Ok these production credits are crazy, really some pop music/Yeezus-style 'call everybody and assemble the best bits' stuff. I guess it's a credit to Twigs that it all sounds of a piece, but I hope there are some more fireworks on the rest of the record given who's involved.
some questions about contributions to holy terrain. the full credits are not online yet but a lot of people worked very hard to make this song what it is - thank you to @Koreless, @SounwaveTDE, @arca1000000, @kennybeats, @poobear, laura sisk @jackantonoff, @Skrillex & @1future <3 pic.twitter.com/2tQSeurkNH— FKA twigs (@FKAtwigs) September 11, 2019
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 17:42 (four years ago) link
Future is so jarring and unwelcome on this.
― Matt DC, Friday, 13 September 2019 12:50 (four years ago) link
I didn't even notice him, tbh
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Friday, 13 September 2019 13:32 (four years ago) link
That's quite an achievement.
― Matt DC, Friday, 13 September 2019 13:42 (four years ago) link
Hope the rest of the album is better than this single
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, 14 September 2019 06:48 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Rro6TQgpU
this one's much much better and the video rules too
― ufo, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 09:23 (four years ago) link
OK 'Home With You' is amazing and the first one that's got me properly excited about the album.
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 October 2019 07:52 (four years ago) link
early heads up to nychttp://www.armoryonpark.org/programs_events/detail/fka_twigs
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 14 October 2019 17:56 (four years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/fka-twigs-interview/
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 07:57 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfr6luGYViE
this is a pretty great performance - the version of "home with you" is better than the studio version
album is pretty good too
― ufo, Thursday, 7 November 2019 13:06 (four years ago) link
Fallen Alien is astonishing and made me want an entire album of stuff like that.
― Matt DC, Friday, 8 November 2019 12:50 (four years ago) link
i hear the shows she did in Oakland this week were amazing, but I didn't know about them until too late. Hope she comes back through.
― akm, Friday, 8 November 2019 15:21 (four years ago) link
man, I've tried. I don't get it.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 November 2019 15:25 (four years ago) link
same! I feel like her music is something that would appeal to me much more than it does .
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 8 November 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
was hoping context would help me like "holy terrain" more but nope. first three tracks on this are a real awesome ride though, imo "sad day" breaches janet jackson "empty"-core which is irresistible to me
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 8 November 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
9.4 BNM on p4k
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 November 2019 18:37 (four years ago) link
really had to work for that one
― imago, Friday, 8 November 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
I have a sense that FKA Twigs enthusiasts have a vision of R&B with which I have no sympathy.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 November 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
Was at the 2nd Oakland show last night, had to go after loving her at Primavera. Much more intimacy from her, she's very shy and soft spoken when she's not singing; her personality belies the beguiling mystery and exotic and erotic intensity of her stage presence and singing voice. However much of the new music brings this part of her personality to the fore so it was great seeing again in a smaller setting. And she opened up with a tap dance!
― octobeard, Friday, 8 November 2019 18:59 (four years ago) link
I wonder if they've been selling the record prior to last night's show. People were walking around with the LP so I wonder if it was the first time it was available to purchase during the tour.
Is this really R&B though? The artists it reminds me the most of are Kate Bush or Bjork, I don’t feel like it’s fair or its intention to be pinned to a particular genre.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link
It’s being allowed discussion by mods on the subreddits of popheads, indieheads and hiphopheads which is a honestly a big tell of how hard it is to pin down. I don’t remember when was the last time that all 3 subreddits allowed discussion on one album.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
lol at an album disrupting the reddit ecosystem
― quinn morgendorffer stan account (morrisp), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:51 (four years ago) link
it's not like there hasn't been r&b in her musical dna before but i agree she's more in the kate bush/bjork etc. art pop lineage, and this album feels like the balance has shifted even more towards the latter. the closest r&b reference point i can think of is janet's most outre moments like "empty" as brad said and that's something i'm very into
― ufo, Friday, 8 November 2019 19:55 (four years ago) link
yeah I wouldn't classify this album as R&B; it's more akin to Bat for Lashes to me.
― akm, Friday, 8 November 2019 20:01 (four years ago) link
I have seen Twigs perform 3 times and I think she is one of the greatest live acts of the 2010s. I always try to catch her shows when I can. That said, I rarely listen to her records in their entirety even though I think she is a fantastic musician. Talent like hers doesn't need a specific genre, much like Bjork and Kate Bush.
― Chantilly Bass, Friday, 8 November 2019 20:07 (four years ago) link
Love this so far
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 8 November 2019 20:08 (four years ago) link
Not to be too narcissistic but 'mary magdalene' made me go put on this track that I put out four years ago, in which I was more or less imagining I was making a Twigs song.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 8 November 2019 20:31 (four years ago) link
Fallen Alien is sick, def a nice change of pace
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 8 November 2019 20:35 (four years ago) link
I like hearing her try a little different vocal approach
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 8 November 2019 20:49 (four years ago) link
Wish this was as exciting as the first LP :(
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Friday, 8 November 2019 21:46 (four years ago) link
oh my god, the cover
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Friday, 8 November 2019 21:57 (four years ago) link
beautiful record. can't wait to continue listening to it over the weekend.
― winters (josh), Saturday, 9 November 2019 02:19 (four years ago) link
Am a fan of Twigs but am hugely turned off by the trend of distorted face covers ie St. Vincent, Juana Molina. Not a productive comment, I know.
― Yelploaf, Saturday, 9 November 2019 04:02 (four years ago) link
I have seen Twigs perform 3 times and I think she is one of the greatest live acts of the 2010s. I always try to catch her shows when I can.
Do you like Pink?
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Saturday, 9 November 2019 11:41 (four years ago) link
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i like the distorted face covers. i can see how they're offputting to some, but i like that they're pushing back against expectations of how a female pop star should present themselves. we often tend to see the male equivalent as adventurous or artistic or mischievous (the peter gabriel facemelt, richard d james smile + a million other things he's done), whereas the female version as just grotesque. plus it also pushes against the trend from the past few several years of covers featuring close-ups of the artist looking up and 3/4 to the side, as if they had just seen the face of god (and often with the celestial light shining across their perfect features). it's cool to take that as a starting point and then work against it, i think.
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Saturday, 9 November 2019 15:40 (four years ago) link
I really do not like this styling of singing. Nails on a chalkboard.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 9 November 2019 17:10 (four years ago) link
The cover(s) are great! Also fit in with the bjork references earlier.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, 9 November 2019 22:19 (four years ago) link
heard the whole thing. unsurprisingly i think it's not so great (for example 'home with you' and 'cellophane' are kinda radiohead and not in a way i enjoy). surprisingly i really like 'fallen alien' though.
― imago, Sunday, 10 November 2019 15:03 (four years ago) link
heard the whole thing. surprisingly i think it's not so great too! sorta uninspired tori amos retread. I expected holy terrain to be my least favorite track but it might be the best thing on the album!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 10 November 2019 15:29 (four years ago) link
maybe i need to relisten a few more times. fallen alien isn't terrible either. First three tracks just sound bad!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 10 November 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link
This album bangs and I really like the different shades she brings out in her voice across the various songs
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Sunday, 10 November 2019 15:58 (four years ago) link
That first pair of EPs was something else. It's been mostly downhill ever since.
The Radiohead-ishness of it all is obviously fine in my book and I mostly enjoy the album while it's on but none of its songs stick.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 10 November 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
I’ve tried to appreciate the first two EPs multiple times but I cannot get into them at all
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Sunday, 10 November 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
yeah i'm the same, that 2014 post of mine up thread still stands - it wasn't until "two weeks" that things clicked for me.
new album is great, "sad day", "cellophane" and "mirrored heart" in particular
― monotony, Sunday, 10 November 2019 23:33 (four years ago) link
i certainly hear the Tori Amos comparison but it's hardly a retread - even at its weirdest From the Choirgirl Hotel is still a keys-playing-singer-songwriter-with-a-band record while this is much more electronic obviously. it's very much a modern take on that sort of gloomy late 90s sound
don't really hear Radiohead beyond "cellophane" being vaguely similar to the sort of piano ballad with cool sound design they've done occasionally
― ufo, Monday, 11 November 2019 02:04 (four years ago) link
it's more the "performative vulnerability" aspect than the instrumentation, for me
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 11 November 2019 02:16 (four years ago) link
three spins, i'm tapping out. loved the EPs, this is not my jam.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 November 2019 05:39 (four years ago) link
"home with you" may be my favorite thing she's done to date
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Monday, 11 November 2019 13:50 (four years ago) link
also she is a fucking stunning singer as evidenced by the version of "home with you" in the link ufo posted
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Monday, 11 November 2019 13:59 (four years ago) link