i need to spend more time with the “tommy” -> “princess leia” section but otherwise everything about this record sounded perfect to me
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 17 August 2019 11:37 (four years ago) link
it feels v neo-soul to me in spirit and atmosphere
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 17 August 2019 11:50 (four years ago) link
ok yeah after two listens: way better than the debut, so beautiful
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 17 August 2019 12:26 (four years ago) link
yeah it's all very neo-soul which isn't what i expected after the debut but she's pulled it off very well. really like the garbled vocals and background chaos on "skyline, be mine"
― ufo, Sunday, 18 August 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
not to second guess anyone's taste but i could see this being alfred's album of the year
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 18 August 2019 15:05 (four years ago) link
This album really hit me hard yesterday. The second half in particular. It's definitely on the same level as Nothing's Real for me now.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 18 August 2019 15:19 (four years ago) link
Press play on #forevher now and I'll tell you some stories about it as we go. Any questions just throw them my way and I'll try to answer some of those too. Big Love. 💙https://t.co/fTqu3MfZ7a pic.twitter.com/57511ug6EV— shura (@weareshura) August 18, 2019
Epic thread
― Jeff W, Sunday, 18 August 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
That's a great thread. Learning that it's Peter Gordon playing sax on BKLYNLDN makes me love it even more.
I haven't quite yet bonded with the album the way you lot have, but I'm getting there. "skyline, be mine" reminds me of a different kind of 90s style, the big spacey album closer like "Galaxy of Emptiness".
― Today he dances jazz, but tomorrow he will sell his homeland (seandalai), Sunday, 18 August 2019 21:14 (four years ago) link
enjoying the way "the stage" basically turns into a tame impala song in its second half
― monotony, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 00:00 (four years ago) link
i cant stop listening to tommy its just beautiful
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 00:29 (four years ago) link
What a surprise that this album feels like part of a broader pattern embracing albums from Meerna and Emily King: sonically engrossing soft rock / r&b hybridism.
“Tommy” and the closer in particular are fantastic.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 03:17 (four years ago) link
Yeah, Skyline, Be Mine is great and works so well at the end of the album. With that and White Light closing Nothing's Real, she really knows how to nail those last songs.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 03:36 (four years ago) link
shu fly
― maffew12, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 13:50 (four years ago) link
I really got into the first album about a year ago. Didn't think I'd like this one so much from the singles. But damn what a gorgeous album, all of it.
Funny what kp said about the last songs. "White Light" ended the first album proper, but then "the Space Tapes" is tacked on. I kept thinking she was going to drop the "(game) over" sample (from "Nothing's Real") into "skyline be mine" like in the space tape that ends the first album...'s streaming version. It's got that same vibe, which is about the only time the two records sound anything alike.
― maffew12, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 15:16 (four years ago) link
i dont stan for genuis.com but i loved learning this bckground info tweets in the sidebar
https://genius.com/Shura-tommy-lyrics
― johnny crunch, Friday, 30 August 2019 22:51 (four years ago) link
prob what jeff w posted upthread
― johnny crunch, Friday, 30 August 2019 22:52 (four years ago) link
Wasn’t sure how I would feel about the neo-soul turn, but this album is great!The allmusic review called it “triumphantly romantic” and I fully agree.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 6 September 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link
Pristine, wonderful album.
Any good remixes yet?
― nashwan, Wednesday, 25 September 2019 12:24 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65X3F-uRlrM
― ufo, Monday, 16 March 2020 22:00 (four years ago) link
Uh oh, shura’s got the Space Tape out of the drawer again 😀https://open.spotify.com/track/4I1HWbgxMMlQDqKIxI1A5L?si=ZZv3RvcGRhieUsPoTN-3tg
― Jeff W, Friday, 22 May 2020 15:07 (three years ago) link
i don't wanna give you upi don't wanna let you love somebody else but meso what's it gonna be
― ivy., Tuesday, 17 October 2023 15:27 (six months ago) link
Used so well in Heartstopper.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 15:48 (six months ago) link