Warpaint

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

I'm happy they decided to make another one.

Jenny Lee Lindberg put out a couple singles last year, including one with Dave Gahan on guest vocals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H5Yg4EB3-I

10 Send Nudes

I been sending dirty pics
Hope they make it to the cloud

Hoping "Stevie" is a Royal Trux cover

Holding out until my copy gets here Tuesday, but super excited to hear it.

Giving it a cursory phone speaker listen right now and definitely enjoying it. Really like Stevie, Altar, and Melting so far. Going to have to go back and listen on better speakers or headphones though. Warpaint albums usually take a few listens to open up for me.

tried to give this a listen last night and just couldn't get into it, I fear that I'm one of those people who thinks their first few releases are excellent and everything since is blah...

I take it back, I really like this one. It doesn’t vary much in mood but it fits my maudlin and unhappy spring feeling at the moment.

Looking back Champion was as good as anything they ever did. Supposedly they celebrate being together for 20 years in spring of next year