Poppy C/D

love the way the black metal blastbeat bridge of "on the level" keeps threatening to take over the song

I will never understand this board's fixation with Poppy.

good

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

Send "Lessen the Damage" to the "Good 4 U"-loving teen in your life

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

*aggro not aggrieved

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

I don’t mind the mainstreaming It just feels a hair too fast to me

I love the records (esp "I Disagree") but the gratuitous mispronounced Japanese lyrics are cringe

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!

i don't think the hooks are stronger on this one than on i disagree

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.

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

lol i didnt know the backstory re her collaborator ... welp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlkdkQR2gUs

oh hell yeah

glorious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTTEBn_gze0

poppy released a new song about her cat

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXbPSCHncJc

apparently going to be on a new EP, stagger, out in october

heavy poppy is the best poppy

new EP whips!!!

"FYB" is the only real heavy poppy song just FYI

it's good! better than flux

Always get excited and immediately disappointed when this thread gets revived because I think it’s a Poppy Family thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXE_NkbWDhw

tremendous cover of kittie's "spit"

kittie rules hell yeah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD9xotOWQSk

"spit" cover is my song of the year

for all those girls who speak contradictions

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?

curious what the album’s gonna be like (comes out in october)

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

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

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

this feels like the electro record i was expecting kylie minogue to put out this year

the fake pop music in vox lux should've sounded like this

excited to hear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I6di1S0Mqw

"the attic" is the exact same vibe as this great batten girls track

weird album, it's pretty all over the place stylistically. some of it is great but a lot is just ok at best

highlights are "linger" (the burial impression here lol), "the attic" and "prove it"

I just made this my first Poppy album. I really don't like her voice tbh. Good musical ideas though - esp Church Outfit, Hard and Zig.

the ones you should actually listen to are i disagree and the eat ep

Loving 'Motorbike' although the video is disappointingly literal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev_vPbqUlZs