It's really good! I'm not much of an R&B guy but I've always got time for more Kelela.
― pomenitul, Monday, 20 July 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link
yeah I saw the Take Me Apart tour too. the way she worked with the background singers and lighting was incredible
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Friday, 24 July 2020 00:37 (three years ago) link
she's back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A45gzN0cgow
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 17:14 (one year ago) link
good song, if a little slight?
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 17:30 (one year ago) link
my take too; more of an intro than a single. dig the hat tho.
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 19:48 (one year ago) link
another one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhJpOjqho8s
not bad but also expected something a bit bigger considering LSDXOXO produced it
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 19 October 2022 16:01 (one year ago) link
I'm not mad at it but it also sounds like it could be a PinkPantheress track
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 19 October 2022 16:25 (one year ago) link
Not bad.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 October 2022 16:32 (one year ago) link
apparently it leaked a while ago from a very reliable source that the album is titled raven
supposed tracklist:Washed AwayRavenBruisesContactOn the RunMissed CallSorbetClosureFooleyLet It GoHolierDivorceHappy Ending
― ufo, Sunday, 30 October 2022 01:32 (one year ago) link
the new album is raven, out on feb 10, and the leaked track list was close but not quite correct:
01 Washed Away02 Happy Ending03 Let It Go04 On the Run05 Missed Call06 Closure07 Contact08 Fooley09 Holier10 Raven11 Bruises12 Sorbet13 Divorce14 Enough for Love15 Far Away
newest single is "On The Run" and the best yet IMO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=getdc1zzvnc
― monotony, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 23:15 (one year ago) link
that one's real nice
― ufo, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 03:00 (one year ago) link
video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66_JoWwDEJI
my fave of these tracks
― Murgatroid, Friday, 9 December 2022 04:46 (one year ago) link
v nice
― dyl, Friday, 9 December 2022 04:51 (one year ago) link
next new one is “Contact”, it’s the first of the new tracks I love outright:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV57nu3Kre4(someone is making an amapiano remix right now)
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 21:55 (one year ago) link
damn that's nice
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 22:06 (one year ago) link
yeah, that's good.
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 22:15 (one year ago) link
yum!
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 22:15 (one year ago) link
yeah that's the best so far
― ufo, Tuesday, 17 January 2023 22:51 (one year ago) link
starting to really look forward to this album. it’s building up very nicely.
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 18 January 2023 08:04 (one year ago) link
album rules, goes all in on ambience + breakbeats, & appreciate it being a pretty much continuous mix
on first listen all i dislike is the guest verse at the end of closure that's pretty out of place?
― ufo, Friday, 10 February 2023 04:36 (one year ago) link
why am i the only one who's listened to this so far, it's so good
― ufo, Friday, 10 February 2023 21:16 (one year ago) link
I’ve definitely listened to it (several times!) but am still trying to work out what to say about it beyond that I think it’s incredible. Just as assured and uncompromising as Take Me Apart, which is one of my favourite records of the last 10-15 years.
― monotony, Friday, 10 February 2023 22:05 (one year ago) link
The singles make sense because (“Washed Away” aside which was essentially an re-introduction for her) they’re really the only tracks that work in isolation - the rest sort of demands the continuous mix sequencing that’s laid out here
― monotony, Friday, 10 February 2023 22:06 (one year ago) link
need more time w/ this album for sure but "Bruises" seems like an early standout
― Murgatroid, Sunday, 12 February 2023 00:15 (one year ago) link
On first listen I wish the ambient parts were a bit more engaging/challenging.. but when the beat drops in songs like the title track? Holy shit
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 03:24 (one year ago) link
I wasn't sold on those electronic tracks initially but I guess there are pleasing Dawn Richard type of dynamics here and I could see it grow on me. I suspect the album is backloaded. I need to relisten to it with headphones.
― Nabozo, Friday, 17 February 2023 16:12 (one year ago) link
wondering about going to this, really ned to listen to the albumhttps://www.bam.org/kelela-res-keiyaa
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 February 2023 16:33 (one year ago) link
go see her - she was incredible live the time I saw her in 2017, see the testimonials Extended Mix and I wrote three years upthread
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Friday, 17 February 2023 23:11 (one year ago) link
just played the album front to back and absolutely loved it. love how it builds up to “Raven” and “Bruises”, the centerpieces, and then breaks it all down again. man, if she should come this way again, I’ll be the first to buy my ticket
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Friday, 17 February 2023 23:18 (one year ago) link
Alright, I copped
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 18 February 2023 01:34 (one year ago) link
dc show sold out too quick, I didn't get tickets.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 18 February 2023 05:10 (one year ago) link
feel like I’m close to falling in love with this album
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Monday, 20 February 2023 22:39 (one year ago) link
I still have to listen to this! Haven't had the right moment.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 20 February 2023 22:45 (one year ago) link
it’s definitely an album that demands the moment and mindset to be right. night time pretty much a prerequisite.
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Monday, 20 February 2023 22:49 (one year ago) link
finally listening to this and yeah it seems pretty great. it's exactly the kind of album that will really open up for me on headphones with an edible and a run, i'm predicting. has late afternoon / golden hour vibes imo.
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 00:43 (one year ago) link
Anyone feels like the mood is similar to the SZA album ? Meandering, frail, lonely, vocals going up and down in vast and cold spaces and around skeletal structures. Raven with a consistent soundscape, SOS more sprawling.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 09:55 (one year ago) link
A similar sense of desolation
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 09:56 (one year ago) link
Definitely the best thing she's done, but I'm a complete sucker for jungle breaks.
― chap, Sunday, 12 March 2023 12:32 (one year ago) link
idk know Take Me Apart had more variety, and the songwriting isn't up to SZA's.
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 14:14 (one year ago) link
Raven is so, so goodthrilled to be seeing her live again later this year
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 10 May 2023 20:30 (eleven months ago) link
so good I have to un-hide it: Raven
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 10 May 2023 20:31 (eleven months ago) link
really digging the *Rave:N, The Remixes* album. so dreamy and cool.
https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b27342be66dc114499902e3a4d15
― scott seward, Saturday, 10 February 2024 17:51 (two months ago) link