FKA twigs

anyways yeah, i'm good to move on and chalk this one up as my bad in general? Y'all may remember my schtick is that I try to find the good in whatever I listen to, hence my surprise this album that I was very excited to listen to by an artist whose work i love and who i like live a lot had no resonance for me.

I'm still trying to imagine Thom Yorke singing 'Cellophane' and I just can't. Chris Martin, however...

It's still the one song here that doesn't work for me, it's actually too conventional for her. One of the most interesting things about Twigs is the way she positions herself as a voice in space (and, live, as a body in space) with dozens of other elements in orbit around her. It's why sound design is so important to all her records.

But there's something about the way she uses her voice on this that really makes it - turning herself into a choral ensemble on 'Thousand Eyes', the way 'Home With You' moves from anxious Tricky Eilish rasp to full-on Kick Inside swoop. And that's saying nothing about the moment where it suddenly blooms into a flurry of woodwinds.

It's one reason why Future makes sense as a collaborator - in that the timbre of his voice works so well when it's just used as part of the wider texture - but also why his own verse seems so prosaic in comparison to everything else.

"Cellophane" is the other song I am pretty much unconvinced by

I think I like it precisely because it’s quite different and “naked” to mostly everything else she has recorded, it’s very revelatory of her actual talent as a singer. I didn’t doubt she could sing before but I wasn’t too sure I’d love hearing her do a piano ballad. It’s not much but she also sprinkles some subtle, atmospheric touches and some well placed glitch effects in there.

no slappers on this record but it's still p good

I was kind of half-hearted about attending her Boston show next week but with this album + her newer greater live voice I'm suddenly very excited.

She's never particularly registered to me before this -- the only thing I ever went back to was the Melissa EP -- but I really like this album. Lush and melodic, super Kate Bush-y in places. "Fallen Alien" is great both on its own and also as a sort of one-song reduction of the entire Hounds of Love album.

Digging aspects of Magdalene - the shameless Red Shoes-ness of it all! She's such a cheesy weirdo and I love her for it. (This is not a diss because I adore the pre-chorus vocal harmonies on "Mary Magdalene" a lot but *that triumphant chorus* belongs in a 1990s Disney film; can't you picture, idk, Pocahontas screaming it on a mountain top?)

The Boston show was insane in every possible way, haha. Five mins. before scheduled start time the exit doors opened, the fire alarm went off, everyone in the building was evacuated and a battle ensued between the very aggressive venue staff (v. much hilariousy in screamy character for Boston) and all the indignant gays in town. She must have been so freaked out, but she was fantastic. She was really gracious despite her post-concert tiredness and signed my hoodie. :3 https://i.imgur.com/6lw3Bit.png

That's great, awesome photo! :)

People on twitter saying that she cancelled last night's concert in Zurich at the last minute because ticket sales were low and she didn't want to play in front of a small audience.

Can't wash that hoodie now!

Magdelene has only sounded better & better since it came out, it's hard to tell these days but it feels kinda slept on.

Or maybe not, all the tracks have 5 - 10 million plays on spotify, so I guess she's doing just fine even if I didn't see much discussion on ILX/twitter/irl.

what... what is happening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=chtCbEjhJcE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chtCbEjhJcE

welcome to 2020 where twigs is cosplay camming and dueting with a mosquito from the bronx

xpost with Worst Music of 2020?

100% behind 645AR being famous. you saw Yoga:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0PCMNels-s

Well, that's put me off both music and sex for the foreseeable future.

I haven't laughed this hard in ages but this also means I'll unironically love it soon enough

Holy shit, JM and unperson weren't lying.

So basically what if 100 gecs but "sexy"?

Tom, delete... oh ffs

I have fallen too far into the internet

645AR - Sum Bout U (feat. Fka Twigs) pic.twitter.com/l32XlGKYq6

— san (@fag2k20) August 4, 2020

^^^ otm

this 645ar guy is really taking lil wayne's brand of autotune-rap to its logical extreme isn't he

anyways, I unironically really like this. I saw a comment on Stereogum describe it as something that Tiny Mix Tapes would've gone crazy over, which is very otm

worst music I’ve ever heard. I’m old.

gecs is way more tolerable than this, somehow

I do appreciate how the new generation is destroying music though. All of this is necessary work, so we can finally arrive at the prophecy, where music is killed

Clicked on the Twigs video all hyped and expecting it to sound like 100 Gecs and... what, where does that comparison come from? This isn't even remotely like?

I'm always impressed by her work as a singer and writer - but I often forget she's a phenomenal dancer. And her dance is an integral part of her art and her artistry.

(LOL but the original vid totally reminds me of my dayjob, hahaha, fortunately Twigs does appear to be completely regulatory compliant.)

It's silly and I'm pretty into it tbh

once you get past the squeaks, this is really not that bad? lol

but like gecs idk if i can listen to it more than once

hoogie boogie land is not that bad if you can get past the vocals

This dude's voice is the most ridiculous thing, I did not stop laughing throughout the whole song

I also have "Don't be fooled by the shades or the locks / I'm just a mosquito from the Bronx" stuck in my head

100 Gecs are more fun but this is def funnier.

a bop, but I couldn't resist https://t.co/7jdwEck8rU pic.twitter.com/URm9pYU4hn

— 𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖙𝖙𝖌𝖚𝖒 (@scottgum) August 5, 2020

lol

ok here's my attempt

645AR - Sum About U (feat. FKA Twigs)https://t.co/PlOmlRTgKT

— CHANTS (@ChantsWI) August 5, 2020

I'm not into 'Sum Bout U' but I do find myself really enjoying 'Yoga', not sure what that says...

this really isn't that bad, at all.

amazing video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxGDNRE-2c0

holy shit

right?? wish it was 20 mins longer tbh

I want to watch this entire movie

yes, that was awesome! i especially loved the way she crossed the restaurant to him at the beginning, the percussive pulse of her movements. just incredible

Brilliant stuff!

Yeah, I mean her music is obviously awesome, but her videos are so next-level amazing I totally want her to make the jump to being a movie star - would love to see her do a full length film.

she did, she's in Honey Boy, Shia Lebouf's autobiographical film. She's actually really good in it though I can't recall if she even speaks. (and that movie is really good, I was extremely surprised).

I want a Highlander reboot starring Twigs and I want it yesterday

Nobody is going to trick me into watching anything that POS lebouef has made, sorry.