Angel Olsen

or rather, there was more ambition, sonic depth and intrigue in the opening track of this than in ldr's entire career so far, and having heard the first four tracks i am v excited to hear the rest

I'm not sure what they have in common. They're records made by women?

they have very little in common. i guess honeymoon is saturated in uneasy string arrangements

chalk and cheese sounds like a classic LJ culinary experiment

both have plenty of calcium. just like olsen and ldr both use drums

or rather, there was more ambition, sonic depth and intrigue in the opening track of this than in ldr's entire career so far, and having heard the first four tracks i am v excited to hear the rest

― imago, Tuesday, October 8, 2019

not on this thread to debate crazy-ass challops, but lol

this could do with losing some filler from the second half but it's been a good listen

what's the filler!!!

sorry i got very surprised by this, to the point where it is my album of the year?

tracks 8-10 didn't quite hit the same spot and got me thinking that impasse -> change would be a killer ending. here's where it turns out your favourite track is one of my filler choices lol

think the title track is mine

or 'too easy'

these first three/four tracks are something

here's where it turns out your favourite track is one of my filler choices lol

― imago, Tuesday, October 8, 2019 1:03 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

summer!

it's not my favorite track but it's wonderful, a perfect shift in pace and mood right before the closer, the bassline makes you expect disco and then it becomes something wilder and sadder and it reminds me of the yeah yeah yeahs' show your bones

oh i nearly forgot about those synths at the end too

ok maybe, it could open up

tracks 1-4 are legit on course for an lj five-bagger, 5-7 great too, i guess i'll be patient with the rest

reminds me of the yeah yeah yeahs

dude i think you just summed up my lack of appreciation for this record way better than i ever could have.

austin i can't even tell if you've listened to this record or if you've dismissed it because of her instagram, please stop

you made the comparison man. i was struggling to figure out just what was so offputting about it to me, and what you said there was a better articulation than i've been able to manage.

that the vocal melody of one song reminded me of the yeah yeah yeahs? you're still overdoing it

everyone itt arguing with austin who iirc hasn't heard the record and decided he wouldn't like it based on the angel olsen's insta posts reminding him of grimes (yes, this is the reason he doesn't like this album) would be better of doing literally anything with their time

lol brad okay man. my post was genuine. you drew the comparison and it resonated and made sense for me. that anything by angel is reminiscent of yyys is disappointing. and it goes back to what i was saying earlier: this new record and rollout just seems overproduced and overbearing; not at all what i liked her music for in the past.

just bc of this stupid argument i have looked at angel olsen's instagram and am enjoying the relatively short series of professional photographs accompanied by paragraphs about the process of making the record and/or music videos

I chose All Mirrors as the title of this upcoming record because I liked the theme; the theme of how we are all mirrors to and for each other. Even if that is not the complete truth, still, there is always an element of personal projection in what we’d like to see in others and in all scenarios.

good stuff imo

brad is OTM about "summer" - one of my favourites too - but the rhetorical position that anything by angel being reminiscent of yyys would be disappointing is amazingly sweeping, and implicitly incurious about music's ability to make connections between things that not only are unexpected but also change the effect of those things

ok 'summer' is actually good, 'tonight' is the one that kills the momentum. guess that's what the skip button is for ('endgame' seems like a skipper too)

"tonight" has a kind of static vocal melody that reminds me of older angel olsen song but the strings are devastating and unskippable. "endgame" seems of a piece with "choice" with me, two gorgeous classic-sounding melodies right alongside each other

er "chance"*

i spoke maybe too soon, 'endgame' sounded better this go around. 'tonight' is a hard sell but given how much i like the rest of the album it'll have no choice but to grow on me idk

maintain that those first four tracks are where this album goes from good to mindblowing

they're all stunners that's for sure

all the ways that "all mirrors" reminds me of new order
the bleary guitars at the end of "too easy"
everything about "new love cassette," walk around the block in the crisp fall air to this one

'all mirrors' gave me vibes of the teardrop explodes - the great dominions, it does that melodic postpunk thing so smartly, gr8 bassline too

First four tracks are indeed hard to top but it doesn't feel frontloaded.

"too easy" is one of the weaker tracks imo (though by no means bad)

Couldn't get into this. Nothing interesting about the melodies imo and is takes itself too serious and too dramatic for my taste at least.
Overhyped? Time will tell. I might be wrong of course.

Maybe it’s not fair to blame overhypedness on anything other than the hypers

not to make excuses but the overcompression on this makes it feel almost uncomfortably intimate doesn't it? cld do w/o e.g. the crackling at the end of "lark" but otherwise the effect's actually great

There are some good songs on this but my Lord it is slow as molasses. Hey Angel, loosen up, kid. Swing, baby!

Hey Angel, loosen up, kid. Swing, baby!

― kornrulez6969, Monday, October 14, 2019 3:37 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

cf. "what it is"

'Summer' rules.

first couple listens, i was put off a bit by the Congleton crunch, but i've really fallen head over heels for this record. besides the justly-praised opening four tracks, my favorites are 'chance' (very twin peaks-y) and 'what it is' (would never in a million years have expected her to write a song with a shuffle beat but she did and it sounds so great)

Spring is basically a Beach House track

Anyone seen her on her present tour? I'm about to go tonight and I'm both excited and curious to see how arrangements will work.

Seeing her in a couple weeks

I saw the first show of the tour. She was super-apologetic about it being their first show, and kept saying "this is rehearsal for us," though it sounded okay to me. I hadn't listened much to the new album at that time, so I couldn't really play spot the differences, but the string parts came across well.

She's also got a fancy new lighting rig, which was a highlight (heh).

is there anything better than this album

I saw her for the first time last night and she was really great. Fun stage presence with lots of chatter, coy then bubbly at times, overall very confident presentation - this was exactly the show she wants to put on.

I only recognized three songs (All Mirrors, Sister, Shut Up Kiss Me) because I haven't engaged with the new album enough to really differentiate the songs (which might be partly the fault of the album in that it doesn't seem as varied as the predecessor). Her voice is something else. Very impressive live. Seven piece band and light show were fantastic. The screen behind the band with the staircase kept reminding me of the cover of She Hangs Brightly.

She played "Sister"?? I envy you

Yeah her on stage presence is some of the most charismatic I’ve seen. Every All Mirrors song was an emotional rush, the older songs weren’t quite as powerful imo, except that one from her first record which played beautifully within the set. Also the Mark Ronson cover at the end was a lot of fun.

She played "Sister"?? I envy you

Yeah, it is the song I was most wanting to hear. <3 it so much.

Ok, I just got All Mirrors on vinyl. Between this and seeing her live I am on board with the new album. It's very maximalist even in its quieter moments.