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
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
I've been chanting the backing vocals in "Overtime" and "4 American Dollars" for the last week.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 March 2020 14:13 (four years ago) link
If the 1st 3 songs are the best ones then there's no need for me to listen to the rest of this album
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 6 March 2020 17:40 (four years ago) link
― Matt DC, Friday, March 6, 2020 7:01 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
could see this coming from a mile away after reading a profile on this record
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 6 March 2020 18:23 (four years ago) link
was this after one listen? two? just curious.
― alpine static, Saturday, 7 March 2020 16:49 (four years ago) link
lol this is NOT going to be another Titanic Rising
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Saturday, 7 March 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
I really like this. The interludes don't add anything to the album, but they're not as terrible as I was expecting. I did lower my expectations after reading the mixed reactions on here and on RYM, but I enjoyed it straight away. After a couple more listens it feels like a worthy follow-up to In A Poem Unlimited.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:07 (four years ago) link
I really like the album too. I don't mind the spoken word bits, but the re-recordings of old songs feel kind of pointless. I'd rather hear more new songs on a album than something you'd hear in a live setting.
― braised cod, Saturday, 7 March 2020 22:01 (four years ago) link
I don't mind the spoken word bits either, and since I haven't heard anything pre-IAPU, all the tracks are new to me — so yep, good album, not sorry.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 21:44 (four years ago) link
lol I like this album a great deal, almost as much as the last one.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 21:47 (four years ago) link
I listened through a few times, I like it. So far it feels a notch below the last one, songwise. That one just had so many hooks, this one is a little more groove-driven. Which is fine. She's interesting. It's been fun to see her keep evolving.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 04:02 (four years ago) link
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)
Same here!
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 04:10 (four years ago) link
I don't mind the faster, fuller "Red Ford Radio" on here, but I love the original of that song to pieces. It's more of a spooky dirge.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 04:52 (four years ago) link
the spoken word bits are awful but this is why god invented the skip button and playlisting
I was dying for just one person on the fourth track to say "you suck and I hate you"
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 12:46 (four years ago) link