Just got offered a promo of this. Not sure what I think of the project, but I'm definitely willing to give it a shot for free.
― Telephone thing, Tuesday, 22 April 2008 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
could be good
― omar little, Tuesday, 22 April 2008 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
what?
― RabiesAngentleman, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 07:26 (fifteen years ago) link
"anywhere i lay me head" (the track) is quite ok. she is not the best singer in the world,so it's good sitek buried her voice in the mix, but it has nice melancholic atmosphere with the production. not that im going to listen to it again,but u might say sitek saved her here.
― Zeno, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 08:46 (fifteen years ago) link
sorry to be bumping this but I just heard her cover of Boys Don't Cry and its possibly the worst thing I've ever heard
― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 20 July 2008 02:00 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm really into this album, but maybe because I quite dislike Tom Waits and I like JAMC.
― I know, right?, Sunday, 20 July 2008 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
I dunno, it's produced well enough but her vocal performances are pretty lackluster
― Hurting 2, Sunday, 20 July 2008 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Guys I have to admit, this is pretty fucking good for a covers album.
― stephen, Saturday, 9 August 2008 06:16 (fifteen years ago) link
The liner notes with Sitek comparing the atmosphere to an old 4AD record are, surprisingly, spot on.
― stephen, Saturday, 9 August 2008 06:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Dare I say...
This album > Return to Cookie Mountain
― stephen, Saturday, 9 August 2008 06:24 (fifteen years ago) link
you could add a few more of these:>>>>>>>>>>>
― I know, right?, Saturday, 9 August 2008 12:30 (fifteen years ago) link
WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT BACON CARAMEL? MOST IMPORTANT BIT OF THIS THREAD!!!
-- disappointing goth fest line-up (orion), Friday, October 20, 2006 1:52 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Link
― ian, Saturday, 9 August 2008 23:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Seriously this album is good good good. I think the arrangements are muggier and more natural than 4AD. Which I like.
― I know, right?, Sunday, 17 August 2008 13:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Like, it's not as ethereal as the Cocteau Twins, it's not as wispy and echoey.
― I know, right?, Sunday, 17 August 2008 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
I like how plainsung it is too, title song is kind of beautiful and the relationship between her voice and that snare/handclap, the way her vocals are just limp enough to drape over the occasional jolt in the arrangement.
― I know, right?, Sunday, 17 August 2008 13:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I concur, this is much better than I expected. Sitek did it up right.
And no, you may not dare
Cookie Mountain>>>this record.
― kwhitehead, Monday, 18 August 2008 22:59 (fifteen years ago) link
This album is so addictive.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 16:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I love the hivemind mentality that dead, tuneless singing is totes awes when it's on an Italians Do It Better 12" by Farah, but an affront to music when it's from OMG FAMOUS ACTRESS
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 16:42 (fifteen years ago) link
right.
anyway it didn't sound dead and tuneless to me, more alive and purposeful.
i need to hear this in full though.
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 16:50 (fifteen years ago) link
― I know, right?, Sunday, August 17, 2008 9:47 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is good
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 16:51 (fifteen years ago) link
wow, i dunno Whiney; I couldn't listen to this more than twice.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 19:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I was on listen 4 I think today
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link
heh i'd strip this bitch down if u know wut i'm saijin
― ಥ﹏ಥ (cankles), Wednesday, 19 November 2008 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Go on and take a swig of that poison and like it
― "alpha dog" (Tape Store), Wednesday, 19 November 2008 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
, baby
I've encountered Whiney on numerous message boards and he is one of the absolute worst cases of "I listen to mainstream horseshit in a thinly-veiled attempt to separate myself from you Pitchfork-listeners" there is. I encountered a bunch of these dudes back when Britney Spears' "Toxic" came out.
― Reatards Unite, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
hey i'll take that over "i listen to (mainstream) Pitchfork indieshit in a thinly-veiled attempt to separate myself from you Brit-bots"
any day.
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
does this count as mainstream horseshit though? horseshit surely (IMHO!!!) but I didn't know it was that successful otherwise
― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I've encountered Whiney on numerous message boards and he is one of the absolute worst cases of "I listen to mainstream horseshit in a thinly-veiled attempt to separate myself from you Pitchfork-listeners" there is. I encountered a bunch of these dudes back when Britney Spears' "Toxic" came out.― Reatards Unite, Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:47 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Reatards Unite, Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:47 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Pitchfork-endorsed albums that came out this year that I'll totally rep for: Gang Gang Dance, Jay Reatard, Marnie Stern, TV On The Radio, Fuck Buttons, Lindstrom, Harvey Milk, Vivian Girls.
Cute try, though.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 22:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I encountered a bunch of these dudes back when Britney Spears' "Toxic" came out
these dudes = the entirety of old ilm?
― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Wednesday, 19 November 2008 22:16 (fifteen years ago) link
r.i.p.
― creator of 2008's most successful meme (velko), Wednesday, 19 November 2008 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:41 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― i'm not a ★, somebody lied (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
Scarlett Johansson gets "all stripped down"
― markers, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 03:28 (twelve years ago) link
prescient
― markers, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 03:29 (twelve years ago) link
this was like way ahead of the curve on shit like The xx and Zola Jesus and Anika.
still smh @ everyone for missing the point on this one
― i'm not a ★, somebody lied (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 03:29 (twelve years ago) link
I like this album, couldn't give a toss about TV on the radio
― can men eat harmony? (admrl), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
lol, never forget
I've encountered Whiney on numerous message boards and he is one of the absolute worst cases of "I listen to mainstream horseshit in a thinly-veiled attempt to separate myself from you Pitchfork-listeners" there is. I encountered a bunch of these dudes back when Britney Spears' "Toxic" came out.― Reatards Unite, Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:47 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Reatards Unite, Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:47 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― i'm not a ★, somebody lied (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 03:33 (twelve years ago) link
I separate myself from those pitchfork listeners by not listening to pitchfork.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 09:30 (twelve years ago) link
a very unusual but beautiful album, "Falling Down" always gets me
― niels, Sunday, 13 May 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
Bowie's backing vocals on Fannin Street are so touching
― niels, Sunday, 13 May 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
I think it’s a mixed bag but falling down is great
― Depressed and impressed (Ross), Sunday, 13 May 2018 22:16 (five years ago) link
This thread really has something for everyone
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Sunday, 13 May 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link
agree it's a mixed bag, not a great album in any traditional sense
but like Lulu I think ultimately it succeeds as a weird but also weirdly moving, weirdly awesome album
― niels, Monday, 14 May 2018 06:05 (five years ago) link
there are much worse Scarlett Johansson threads on this board
― niels, Monday, 14 May 2018 06:06 (five years ago) link
"Falling Down" is good. I feel like she should be collaborating with Italians Do It Better folks instead of Pete Yawn
― Simon H., Monday, 14 May 2018 12:44 (five years ago) link