Weyes Blood

yeah its quite a change eh

discovered WB recently through my friend's quarantine playlist including "Something to Believe." it rules and i just hyped it on the Solo Beatles Poll thread because it reminded me so much of a George album cut with John playing piano. high time i dig into the rest of her stuff.

new album in november reputedly titled And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow:

🚨🚨🚨NEW WEYES BLOOD ALBUM “AND IN THE DARKNESS, HEARTS AGLOW” COMING IN NOVEMBER! 🚨🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/dfnD7gxTFJ

— conn-corde 🌩 (@carryymeout) September 8, 2022

Great news! I was hoping it was coming this year.

New song sounds like hook-less Carole King

Yeah, the melody sounds like the weakest TR tracks

Which means it's good,but not great.Too monotonous.

Sounds nice, doesn't make a huge impression, but it's track 1 on the album so maybe it sets the mood.

In other news, she's playing near me on my birthday. There's almost never a show I want to see on my birthday; pretty rad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ2lWUk_Rzk

This is the last song, live.

Same vibe, more or less

xpost I saw her on my birthday just before covid started and it was the best gift I could have given myself!

BTW Daniel Lopatin, and Mary Lattimore featured on the album, cool!

Mary....oh god

And 0PN, deep in his cocaine-wacko era? Fucksake

for litigious reasons i will further state that it merely sounds like he is coked out of his mind every time he opens his mouth to say how great he is and how great being rich is

thankfully this advance single is so good that Lattimore can't ruin it :D

'hookless' 'monotonous' you're about to witness imago, stan

the final go-around of the chorus is more important than some entire months

And 0PN, deep in his cocaine-wacko era? Fucksake

is this his current era? lol cocaine-wacko feels like a good way to describe the sound of Garden of Delete

I mean, I love how it sounds. Just wish it was in the service of something more than *vibes*. It has tons of potential.

Been reading rumours that after this gentle introduction, the album is darker, noisier and weirder than previous (if not her initial) works, which is v exciting if true

She's a Vangelis fan, supposedly. So see where 0PN may slot in being that he did a very decent V pastiche for his "Uncut Gems" score.

I really liked the way the song unwinds more on a second, less distracted listen.

On another note, I know this is part and parcel of how kids relate to their favorite musicians now, but it's weird to see a Weyes Blood tweet announcing new music and see so many replies calling her "Mother;" "Mother is blessing us once again; Mother is mothering so hard right now," etc. I imagine I'd be so weirded out if I was a young, female musician making this kind of music.

Welcome to RYM-era stanning. It is kinda gross but a lot of it comes from queer youths who may well have IRL family issues. LINGUA IGNOTA gets the same and kinda owns it? Anyway, I'm sure the stans will find a new way to relate before long

You, call her mummy. Me, I wear the Innocents-era tour shirt to show I got there first. We are not etc

It might have surprised me more because there are other artists like Phoebe Bridgers who are more active on social media and thus seem to cultivate that sort of community dynamic more. I guess I was oblivious that WB had as well, although I'm sure working with Lana helped.

she is going to be playing one of the larger venues in Austin, I'd like to see her play, but I'm not sure I really would enjoy it on that scale

I like this new single after a few times and it seems to grow on me the more I listen to it. Just like the previous album which I didn’t particularly enjoy at first then it clicked and I loved it soooo much. Anyway happy to have a new album from her soon.

funny to read all these comments because i'm connecting to this more immediately than i do to most of her stuff. it does feel like an album intro, or thesis statement of a kind. it's a very simple sentiment, not especially poetic, and one that's been echoed a lot during the pandemic, but it's rendered very beautifully and the directness of it should help establish a baseline of a worldview that is explored in more detail in subsequent songs.

love that philip glass melody that pops in for a second towards the end

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcdz30a-sdM

Beautiful melody (even when it is somewhat forced on the lyrics here and there).

The Moody Blues doing Dream Pop production is great too.

Really 70s Vangelis feel in this one, especially in the chorus.

fantastic song. awful final chord resolution. willing to look past this

As usual with her albums, Side 1 is excellen while side 2 is mainly just ok.

I get a very heavy Aimee Mann vibe from her. This is not a bad thing.

Need more listens, but the new one's kinda boring, I fear.

Wonderful album

Seems v good if not top-level for her. Hearts Aglow itself is quite something. Will require more listens

I’m really enjoying it so far

challop: God Turn Me Into A Flower is the worst thing here, just a very dull chord sequence, RYM consensus over it is baffling

Yeah, it's a nice song but far from the best here imo (Grapevine,Empire, Twin Flame)

God Turn Me Into A Flower is the best thing I’ve heard in years, holy shit. Thrilled to discover she’s playing Manchester next Spring too.

This has really grown on me.

Each record is taking more effort to grow on me. I love the craft, but miss the obliqueness. I'm holding out hope for her incorporating her origins at some point, and creating the Karen-Carpenter-Sings-Desertshore album I dream about.

This new one is too samey lyrically and musically compared to the prescience and variety of “Titanic Rising”. Have to give it a few more listens. So far it sounds like a step down.

I wouldn't mind samey, for me it's the lack of dynamics / kick, the numb sixties music under narcotics, that prevents me from truly engaging with her (indeed otherwise well crafted) music. I agree the three songs noted by Nostormo are the best by a fair margin here.

Actually I would have said opener + hearts aglow + twin flame, but I also like Empire

I’ve really tried with this one. Big step down from Titanic for me.

Same. Supposedly this is the middle of a trilogy. I might leave it for now, til the final part is out.

mainly I guess it's just bumming me out too much. Empire Strikes Back in a world without Return of the Jedi ennit

"The Worst Is Done" is basically the exact realization of my greatest fears about how Songs About The Pandemic might have turned out. The worst thing she's ever written.

Saw her live this week. She's great. Really like "It's not just me"

(although Front Row Seat remains my fave by a mile)

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