^ 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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
yay!
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 13 January 2020 17:32 (four years ago) link
!!!!!!
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Monday, 13 January 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
First single sounds like she is doubling down on the slicked up sorta disco/ gospel sound of Poem - its good but I do miss a bit of the ole bleeding damaged white noise. This song also made me realise that I guess it has always been a big part of her sound to have the vocals sitting so high in the mix.
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Monday, 13 January 2020 23:32 (four years ago) link
there's a tour too! got tickets for the LA show on 4/22.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 7 February 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
new song: "4 American Dollars"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGQ1UAX0aYo
― monotony, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 22:18 (four years ago) link
If the rest of this is as good as the first three songs then wow.
― Matt DC, Friday, 6 March 2020 08:57 (four years ago) link
tracks 4-5 are some embarrassing spoken word into the Be My Baby beat so I think you can retract that wow
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Friday, 6 March 2020 10:13 (four years ago) link
i don't like the spoken word interludes (but i never do) but i do like the be my baby noise bit
― ufo, Friday, 6 March 2020 10:16 (four years ago) link
yep, bad album. sorry.
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Friday, 6 March 2020 10:35 (four years ago) link
Incidental Boogie coming on the Spotify artist mix immediately after it ends, specifically to taunt me
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Friday, 6 March 2020 10:36 (four years ago) link
"She used to be good! Woman's Work was your song of the year even!"
I don't know what she's become, but it's very on the nose, very irritating and not very good
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Friday, 6 March 2020 10:38 (four years ago) link
IOU was alright I guess
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Friday, 6 March 2020 10:42 (four years ago) link
Sir this is a sperm bank
― nashwan, Friday, 6 March 2020 11:35 (four years ago) link
Nah it's a pretty good album but the first three songs made me think we were in for a masterpiece but there's a drop off after that, even if I did enjoy her healthy disrespect for the Be My Baby beat.
Spoken word bits are dreadful, mind.
― Matt DC, Friday, 6 March 2020 14:01 (four years ago) link
It's good.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 March 2020 14:12 (four years ago) link