Weyes Blood

"melodically more pleasing than anything on front row"

strong disagree. but it is lovely and I'm excited for what's next

new album, Titanic Rising, is out April 5.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/files/2019/02/weyes-blood-titanic-rising.jpg
1. A Lot’s Gonna Change
2. Andromeda
3. Everyday
4. Something to Believe
5. Titanic Rising
6. Movies
7. Mirror Forever
8. Wild Time
9. Picture Me Better
10. Nearer To Thee

i prefer the art released with Andromeda
https://subpop-wysiwyg.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads%2F1547682611625-WeyesBlood_Andromeda_600.jpg

Awesome!

Andromeda the better of the two advance singles so far but she's definitely going for something pretty singular

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ-BFlTo5ag

wait a second
i just watched the first 36 seconds of that video before i realized this is 100% not what i thought "weyes blood" sounded like

haha me too ... this sounds like aimee mann (not a complaint, it's good!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CsvKUoGzXk

this is streaming on the sub pop site if you pre-ordered the album. on first listen nothing stood out like Andromeda has. gonna listen again now.

you mean the album is streaming???

this song is awesome obv

yes

if i were to hypothetically pre-order the album now, i could hear the stream, is what you're saying

interesting

i would like to hear more about how it compares to her previous stuff

fav songs on second listen are Movies, based around a synth arpeggio which builds up with mult-track vocals and then a break down with violin following the synth and builds again, and Mirror Forever which has a nice synthy guitar lead and the most interesting melody/lyrics
a lot of the other songs are based around piano and strings.
title track is a short washy synth instrumental. final song is a short strings/synth instrumental.

o yeah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFtRq6t3jOo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlykn_KSQ3o

ooh

btw this album has gone OFF on RYM. haven't heard it yet but...wow

For ppl who have yet to preorder:

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/705506270/first-listen-weyes-blood-titanic-rising

ah right ok let's go

ok, my feeling is: good, not as good as the previous two, but i can sort of understand why RYM has gone berserk - they've basically been asleep for three albums. also this has a bigger sound and everyone loves that

that is your feeling after one listen, is that correct?

two listens! it might be a grower too

also fuck you - who are you to patronise me like that

sorry, that was a bit strong

and maybe alpine static knows something i don't, because this is growing on me now

I understand the high quality but just it is just not my cup of tea. Feeling wins over logic.

this record kinda reminds me of Mitski's Be The Cowboy - not sonically, but it's a very strong, solid, well-crafted record that feels like a mass appeal-ready crystallization of the artist's vision, with maybe just a teensy tiny bit too much of the rough edge polished off.

Be The Cowboy was top 10 worthy, and so is Titanic Rising.

they are probably the two best current songwriters

listening to this again this morning...i don't know why i ever doubted it, this is incredible. as you say, it is more widely-appealing than the early stuff, but it hits this amazing space-psych vibe that it sustains throughout. it's ecstatic for its vision

be the cowboy is definitely mitski's best imo and time will tell if this is weyes blood's

Waiting for this one to come out, but I adored her last one. One thing though - the vinyl mastering of Front Row Seat to Earth was shite. Hopefully the budget for this one's physical release is better. Can't wait to hear it

idk there's something ironic about her style.

i wish there were more upbeat songs on this record, like Everyday

well, i'm getting blown away here

:)

the whole thing is amazing but wait, just wait, until 'wild time'

As the songwriter said in a recent press statement, "It's about losing your interest in trying to be in love. Everybody is their own galaxy, their own separate entity. There is a feeling of needing to be saved, and that's a lot to ask of people."

relatable, i gotta say

not a lot of records make me think of odessey & oracle more than once

brb just got swallowed up by "movies"

not a lot of records make me think of odessey & oracle more than once

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, March 31, 2019 3:30 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes!!! i mean that is the level of songwriting here

wow "movies" ruined my fucking life

it just doesn't stop coming at you

aoty

New one sounds great! What a singer.

I've only really heard the last album (and not the new one yet) but I've never particularly associated Weyes Blood with a "rough edge".

I was trying to think of who she reminded me off, then finally my brain gave me Ron Sexsmith, of all people.

The reminded me of A Girl Called Eddy on the first listen. Maybe less so now.

not a lot of records make me think of odessey & oracle more than once

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, March 31, 2019 3:30 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes!!! i mean that is the level of songwriting here

― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Sunday, March 31, 2019 10:34 AM (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

damn O&O comparisons from brad and imago, i'm excited

does anyone else hear a tiny little rhythmic (or something) misfire at 1:10 of Everyday? right when she says "things"

Gorgeous album.

Every one of her songs is a journey

aoty so far

after how many listens? ;)

(but...yeah)