thread of miguel

I love the bass.

This could've been on the last album.

yeah this is one of my favorites although i have a lot of them

yoooooooo

"pineapple skies" and "told you so" have gotten me pretty excited for the album... could shape up to be better than wildheart for me :)

Yeah, this is so dope. Previewed on Snoop's youtube channel iirc

damn this is electrifying, maybe better than anything on Wildheart. I'd basically written him off after all his garbage singles this year; feels good to be reminded why I used to adore this guy

Told You So and Pineapple Skies are both so awesome that I feel bad that I doubted him. I'm still waiting for Skywalker to click.

Yeah I wouldn't hold me breath for that. I dunno if the tracklist has been released, but I'm still holding out hope Skywalker doesn't make the cut. Can't imagine how any album could work around that dog pile.

"sky walker" is on it. also you're wrong

"sky walker" is my least favorite among what's widely available so far but i can stomach it now, i accept it and don't feel it will be terribly out of place. honestly i'm just glad ~the marketplace~ is still allowing him to get hits even if they're not going to be the best work he's capable of.

another new song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjm81OPZbpU

the fuck is he still doing with J. Cole

His second verse is shameful but I don't mind Cole on tracks like this. There's something so anonymous and nondescript about his rapping that his verses feel like an unintentional throwback to the NJS days, before guest raps went to big names or artists with visions and personalities. Back then it always used to sound like the rap came from, like, a backup dancer or friend of the producer who just happened to raise his hand and volunteer to lend the track some color. Cole raps about on par with one of those guys.

miguel continuing to align himself with corny rappers, you don't say

reminds me of seeing janet last week and having to suffer through the cole verse on "no sleeep" being needlessly piped through the soundsystem

was pleasantly surprised when his voice popped up during the song on the closing credits of Coco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7VPdpEV1m0

Natalia Lafourcade's Musas is lovely as well

aw! xp

Damn, Come Thru 2.0 wasted an opportunity to re-title it "Netflix and Chill."

Tour announced. I haven't seen him since Kaleidoscope Dream. Does he still do the rock band thing or has he toned that down?

The last time I saw Miguel was last year when he opened for Sia; he performed in front of a bunch of screens with musicians behind him. Not sure if that was because of stage-setup constraints or what.

I do know that his longtime guitarist Dru Decaro is currently touring with Vic Mensa - I saw him open for Jay-Z the other night. What a show, and Dru was crucial to its over-the-top intensity. What that means for next year is anyone's guess.

Did anyone go to the Brooklyn show last night?

He definitely did the full band thing when I saw him touring Wildheart.

Oh yeah he did when I saw the Wildheart tour (like six times) too. But the Sia shows were I believe at the end of that cycle.

"pineapple skies" is such a good song, jeez. even better in sequence

having spent a little time with the record, i think it's essentially a hybrid of the last two, v bright and shimmery but also occasionally (especially toward the end) submerged and guitar-driven. i think it's as good as anything he's ever done. "now" is especially gorgeous

one also has to ignore the guests for the most part (in retrospect it's a miracle that the only guest verse on wildheart is kurupt)

"sky walker" also has an awesome new coda

The album is indeed fantastic. I enjoyed Skywalker a lot more than I've ever done. The coda definitely helps, but hearing it without watching the video did it a lot of favours too.

"banana clip" is so good

i wish "harem" was much longer than it is

not sure this is quite as good as the last two but still very good

when the beat comes in on now!

i love that part in “now,” it always makes me want to restart the album

this is more of an OK R&B rock album than I expected -- a chewy Maroon 5 album I always wanted from them.

jesus i guess that’s something you could say about this record

I'm going to assume that if I listened to this album 20+ times it would reveal itself to me in ways I'm not hearing my first time through, but I'm so goddamned bored with it I don't have another 19 listens in me.

...........

a chewy Maroon 5 album I always wanted from them.

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, November 30, 2017 9:35 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

jesus

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^^^ that's the hook I've been unable to dislodge

https://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/miguel-sky-walker/3628568

This album is wonderful. It's so bright and fizzy but every time a gutteral bass line cuts through one of those songs it's like he's plugged directly into my neural reward system

I strongly disagree with Miguel's recent costume changes; however, he can use the parachute so long as he lands in my room.

"got a mind like columbine" less than 30 seconds in is up there with his most cringeworthy moves

album is pretty good though

ok so this is pretty solid so far. "banana clip" sounds like an AIWIY/KD throwback a little. dig it

album owns

Miguel as wannabe baby boomer pt 684 - you realise when you listen to this how rarely you hear the word "woman" in male-fronted R&B, or indeed most pop music these days. Certainly not in that sort of full-throated lascivious/longing way Miguel sings it, but that's everywhere in 70s rock and soul.

As a singer, Miguel seems to be on a similar trajectory to Beyonce post-4, that willingness to explore the full possibilities of vocal *performance* - the breadth and range of what he does with his voice is so much broader than it was on AIWIU or Kaleidoscope Dream - the way he can move from the swoop to the snarl in one phrase.

Also the bassline on Caramelo Duro rules.

He loves singing, and that joy translates. He loves to sing and it doesn't make him self-absorbed like, say, Alicia Keys.

his songs are very loose

this is more of an OK R&B rock album than I expected

^^^^^this.

I really like this, a lot more than the last one, and I thought it was a lot more instant too. It's not quite Kaleidescope Dream but few things are.