Andromeda the better of the two advance singles so far but she's definitely going for something pretty singular
― imago, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 14:19 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ-BFlTo5ag
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
wait a secondi just watched the first 36 seconds of that video before i realized this is 100% not what i thought "weyes blood" sounded like
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
haha me too ... this sounds like aimee mann (not a complaint, it's good!)
― tylerw, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CsvKUoGzXk
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 12:59 (five years ago) link
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.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:00 (five years ago) link
you mean the album is streaming???
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:12 (five years ago) link
this song is awesome obv
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:15 (five years ago) link
yes
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:18 (five years ago) link
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
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:22 (five years ago) link
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.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:45 (five years ago) link
o yeah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFtRq6t3jOo
― mizzell, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 00:18 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlykn_KSQ3o
― mizzell, Thursday, 28 March 2019 13:15 (five years ago) link
ooh
btw this album has gone OFF on RYM. haven't heard it yet but...wow
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Thursday, 28 March 2019 13:16 (five years ago) link
For ppl who have yet to preorder:
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/705506270/first-listen-weyes-blood-titanic-rising
― Simon H., Thursday, 28 March 2019 13:23 (five years ago) link
ah right ok let's go
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Thursday, 28 March 2019 13:31 (five years ago) link
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
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Thursday, 28 March 2019 15:06 (five years ago) link
that is your feeling after one listen, is that correct?
― alpine static, Thursday, 28 March 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
two listens! it might be a grower too
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Thursday, 28 March 2019 22:55 (five years ago) link
also fuck you - who are you to patronise me like that
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Friday, 29 March 2019 07:36 (five years ago) link
sorry, that was a bit strong
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Friday, 29 March 2019 11:26 (five years ago) link
and maybe alpine static knows something i don't, because this is growing on me now
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Friday, 29 March 2019 14:54 (five years ago) link
I understand the high quality but just it is just not my cup of tea. Feeling wins over logic.
― nostormo, Friday, 29 March 2019 19:26 (five years ago) link
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.
― alpine static, Saturday, 30 March 2019 07:02 (five years ago) link
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
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Saturday, 30 March 2019 08:12 (five years ago) link
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
― octobeard, Sunday, 31 March 2019 03:01 (five years ago) link
idk there's something ironic about her style.
i wish there were more upbeat songs on this record, like Everyday
― nostormo, Sunday, 31 March 2019 08:12 (five years ago) link
well, i'm getting blown away here
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 31 March 2019 15:12 (five years ago) link
:)
the whole thing is amazing but wait, just wait, until 'wild time'
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Sunday, 31 March 2019 15:21 (five years ago) link
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
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 31 March 2019 15:26 (five years ago) link
not a lot of records make me think of odessey & oracle more than once
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 31 March 2019 15:30 (five years ago) link
brb just got swallowed up by "movies"
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 31 March 2019 15:33 (five years ago) link
― 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, 31 March 2019 15:34 (five years ago) link
wow "movies" ruined my fucking life
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 31 March 2019 15:35 (five years ago) link
it just doesn't stop coming at you
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Sunday, 31 March 2019 15:37 (five years ago) link
aoty
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 31 March 2019 15:49 (five years ago) link
New one sounds great! What a singer.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 22:25 (five years ago) link
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".
― Matt DC, Thursday, 4 April 2019 08:00 (five years ago) link
I was trying to think of who she reminded me off, then finally my brain gave me Ron Sexsmith, of all people.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 4 April 2019 13:00 (five years ago) link
The reminded me of A Girl Called Eddy on the first listen. Maybe less so now.
― doug watson, Thursday, 4 April 2019 15:26 (five years ago) link
― 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
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 April 2019 16:13 (five years ago) link
does anyone else hear a tiny little rhythmic (or something) misfire at 1:10 of Everyday? right when she says "things"
― alpine static, Thursday, 4 April 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link
Gorgeous album.
― Carly Jae Vespen (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 4 April 2019 19:45 (five years ago) link
Every one of her songs is a journey
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 5 April 2019 06:27 (five years ago) link
aoty so far
― alpine static, Friday, 5 April 2019 07:08 (five years ago) link
after how many listens? ;)
(but...yeah)
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Friday, 5 April 2019 07:52 (five years ago) link
I love that this and Julia Holter's "Aviary" have appeared within just a short time of each other. They're almost companion pieces to my ears.
Not hearing The Zombies in this as much as flickers of other beloved folks: Karen Carpenter (that voice!), Emmylou Harris, "I Talk To The Wind" by King Crimson ("Wild Time"), ...
― Carly Jae Vespen (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 5 April 2019 12:44 (five years ago) link
I suspect imago will have something to say about this ;)
I could not get with her first record, but this is gorgeous so far (on first listen).
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 5 April 2019 12:51 (five years ago) link
zombies comparison was mostly a reaction to how immediate and sharp yet unexpected the melodies are in this context
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 5 April 2019 12:55 (five years ago) link
bring it :)
and imago otm re "Wild Time".
― Carly Jae Vespen (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 5 April 2019 12:56 (five years ago) link