Little Boots - "Stuck on Repeat"

> that toe-curling bbc breakfast clip

that's the kind of thing (along with solo on jools holland and blogging her trip to the stylophone factory) that endears me to her. but then i'm not really her (or probably anyone's) target market.

favourite track on the album - the hidden one (actually the title track) at the end.

> endears me to her

er, her to me.

New In Town is better than any GA single for a good four years, strangely I'm not optimistic about the album.

every pop star on twitter asks people to buy their singles to get into the top 10

said elsewhere that LB has the keri hilson problem, in that 'new in town' sounds like a demo that a talented songwriter would hawk around for other artists to sing. other artists who could make me give a shit about its strong lyrics and hook. as it is i'm just looking at the LB album in itunes and deflating at the idea of listening to it.

Still want to hear the cover band Lidl Boots...

haven't seen many artist-ran twitters that are as chart/sales-obsessed as bootsy. either way it's just one element that makes me feel like i'm being SOLD at constantly. doesn't usually bother me, but there's something so unashamed and rapey about the way boots does it while also trying to seem vaguely alt/independent

i'll take your bet blueski, i'll be stunned if 'new in town' rises in the charts - it has nothing about it at all. there's no genuine 'from the ground-up' buzz about it anywhere, unlike 'in for the kill'

"New in Town" is the worst of her singles so far, and even one of the worst songs on the record. I'm not suprised it's disappointing in the charts.

why? because the charts are full of quality music?

NI i'm not sure what you mean - other than i guess that buzz about LB generally has not transferred to the single itself (i'd be puzzled if it wasn't getting as much if not more R1 support than La Roux's previous and new singles...assuming R1 are loving it all). but most new entries in the charts DO climb right?

From the popjustice interview, its clear that she's absorbed marketing strategy advice, and then instead of filing it away for private thought, she's just blithely added it to the public persona/presentation. I'm reminded of the last US president who would tell general audiences that he'd acquired "political capital, and now he's going to spend it." Usually our public figures have more discretion.

she's demystifying the promotion process maaaan

laying bare the device and shit

^^ wide open for punnage

Popjustice invested pretty heavily in LB so an interview would me far more candid than other places. I doubt a habit will be made of it.

id lay bare... ah you know

The album is good I think, but I see where Stevie is coming from on the dead hand of Greg Kurstin. He's not a very good or interesting producer really. I wish the Petridis review had been correct in it being a cosmic disco influenced album with dubsteppy basslines but it really isn't.

I think she certainly has the tunes to overcome my reservations, but the more generic bits are kind of frustrating - I'm sure she can be more interesting than the watery electropop of things like Mathematics, and her voice is stronger than the diffident sub-Sarah Cracknell coo she defaults to on too many occasions.

pop stars interested in marketing and getting into the charts shock!

kurstin's great and so is this album. lighten up hippies.

Love Kills is tremendous - I don't get why that didn't make the album proper. I also really like the Kate Bush one in the middle whose name escapes me, and the duet with Phil Oakley. She should record her next one with the Juan Maclean or something.

I also really like the Kate Bush one in the middle whose name escapes me

Ghosts, that's it.

She should record her next one with the Juan Maclean or something.

Awesome as this idea is, she could just do it in Joe Hot Chip's flat, Stuck On Repeat is so much better than the other singles (album not out here).

(most (all?) of the album is listenable via myspace as of this week)

album version of this kinda sux in comparison

i like 'click' and another one or two but the album is pretty weak, some real corny toe-curling bits on there

also with the single dropping to #15 this week, interesting that the sun has kept this non-story on their front page for a few days (some lols in the comments)

The album version of Stuck on Repeat sounds better than the original IMO, I think it's the bigger production plus big rumbling noise at the beginning.

I'm a complete convert to this after a few more plays by the way. She really knows her way around a chorus.

if this album was a computer game i'd give it 66%

Can't believe that the Tenori costs £700. I thought it was like a cheap kiddie toy.

Also, all computer games should be scored 7/10. Thought everybody knew that.

tenori-on(s) are closer to £900 these days according to the yamaha website, they blame the exchange rate.

http://tenori-on.yamaha-europe.com/uk/shop/ (£919)

talk about style over substance

album went from #5 to #40 in the charts in the space of one week - seems like a crazy drop, but is this normal in the charts these days?

No. 679 seem such a fuck up of a label.

Amongst its many charms, "Remedy" is turning out to be an industrial-strength earworm. Of the three remixes that I've heard, the astute re-jig by Buffetlibre vs Sidechains is my clear winner.

I have been pleasantly surprised to have had this banging about in my head the past couple of days, too. I'd initially thought it could have benefited from being given to a Bengtzing-esque hoofer, but with time it's really grown on me.

Buffetlibre vs Sidechains remix of "Remedy" + the new Friendly Fires single = the return of BIG DRUMS, hurrah!

'Love Kills' = Moroder/Freddie Mercury cover, no?

The very same. And there's a Buffetlibre/Sidechains remix of that one as well: http://www.buffetlibredjs.net/remixesbl.html

er, just ditto re that remedy remix. love it, love the original. if it gets within sniffing distance of #1 i will expire in a heap

well it went in at #33 and seeing as 'New In Town' didn't climb i doubt this one will (despite performances on breakfast sodding TV)

it's not actually released yet tho!?

Post Field Day, I've decided I have defected to the "YAY!" side over the Little Boots issue.

i didn't notice it charted at the weekend. woah kids, yr so modern with your downloads and that. release dates pffft

it's not actually released yet tho!?

New In Town didn't enter pre-release tho so why would the follow up (not sure if it's had more plugging - maybe) xp

nice video just for ref

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

Post Field Day, I've decided I have defected to the "YAY!" side over the Little Boots issue.

― seni seviyorum / senden nefret ediyorum (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 17:10

i don't know what to make of this.

oh wait. she's a girl. i get it now.

WTF are you trying to say, Chuck?

Think the marketing campaign blew it a bit with Little Boots by selling her as Glamorous New Pop Star when they might have had more luck selling her as what she is - geeky, techy, mates-with-Hot-Chip, slightly awkward indie/rave girl gone pop.

A few years ago that would have been commercial suicide but now I'm not so sure. Like VV Brown it's never really felt like there was enough ground-up enthusiasm for her - the marketing success of La Roux lay in leading people to believe they'd discovered them for themselves, even though there was a massive promotional budget. Little Boots was trailered as This Year's Big Thing from the start and the public didn't quite buy it.

FWIW I'm still playing this album and its by miles my favourite of the 2009 All Female Hype Crew.

Think the marketing campaign blew it a bit with Little Boots by selling her as Glamorous New Pop Star when they might have had more luck selling her as what she is - geeky, techy, mates-with-Hot-Chip, slightly awkward indie/rave girl gone pop.

Exactly.

I did't "get" her when people were trying to compare her to Kylie or whatever - I have NEVER seen Kylie play a theremin onstage. I was converted. Wanted more of the geekgurl, TBH.

Will probably get this album now.

Oh wait. I like her. She's doomed. :-(

anyone else think the love kills cover is a deliberate St Etienne impersonation?

ok, i'm not a huge StEt fan, but i don't mean just vocally (just seen Matt mentioning sarah-cracknell up thread)

actually a lot of them sound like 'look i can sounds like X'. i guess i mean like lex said ^^ 'like a demo that a talented songwriter would hawk around for other artists to sing'. but to about half the tracks, not just new in town.

She is one of those artists I have not heard but am somewhat interested in. Sometimes I think, though, that she is too much of a glamour girl to be any good musically.

But I see up thread this is maybe more to do with how she has been marketed. And anyway, she is not a "put it away love" type of glamour girl.

Little Boots was trailered as This Year's Big Thing from the start and the public didn't quite buy it.

i think this is mainly down to her 'weakness' as a singer/performer compared to Duffy or Adele (previous Big Things but totally different acts but sold on a 'real music' ticket that compels a wider audience) really. and yeah she's too "niche" ('Coronation Street in space' is still my favourite description, altho that suggests a more humourous and culturally/regionally stereotypical approach which isn't really there)

I'm only going to accept that criticism from the Lex if he also renounces all the other vocally-limited personality-free ciphers he has repped for over the years - from Rachel Stevens through to Ciara and Cassie.

yeah "Motorway" is probably the greatest thing she's ever done give or take "Stuck On Repeat"

I love this video for Eros though, it's such a simple concept but it looks incredible

The second album is my favourite. Still love “Every Night I Say a Prayer@.

Yeah, I love that second album. One of my favourite albums of the decade. Working Girl was crazy underrated too. Both much stronger and more consistent than Hands.