this alternate (Target) artwork is godawful!https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST_c4984bd5-b5ac-4c4a-afbe-b8c0ce840257?fmt=pjpeg&wid=700&qlt=80
― Yawnsomely Literal Cover Band (morrisp), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 10:11 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgOl2bdevqM
this one's pretty good, hope she can keep things up for the album. my only complaint is the last chorus needed to be a bit longer!
― ufo, Thursday, 13 May 2021 21:10 (two years ago) link
I think it’s awesome, best one yet!She’s on SNL this weekend.
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Saturday, 15 May 2021 02:29 (two years ago) link
I had not heard Drivers License until this week and goddamn that is a teenage anthem.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Saturday, 15 May 2021 02:33 (two years ago) link
she needs to cover new ground lyrically lol
― dyl, Saturday, 15 May 2021 02:37 (two years ago) link
for the sake of balance i'll say i like "deja vu" more w/ each listen
― dyl, Saturday, 15 May 2021 02:38 (two years ago) link
It’s funny/cute how each song strategically has one (1) swear word.The chorus of this new song hits some 1995 sweet spot for me, man…
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Saturday, 15 May 2021 02:47 (two years ago) link
(and the bridge into washed-out verse, before it all comes crashing in again, is a great move)
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Saturday, 15 May 2021 02:49 (two years ago) link
I mean when you say "1995 sweet spot" do you mean something more diffuse or do you specifically mean this is like "You Oughtta Know," which it is, and Rodrigo directly says she wants the album to be like Jagged Little Pill
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 15 May 2021 03:26 (two years ago) link
I wasn’t thinking about album specifically (but I like this better than that!)The melody does remind me of something specific from around that time, but I can’t put my finger on it…
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Saturday, 15 May 2021 03:29 (two years ago) link
I like almost nothing better than "You Oughta Know," I put it on after listening to "Good 4 You" and goosebumps all the way down my spine just like in 1995, jesus
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 15 May 2021 03:54 (two years ago) link
Has anyone heard any other stuff by this dude Dan Nigro – the indie rocker turned popsmith who’s co-writing and producing these tunes?
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Saturday, 15 May 2021 07:04 (two years ago) link
much prefer "good 4 u" and its Juliana Hatfield moves to anything else she's released but I wish this style of vocal affectation would disappear
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 15 May 2021 10:39 (two years ago) link
yes ilxors have heard dan nigro's songs w/ sky ferreira two of which placed in our year-end polls iirc xp
― dyl, Saturday, 15 May 2021 18:36 (two years ago) link
plus another year-end finisher w/ caroline polachek "so hot you're hurting my feelings" (v good)
personally have also heard the conan gray singles (not good)
― dyl, Saturday, 15 May 2021 18:39 (two years ago) link
Gotcha, thx (xxp – Juliana Hatfield is a good reference point, btw)
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Saturday, 15 May 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
She sounded good on SNL! Yeah, she can sing.The band was a little lackluster… I guess Dan Nigro was the scrubby guy she hugged at the end (judging by this pic of him).
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Sunday, 16 May 2021 05:47 (two years ago) link
Nigro says since working with Grey, his inbox is filled daily with new artists' pitches -- but Olivia Rodrigo immediately captured his attention. He quickly went on her Instagram and found a clip of a song called “Happier,” saying, “I just got the chills and I was like, ‘Oh my God, her voice is insane.’ I literally DM’d her that second and was like, ‘Hey, I think you're amazing. We should make music.’”
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Sunday, 16 May 2021 05:50 (two years ago) link
I don't see that as creepy. She was applying for a job that he accepted.
― braised cod, Sunday, 16 May 2021 09:06 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiaCdUACJp8
― abcfsk, Sunday, 16 May 2021 10:41 (two years ago) link
sounds like "Misery Business" to me
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Sunday, 16 May 2021 14:26 (two years ago) link
I don't hear it
― abcfsk, Sunday, 16 May 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
this new track is fucking excellent
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Monday, 17 May 2021 04:17 (two years ago) link
It's stupid good... like maybe the best song in this style I've ever heard. (After a weekend of listening, I have the subjective data to upgrade it from my initial "this is cool" assessment to "this is truly great.")
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Monday, 17 May 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
"good 4 u" was made 4 me
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 17 May 2021 21:40 (two years ago) link
second #1
https://i.imgur.com/ty8C7Vo.jpg
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 13:59 (two years ago) link
album is pretty good! a very solid pop-singer-songwriter debut. she indeed really could use more lyrical range though lol
highlights are "brutal" with its elvis costello interpolation and "jealousy, jealousy"
― ufo, Friday, 21 May 2021 01:32 (two years ago) link
My CD arrives tmrrw!
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Friday, 21 May 2021 01:38 (two years ago) link
OK, listening online now... "1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back" is sure one for the songs that sound like other songs books, LOL
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Friday, 21 May 2021 04:43 (two years ago) link
swift & antonoff are credited on it for the "new year's day" rip
― ufo, Friday, 21 May 2021 04:46 (two years ago) link
Haha, yeah just looked that up.
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Friday, 21 May 2021 04:49 (two years ago) link
they should have credited costello though for "brutal"
― ufo, Friday, 21 May 2021 04:52 (two years ago) link
which EC song does that "interpolate"?
(I'm hearing the above-discussed Alanis similarities more in the context of the full album)
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Friday, 21 May 2021 04:56 (two years ago) link
she indeed really could use more lyrical range though lol
haha - by the time you get to "Happier," it's almost like a parody of a breakup album ("We broke up a month ago..."). I like a good waltz, tho
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Friday, 21 May 2021 04:59 (two years ago) link
pump it up xp
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Friday, 21 May 2021 05:01 (two years ago) link
"Jealousy, Jealousy" is indeed a cool jam
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Friday, 21 May 2021 05:02 (two years ago) link
This is pretty much what I was expecting – some solid songs, some ok songs – though maybe a little restrained overall... I wish they swung for the fences a little more, and got even more enjoyably straight-faced cheesy.
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Friday, 21 May 2021 05:17 (two years ago) link
(though I can apparently barely write a coherent sentence, so who am I to talk)
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Friday, 21 May 2021 05:19 (two years ago) link
omfg "brutal"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 21 May 2021 13:06 (two years ago) link
yeah that's the best new track
As for the rest: the relentless of the hysteria is its own attraction.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 May 2021 13:14 (two years ago) link
i wish the whole thing was like "brutal"
― ufo, Friday, 21 May 2021 13:17 (two years ago) link
same, it *rules*
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Friday, 21 May 2021 14:44 (two years ago) link
I found this to be kind of a chore and turned it off before the end
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Friday, 21 May 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
"Traitor" and "Happier" are basically the same song, no?
I like "Favorite Crime" a lot...
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Friday, 21 May 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
Kid played me "Brutal," sounds like Elastica.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 May 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
Someone sent me this, which I suppose is meant to support Murgatroid's comparison above:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB-rn6f--XY
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Friday, 21 May 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMEiL3lLRqg
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 May 2021 19:03 (two years ago) link
I love how teenage this record sounds.
The run from Brutal to Good 4 U is *chefs kiss* but it’s got way too many ballads at the end. They’re good ballads! But it needs more upbeat, louder tracks
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Saturday, 22 May 2021 04:21 (two years ago) link
Yeah, that’s kind of what I (clumsily) was trying to say
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Saturday, 22 May 2021 06:42 (two years ago) link
I wonder if they rushed it a bit, to capitalize on the success of Driver’s License(?) It feels a track or two short, like they could have recorded one more banger but were out of gas…
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Saturday, 22 May 2021 06:50 (two years ago) link