Loved this album until the lockdown put me in a different headspace. Still, first time in ages an indie rock record has grabbed me like this, in much the same ways as those of my youth (ok boomer)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 08:31 (three years ago) link
Ya I'm with you baaderonix -- I was super-excited in the run-up to the album release,really looking forward to seeing her play later in March to kick off the spring concert season, and then.....
I guess my attachment to the record must have been a superficial one, because it got sloughed off as totally as a snake's shed skin. Except that's not an accurate metaphor, because the self that emerged is smaller than the one I had before.
Anyone listening to the singles series she's been releasing?
― handsome boy modelling software (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 13:07 (three years ago) link
One of these songs sounds like "Lose Yourself"
― billstevejim, Sunday, 28 June 2020 20:52 (three years ago) link
Dug this out after a long while and it still hits the spot. Maybe even better suited for this weird late summer.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 30 July 2020 19:13 (three years ago) link
it's so good, i want to listen to it all the time
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 30 July 2020 19:22 (three years ago) link
Definitely a standout album of the year for me. I still haven't absorbed all of the lyrics yet - its all about the textures of the songs for me.
I'm already nostalgic for the first time I heard this album just before lockdown. It feels like that was a complete different age. What a weird year.
― Luna Schlosser, Thursday, 30 July 2020 22:41 (three years ago) link
Jordan I dipped into this because of a rec you made on twitter, ty
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 20:05 (three years ago) link
:)
i checked it out under similar circumstances so i'm happy to pass it along
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 4 August 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
Yep this very good album was a J0rdan inspo for me too
― Tim F, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link
i love this album from 1997
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 21 December 2020 21:03 (three years ago) link
lol, yes
― Tim F, Monday, 21 December 2020 21:41 (three years ago) link
crawwwwllllliiiiiing in myyyyyyyy skiiiincrawwwwllllliiiiiing in myyyyyyyy skiiiin
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
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― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 23:43 (two years ago) link
were you at the show tonight brad? i was thinking of you when they played that song & added the whole like synth led jammy outro that blew my socks off
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 22 September 2021 06:41 (two years ago) link
i was not there but the person i'm dating was!! which inspired me to listen to the album last night. i am jealous of both you and her for getting to experience that synth outro
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 17:16 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EO18qI8r3I
kkb remix of "rom com 2004" is cool
― ufo, Thursday, 30 September 2021 02:30 (two years ago) link
New album produced by.. Oneohtrix Point Never!?!
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 24 March 2022 11:31 (two years ago) link
not a combo that really makes any real sense and i would not have really guessed based on the single
― ufo, Thursday, 24 March 2022 11:41 (two years ago) link
Makes as much sense as opn working with The Weeknd I guess. Dude trying to expand his palette / resume I guess
― calstars, Thursday, 24 March 2022 11:49 (two years ago) link
did anyone listen to the single from last year
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 24 March 2022 11:51 (two years ago) link
obv shotgun is more normal than rom com but the choice doesn’t feel out of nowhere
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 24 March 2022 11:55 (two years ago) link
i liked that one a lot more than this one
― ufo, Thursday, 24 March 2022 12:47 (two years ago) link
it's an interesting choice for a lead single considering how immediately hooky "circle the drain" was, this feels more jagged and smeared by comparison. but i do like it, you can def hear lopatin's synth work in the mix in a cool way
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 24 March 2022 18:40 (two years ago) link
Really like Shotgun, so I went back and tried Color Theory again and...it's still mostly a bore. Clean was such a great album, though, and I dig the sonics and structure of Shotgun, so I'm cautiously looking forward to the new LP.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 25 March 2022 03:54 (two years ago) link
"Shotgun" is incredible and to me a lot more immediate than anything she's ever done before
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 27 March 2022 12:27 (two years ago) link
Weird. For me,it’s been a real grower. Was disappointed when I first heard it. Thought it sounded pretty generic. But that twangy beat made me come back and I now pretty much love it. Don’t hear any trace of OPN though
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Sunday, 27 March 2022 13:24 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfNHwboQ0yU
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 20 April 2022 14:32 (one year ago) link
very portishead s/t to my ears. lives way more up to "soccer mommy produced by opn" than "shotgun." i love it :)
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 20 April 2022 14:40 (one year ago) link
otm with the Portishead comparison. I didn't much like Color Theory outside of "Circle the Drain" which remains brilliant. Definitely eager to hear more of this.
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Wednesday, 20 April 2022 15:29 (one year ago) link
This album is going to be the best album
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 16:48 (one year ago) link
not entirely sure what to make of this, obvious mezzanine/third vibes. i do think the drumming is pretty sick.
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 20 April 2022 18:03 (one year ago) link
i've heard the album. it's very textural and production centric, as opposed to color theory which feels far more hooky & songwriter-driven by comparison. as a color theory stan i haven't quite wrapped my head around it, but there's some great songs no doubt. i think "unholy affliction" is one of the more dissonant ones but i have only listened a few times. there's some good rock songs tho
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 20 April 2022 22:03 (one year ago) link
she plays this live version of "crawling in my skin" that has this noisy freakout outro w/ feedback swirling everywhere and drums pummeling and synths diving in and out of the mix. there's definitely a throughline from this to the album as well. this version on KEXP is a bit truncated compared to when i saw her show but the sound is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS0gznOYZUw
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 20 April 2022 22:16 (one year ago) link
"rom com 2004" is the one that makes this all make sense to me, it feels like some of these songs are disintegrating in real time - hooks and choruses strong enough to withstand their own deconstruction, but lyrics and feelings enhanced by this sense of chaos and crumble around them
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 22:42 (one year ago) link
Is that a new drummer on the KEXP recording? It gives the whole band more drive.
― Freeze Instr., Thursday, 21 April 2022 00:58 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1kaQCMB1q8
another stunner
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 17:54 (one year ago) link
honestly prob my favorite thing i've heard from her barring my favorite song of all time "crawling in my skin"
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:03 (one year ago) link
Yet another banger
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 20:27 (one year ago) link
I've just bought a ticket to see her live in autumn based on that song.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 20:42 (one year ago) link
ooh this one's good
― ufo, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 22:45 (one year ago) link
Oh good, so it wasnt just me then! Agree that it might be her best song.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 19 May 2022 00:53 (one year ago) link
after the other two singles i feel like i have a firmer idea of what "shotgun" was doing and i'm now very excited for this album, seems on track to be her best
― ufo, Thursday, 19 May 2022 14:37 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ildebdJsr0A
i am gonna love this album
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:39 (one year ago) link
update: i love this album
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 June 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
feels like an alt rock record you would’ve liberated from the depths of a used bin in the '90s, but like the dust and sticker residue on it have somehow crept into the sound of the music itself
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 June 2022 20:25 (one year ago) link
production on even the most normal-sounding song here is crazy psychedelic, i fucking adore it
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 June 2022 20:27 (one year ago) link
I, too, adore the sound of this album. I’m trying to think of a point of comparison?
― Tim F, Thursday, 23 June 2022 21:28 (one year ago) link
oh wow the end of "don't ask me" !
― ufo, Friday, 24 June 2022 00:06 (one year ago) link
this absolutely delivers
― ufo, Friday, 24 June 2022 01:01 (one year ago) link
Absolutely, every song is charming
― Tim F, Friday, 24 June 2022 01:12 (one year ago) link
booming post j0rd
― ivy., Thursday, 25 January 2024 17:13 (two months ago) link
<3
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 25 January 2024 21:16 (two months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oji9RtJkNu4
the gentle fog of noise enveloping her in this performance ._.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, June 24, 2020 4:00 AM (three years ago)
still
Bleak House is incredible. Krook exploding is perfect.
― Allen (etaeoe), Thursday, 25 January 2024 22:45 (two months ago) link