the title track reminds me of Metro Area
― boxedjoy, Monday, 11 July 2016 18:21 (seven years ago) link
aaaa this is better than I expected/hoped
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 21:02 (seven years ago) link
one venue in mpls (a bar) used to have a decent model...which was a bit different because they were set up with 2 separate rooms - one for a band and one that was an old dive bar part, but anyway it was free to get in but all the money from the back bar in the band room went to the band...i think everyone won because people would be more willing to check out new local bands, the bar payout usually was more than you'd get with less people showing up and paying a $5 cover of which you probably didn't get all of it, and the bar won because if it filled up and lots of people would end up going to the main bar anyway if the band room bar was too busy
― Steve Gunn Mann-Dude (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 July 2016 21:06 (seven years ago) link
Just saw her live in Boston, she played the entire album (including interludes) but sans Space Tapes, and she was great. No merch, but crowd was singing along to pretty much every song, which she was a bit blow away by.
She stayed afterwards and gave hugs/took selfies with fans. I asked her if the line in "What happened to us" was actually "I was never ready / f**k your love," because that's how I kept hearing it. She said she does sing it that way live, but "officially" the line is "I was never ready / for your love" in order to be more airplay/streaming friendly.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 04:21 (seven years ago) link
that's interesting. the explicit version would convey a very different sentiment to the clean imo
― art baengels (monotony), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 04:34 (seven years ago) link
this album is really good.
― Wozniak on Kimye's Baby (jaymc), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 06:19 (seven years ago) link
Not sure how the last Tegan & Sara album and the Haim debut got so much AOTY love while this has flown almost completely under the radar. Wonderful, breezy listen. Hard to pick a favorite track.
― Indexed, Friday, 9 December 2016 16:44 (seven years ago) link
this is way better than the tegan and sara record
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 9 December 2016 16:46 (seven years ago) link
Yep. It's by far the strongest of the eighties-indebted quasi-pop records. There hasn't been a week since July when I haven't hummed the synth hook from "Tongue Tied." It took almost that long to realize it reminded me of Toto's "Africa."
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 December 2016 16:48 (seven years ago) link
Pretty sure this album will not fly under the radar come ILX poll time. It's excellent.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 9 December 2016 18:10 (seven years ago) link
Although to be honest over the half of the album is made up of singles and tracks previously released over the past 2 years.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 9 December 2016 18:14 (seven years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/HEOtXv3Nrw— shura (@weareshura) March 6, 2019
seems like she's starting to tease album 2
― ufo, Thursday, 7 March 2019 07:25 (five years ago) link
Gorgeous new single
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn5jKPA35Zo
― kitchen person, Sunday, 10 March 2019 19:45 (five years ago) link
that was great. the pivot!
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 10 March 2019 19:52 (five years ago) link
Yeah, that moment is really special. So nice to have her back!
― kitchen person, Sunday, 10 March 2019 19:53 (five years ago) link
This reminds me of Rhye's album from last year.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Sunday, 10 March 2019 23:44 (five years ago) link
wasn't at all expecting something so neo-soul from her but it's lovely, especially the coda
album is called forevher apparently
― ufo, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 08:27 (five years ago) link
"We could take the subway to the beach where there's a breeze/Cause we're in America" is my favourite lyric of the year so far. Reminds me of the first couple of times I visited friends in NYC and everything was exciting.
― seandalai, Saturday, 16 March 2019 01:31 (five years ago) link
wow new single is a knockout.she's v underrated imo
― ripersnifle, Sunday, 17 March 2019 02:06 (five years ago) link
this is her best ever song. feels like bathing in heaven
― monotony, Sunday, 17 March 2019 03:06 (five years ago) link
new song! new video! shura as the Hot Priest!
https://youtu.be/HHI_WpVLT1g
― monotony, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 13:31 (four years ago) link
album out august 16
Love the new single and the video is great too. She's such a star!
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 14:02 (four years ago) link
not as transcendent as BKLYNLDN but still very nice, super excited for the album
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 14:07 (four years ago) link
this could've been on the natalie prass record. i love it
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 14:12 (four years ago) link
I didn't care for BKLYNLDN but this single gives me hope!
I think I still prefer the old (synthier) Shura, though.
― daavid, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 18:51 (four years ago) link
This absolutely kills, thought it would be getting more love around here. Giving me Jenny Lewis/ Natalie Prass Vibes.
https://youtu.be/zDCPai9kWLQ
― aguzman1990, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 13:19 (four years ago) link
It is like Jenny Lewis in that the drums are mixed so dry and loud that it fucks up the whole mood.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
oh i love this
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
the drums are wonderful
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
yeah very similar vibes to the last Natalie Prass album, which is great
― ufo, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 22:34 (four years ago) link
That is fantastic
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 23:01 (four years ago) link
Anyone heard the new record?
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 15 August 2019 06:03 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I've had it a while and really like it. The second half is very ballad heavy but I think she pulls it off well. She seems to have stripped away a lot of the big 80s pop from Nothing's Real and gone more in a 70s singer songwriter direction. Some of the ballads remind me of Todd Rundgren or Hall & Oates for some reason (maybe the production?) Definitely not as immediate as the debut. I think it's probably going to divide people on here, Charly Bliss style.
― kitchen person, Friday, 16 August 2019 01:31 (four years ago) link
i only made it through to "the stage" on my commute this morning but "side effects" had me swooning
― monotony, Friday, 16 August 2019 01:45 (four years ago) link
it's very good! it's a change in sound, sure, but she's still great working in a somewhat different style. i'm not sure if it reaches quite the same highs as the debut but i'm not disappointed at all.
― ufo, Friday, 16 August 2019 04:29 (four years ago) link
I wish this was more like the debut, but she's such a beguiling performer that I want to spend more time with it than I normally would with this sort of thing
― boxedjoy, Friday, 16 August 2019 08:24 (four years ago) link
This is precious @weareshura just popped into our @hmvWestfield store to buy her new album #forevher with her mum.Little birdie tells us that she signed a couple of copies too.#Shura pic.twitter.com/TWb1Xlld3Y— hmv (@hmvtweets) August 16, 2019
― Jeff W, Friday, 16 August 2019 18:26 (four years ago) link
this girl is insanely talented
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 17 August 2019 01:30 (four years ago) link
the title track is just perfect
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 17 August 2019 11:32 (four years ago) link
i need to spend more time with the “tommy” -> “princess leia” section but otherwise everything about this record sounded perfect to me
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 17 August 2019 11:37 (four years ago) link
it feels v neo-soul to me in spirit and atmosphere
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 17 August 2019 11:50 (four years ago) link
ok yeah after two listens: way better than the debut, so beautiful
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 17 August 2019 12:26 (four years ago) link
yeah it's all very neo-soul which isn't what i expected after the debut but she's pulled it off very well. really like the garbled vocals and background chaos on "skyline, be mine"
― ufo, Sunday, 18 August 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
not to second guess anyone's taste but i could see this being alfred's album of the year
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 18 August 2019 15:05 (four years ago) link
This album really hit me hard yesterday. The second half in particular. It's definitely on the same level as Nothing's Real for me now.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 18 August 2019 15:19 (four years ago) link
Press play on #forevher now and I'll tell you some stories about it as we go. Any questions just throw them my way and I'll try to answer some of those too. Big Love. 💙https://t.co/fTqu3MfZ7a pic.twitter.com/57511ug6EV— shura (@weareshura) August 18, 2019
Epic thread
― Jeff W, Sunday, 18 August 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
That's a great thread. Learning that it's Peter Gordon playing sax on BKLYNLDN makes me love it even more.
I haven't quite yet bonded with the album the way you lot have, but I'm getting there. "skyline, be mine" reminds me of a different kind of 90s style, the big spacey album closer like "Galaxy of Emptiness".
― Today he dances jazz, but tomorrow he will sell his homeland (seandalai), Sunday, 18 August 2019 21:14 (four years ago) link
enjoying the way "the stage" basically turns into a tame impala song in its second half
― monotony, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 00:00 (four years ago) link
i cant stop listening to tommy its just beautiful
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 00:29 (four years ago) link