Warpaint

I've got pretty low expectations for this one. Hoping for two, maybe three keepers.

― calstars, Monday, September 12, 2016 9:19 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yup, this is pretty much how I'm feeling about it.

I started out my initial listen thinking "eh, it's okay" and by the end of the album I was in love with the whole thing; my turning point was "Dre"

on listen #2, the whole thing is clicking for me

i like the stall, need to listen to the rest more

really not digging this at all. this band had a certain sense of...i dunno mystery or something to me or a certain vibe that i thought was very intriguing and now i don't really feel anything about them.

Totally agree about the sense of mystery; the last album nailed that. I like this one, though. Think of it as a summer record and it really works.

I like the first song a lot. I haven't listened through all of it yet.

Liking this better than the self-titled.

I never really glommed onto that album. I really liked Love Is To Die, and some of the other tracks were pretty good, but I don't remember them. And there was quite a bit of it that seemed like leftovers filler to me.

Heads Up, on the other hand is really propulsive and magical throughout. I didn't expect to like this after New Song dropped, but I've grown to like that song and it has it's place in the album. There's so many great sounds here. Cellos and horns or synth approximations thereof? One song had really great subharmonic bass. The songs are memorable and I can get lost in them. I love this record.

:)

I still haven't heard the new album yet, but I'm giving the self-titled record a spin again and it still holds up. The new one'll have to be something special to dislodge Warpaint as my favourite album of theirs.

So yeah, finally getting around to hearing the new one and, yeah, it's clear that they've attempted to make more of a song based record this time around, which I have no problem with, but I think the previous record was more them.

New record feels like a no man's land between their usual atmospheric tendencies and trying to create more structured songs. This feeling of not going all the way comes off as endearing to me.

I've come around after a full listen, not allowing myself to skip anything. Even "New Song" sounds pretty good.

I can understand why someone would say it's a halfway house between what they were doing and taking a full-on pop approach, but I don't find this album to be anywhere near as atmospheric as the previous two. If they could somehow combine the jamming of the second album with the more tangible vocal melodies of the new one, they'd be onto a winner. At the moment, though, the second LP is still the one to beat.

I tried to give the self-titled another shot last night, but I still didn't like it. Different strokes I guess!

On a positive note, I listened to jenny lee lindberg's solo album again this morning for the first time since it came out and I really loved it.

Caught their show in SF last night and I thought the newer stuff sounded much better live. Such a killer live act!

Section fron "Don't Wanna" through the title track has been killing me.

I haven't been feeling like returning to this after the first couple of listens. I haven't given up on it, but I'm not exactly craving to hear it either.

Agree "Don't Wanna" onwards is a solid stretch. I've been re-evaluating this record in comparison to their S/T and the new one is not quite freewheeling. The grafted on edits and overdubs make this much more of a studio record, which does not completely work to Warpaint's strengths as a jam heavy, loose live band. Conversely, as experimental as this record is, it's far more concise and compact than the S/T - and controlled. I think basically I agree with Turrican.

*not quite as freewheeling

never really occurred to me until spotify played them back to back, but they really owe a lot to mid/late period blonde redhead

Funnily enough, I gave Heads Up a re-listen the other night and it really clicked for me!

"Don't Let Go" kicks so much ass but "Dre" is the wildcard

My favourites are 'By Your Side', 'The Stall' and 'Above Control'

I love this album as much as the last one. Thicker, busier, woodier sound in many ways (especially in the bass guitar) and the arrangements are a touch busier, but it's not them going pop beyond 'New Song' (which is great).

The extended groove at the end of 'So Good' might be my favourite bit.

Who do they sound like? Which other bands put this much focus on the rhythm section?

Busier.

Stella is their secret weapon

I like the new one more than I did, but the self-titled record is still their finest LP for me. I hope their next record is more based on them jamming rather than trying to write compact songs.

I think the new one is their best TBH

I like it more now than I did when it first came out, but it still remains the weakest of their three studio albums for me. I'm hoping for more of a return to their self-titled record on their next album, that to me is where their strengths are.

Warpaint > The Fool > Heads Up

Listening to the self-titled record for the first time in a long while and still very much finding it as wonderful as I did the first time around. One of my favourite albums released so far this decade.

Yeah it's really great. Stella kills on that record (on every one really)

for me it's Exquisite Corpse>Heads Up>The Fool>Warpaint

Yes, it was Stella that brought them to the next level.

Yeah, she's superb - I rate her highly as a drummer in general, not just in the context of Warpaint. She seems quite down to earth, no nonsense and bullshit-free in interviews, too.

she is solid on Cate Le Bon records too

The fool is still my favorite of all of these.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BfOYfZHHI6D/

Likely a teaser for a Teresa Wayman solo album.

Theresa Wayman. Sorry.

I forgot this band existed

s & d :: desert sessions is a thread I keep reviving and receiving very little interest, so I'm putting notice in its members' home threads.

I forgot this band existed
But I love Stella so good for her

https://open.spotify.com/track/0Ak41pdxN83soy8Bj0JutD?si=MdtYg31MQj6x-aw6AfRssw

Cool Jenny solo track

Thanks for the reminder of this good band! I previewed what was prob their first Columbus OH show:
Warpaint
Saturday @ The Summit
Plausible intrigue keeps psych sirens Warpaint’s EP, Exquisite Corpse,from getting lost in space. Input from RHCPs Frusciante and Klinghoffer may help, but mainly we’re fed cosmic musical clues and led far between the lines. “Billie Holiday” sometimes evokes Neil Young’s “The Needle and the Damage Done”, appropriately for the subject, but why does the presumably innocent “My Guy” fit just as well? Maybe because spooky fixation is thee odds-rockin’ Warpaint. “Beetles” could be about bombs, drugs, finance charges, and/or music: things suddenly too hot to handle or get rid of.

Stella!

https://open.spotify.com/track/4oK4XJa92LlpMNAzx1TMlP?si=-qQqtT8lR3u_121swUakgw&dl_branch=1

“Made for Love”
I guess a one off single?
Stella sounds great

It sounds great! Hoping it's a sign of more to come, it's been a long five years.

Oh right, they were featured as themselves in that HBO show, which was kind of a funny pick to be that character's favorite band, but it was cute.

Finally!

New album, Radiate Like This, out May 6th. I'm really excited, it's been a long wait.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJznPy_iM4M

01 Champion
02 Hips
03 Hard to Tell You
04 Stevie
05 Like Sweetness
06 Trouble
07 Proof
08 Altar
09 Melting
10 Send Nudes

Niiice