Haven’t listened to whole thing yet. Really like Don’t Go Outside.
― glindr jackson (gyac), Friday, 10 January 2020 22:30 (four years ago) link
me too! it's like prog poppy, especially with the reprises. proggy
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 10 January 2020 22:34 (four years ago) link
📹this is industrial
― glindr jackson (gyac), Saturday, 11 January 2020 16:40 (four years ago) link
this album is fantastic, especially like the psych-pop fusion of "concrete" and "anything like me"'s industrial groove
― ufo, Sunday, 12 January 2020 07:04 (four years ago) link
turn me into a street!
― ufo, Monday, 13 January 2020 13:45 (four years ago) link
this is the best album ever
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2020 14:09 (four years ago) link
It is extremely strange and extremely good
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 13 January 2020 14:19 (four years ago) link
watashi wa anata ni doi shimasen
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2020 15:05 (four years ago) link
love the depeche mode "grabbing hands grab all they can" reference on "bloodmoney"
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2020 15:14 (four years ago) link
in fact i think repurposing an oft-maligned depeche mode lyric kinda summarizes what this album is going for
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2020 15:28 (four years ago) link
Yesss I love Depeche Mode and that line is so great ❤️ anyone who hates on DM esp for Everything Counts is clearly a clown though
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 13 January 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
Well, you've all sold me.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 January 2020 18:06 (four years ago) link
get ready for some riffs ned
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2020 18:13 (four years ago) link
the ending of "concrete" kills me, when everything turns into this bright and beautiful ray of positivity while singing 'turn me into a street'
also the drums on "BLOODMONEY" sound a lot like "closer" to me
― gman59, Monday, 13 January 2020 19:00 (four years ago) link
I didn’t get Closer, but I did get a bit of The Beautiful People from Anything Like Me?
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 13 January 2020 19:16 (four years ago) link
Actually think I’m a bit obsessed with Sit Stay - it’s the whole pre chorus/chorus plus,...that fucking outro is spectacular
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 13 January 2020 19:21 (four years ago) link
― ufo, Monday, January 13, 2020 6:45 AM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
just looping through my head all day
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2020 22:09 (four years ago) link
djp and... imago (??) to thread
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 14:39 (four years ago) link
have already heard some of this, it's pretty good! v much in 2019 eoy mode listening-wise but i'll give this a full go within the next day or so
― opden gnash (imago), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 14:41 (four years ago) link
whoa didn’t realise stet had done the @mention feature so soon!
― steer karma (gyac), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 14:44 (four years ago) link
watched a couple of the videos and I don't hate it but so far I'm struggling to hear how it's much more than a basic version of Grimes.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 15:59 (four years ago) link
my initial instinct was that it reminds me of some of the stuff Ginger Wildheart has been doing, especially the Hey Hello album, but a full listen might scotch that
― opden gnash (imago), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 16:02 (four years ago) link
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, January 14, 2020 8:59 AM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
lemme know when grimes goes full nu-metal psych-pop
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 16:06 (four years ago) link
hearing "concrete" was a lot like hearing jellyfish's "joining a fan club" for the first time
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwoGhpYdebQ
wish i could vote for it in the ilm poll tbh
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 16:20 (four years ago) link
You know, this kinda reminds me of Shiina Ringo to an extent.
the Shiina Ringo thread
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 16:32 (four years ago) link
i enjoy a lot of this! "concrete" is friggin great.
i do feel like the juxtaposition of pop and heavier stuff works best when the heavy stuff is as well thought-out and complex as the poppy stuff -- like the power metal-type leads and straight industrial moments are a lot more interesting than like, chunky limp bizkit riffs.
love the "wouldn't it be nice" reference in concrete too
― idgaf (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, January 14, 2020 11:06 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
this is a good description of one of the videos I watched ("X") but idk it felt less like peanut butter and chocolate and more like peanut butter and mayo (ftr I like mayo).
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:08 (four years ago) link
i have no beef with grimes but she can't write 1 hook let alone 3 in one song
― idgaf (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:09 (four years ago) link
i should say: i have no MUSICAL beef with grimes
― idgaf (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:10 (four years ago) link
also: https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/01/13/hulu-made-a-tv-show-about-the-poppy-mars-argo-titanic-sinclair-drama-and-people-are-pissed/
― idgaf (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:12 (four years ago) link
this is probably entirely the wrong question to ask but to what extent was that sinclair character involved in this new album?
― opden gnash (imago), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
she split from him (and made similar accusations against him)
― idgaf (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:18 (four years ago) link
he has credits on the record but iirc his actual involvement in the songwriting is disputed
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:20 (four years ago) link
didn't realize she just split from him in dec
― idgaf (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:21 (four years ago) link
yep
pic.twitter.com/IJwCBLYiuW— Poppy (@poppy) December 28, 2019
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:22 (four years ago) link
not that it devalues the music or her art if he is heavily involved obv - just a bit unfortunate
― opden gnash (imago), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:22 (four years ago) link
yeah he also directed several of the videos iirc
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link
what is this opening track omg
― opden gnash (imago), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link
lol i was waiting for this
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link
the zombies have gone prog hardcore
― opden gnash (imago), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
ok the rest of the album is imo good-to-very-good rather than great (and as i say, tt has already played me like three of its tracks!) but man Concrete
― opden gnash (imago), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
the grimes comparison really only makes sense for "sit/stay", which belongs to the same sort of industrial pop territory as "kill v maim". though if grimes actually made the metal album she kept threatening to i'd imagine it'd probably sound fairly similar to this but probably not as good.
― ufo, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
some people like candysome people like coffeebut these lifeless flaaaavors don't saaatisfyyy meeee
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 January 2020 00:17 (four years ago) link
I am not sure how much staying power this will have for me, but it is bringing the lols for me right now. Concrete and Sit/Stay are great. A lot of the twists and turns in other tracks are interesting. At the very least it will be a good gym album.
― An Oral History of Deez Nutz (PBKR), Thursday, 16 January 2020 01:06 (four years ago) link
I like this
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 16 January 2020 01:33 (four years ago) link
I'm a fan. I am digging Poppy. not sure about her ballads but Concrete is a doozy. Turn me into a street indeed.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 16 January 2020 03:33 (four years ago) link
This is ... something. Very 90's sounding somehow. 'Concrete' and 'Sit/Stay' the clear highlights. The jarring shifts between "songs within songs" are pretty crazy but kinda gimmicky and distract from some genuinely great musical sequences.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 16 January 2020 10:42 (four years ago) link
i def thought "this sounds like the late 90s" when i was listening to it
― idgaf (roxymuzak), Thursday, 16 January 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
The worst thing that could happen to her is turning into a real person, with real feelings.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 16 January 2020 15:27 (four years ago) link
i don't think the hooks are stronger on this one than on i disagree
― ufo, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 09:01 (two years ago) link
that’s correct : I think the songwriting is better, and (separately) the style she is working in now places more pressure on the hooks to perform, but neither of those things necessarily translate into the hooks being better.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 09:52 (two years ago) link
I’m not so much concerned with her needing to be hookier, I do think *some*thing is lost in just visceral intensity (beyond shock factor) which isn’t to say it’s not replaced by something equally valuable … I don’t consider this a fall off by any means, just kind of mourning a future that never was
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
lol i didnt know the backstory re her collaborator ... welp
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlkdkQR2gUs
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 October 2021 11:51 (two years ago) link
oh hell yeah
― ufo, Thursday, 21 October 2021 11:58 (two years ago) link
glorious
― nxd, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 12:03 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTTEBn_gze0
poppy released a new song about her cat
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 20:50 (two years ago) link
i'm finally seeing her at the end of march
"eat" not placing in the 77 is an error from which this board will never recover
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 14 February 2022 16:04 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXbPSCHncJc
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 29 August 2022 16:49 (one year ago) link
apparently going to be on a new EP, stagger, out in october
heavy poppy is the best poppy
― ufo, Monday, 29 August 2022 22:13 (one year ago) link
new EP whips!!!
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 14 October 2022 14:18 (one year ago) link
"FYB" is the only real heavy poppy song just FYI
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 14 October 2022 14:28 (one year ago) link
it's good! better than flux
― ufo, Friday, 14 October 2022 22:58 (one year ago) link
Always get excited and immediately disappointed when this thread gets revived because I think it’s a Poppy Family thread.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 14 October 2022 23:09 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXE_NkbWDhw
tremendous cover of kittie's "spit"
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 20:50 (eleven months ago) link
kittie rules hell yeah
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 23:54 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD9xotOWQSk
"spit" cover is my song of the year
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 May 2023 17:09 (ten months ago) link
for all those girls who speak contradictions
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 May 2023 17:10 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag3L1fBPo54
i want to like this a little more than i do, this industrial sound is a good fit for her but the song's just missing something?
― ufo, Thursday, 20 July 2023 07:06 (eight months ago) link
curious what the album’s gonna be like (comes out in october)
― ivy (BradNelson), Thursday, 20 July 2023 13:40 (eight months ago) link
the press release made it sound like it'll generally be along the lines of this & "church outfit" but some of it will have guitars on top of the industrial beats too
― ufo, Thursday, 20 July 2023 13:41 (eight months ago) link
it also compares one track to 'mirwais-era madonna' which i have no idea how will fit with the rest of the stuff going on and cites burial, blawan, and a whole bunch of new wave as influences
― ufo, Thursday, 20 July 2023 13:44 (eight months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reMPqmtYtpU
record's getting not much of a reception but as usual i think it's great. the dnb drum track in this is so good
― ivy., Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:10 (five months ago) link
this feels like the electro record i was expecting kylie minogue to put out this year
― ivy., Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:19 (five months ago) link
the fake pop music in vox lux should've sounded like this
― ivy., Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:47 (five months ago) link
excited to hear
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 10 November 2023 00:58 (five months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I6di1S0Mqw
"the attic" is the exact same vibe as this great batten girls track
― ufo, Friday, 10 November 2023 02:05 (five months ago) link
weird album, it's pretty all over the place stylistically. some of it is great but a lot is just ok at best
highlights are "linger" (the burial impression here lol), "the attic" and "prove it"
― ufo, Friday, 10 November 2023 11:40 (five months ago) link
I just made this my first Poppy album. I really don't like her voice tbh. Good musical ideas though - esp Church Outfit, Hard and Zig.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 10 November 2023 11:50 (five months ago) link
the ones you should actually listen to are i disagree and the eat ep
― ufo, Friday, 10 November 2023 12:00 (five months ago) link
Loving 'Motorbike' although the video is disappointingly literal.
― nashwan, Friday, 10 November 2023 14:19 (five months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev_vPbqUlZs
― ivy., Thursday, 25 January 2024 16:57 (two months ago) link