Jessy Lanza - Pull My Hair Back (2013)

I thought it was way better than the first one, more vivid three-dimensional sound and better songwriting

The new one's great and she kills it live, but the first one has "Fuck Diamond" which is all-time.

love both, although PMHB has more sentimental value to me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3D7EEpdlY4

she's back at last and sounding great

yeah, this rules – hope a record follows!

She’s been teasing a record to be released this year! This’ll likely be a part of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrwrjMntR8o

I know that couch!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moQx8CpHMGo

that was fun

Hilarious--out to the Ontario blue-bin recycling program

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flh6HYEObp4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj06wf5sZcE

this Boiler Room set has made really excited about the new record

album is fine but doesn't seem as hook-y as the last one on first listen?

well this is completely delightful on contact!

texturally wonderful as always and I can sense actual songs in there as well

i really like "over and over" and "alexander"

I've not been motivated to engage with her music for years but the new one is great, so much hookier and full of ideas than her older work. How long has she been making stuff like this?

it's not a significant shift from oh no which i'd say was slightly better than this new one

new record is greatness

i tried with "lick in heaven" and it's not my thing

i want to like it but the production goes the wrong way for me, flat and fart-y. quirky freestyle shouldn't sound like beat happening. guaranteed if you play it on a dance floor the energy goes to zero. i know that's a weirdly arbitrary thing to level against a pop track because pop can be successful so many different ways but that's just where my head is at rn. is there another "single" from this i should give a chance? i guess i sound like i've already made up my mind but it changes all the time and i'm weird so idk maybe i'll come around.

Still love her first album; nothing since has really clicked for me.

been loving this. Badly has remained a favorite -- makes me curious if jeremy writes any vocals. her delivery of the main verses is so junior boys! very easy to imagine him singing that.

Rules. Flat and farty is just what I needed today.

Enjoying the new record quite a bit – I think it digests Oh No's influences into a more pop-friendly record that still has quite a bit of "weird" detail & sound design hidden inside a minimal electronic/R&B shell. "Anyone Around", "Face", "Ice Creamy", "Over and Over" are highlights for me. Also sounds v. good played v. loud on my tower speakers where you can appreciate the mix.

this is a little thin but if I approach it looking for its textural richness rather than its songwriting I appreciate it a lot more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myYggI17_cs

that's nice. great video.

so much more fun to watch a video of people having fun in vegas than to actually be in vegas imo

DJ Kicks mix feels like a very obvious join-the-dots influence map, but I've always liked the stuff her music draws on so I'm really enjoying it

her dj-kicks whips imo

i thought i had posted some thoughts on it somewhere. not sure what else to say except agree.

weird revive because was literally today thinking about selling the 2LP (pressing kinda sucks) but remembered it's the only way you can get the swisha and michael j blood tracks on vinyl

according to bandcamp her dj kicks commemorative l/s tshirt (digital print on 100% organic ring-spun combed cotton is SOLD OUT

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/0026980533_10.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD3NjXLTNAw

new single rules wow

lol is that morgan geist in the cowboy hat?

Banger.

Xpost: cowboy is credited as Taylor Higgins

https://www.instagram.com/p/CqYPWyDJQEA/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Just speculating here but are she and jr boys Jeremy done working together?

When I first heard those piano/synth chords come in I was sure he had a part in this, but then saw she credited Pearson Sound with co-production and some other guy mixed it; no mention of Jeremy. Seems like this is just a one-off single but I hope not the end of their partnership!

i like this but i fuller song lyrics from her, not just artsy snippets, e.g. the mezzanine tracks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ9jkSsO8m4

new album love hallucination out 28 july. greenspan is apparently on a few tracks still

how is this not the album cover. anyway can't wait!

yet another solid album from her!

so good. The advance description made it sound like a bigger variety of producers this time. But from this new Discogs entry, can see Jeremy Greenspan is still heavily involved

https://www.discogs.com/release/27804303-Jessy-Lanza-Love-Hallucination

saw that too! their whole dynamic is very curious with the friends, lovers, ex-lovers arc.

honestly impressive they've maintained such a close and consistent creative partnership through it all. also interesting that he seemingly never proactively promotes her work nor his involvement in it.

at the beginning there was sensitivity of overshadowing and it being written off as a junior boys project but at this point certainly she's doing bigger numbers than they ever did. as a long time JBs fan I'm just glad it's still a going concern and a great one at that!

have yet to dig into the album but it looks promising. 'limbo' is A++++

a few tracks in and i think this is her best one yet

idk if i'd take it over oh no yet but it's at least better than the other two

great headphones album, the bass is very sumptuous

I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed her lockdown-era online DJ mixes, when I'd just stay in and drink red wine and listen to online DJ mixes.