also, if i'm reading this instagram post correctly, this is the actual album cover https://www.instagram.com/p/BwX2Z27FBte/
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 April 2019 00:24 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I think you're right. (I did first read it as 'Cover reveal one month away' tho)
― groovypanda, Thursday, 18 April 2019 06:54 (five years ago) link
Reminds me of Robyn doing the whole I'm pretending to make out with someone gag in Dancing On My Own.
― ☮ (peace, man), Thursday, 18 April 2019 10:34 (five years ago) link
Also, I realize everybody is probably ogling her back, but take a second and gaze upon those fringes! We're going to get some 70s in this album for sure.
― ☮ (peace, man), Thursday, 18 April 2019 11:53 (five years ago) link
you can hear a preview of "Julien" here, which also confirms the album cover: https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/dedicated/1459935069
sounds really nice, in the vein of the smoother tracks from Emotion like the title track and "Let's Get Lost"
― ufo, Thursday, 18 April 2019 13:59 (five years ago) link
oh jeez i'm gonna love this song
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 April 2019 14:09 (five years ago) link
if it lives up to that preview i expect it'll be my favourite so far
― ufo, Thursday, 18 April 2019 14:10 (five years ago) link
ILX pre-cover?Perhaps...but we need songtitles in full first.― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 04:19 (two weeks ago) PermalinkJulienNo Drug Like MeNow That I Found YouWant You In My RoomEverything He NeedsHappy Not KnowingI'll Be Your GirlToo MuchThe SoundAutomatically In LoveFeels Right (feat. Electric Guest)Right Words Wrong TimeReal LoveBonus:For SureParty for One― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, April 17, 2019 7:06 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Perhaps...but we need songtitles in full first.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 04:19 (two weeks ago) Permalink
JulienNo Drug Like MeNow That I Found YouWant You In My RoomEverything He NeedsHappy Not KnowingI'll Be Your GirlToo MuchThe SoundAutomatically In LoveFeels Right (feat. Electric Guest)Right Words Wrong TimeReal Love
Bonus:For SureParty for One
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, April 17, 2019 7:06 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Just putting this out there :D
― daavid, Thursday, 18 April 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYoLr2_ruLo
"julien" is indeed really nice. at this point i'm not really expecting this album to be the revelation that Emotion was but if she can keep releasing songs this nice it'll still be a worthy follow up
― ufo, Friday, 19 April 2019 02:00 (five years ago) link
It's a nice enough song, I guess, but isn't it a bit of an odd choice for an album opener?
― fragglerock, Friday, 19 April 2019 04:10 (five years ago) link
this one sounds amazing to me damn
― J0rdan S., Friday, 19 April 2019 06:30 (five years ago) link
julienit was more than a fantasy to the end
this is how you write a pop lyric baby
― J0rdan S., Friday, 19 April 2019 06:35 (five years ago) link
Me 4 minutes ago: Listen here, fraggle, history is filled with strange album openers! Tears of Rage from Music from Big Pink, Over & Over from Tusk, etc.
Me now: It's a nice enough song, I guess, but isn't it a bit of an odd choice for an album opener?
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 19 April 2019 08:13 (five years ago) link
love the idea of the album swirling and snapping itself into place
it's amazing
― lowercase (eric), Friday, 19 April 2019 10:51 (five years ago) link
i LOVE this
― maura, Friday, 19 April 2019 12:17 (five years ago) link
Hook is very prince-y :>
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 19 April 2019 12:54 (five years ago) link
carly singing over what sounds like a french house edit from 2001, feels effortless and weightless in the best way
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 19 April 2019 13:54 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJA42HLg5k4
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 12:18 (five years ago) link
I can't listen at work so I'm just imagining it's a Dave Matthews cover.
― ☮ (peace, man), Thursday, 9 May 2019 12:21 (five years ago) link
Spice Girls cover obviously.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 9 May 2019 12:54 (five years ago) link
u guys heard this?https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07880pw
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:05 (five years ago) link
"Too Much" is really evocative of something else but i can't place it
it's fine but not amazing
― ufo, Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:08 (five years ago) link
after a few listens i love it </inevitable>
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:08 (five years ago) link
it's v "gimme love, again"
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:12 (five years ago) link
Was looking to see if the album has leaked earlier (it hasn't) and found this unofficial Through My Head EP from a couple of months ago that contains some unreleased tracks from, apparently, 2014-2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWqIaSZYL5E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NY3iTeWmZ4
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 10:01 (four years ago) link
I am sad to report it does not interpolate the vengaboys
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 12:21 (four years ago) link
although it does have chords similar enough that I almost suspect it was gonna
boom boom boom boom, we couldn't get the clearance, the clearance for the tune
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 12:29 (four years ago) link
oh i know what "Too Much" reminds me of now, it feels like it's right off Tove Styrke's Sway since the stripped down synth riff with 3-3-2 thing that it does was also the basis for most of the songs on that album
― ufo, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 13:13 (four years ago) link
also checked if it had leaked today and was rewarded with a fake leak of a guy yelling "i am carly rae jepsen i love to sing" a lot
― ufo, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 13:15 (four years ago) link
link
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 13:21 (four years ago) link
lmao
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 13:25 (four years ago) link
it was on soulseek
― ufo, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 13:28 (four years ago) link
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 14:12 (four years ago) link
although it does have chords similar enough that I almost suspect it was gonnaboom boom boom boom, we couldn't get the clearance, the clearance for the tune
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 14:13 (four years ago) link
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 14:14 (four years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/carly-rae-jepsen-on-the-music-that-made-her/
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 16 May 2019 08:08 (four years ago) link
I like how with that 5-10-15-20 feature, the older the artist is, the more albums they get to list. Carly Rae only gets 6, but someone like David Byrne gets to list 13.Anyway, the most interesting thing about her list was the old pictures: https://cdn.pitchfork.com/longform/909/carlyraejepsen4.jpg
― enochroot, Thursday, 16 May 2019 12:50 (four years ago) link
The album has leaked for real this time
― groovypanda, Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:11 (four years ago) link
omg "want you in my room"
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:44 (four years ago) link
why is it so short though!
― ufo, Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:47 (four years ago) link
unrelated to the new album but i had no idea that haim co-wrote "making the most of the night"
― ufo, Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:02 (four years ago) link
15 tracks on mine (but all just under/over the three minute mark)
― groovypanda, Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:03 (four years ago) link
i meant "want you in my room" not the album. "for sure" and "party for one" are officially bonus tracks though
― ufo, Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:11 (four years ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/2040713/carly-rae-jepsen-dedicated-album-review/franchises/premature-evaluation/
this review is pretty otm
― ufo, Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:21 (four years ago) link
i don't agree with it v much at all, least of all that it sorta disses kiss
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:23 (four years ago) link
nstead, we’re getting bland songs to soundtrack inspirational Queer Eye ads -- yeah
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:23 (four years ago) link
mostly i think critics projected too hard onto emotion
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:24 (four years ago) link
As a whole, Dedicated’s palette is more muted. It’s more in line with the current vogue of anesthetized songs than E•MO•TION was, which felt like a bright burst in the face of pop’s moody grays.
also this is an inaccurate description of the record
also, bad writing
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:25 (four years ago) link
shouting “firsties” shouldn’t be a command to be taken seriously. and yet
― maura, Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link