Same
― flappy bird, Sunday, 24 March 2019 23:04 (five years ago) link
i can barely think about this for fear of jinxing tbh
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, March 24, 2019 4:45 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ha relateable
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Monday, 25 March 2019 00:52 (five years ago) link
is everyone asleep? afraid of jinxing it? looks we're a go:
SKY FERREIRA RETURNS: THE MASOCHISM INTERVIEW
With an uncompromising vision and the studio hours to back it up, the enigmatic singer is back with a new single—and a promise that her first album in six years will be worth the wait.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link
Additionally, Sky is even more particular about her final mixes. She will only be satisfied after she’s evaluated her song in seven different listening contexts: a car stereo; a smartphone with “regular” headphones; a smartphone with Apple earbuds; a smartphone’s built-in speaker; on a laptop; through “really bad, bad computer speakers—like the ones that came with Dells back in the early 2000s”; and the lush splendor of the studio, which is a personal luxury because, as she notes, “most people aren’t gonna listen that way.”
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 23:23 (five years ago) link
Smart move
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 23:59 (five years ago) link
So new song, pretty different, more of a dirge than a pop smash.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 14:02 (five years ago) link
reminds me of kym brown/pj harvey or ema on their ballads/carina round/that whole entire swath of things I like, plus even more strings
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 14:03 (five years ago) link
(also the song lana del rey has attempted but failed to make for almost a decade)
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 14:04 (five years ago) link
Idk, this is a decent grunge ballad, but the last three singles LDR released are all way better.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 14:13 (five years ago) link
I completely disagree with that on a few levels but this does fucking rule xp
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 March 2019 14:13 (five years ago) link
it's totally free of irony/distancing for starters (AFAICT on first listen)
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 March 2019 14:15 (five years ago) link
actually the vibe on this one is downright Dulli-esque
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 March 2019 14:20 (five years ago) link
i don't see why ldr needed to be brought up in either a negative or positive capacity
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 14:23 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8x55qS3chA
here i posted the song
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 14:24 (five years ago) link
I don't see how it's an invalid comparison to compare a purposefully dirge-y ballad with a prominent string arrangement to the work of an artist who primarily records purposefully dirge-y ballads with prominent string arrangements
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 14:31 (five years ago) link
ok you got me, i just dislike it when anyone praises a song with a negative comparison
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 14:37 (five years ago) link
kim gordon vibes
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 27 March 2019 15:26 (five years ago) link
Sky is even more particular about her final mixes. She will only be satisfied after she’s evaluated her song in seven different listening contexts: a car stereo; a smartphone with “regular” headphones; a smartphone with Apple earbuds; a smartphone’s built-in speaker; on a laptop; through “really bad, bad computer speakers—like the ones that came with Dells back in the early 2000s”; and the lush splendor of the studio, which is a personal luxury because, as she notes, “most people aren’t gonna listen that way.”
that's basically how everyone who's mixed a song in the past 30 years works.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 27 March 2019 15:29 (five years ago) link
I'd guess the distinction there is that she's doing it (but also I've heard mixers hate artists who do this kind of thing)
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 15:46 (five years ago) link
("this kind of thing" = being particular and/or perfectionist about the final mix)
Strange to read about the whole perfectionism thing when the new track is sounding a lot like a demo to me. Like, the vocals seem lost in in the mix? I'm not a fan, TBH. Maybe my expectations were a little too high after Voices Carry, which sounds like a million times better than this.
― daavid, Wednesday, 27 March 2019 15:51 (five years ago) link
Every engineer I've ever worked with recommended listening to mixes on a range of speakers.
This sounds much more polished than Voices Carry, but definitely has some deliberately dry sounding drums and vocals that maybe make it sound a bit rougher.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 15:58 (five years ago) link
Stunning song.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 27 March 2019 16:59 (five years ago) link
oh, I mean, every engineer I've worked with listens to mixes on a range of speakers, I'm just struck by the disparity between how fans/music journalists view artists who do dozens/hundreds of takes (very positively) and how engineers do (very negatively)
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 17:01 (five years ago) link
(I land on the "very positively" side myself)
I suspect the more established the artist and bigger the recording budget, the more positively inclined an engineer might be.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 17:03 (five years ago) link
The more money you have the more you can obsess and unmix tracks by too much tweaking
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 17:19 (five years ago) link
The bass guitar sound on this probably links it more the my old 4AD favorites than it likely would otherwise, but I'm ok with being microtargeted.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 27 March 2019 17:28 (five years ago) link
Interesting, it reminds me of the bass tone on "Come As You Are".
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 17:37 (five years ago) link
I did not enjoy this :(
― L'assie (Euler), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
I was wondering why everywhere said this sampled bittersweet symphony despite it... not
It doesn’t have anything to do with the Verve’s “Bitter Sweet Symphony.” It’s completely unrelated. I was JOKING!What a mess.Please take it out if written & out of your brains. I spent so much time recording/writing/arranging it & having people play it. It’s completely original.— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) March 27, 2019
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 19:25 (five years ago) link
she seems chill
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 20:13 (five years ago) link
nothing is complete original, hasn't she read harold bloom?
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 20:20 (five years ago) link
Great song. Love that she worked with Dean Hurley on this (whose Anthology Resource was quietly the best musical thing that came out of the Twin Peaks reboot).
― Position Position, Wednesday, 27 March 2019 20:30 (five years ago) link
lmao iconic
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, March 26, 2019 6:23 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
everybody does this now lol i thought it was weird how the article fixated on it
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 21:09 (five years ago) link
havent listened yet but i think sky brings up 'twin peaks' enough that the LDR comparison is warranted
She was literally on Twin Peaks and has performed in concert with David Lynch.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 21:13 (five years ago) link
she was great on twin peaks!
― maura, Wednesday, 27 March 2019 22:55 (five years ago) link
second fave one-off roadhouse performance after charlyne yi
song is good :)
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 27 March 2019 23:13 (five years ago) link
i like this song... i think it's a good look for her & the build up really pays off for me. from what i understand she has poppier stuff too
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 28 March 2019 00:56 (five years ago) link
lmfao at the "bitter sweet symphony" thing. yeah i couldn't hear it at all
― dyl, Thursday, 28 March 2019 03:27 (five years ago) link
Dramatic strings 🙄 people are so fucking stupid
― flappy bird, Thursday, 28 March 2019 03:44 (five years ago) link
it reminds me of something specific (def not that) but i cant place it
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 28 March 2019 03:45 (five years ago) link
Can't get over how awesome this song is, hasn't sunk in yet that this album a) is coming out, and b) Probably won't suck. Jordan's news is very good
― flappy bird, Thursday, 28 March 2019 03:46 (five years ago) link
loved the very start but never like anything with half-time drums. bass guitar immediately made me think 4AD too. looking forward to listening many more times.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Thursday, 28 March 2019 13:38 (five years ago) link
hasn't sunk in yet that this album a) is coming out
I wouldn't hold my breath on that tbh
― Simon H., Thursday, 28 March 2019 13:52 (five years ago) link
it has to be on the way. even the most clueless at her label must understand that she's more about full-length projects and is unlikely to score a hit single. i doubt they'd let her release anything unless it was to set up an album release.
― dyl, Thursday, 28 March 2019 15:12 (five years ago) link
― dyl, Thursday, 28 March 2019 03:27 (thirteen hours ago) Permalink
― flappy bird, Thursday, 28 March 2019 03:44 (thirteen hours ago) Permalink
Both have a 4/4 time chord progression with strings? ...and that's where the similarities end. I can see where you can sort of make a connection if you are kind of tone deaf.
― daavid, Thursday, 28 March 2019 16:55 (five years ago) link
yeah there's no musical similarity at all
but just... i just want this album to come out 😔
― flappy bird, Thursday, 28 March 2019 17:22 (five years ago) link
i'm hearing cat power / tindersticks. which is alright.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 28 March 2019 17:24 (five years ago) link