There's also a trailer that's very weird
https://us.umusic-online.com/5B4A-F6WK-396C0A-D3L2Y-1/c.aspx
― Indexed, Monday, 23 August 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
Not much of a song, but still looking forward to this album.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 August 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
new song is excellent
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 23 August 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
production's still unbelievable. those breaths...
― the adventures of pavlo and schrödis (geoffreyess), Monday, 23 August 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
Looking forward to hearing the Violeta Parra's cover - always found the original impossibly sad
― Nabozo, Monday, 23 August 2021 20:03 (two years ago) link
is this bj burton?
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Monday, 23 August 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link
love the dramatic latin guitar, and the way it evolves into that sweeping cinematic final minute.
it does feel a little bit like she's playing it vocally too straight during that intro, would prefer her to lean into the campiness.
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Monday, 23 August 2021 20:25 (two years ago) link
bj burton didn't produce this track, it was daniel tashian & ian fitchuk who produced all of golden hour & co-wrote half its tracks. burton has writing credits on a few tracks on the new album though apparently
― ufo, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 07:05 (two years ago) link
so is this going to be her divorce album
― alpine static, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 07:20 (two years ago) link
based on those song titles, it looks like it
plus the album title and title track, of course
― alpine static, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 07:21 (two years ago) link
Hot-take clickbait article pitch for whoever wants it: Kacey's album progression is broadly following Kanye's.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 08:08 (two years ago) link
looking forward to her yeezus in 6 years then i guess
― ufo, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 08:58 (two years ago) link
And her album with Jay-Z in 3
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 09:40 (two years ago) link
― Indexed, Monday, August 23, 2021 12:33 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Someone who knows film help me with the influences here. The church and car scenes feel like Tarantino knock-offs, but much of the rest has some familiar vibes that I can't quite place.
― Indexed, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 13:42 (two years ago) link
Hmm, I dunno, seems pretty boilerplate longform music video kitsch to me.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 14:44 (two years ago) link
https://www.target.com/p/kacey-musgraves-star-crossed-target-exclusive-vinyl/-/A-84044473
lol the insert or something that comes with this would be a much much better cover than the actual one
― ufo, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 08:33 (two years ago) link
I had the same thought. The actual cover is truly terrible. Looks like the front of the vinyl is going to gatefold open though.
― Indexed, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 14:36 (two years ago) link
the golden hour cover is awful so maybe this is a good omen. i saw someone say this one looks like the cover of a slayter single
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 August 2021 14:57 (two years ago) link
if she's gonna embrace camp this time around, i don't think the cover is that bad
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 15:26 (two years ago) link
i mean, it's not "good," but it's maybe fitting
wtf the golden hour cover is gorgeous
i like this too tho
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 16:35 (two years ago) link
Yah golden hour cover is pretty generic, just reminds me of stuff like early 00s Michelle Branch covers. I like the new one tho.
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 17:08 (two years ago) link
She's dating a bro-poet slash advertising guru.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link
my extremely positive feelings about the golden hour cover have only been magnified by looking at it during an acid trip
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
haha well then thats that
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 19:11 (two years ago) link
her first two albums had pretty striking covers, the golden hour one is just like a normal photo w/ plain font. her sister took the photo so i'm sure it had sentimental value to her. this one is more memorable if not exactly great. that target insert is >>>> i agree
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 August 2021 19:47 (two years ago) link
First two woulda been better without the type.
went to the country music hall o fame/museum in nashville a few weeks back and like the full first floor was dedicated to her. her exhibit is bigger than anyone elses there. i figured it was just put together for the album push but apparently its been there for two yearshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUz-iaBdcjI
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cu8ZqHRB20
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
the golden hour cover is quite good, captures the feeling of the album really well
― ufo, Thursday, 26 August 2021 01:36 (two years ago) link
absolutely it does!
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 26 August 2021 07:10 (two years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/arts/music/kacey-musgraves-star-crossed.html
― Indexed, Thursday, 26 August 2021 16:04 (two years ago) link
Love Kacey, don't really want a "pop" Kacey (whatever that is), and kind of found that whole piece insufferable.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 26 August 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
Hess's prose here is a love-it-or-hate-it kind of thing. I can see why someone like Josh hates it, but I think it's appropriate to its subject. When you're writing about someone who spends a lot of her time standing next to a neon cactus, some camp is to be expected.
a vast kitchen island punctuated with a confusing number of lemons
a kind of yee-haw Mona Lisa
aligning your brand so expertly with consumption that you start dressing like an actual cupcake
― and after eel, you're my Wonder Wheel (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 26 August 2021 18:33 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-0PaQanGBc
this is fine but i'm not really excited by it
― ufo, Friday, 27 August 2021 04:14 (two years ago) link
I like it, I feel like it's a grower. Like I'll be happy for it to turn up in the middle of the album.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 27 August 2021 04:57 (two years ago) link
it's the sort of track that i'll probably enjoy more in context instead of as a single
― ufo, Friday, 27 August 2021 04:58 (two years ago) link
I just watched the trailer anticipating something good, and I finished it sucking my teeth. hooooo boyyyyy….
― winters (josh), Friday, 27 August 2021 05:29 (two years ago) link
idk i don't have any expectations either way about the film & if it ends up being bad it doesn't really matter
― ufo, Friday, 27 August 2021 06:33 (two years ago) link
more craft than passion, the opposite of her other records, for me
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 27 August 2021 07:44 (two years ago) link
i think "justified" is really rad, love how dynamic the arrangement is
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 30 August 2021 01:38 (two years ago) link
production on "justified" is super messy, sounds terribly compressed
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 14:04 (two years ago) link
I want to say the last place she was booked to play here, before it got cancelled, was a mid-sized theatre. New upcoming winter 2022 tour has her playing an arena. Not what I was hoping for, and fwiw the Rolling Stone review of the new album makes me even less hopeful.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 14:11 (two years ago) link
Or “Camera Roll,” which finds Musgraves channeling Jackson Browne
yoooooo
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 14:31 (two years ago) link
I don't even know what "channeling Jackson Browne" means, though in the case of Jackson Browne it generally means "makes me not want to listen to more than a few songs out of several decades of recorded output."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
this is a weird album, unfortunately not a masterpiece like golden hour
there's some really good stuff but also lots of tracks that are just ok. despite the shift towards more pop-influenced textures there isn't anything close to a "high horse" attempt at a pop hit, and it's generally strongest when sticking to her roots. "if this was a movie" also has lovely ray of light-vibes, wish there was more of that
― ufo, Thursday, 9 September 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
i like "justified" a lot -- i think there is a simplicity in the chorus lyrics in a way that hits extremely similar things to i.e. "happy & sad" that made me long for her bow-wrapped songs of yore but the melody actually stuck w/ me. i'm prepared to like this more than the reviews are indicating, tho i think she's prob bound to snap back a bit in terms of songwriting and i am looking forward to that. i've listened to golden hour several times recently and it's such a perfect lightning strike of an album that comparing anything else to it just seems kinda unfair
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 9 September 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
it's not a bad album at all but i very much understand why the reviews were generally a little underwhelmed
― ufo, Thursday, 9 September 2021 23:01 (two years ago) link
on my first listen -- love how "easier said" clearly takes influence from "The Lady in Red" by Chris de Burgh
― winters (josh), Friday, 10 September 2021 05:52 (two years ago) link
First thought is I’m not liking the mix on this. Seems flat, especially the drums.
― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Friday, 10 September 2021 06:08 (two years ago) link