Kacey Musgraves - 2013 Anticipation

i can't figure out if i would like one more verse in Mother or not. on one hand, it's perfect as is. on the other, it doesn't seem like it'd be that hard to write a good second verse, and she could still keep the whole thing under 2:30. pretty tempting!

xp LOL

I don't necessarily need it to be like Piper at the Gates of the Honky Tonk
new borad describe?

in my conversation w her and her producers i got the sense it's definitely a drug album

i didn't have a place for this in my story but when they were finishing the album in LA they took shrooms and drove around listening to it

"Lonely Weekend," "Velvet Elvis," and "High Horse" were part of the loop at the Starbucks where I work on Sundays, and they were as pleasant and innocuous as always. I can't imagine being excited for these songs or this album. Whatever the merits of the mix and production, her voice has no tension at all. I'd just rather listen to her compatriots Ashley Monroe and Miranda Lambert.

At best her voice has a tug that's as affecting as reading about a romance mentioned casually in a newspaper story.

It’s perfect café music (not meant as a dis, necessarily)

I was expecting something a little more exciting based on all the breathless talk about this record on ILM and elsewhere. I'm just waiting for everyonehere to get on the Amanda Shires train. She made a fantastic record recently which is everything I thought this album would be, and more.

I guess I like the smoothness, Harvest Moon vibe of it

Love the balearic yacht rock smoothness to the whole album, I mean it really sounds amazing and the melodies just glide.

speaking of Neil Young she should cover Midnight on the Bay

she should do a covers record. her version of miguel’s waves is all time

that Amanda Shires sounds good on first listen, thanks for the recommendation

did you post it on the country thread?

it's gorgeous and of course it's a drug album

Velvet Elvis sounds a lot like happy pills by Norah Jones.

Re drug album, slow burn does mention “good on green” yeah.

I'm sure she did drugs but it's not really a drug album

by this measure like 85% of all records made in the 70s and 80s are drug albums

Yeah agree

It’s just a few stray references

Velvet Elvis sounds a lot like happy pills by Norah Jones.

Interesting comment, as I like both songs (though not sure I hear too strong a similarity?)

whenever I listen to this I always see Wonder Woman and realize I'd forgotten that song existed

that Amanda Shires sounds good on first listen...did you post it on the country thread?

No. Feel free to introduce it, it's a great great record.

it's great, the only talk of it was (unfortunately) on the worst music writing re: Xgau being a creep about her

WONDER WOMAN is a trademark of DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.

Re drug album, slow burn does mention “good on green” yeah.

It's also called slow burn

But if anything she's cut back on the weed refs

"Slow Burn (A Doobie of Weed, Get It?)" was the original title

Anyone else hearing traces of "Owner of a Lonely Heart" in "Lonely Weekend"?

How so

i guess 'of-a-lo' and 'it's-a-lo' are similarly placed and basically equivalent melodically

album rules

it's very existential really, kinda zen, I really hope she's got a long career ahead of her

Amazing record - occasionally I turn it up and am swept away. Still got no time for “Space Cowboy” and “Velvet Elvis” grates sometimes.

Anyone who loves this, I can recommend “Same Trailer Different Park” - some killer songs there.

I wish I loved this record. Her wan approach kills it.

stoned, immaculate

love this album i even have time for space cowboy

What does "wan approach" mean ? (sorry, tried to look it up but only got tech explanations, which I doubt are related to the matter !)

Same Trailer is certainly all time

this album was the biggest musical surprise for me this year.I had never heard of her until High Horse came up on my Release Radar so i went to the album and just fell in love with the production and vibe.

What does "wan approach" mean ? (sorry, tried to look it up but only got tech explanations, which I doubt are related to the matter !)

― AlXTC from Paris

Her singing.

Ah ok, so you don't like her voice/singing ?

Her "wan approach" is actually a perfect fit for the songs, the production and the all-around vibe. Her performance completes the album.

IMO, of course.

yeah it's hard for me to imagine the album with more powerful/commanding vocals? i do think that something like "rainbow" also really benefits from a certain narrowness of range. the whole album is just sort of meditative, even the real emotional moments

probably album of the year, every time i come back to it i get a lovebuzz

I would rank :
1/ Pageant Material : great songs, melodies, lyrics , production
2/ Golden Hour : amazing production and arrangements, fantastic melodies but the lyrics are a bit impersonal/generic love songs(and less fun)
3/ Same Trailer Different Park : very nice songs, cute/clever lyrics, great first album
And I love her voice. It's strong and emotional.

my ranking would be opposite but it's all good

You can't be everybody's cup of tea !

Pageant material is def her weakest ! Also kind of a rehash of same trailer

Yeah, it has enough keepers for an excellent EP but it felt like it needed more time in the oven

Really !? I think it has so many great songs ! More than Trailer and deeper/more interesting than Golden Hour...

GH has the best melodies and production/arrangements though