:D
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 30 July 2021 04:59 (two years ago) link
it's decent but the vocals sit in the mix really weird
not expecting the album to be as good as EAT but it still should be enjoyable
― ufo, Friday, 30 July 2021 05:01 (two years ago) link
sounds like metric
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Friday, 30 July 2021 13:01 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT40JmmtnY4
this one's really pitch perfect 90s alt-rock pastiche. fine but i already really miss when she was exciting only a few months ago lol
― ufo, Thursday, 26 August 2021 09:31 (two years ago) link
“so mean” is the best song ever
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 August 2021 12:16 (two years ago) link
i have listened to it so many times that i’m worried i’m wearing it out
what can i say, poppy makes the music i want to hear
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 August 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
ahhhhh "lessen the damage"!!!!!!
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 24 September 2021 04:31 (two years ago) link
god this is a sick rock album
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 24 September 2021 04:32 (two years ago) link
between this and the new deafheaven this is a great year for metal drummers slumming it on alt-rock records
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 24 September 2021 04:34 (two years ago) link
"hysteria" song of the year
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 24 September 2021 04:41 (two years ago) link
"never find my place" is pretty with teeth
this album is good but still kinda pales in comparison to EAT
― ufo, Friday, 24 September 2021 08:51 (two years ago) link
love the way the black metal blastbeat bridge of "on the level" keeps threatening to take over the song
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 24 September 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
I will never understand this board's fixation with Poppy.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 24 September 2021 16:57 (two years ago) link
good
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 24 September 2021 17:23 (two years ago) link
Poppy roxx ... not much to understand
i regret not being more fully behind it earlier, i liked it theoretically before i realized i liked it for real
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 24 September 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
Send "Lessen the Damage" to the "Good 4 U"-loving teen in your life
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 24 September 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
I’d say if I have a reservation it’s that there’s something a bit conventional abt the songcraft which is extremely strong but I kind of wish it had a few more traces of the aggrieved/extreme tendencies that gave it such early shock factor
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 24 September 2021 21:09 (two years ago) link
*aggro not aggrieved
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 24 September 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
yeah this album is solid but ultimately its alt-rock pastiche is just less exciting than her previous pop-metal stuff which was a much more distinctive niche
― ufo, Saturday, 25 September 2021 00:40 (two years ago) link
I don’t mind the mainstreaming It just feels a hair too fast to me
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Saturday, 25 September 2021 02:33 (two years ago) link
I love the records (esp "I Disagree") but the gratuitous mispronounced Japanese lyrics are cringe
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 25 September 2021 04:57 (two years ago) link
Really like this new album. I feel like I both agree and disagree with deej's comments above, in that:
1. Yes this is less distinctive/surprising than the earlier stuff
2. Her specific current vibe, which out of laziness I will just call "Eight Arms To Hold You", is (a) a vibe that I really connect with, probably more than her previous sound once novelty is set aside, and (b) one which requires stronger songwriting than her previous approach in order to sustain, and I think she rises to the challenge accordingly
3. "Stronger songwriting" is relative and as she becomes hookier she risks inviting comparison with other hooky artists whose hooks may more memorable than hers, though I need to sit with this longer to decide just how memorable they are. I revisited Sky Ferreira's album shortly afterwards, and at this stage of preliminary assessment I'm not sure anything here tops "Boys" or "You're Not The One" or "Heavy Metal Heart". But I might change my mind in a day or two!
― Tim F, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 08:23 (two years ago) link
i don't think the hooks are stronger on this one than on i disagree
― ufo, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 09:01 (two years ago) link
that’s correct : I think the songwriting is better, and (separately) the style she is working in now places more pressure on the hooks to perform, but neither of those things necessarily translate into the hooks being better.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 09:52 (two years ago) link
I’m not so much concerned with her needing to be hookier, I do think *some*thing is lost in just visceral intensity (beyond shock factor) which isn’t to say it’s not replaced by something equally valuable … I don’t consider this a fall off by any means, just kind of mourning a future that never was
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
lol i didnt know the backstory re her collaborator ... welp
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlkdkQR2gUs
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 October 2021 11:51 (two years ago) link
oh hell yeah
― ufo, Thursday, 21 October 2021 11:58 (two years ago) link
glorious
― nxd, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 12:03 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTTEBn_gze0
poppy released a new song about her cat
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 20:50 (two years ago) link
i'm finally seeing her at the end of march
"eat" not placing in the 77 is an error from which this board will never recover
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 14 February 2022 16:04 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXbPSCHncJc
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 29 August 2022 16:49 (one year ago) link
apparently going to be on a new EP, stagger, out in october
heavy poppy is the best poppy
― ufo, Monday, 29 August 2022 22:13 (one year ago) link
new EP whips!!!
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 14 October 2022 14:18 (one year ago) link
"FYB" is the only real heavy poppy song just FYI
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 14 October 2022 14:28 (one year ago) link
it's good! better than flux
― ufo, Friday, 14 October 2022 22:58 (one year ago) link
Always get excited and immediately disappointed when this thread gets revived because I think it’s a Poppy Family thread.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 14 October 2022 23:09 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXE_NkbWDhw
tremendous cover of kittie's "spit"
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 20:50 (eleven months ago) link
kittie rules hell yeah
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 23:54 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD9xotOWQSk
"spit" cover is my song of the year
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 May 2023 17:09 (eleven months ago) link
for all those girls who speak contradictions
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 May 2023 17:10 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag3L1fBPo54
i want to like this a little more than i do, this industrial sound is a good fit for her but the song's just missing something?
― ufo, Thursday, 20 July 2023 07:06 (nine months ago) link
curious what the album’s gonna be like (comes out in october)
― ivy (BradNelson), Thursday, 20 July 2023 13:40 (nine months ago) link
the press release made it sound like it'll generally be along the lines of this & "church outfit" but some of it will have guitars on top of the industrial beats too
― ufo, Thursday, 20 July 2023 13:41 (nine months ago) link
it also compares one track to 'mirwais-era madonna' which i have no idea how will fit with the rest of the stuff going on and cites burial, blawan, and a whole bunch of new wave as influences
― ufo, Thursday, 20 July 2023 13:44 (nine months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reMPqmtYtpU
record's getting not much of a reception but as usual i think it's great. the dnb drum track in this is so good
― ivy., Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:10 (five months ago) link
this feels like the electro record i was expecting kylie minogue to put out this year
― ivy., Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:19 (five months ago) link
the fake pop music in vox lux should've sounded like this
― ivy., Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:47 (five months ago) link
excited to hear
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 10 November 2023 00:58 (five months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I6di1S0Mqw
"the attic" is the exact same vibe as this great batten girls track
― ufo, Friday, 10 November 2023 02:05 (five months ago) link