Pumarosa

Did you ever listen to the Sugarcubes? I doubt it.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I'm glad this thread exists. It's just a pity who started it.

That question was directed to djp not to you.

I know, but considering I've had at least two conversations with DJP about the Sugarcubes in the past, I'm HAHAing on his behalf.

But don't you hear Björk in the beginning of Dragonfly? Especially on good headphones the simiarity is very obvious.

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Talking of hype there was a lot of it around Haim a while ago. Which was justified from my pov. But Pumarosa deserves about as much hype as Haim if you ask me.

similarity

I don't even know where hype comes from anymore. Blogs are dead, and they weren't in 2011/12 when Haim started getting a big push. I guess it's from the landing pages of things like Apple Music and Spotify, which I know Pumarosa has already been on. Maybe it will be sustained, maybe it won't. I used to be pretty good at predicting these things, both for artists I like and ones I don't, but I really can't anymore.

I mean, I am certain I've talked to Alex about a Joel/The Sugarcubes before

I don't think I have ever discussed about the Sugarcubes on ILM and if I have it must have been 15 years ago. Do you mean Alex in NYC, DJP?

I mean, it probably happened 15 years ago.

hey DJP check out the Sugarcubes they are kinda like B52s meets Goldmember, cool shit

I will look them up on Napster and download some tracks to my Zune

i see, so you really know the sugarcubes very well...

i'm really digging this
but at the same time it's kind of hipster evanescence

With the caveat that Amy Lee is a much stronger singer.

But does Amy Lee sound like Bjork?

Enjoying this. The album meanders a bit, but there's a lot of good stuff on it. I also don't hear Bjork, but a little PJ and Sinead, sure. It's not all about her, tho -- they're a good band all the way around, there are a lot of ideas in the arrangements and writing.

Man, I've had this on repeat all week. Really strong record. Good drummer, among other things -- there are real, sinuous grooves.

i had an epiphany about this record. i thought it was just ok, kinda patchy. what i realized is that i just really hate the song 'my gruesome loving friend', somehow actually worse than its title. now i skip tracks 6 and 7 and it excises 10 minutes that was just killing the album for me, and now i love it.

MGLF is kinda meh, but I like the groove on Red.

yeah i like red just fine, i just found i could do without it in the context of the album. i prob wouldn't skip it if i wasn't already skipping at that point.

Especially on good headphones

All music reviews should end with this phrase.