does this music box include the chapbook that dude from Animal Collective was supposed to make about his trip to Mali
― an eco-conscious Music Box (DJP), Monday, 21 June 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
It’s like when Richard D. James did an NFT thing a few months ago, and wrote about how he would maybe give some money to a tree-related charity, if he could find one, mumble mumble
― search term: buttrock (morrisp), Monday, 21 June 2021 19:11 (two years ago) link
even if made from bamboo it needs to be distributed by bicycle courier or else it's bullshit
― imago, Monday, 21 June 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
or tie in 'solar power' and distribute them all by photovoltaic drone
― imago, Monday, 21 June 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
the fact lorde passed up THAT opportunity reveals herself as the creatively bankrupt dickhead we know her to be
as mockable as the idea is, we're in "you're using an iPhone to text about climate change???" territory and we should avoid that tbh
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Monday, 21 June 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
we're in 'she said she was doing it to be ecologically friendly, lol' territory tbf
― imago, Monday, 21 June 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
imago otm, she's selling a product not speaking out politically
― trap door to hell opens underneath (rob), Monday, 21 June 2021 19:17 (two years ago) link
Melodrama's vinyl release lagged the digital release by almost a year... I couldn't be bothered with it by that point. That was pretty eco conscious of her.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 21 June 2021 19:23 (two years ago) link
When an artist big enough to still sell physical media decides only to sell MP3s, I fear it further normalizes/promotes the devaluing of audio quality. But sadly I may be fighting a losing battle there.
Don't know what Lorde is doing but the Biophilia people sell downloads in the format of your choice. FLAC, WAV, whatever.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 21 June 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
it's all solar power, really. some of it just goes through inefficient processes that make the energy easier to store and transport, also releasing byproducts that increase the mean temperature of Earth and change the climate. So is she really even a hypocrite? think about it.
― butyrate humbucker bobbins (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 21 June 2021 20:14 (two years ago) link
if they're actually handwritten notes, it's a good idea. just sell all your scrap paper.
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 03:39 (two years ago) link
i don't think it's a bad song really but "solar power" could be redeemed by a remix... or it could also become legendarily awful. either way i want to see it happen
― dyl, Monday, 5 July 2021 01:14 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_A20lBsBMM
Stoned at the nail salon
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 22 July 2021 04:53 (two years ago) link
Was just listening to this; I think it's nice...
― Max Ice (morrisp), Thursday, 22 July 2021 04:54 (two years ago) link
(p-fork with the neg, lol)
― Max Ice (morrisp), Thursday, 22 July 2021 04:58 (two years ago) link
it's an ok enough album track but nothing to be excited about
― ufo, Thursday, 22 July 2021 05:05 (two years ago) link
It’s super weak as a single assuming this is even a single.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 22 July 2021 05:23 (two years ago) link
i'm assuming it's the thing pop artists often do where they put out an album track for buzz without intending to give it a big radio push? idk
― ufo, Thursday, 22 July 2021 05:26 (two years ago) link
Not sure how “singles” are even supposed to work in 2021 tbh
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 22 July 2021 05:32 (two years ago) link
Turns out Phoebe Bridgers and Clairo both guest on it (I didn’t even register other vox)
― Max Ice (morrisp), Thursday, 22 July 2021 06:05 (two years ago) link
they did backing vocals on "solar power" too
― ufo, Thursday, 22 July 2021 06:25 (two years ago) link
sub-LDR
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 22 July 2021 11:33 (two years ago) link
Boring tune, sadly.
I also think the “all the music you loved when you’re 16 you’ll grow out of” line sticks out to me as a particularly bad one, partly because it’s trying to pass itself off as wisdom, but comes across as naive. And mostly because it makes me cringe out of recognition. It’s the exact sort of thing I know I would’ve said at Lorde’s age, as I tried to convince myself I had grown up, become an adult and left anything that could be considered childish. And now I keep getting older and I realise I absolutely love the shit out of the music I loved when I was 16, but with an even deeper intensity because of the memories that I’ve accumulated related to it over the years.
― triggercut, Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:22 (two years ago) link
lorde probably thinks that line is well clever and deliciously ironic or something
― imago, Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:26 (two years ago) link
We'll always have the beach
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:32 (two years ago) link
I still like most of the music I liked when I was 16.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 22 July 2021 14:00 (two years ago) link
Past Lorde albums are very consistent in terms of sound palette and moods and this seems to be on par. This time I guess she’s going for a “campfire on the beach” vibe which I don’t mind and could be the laying ground for some great music but so far the two songs released sound very unremarkable to me.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 22 July 2021 14:36 (two years ago) link
have been trying to work out what I don't like about her new stuff and think I've finally figured it out.https://i.postimg.cc/dVp69wYQ/Screen-Shot-2015-11-09-at-7-12-14-PM-thumb-png-521ae0913e2f6741ad3df0f04008c56a.png
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 23 July 2021 13:16 (two years ago) link
Pretty much!
― peace, man, Friday, 23 July 2021 13:18 (two years ago) link
"all the music you loved when you're 16 and you now think you've grown out of you'll grow out of thinking you grew out of"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 23 July 2021 14:45 (two years ago) link
my response to this song is “what’s so amazing about really deep thoughts”
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 23 July 2021 15:02 (two years ago) link
Well, pretty much my experience. Maybe she'll get there someday too
― Vinnie, Friday, 23 July 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
Haven't heard this new song yet, but when I saw the title it really struck me as her desperately trying to write a Lana Del Rey song.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 23 July 2021 15:14 (two years ago) link
Phoebe Bridgers is this year's Pitbull: T/F?
Watching Lorde day drink with Seth Meyers was p funny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krYT0dRihbk
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Friday, 23 July 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P103bWMdvtA
i like this one more, successfully leans into its vibe better than the other two. still suspect the album is going to be kinda dull though
― ufo, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 21:03 (two years ago) link
It sounds just like the first one!
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 21:09 (two years ago) link
lorde is very bad
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link
So far this album seems like some long-form ironic takedown of Goop or something. Does she think that qualifies as trenchant commentary?
― DJI, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 21:13 (two years ago) link
lol
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 23:18 (two years ago) link
based on the influences they're attempting to tap into i should like some of this stuff but none of it is hitting for me at all. i'm not a huge lorde fan to begin w/ but i liked a handful of songs off melodrama a good deal, these tracks feel lifeless though
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 17 August 2021 23:44 (two years ago) link
Same. I still hum "Homemade Dynamite" and "The Louvre."
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 23:51 (two years ago) link
Melodrama feeling like a miracle right now
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 00:15 (two years ago) link
Disagree. Pure Heroine was great too. Though I agree that the new songs are bad.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 00:16 (two years ago) link
the only one of the new songs i really like is "mood ring" but they're still largely better than anything from pure heroine
― ufo, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 00:48 (two years ago) link
Totally agree on the flatness of all three of these songs. Disappointing. Fortunately lots of other people are making good albums this year, maybe next time Lorde.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 01:14 (two years ago) link
i like it
― dyl, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 03:50 (two years ago) link
it reminds me of janet's "someone to call my lover" except more subdued, it works well
― ufo, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 04:02 (two years ago) link
oh I got TLC's "Unpretty" from it, except even more bad
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 04:13 (two years ago) link
oh goodness "someone to call my lover" is so much more dynamic than this, it actually has like... a beat. even "unpretty" is more interesting texturally
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:35 (two years ago) link