link
weird.
― Treeship, Friday, 30 September 2016 01:16 (seven years ago) link
i'm psyched for the new album but also worried about what it will be like, with that provocative title and all
― Treeship, Friday, 30 September 2016 01:18 (seven years ago) link
treeship that revive was an act of violence
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 1 October 2016 01:59 (seven years ago) link
Weird to think it's been longer since the album came out than it was between the time this thread started and the album was finally released.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 February 2017 03:55 (seven years ago) link
Sry for false revive.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 February 2017 03:56 (seven years ago) link
arrgh
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 3 February 2017 04:02 (seven years ago) link
album never came out cuz the label gave her entire budget to halsey
― J0rdan S., Friday, 3 February 2017 04:22 (seven years ago) link