the twist in the tile is that Norman and Rockwell are two different people
― flappy bird, Wednesday, July 31, 2019 10:19 AM (thirty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
ramming speed, starring lee as speed
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 17:56 (four years ago) link
the hand on the cover has the vibe of 3D posters and comics
http://premiumblend.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Amazin_3D_Comics.jpg
― piscesx, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 18:10 (four years ago) link
is Cinnamon Girl a cover?
nah, she's posted some snippets of it to her instagram already
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 18:53 (four years ago) link
a cover as the 4th song on an album seems kinda haphazard but whatevs.
her albums are mostly v haphazardly sequenced, it bugs me every time!
― Simon H., Wednesday, 31 July 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
lol the cover art is pretty bad
interesting that "best american record" is on there, hasn't a demo of that been floating around forever?
― ufo, Thursday, 1 August 2019 04:08 (four years ago) link
extremely excited to hear the lana del rey song entitled "california"
― J. Sam, Thursday, 1 August 2019 12:01 (four years ago) link
oh good, tour dates popping up and she's playing Berkeley. the last time I saw her down at the shoreline it was a fucking disaster as it always is (traffic, overcrowding).
― akm, Thursday, 1 August 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
i was recently mentioning to someone how i thought "venice bitch" is the most ldr song title ever without crossing into self-parody territory. "california" on the other hand...
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Thursday, 1 August 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
As much as I love her, she seems like kind of a terrible live act, not a lot of gravity, and tons of canned vocals.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 1 August 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
she was better than I expected when I saw her.
― akm, Thursday, 1 August 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
Very tempted to go, assuming she makes it out here.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 1 August 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
Jack Antonoff has tweeted to say 'The Greatest' is his favorite of the new songs, adding 'just wait'.
― piscesx, Thursday, 1 August 2019 19:03 (four years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Q7FmcCqSTMc
I guess the Sublime song is on the album after all.
― akm, Thursday, 1 August 2019 19:32 (four years ago) link
I like the album cover, it’s weird and fun
― brimstead, Thursday, 1 August 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
― akm, Thursday, August 1, 2019 9:41 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
thinking about going to this show!
― josh winters (josh), Thursday, 1 August 2019 21:08 (four years ago) link
New song written and recorded over the past day:
https://www.stereogum.com/2053762/lana-del-rey-new-song-looking-for-america-mass-shootings/video/
― akm, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 01:52 (four years ago) link
song was released yesterday, along with her cover of season of the witch from a soundtrack; both are really good! also: her tickets for her show in Berkeley mysteriously sold out on ticketmaster within 5 seconds but were plentiful on stubhub with a 10% markup. Why isn't anyone investigating Ticketmaster after that Metallica leak?
― akm, Saturday, 10 August 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/LrSX_OcpeJg
"Fuck It I Love You" is good but "The Greatest" is next-level
― Simon H., Thursday, 22 August 2019 19:34 (four years ago) link
Interesting! I got bored of "The Greatest" before it was half through yet like "Fuck It I Love You."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 August 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
the latter has some of those sweet guitars I'm hoping there's a lot more of on the album (someone should give her a no-pianos rule for the next one)
― Simon H., Thursday, 22 August 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
Can't believe how much The Greatest has that Rutles-y Cheese And Onions flavour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePaHG6g7uFw
― piscesx, Friday, 23 August 2019 12:16 (four years ago) link
wow, wtf. had to stop listening to that lest i get too used to the association.
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Friday, 23 August 2019 12:24 (four years ago) link
ahahaha
― Simon H., Friday, 23 August 2019 15:10 (four years ago) link
lol omg
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 23 August 2019 15:11 (four years ago) link
I like these two (and the video) but aren’t there a lot of singles from the new album already (7?) ? Is it gonna be a double or something ? Otherwise there might not be a lot left to discover...
― AlXTC from Paris, Saturday, 24 August 2019 05:53 (four years ago) link
there's been 6 so far ("looking for america" isn't on the album) but the album is 14 tracks and out in a week, so still 8 new tracks
― ufo, Saturday, 24 August 2019 06:00 (four years ago) link
Oh ok, thanks !Almost half out already then... but I like all of them so looking forward to hearing the rest !
― AlXTC from Paris, Saturday, 24 August 2019 06:03 (four years ago) link
The piano outro to « The Greatest » is so warm and lovely.
― AlXTC from Paris, Saturday, 24 August 2019 11:09 (four years ago) link
Sia vs Cat Power vs LDR, each The Greatest is pretty great imo
― world's #1 piece of shit (rip van wanko), Saturday, 24 August 2019 11:14 (four years ago) link
eh fuck it i love you doesn't really come together for me, the greatest is nice. not a patch on the venice bitch/mariners double drop
― devvvine, Sunday, 25 August 2019 13:11 (four years ago) link
i like both but i'm not blown away by either like i was with "mariners apartment complex"/"venice bitch"
― ufo, Sunday, 25 August 2019 13:27 (four years ago) link
^ agree
― that's not my post, Sunday, 25 August 2019 13:39 (four years ago) link
Yup. I guess most people would agree too.But I really like these two latest, "FIILU" maybe a bit more than "The Greatest".
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/the-greatest/
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 26 August 2019 11:37 (four years ago) link
This Billboard story is interesting.
Speaking of haphazard track listings and cover art, this bit is great:
The album title was just something she came up with when she randomly harmonized the name of the American illustrator while recording “Venice Bitch,” though she recognizes that she and Rockwell -- an idealist whose cozy depictions of Boy Scouts and Thanksgiving turkeys graced magazine covers for half the 20th century -- have both explored big questions about the American dream in their work. And then there’s the artwork she has been using for the record’s singles: bizarrely casual iPhone photos that feel a bit tossed-off because, well, they are.“Every time my managers write me, ‘Album art?,’ I’m just like, send!” she cackles, pantomiming taking a selfie. “And they just send the middle-finger emoji back to me.”
“Every time my managers write me, ‘Album art?,’ I’m just like, send!” she cackles, pantomiming taking a selfie. “And they just send the middle-finger emoji back to me.”
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 18:27 (four years ago) link
The title track is great, one of her best songs.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
You're not kidding!
She so gradually became an excellent vocalist that I barely noticed how much she's upped her game in this respect, we're a million miles from the Betty Boop routine on "Off to the Races"
― Simon H., Tuesday, 27 August 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
Also the mastering job seems unusually dynamic throughout, which I really appreciate
― Simon H., Tuesday, 27 August 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
has this leaked?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
it has!
― devvvine, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 19:22 (four years ago) link
ugh, I wanna hear it, I have super high expectations for this album after the string of excellent singles.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 19:59 (four years ago) link
the leak I had was 1/2 shitty sounding.
― akm, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 20:12 (four years ago) link
the already released songs are certainly louder.
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 21:20 (four years ago) link
New leeak is clean. On first pass I'd only ditch "California". "How to Disappear" is a lovely little standout. I like that her stuff has essentially an inverse relationship with percussion compared to...whoever her peers are supposed to be at this point
― Simon H., Tuesday, 27 August 2019 21:22 (four years ago) link
― akm, Tuesday, August 27, 2019
yes
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
she def has a better handle on controlling her leaks these days. I spent some time researching how all that other unreleased stuff flowed out and it was pretty messy. I mean, what amounted to like 4 albums worth of demos and outtakes and alternate mixes from the time immediately before and during Born to Die.
― akm, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 22:02 (four years ago) link
I wonder if she's still planning to do an odds n' sods collection.
OK, I would ditch "Bartender" and "California" but the rest is solid or better. I think this is her best album - wittier, woolier, simultaneously less serious and easier to take seriously.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 27 August 2019 22:03 (four years ago) link
I think this is her best album
will believe it's better than ultraviolence when i hear it but hoping you're right
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 22:04 (four years ago) link
It's not as tight obviously but I think it's a lil more distinctive
― Simon H., Tuesday, 27 August 2019 22:12 (four years ago) link
I hadn't realized Antonoff worked on almost every song. Dude's a machine.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 27 August 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
Lastly I have now heard "Looking for America" and it's gorgeous enough that I don't begrudge its overall dopeyness. It deserves to be on the album (though I am aware it was recorded too late for physical consideration)
― Simon H., Tuesday, 27 August 2019 23:11 (four years ago) link