I'm on my 4th listen today. Keeps getting better on each pass.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 29 July 2016 21:05 (seven years ago) link
yeah she really went in on this album wow. agree with brad that the album is a significant step up from the relatively faceless EP. i heard good reports from her set at pitchfork too
― art baengels (monotony), Saturday, 30 July 2016 10:05 (seven years ago) link
glad there's a thread about this albumBeen listening all day and I agree that it's a big leap from the (already nice) EP. Her singing has dramatically improved too!
― bunny slopes, Sunday, 31 July 2016 06:44 (seven years ago) link
i need to spend more time w/this, but i like it on first listen
― jaymc, Sunday, 31 July 2016 07:26 (seven years ago) link
I think this album is awesome, even though rtc is definitely otm about it being heliumballoonageorge
― Tim F, Sunday, 31 July 2016 12:21 (seven years ago) link
heliumballoonageorge
thrilled that this portmaneau exists
it's otm but i've never liked alunageorge songs this much, and i think it's bc it's not just her voice moving through unstable bass architecture but complicating it with actual boogie/electro rhythms. may be selling aluna short here bc i've only heard their singles (their recent ones are v good tho)
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 31 July 2016 13:32 (seven years ago) link
this is good
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 31 July 2016 14:06 (seven years ago) link
album has more in common w/ maybe something like tinashe's aquarius or even the internet's ego death to me than alunageorge. that comparison i think can only extend as far as the vocal tone
― art baengels (monotony), Sunday, 31 July 2016 22:04 (seven years ago) link
yah this is totally in Tinashe's yard
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 31 July 2016 23:31 (seven years ago) link
aquarius was the first record i thought of actually. ego death is an even better comparison
as i said in the r&b thread the way these songs are arranged reminds me a little of maxwell's now, particularly "temporary nite"
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 1 August 2016 00:21 (seven years ago) link
still not really feeling it after a few listens apart from "in the morning". it's just kinda pleasant. aquarius and maxwell comparisons are overselling it even by ilm standards
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 11:18 (seven years ago) link
A comparison isn't overselling or even selling. The album isn't great.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 12:36 (seven years ago) link
I agree with the first part and disagree with the second
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 12:39 (seven years ago) link
lol
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 12:40 (seven years ago) link
I can't seem to stop listening to "Girlfriend." The way the chorus comes in on the 2 just nails me to the wall. Especially the second half where she sings "flyyyyyyyyyyyy" with all those layered harmonies.
I might not need another song for the rest of the year.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 18 August 2016 17:08 (seven years ago) link
perfect album to relisten to just when you think AOTY contenders are settled
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:57 (seven years ago) link
It's good not great – I should have said year end lists.
This sounds nice, but also kinda not special in any way. ¯\(ツ)/¯
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRCQ24V8eO8
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 June 2018 17:28 (five years ago) link
fuck that imo
new album shaping up to be great from the singles
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 October 2018 16:41 (five years ago) link
oh this is out today too isn't it
incredibly stacked day
her first album was super underrated so looking forward to listening to this
― ufo, Thursday, 25 October 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
this has less of the heavily processed funk & wonky beats that i loved from For All We Know unfortunately
it's still quite enjoyable with solid songwriting but it doesn't feel as distinctive or as interesting as her debut
― ufo, Friday, 26 October 2018 02:27 (five years ago) link
this is true! less of that liquid synth thing a lot more traditional and self-serious ("orbit" being patient zero here)
it still largely bangs, just kinda wish more of it resembled "drive and disconnect"
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 26 October 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
i like when this gets kinda neo-soulish... "saturn" in particular, which reminds me of the KING album
relatedly i've been playing this a lot recently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1jW-xJlIA8
― J0rdan S., Friday, 26 October 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
initial reaction is that I need to knock off bothering with listening to so many pre-album singles ... like I've heard the best of this already, like the first two tracks. Those are completely massive
― maffew12, Saturday, 27 October 2018 01:32 (five years ago) link
I think I will prefer Saturn to For All We Know. On first play, of the songs not previously shared I particularly enjoyed "Gabriel" and "A Life Like This".
― Jeff W, Sunday, 28 October 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
something about her music keeps me at a bit of a distance but this is a good album. warm, inviting & compulsively playable.
aside from "drive & disconnect" and "if you ever" i think i like the ballads -- another lifetime, saturn and orbit -- the most
― J0rdan S., Monday, 29 October 2018 01:49 (five years ago) link
this record is absolutely fantastic, although i want it known that i hate the bit in "make it out alive" where she sings "colours change, blue grass like the lumineers"
― monotony, Saturday, 3 November 2018 12:13 (five years ago) link
the title track, "orbit", "drive & disconnect" all wonderful
― monotony, Saturday, 3 November 2018 12:14 (five years ago) link
Orbit is my fave.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 3 November 2018 13:54 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-GX9bpT3MI
new single is afrobeats and it's very good!
― ufo, Thursday, 7 January 2021 22:07 (three years ago) link
no small thanks to Adekunle Gold, I’d say(and producer Sarz)
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Thursday, 7 January 2021 22:16 (three years ago) link
brb crossposting it on the Afropop thread
surprised to see that the (glorious) adekunle collab has over 12 million plays on spotify. anyway, her album is out today and i'm excited to check it.
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Friday, 24 September 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
album is very solid but i do kinda miss how cool & distinctive the beats were on her debut. having afrobeats in the mix on this one is very welcome though
― ufo, Saturday, 25 September 2021 00:41 (two years ago) link
i feel that. i think the songs on here are fairly strong overall tho, and the serpentwithoutfeet collab in particular really soars
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Saturday, 25 September 2021 14:20 (two years ago) link