I haven’t listened to Bon Iver since Skinny Love and that EP, does he always sound like this
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 24 July 2020 05:37 (three years ago) link
no, it's rare to hear him in that lower register
― ufo, Friday, 24 July 2020 05:42 (three years ago) link
"what if you just sang it in a normal voice, like a regular singer, Justin?"— Keith Harris (@useful_noise) July 24, 2020
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 24 July 2020 05:44 (three years ago) link
lol at "betty" being about being in love with a girl but she makes sure there's one line that makes it clear she's playing a male role to make it straight
well - the other characters have names, why not the narrator ("James")? it doesn't feel forced to me
― Your dream has symbolic content (morrisp), Friday, 24 July 2020 05:47 (three years ago) link
piano on Cardigan is very 'Norman Fucking Rockwell'.
― piscesx, Friday, 24 July 2020 05:50 (three years ago) link
Cardigan is her best single since Blank Space.
― piscesx, Friday, 24 July 2020 05:53 (three years ago) link
it was just funny because when i first heard it i thought she'd written a gay song until the one line where she no homos it by revealing the narrator's name
― ufo, Friday, 24 July 2020 05:54 (three years ago) link
'james' never made anyone less gay
― Your dream has symbolic content (morrisp), Friday, 24 July 2020 05:57 (three years ago) link
Was Taylor referring to the National when she sang about that indie band in We Are Never etc
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 24 July 2020 06:13 (three years ago) link
Lol if so that would be the ultimate slow burn revenge on Jake Gyllenhaal
― Tim F, Friday, 24 July 2020 06:19 (three years ago) link
On about the 4th time through August I realized the opening reminds me of "Life in a Northern Town." (A good thing.)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 24 July 2020 06:19 (three years ago) link
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Thursday, July 23, 2020 11:13 PM (seventeen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
unfortunately it was best coast
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 24 July 2020 06:31 (three years ago) link
cardigan is good but there are several tracks even better here imo! But it's not an album of singles that will take off so whatever.
Definitely some of her best melody lines ever here and they're allowed space to breathe
― abcfsk, Friday, 24 July 2020 06:32 (three years ago) link
Holy shit @ "Illicit Affairs"
― Tim F, Friday, 24 July 2020 06:54 (three years ago) link
I think this is the best Swift album ever and I'm still only at August on my first play
― boxedjoy, Friday, 24 July 2020 06:55 (three years ago) link
still on my first time through and have been knocked for 6 a few times, most recently on "invisible string"
― monotony, Friday, 24 July 2020 06:55 (three years ago) link
"August" has a very specific vibe I'm having trouble placing. The Sundays? Sixpence None the Richer?
― bunny slopes, Friday, 24 July 2020 06:57 (three years ago) link
I also hear a bit of 'Back for Good' by Take That in it. The "I can see..." bit reminds me of "whatever I said, whatever I did".
― triggercut, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:01 (three years ago) link
re "August", it's very "Here's Where The Story Ends" or "Homeward" from The Sundays, but the chorus also has overtones of 90s Cocteau Twins.
― Tim F, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:02 (three years ago) link
Re « August » the « I can see » part reminds me of... « I’m Gonna Be (500 miles) » !
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:29 (three years ago) link
when brad compared it to cocteau twins i heard it immediately, the shimmering guitar + drum machine + the "i can see us lost in the memory..." melody
― ufo, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:34 (three years ago) link
"Seven" is very Sufjan
― alpine static, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:35 (three years ago) link
with rapping
(also - I'm hesitant to type this - but in "Mirrorball," when she starts to sing "You'll find me on my tallest tiptoes," it totally sounds like she's about to sing "You'll find me on my toilet...")
cosigning this
― alpine static, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:37 (three years ago) link
Funnier later in the chorus (?) where it sounds like she’s saying “...but I’m still on my toilet.”
― Tim F, Friday, 24 July 2020 08:21 (three years ago) link
― Tim F, Friday, July 24, 2020
A helluva thing to read first thing
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 July 2020 09:29 (three years ago) link
I love this albumI think it reflects both the best of Taylor's writing and also of The National folks' productionI feel like my fandom for both respective artists is justifiedI hope Matt Berninger is having a good day
― whiney hoosteen (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 24 July 2020 11:03 (three years ago) link
don’t know if anyone’s talked about “peace” yet, but...wow, “peace”
― monotony, Friday, 24 July 2020 11:10 (three years ago) link
I like the pastoral home-movie clips that accompany each track on the Spotify phone app. They help to set the mood.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 24 July 2020 11:24 (three years ago) link
Peace was the one that set me off, tears forming in my eyes. What a great album
― boxedjoy, Friday, 24 July 2020 11:55 (three years ago) link
so "The Last American Dynasty" is her less starstruck "Starlight" crossed with "Showbiz Kids," no?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 July 2020 12:00 (three years ago) link
God, yes, me too on "Peace" - that one really stopped me in my tracks, a heart-stopping tear-jerker.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 24 July 2020 12:04 (three years ago) link
xp last american dynasty immediately reminded me of starlight yeah
― johnny crunch, Friday, 24 July 2020 12:40 (three years ago) link
This might be the first Swift album I'm excited to hear, but I'm also curious to see if it passes the teen test. That is, will my actual bonafide teen girls like and listen to it. My older one never really got into the last couple of Swift albums, but my younger one really liked the last one, I think partly based on how much she liked the documentary.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 24 July 2020 13:04 (three years ago) link
um "Cardigan" is really really beautiful
― Joey Corona (Euler), Friday, 24 July 2020 13:13 (three years ago) link
xp Josh in Chicago does Dark Souls pass the teen test?
― Joey Corona (Euler), Friday, 24 July 2020 13:14 (three years ago) link
I also bought one right of the bat at midnight. Turns out I purchased the non-explicit one, how the f**k was I supposed to know this would be the first TS release with profanities in in the middle of this whole frenzy and chaos.
― cpl593H, Friday, 24 July 2020 13:15 (three years ago) link
I'm loving it, surely up to the standards of Lover, not sure yet if it surpasses it. I like the understatement of "conventional" Taylor, her subtleties and nuances hidden in plain sight. I'm afraid media will spin the "artistic statement" side of this to the point of exhaustion but in the long run this will pass, the songs will remain and it'll still be great.
For the time being, Speak Now > Lover/folklore > Red > Fearless > 1989 > rep > TS
― cpl593H, Friday, 24 July 2020 13:21 (three years ago) link
hearing her swear is funny imo
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 24 July 2020 13:21 (three years ago) link
I'm liking this a lot already. What's the term people use? "Tryhard?" So far this sounds much less try hard than her last few, imo. Just more relaxed, really pushing her strengths to the fore, perfect summer melancholia. Or at least perfect for *this* summer.
Older teen thinks it's really pretty so far, which it is. Younger teen was already listening to it, too, and her first take was "I like it, it's a lot more like her older stuff, before she went pop star."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 24 July 2020 13:23 (three years ago) link
Dark Souls does not pass the teen girl test, but that game was a great way to get them out of the room.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 24 July 2020 13:24 (three years ago) link
'this is me trying' is the most beautiful song ever.
― Nourry, Friday, 24 July 2020 13:35 (three years ago) link
No. "Cardigan" is.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 July 2020 13:36 (three years ago) link
I haven't listened to the album; I have only listened to/watched the video for "Cardigan." Does it sound like an LDR song to anyone else?
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 24 July 2020 13:44 (three years ago) link
yes
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 24 July 2020 13:45 (three years ago) link
for some reason LDR can hold my attention for an hour of dirges where Taylor can't, tho
This seems much less dirgy than LDR to me.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 24 July 2020 13:48 (three years ago) link
"Cardigan" is a little more revved-up than LDR, but the structure/rhyme scheme feels similar to me, and it almost sounds like Swift is singing in a slightly lower register than usual, but that may be my relative ignorance of her catalog talking.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 24 July 2020 13:50 (three years ago) link
sounds like she's been listening to Hatchie...
― Number None, Friday, 24 July 2020 13:52 (three years ago) link
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, July 24, 2020 6:45 AM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
you're playing yourself here
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 24 July 2020 13:54 (three years ago) link