They are still the best singles band of all time and the new album isnt their best but it's still a really good album and I am so excited about seeing them live tonight
― boxedjoy, Monday, 10 December 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
Although between tonight, the Cardigans last week, Lauryn Hill two weeks ago and Belly, Saint Etienne and Garbage over the summer, I fear I have stepped into a time warp inadvertently
― boxedjoy, Monday, 10 December 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
haha, wow seeing them tonight sounds great! please report back
― niels, Monday, 10 December 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
they were really really good! I saw them a few years ago and thought they seemed really at ease and comfortable with each other, no signs of the internal tensions that made them such tabloid favourites, but last night they seemed even more relaxed and united - the harmonising was flawless and they just looked like they were having so much fun and Shaznay especially just seemed so charismatic and unable to hide her glee that she still gets to do this. The "choreography" was hilarious, it seemed to consist basically of the girls walking between four fixed points taking it in turns to lead, and Natalie had definitely had more to drink than the rest before taking to the stage.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 22:32 (five years ago) link
one of the things I really like about All Saints is how their music - especially the newer stuff - sounds like the logical apex of trends and influences that have been going on since they started twenty years ago. The kind of pop music that draws equally on r&b and club sounds and chill-out atmospheres, not retro but out-of-step with more on-trend sounds.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 22:38 (five years ago) link
You summed up their newer material nicely. Even though there isn't anything to rival their absolute peaks on the latest two albums, I've enjoyed them as a whole a lot more than any of their previous albums.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:13 (five years ago) link
Shaznay's back (solo that is)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPscHr280cw
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 13 January 2024 22:32 (three months ago) link