Hope you had help it get to the top 77 2017 poll, we need to get at least one song represented in next year’s poll.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:59 (six years ago) link
I still hear Gwen stefani in her timbre but also a deep reverence for doo wop (Glenda Collins maybe?). Still prefer half free tho
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 22 February 2018 18:10 (six years ago) link
Rage ofPlastics sounds like black velvet to me
"Incidental Boogie," an excellent Eno-worthy title, is my ear worm.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 February 2018 18:14 (six years ago) link
"Incidental Boogie" is terrific. Probably my #2 after "Rage...".
As for the singing... while she doesn't (I don't think) have the natural ability or range of Billy Mackenzie, I def hear a touch of him in her more adventurous or dramatic note/performance choices.
― mr.raffles, Thursday, 22 February 2018 19:33 (six years ago) link
Yeah I love this album. "Pearly Gates" is my current jam, but it's all good -- one of those records that ends too soon so I just put it on again.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 22 February 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
pearly gates is great but we can all admit it rips "regulate" right?
― na (NA), Thursday, 22 February 2018 21:02 (six years ago) link
I think you meant "and" not "but" -- part of what makes it great!
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 22 February 2018 21:06 (six years ago) link
fair enough
― na (NA), Thursday, 22 February 2018 21:10 (six years ago) link
"Time" reminds me of some of the extended grooves on Remain in Light.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 22 February 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link
I disliked it at first because it evoked a lot of white art funk that I find stale but the last two minutes are sultry!
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 February 2018 21:14 (six years ago) link
White art funk for sure, but it's got verve. And it does turn into a proper live jam at the end.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 22 February 2018 21:18 (six years ago) link
I figured out what "Rage of Plastics" reminds me of, even sonically: a jam from Approximately Infinite Universe-era Yoko.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 February 2018 21:41 (six years ago) link
whoa this album is good, i'd never listened to U.S. Girls before
― alpine static, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
I had, but I didn't give this album a full play until a couple nights ago. As I mentioned to Soto on fb, there's nothing else that not only sounds like this right now, but there's nothing even coming from the same place and her brain is tapped into a wholly different timeline than everyone else. I LOVE THIS RECORD.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 21:26 (six years ago) link
^ otm
― kolakube (Ross), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 21:58 (six years ago) link
It is quite good. Need to listen to the older stuff now.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 23:11 (six years ago) link
great record, i'm too old to keep up with the buzzing stuff these days but this is really good
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 23:51 (six years ago) link
I mentioned this in my review but what it reminds me of more than anything is From the Choirgirl Hotle
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Thursday, 15 March 2018 12:37 (six years ago) link
s/Hotel
excellent review katherine. Re Tori aspects- I wish I could see the Tori similarity but I can't
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 15 March 2018 15:35 (six years ago) link
it's partly musical -- "Velvet 4 Sale" really, really reminds me of "Liquid Diamonds" or "Cruel," or jumping ahead things like "Give" -- and partly the lyrics; "Pearly Gates" would fit right in with "Body and Soul," "God," etc. (less optimistic though)
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Thursday, 15 March 2018 15:38 (six years ago) link
i can see a similarity in the drum tempo to liquid diamonds for sure. definitely agree there's a thematic kinship as you pointed out in the review
it's an interesting one to consider, thanks
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 15 March 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
I like this record a lot but I'm not entirely convinced by the assertion that there's nothing much sounding like this now.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 15 March 2018 15:48 (six years ago) link
Besides the other vocal similarities/influences mentioned above, my wife made an I think astute association with early '80s Stevie Nicks. The whole album feels referential to that era, where disco and postpunk and new wave were all sliding around together. But it also doesn't feel retro. Interesting record with a lot of good songs.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 15 March 2018 16:09 (six years ago) link
there have been a couple of times when a track off this has come up on shuffle and I’ve been like wow, jenny hval has really upped her game oh wait
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Thursday, 15 March 2018 16:33 (six years ago) link
I just came out of their Vancouver concert and you best believe that Time is just as incredible live as you think it would be
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Monday, 26 March 2018 05:43 (six years ago) link
Oh I was there too! And it was so good! And the band is still so new, I can’t even imagine how amazing they’ll be in a year
The full band versions of “Mad As Hell” and “Window Shades” were heavenly
― nevertheless, he stopped (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 26 March 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link
Can't believe I forgot about that show
― tinnitus the night (Ross), Monday, 26 March 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
Saint etienne definitely seems a fair reference point for rosebud
― tinnitus the night (Ross), Monday, 26 March 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
going tonight
― just noticed tears shaped like florida. (sic), Monday, 26 March 2018 20:24 (six years ago) link
Also going tonight in Seattle. First time seeing her since 2008.
― Yelploaf, Monday, 26 March 2018 23:50 (six years ago) link
there's a Yelploaf now?
― just noticed tears shaped like florida. (sic), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 00:12 (six years ago) link
Yes, I've been here (by other names) since '03.
Anyhow, really enjoyed the show. She and her band, The Cosmic Range, seem primed for festival stages. I don't think it's the best vehicle for her, though. Street clothes, fronting a 7 piece band which vamps liberally... not the move. She danced out into the crowd for the last song and smacked me on the elbow. I didn't turn at first but she did it again and said something like, "Why so sad?"
Why indeed.
― Yelploaf, Thursday, 29 March 2018 00:13 (six years ago) link
Oh, that band is not The Cosmic Range, btw, but Meg and her husband Max (Slim Twig) and a bunch of Toronto friends assembled for this tour
― nevertheless, he stopped (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 29 March 2018 02:00 (six years ago) link
She really picked a good crop of ringers tho
― nevertheless, he stopped (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 29 March 2018 02:01 (six years ago) link
Wish I could see them tomorrow, but terrible timing in that the very great Mint Field are playing separately. Next time!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 29 March 2018 02:06 (six years ago) link
Still a great show and I'm absolutely happy about any success she has. I hope, though, that she'll not abandon the 'singing into my hairbrush to doo-wop loops' vibe (which may be an unfair way to characterize U.S. Girls). I own all the records and support all she does.
― Yelploaf, Monday, 2 April 2018 01:56 (six years ago) link
Still playing this lots. Saw the middle show in Brooklyn a few weeks back. A little bummed that I dance to it more in my apartment than I did there but hey, spilt milk.
― tomorrow, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
how was the show? it was sold out before I could get tickets
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
I thought it was great. They were tight, musically, and had an endearing stage presence/character. They did an extended jam on "time" which was awesome.
― tomorrow, Thursday, 26 April 2018 19:22 (five years ago) link
Their KEXP performance is so good, they sound amazing live... had no idea there were so many people in the band:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGN3XBy_1m8
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 30 April 2018 21:26 (five years ago) link
This album just rips. Especially Time which is a face melter if I’ve ever heard one. Rosebud definitely brings to mind st Etienne
― California scheming (Ross), Sunday, 27 May 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
imo Time drags the album down somewhat, it feels like a slightly dull plod
― imago, Sunday, 27 May 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
lol whut
i see it as a long form bookend of a great album
― California scheming (Ross), Sunday, 27 May 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
Her previous album ended with the face melter to end all face melters, but I just can't get with Time, sorry
― imago, Sunday, 27 May 2018 21:09 (five years ago) link
Oh yeah woman’s work was a bomb !
― California scheming (Ross), Sunday, 27 May 2018 21:58 (five years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/track/78xKlqAi5F3syCVEyZoqvO?si=ygdSXVw3TdmvFp-BdOvsGAOpening of Window Shades Kills me every time
― calstars, Saturday, 21 December 2019 05:23 (four years ago) link
New album already! Heavy Light out March 6th.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 13 January 2020 15:55 (four years ago) link
Oh snap INJust in time for my birthday
― ascai, Monday, 13 January 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link