Tinashe - Aquarius (out October 7 2014)

oh nice

i found it on 333 deluxe btw, not released until august 6 but i was able to purchase it anyway (?)

oh shit channel tres is having a good year looks like

oh i forgot it was on the deluxe hmm

wonder what the p4k article was on about then, i guess "precursor" could just mean it's a hint at what the new album will have to offer but won't be on it

lol, august 6 last year lord i'm tired

I didn't know she was planning a new album and I missed that she was playing at the Montreux Jazz festival this year, I really need to keep up, yet I still feel spoiled.

first mention of the new album was in the p4k profile from the other day

reading the pitchfork piece and I'd somehow missed this bumping new one:

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333 is a masterpiece and made even better by the deluxe song additions

she's killing it at Lollapalooza right now.

stuck on 'let me down slowly' atm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVD3hRRN7VI
love the pre chorus

Great tune. The way it briefly almost turns into house at the end reminds me a bit of Mya’s “Free”.

oh good call.

There's no Shygirl thread so I'll put this here — turns a winning album track into a nice single.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY3og9H-tWU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVLGp0Ph9lA

"talk to me nice" is fantastic despite not exactly being a conventional choice of lead single

Not much of a song but great beat

ooh I love this

Just heard this one. Do people not like this? I think it’s one of the best r&b songs I’ve heard this year. The beat and transition is insane. Synth in transition sort of reminded me of boards of canada? Need to listen to it more but loved it on first listen.

it's one of my favourite songs this year!

the 'album' is out next week, though it's only 7 tracks and apparently a second half is coming next year?

Yes to "Talk to me Nice." co-produced by Nosaj Thing and Scoop DeVille, who each have done a song for Kendrick Lamar and worked with a bunch of other folks in Los Angeles

yeah it's incredible, my favorite thing she's done. transition so massive it feels like two great songs in one.

I take it this means you were all as unimpressed with "Needs" as I was?

Oh Nosaj Thing produces? No wonder I got a BOC vibe for a moment there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHzXz8V5hjA

Tinashe getting briefly interviewed for a minute or so on ABC show Good Morning America and then doing song "Tightrope"

I find her extremely likeable and from what I’ve heard so far this has potential to be my favorite thing she has released. A Janet Jackson collab would make so much sense btw.

Yeah I've liked everything I've heard from this a lot; the only thing possibly dampening my enthusiasm is the Body Talk / Petals For Armor / Last Year Was Weird-style rollout

i almost forgot this was out today. looking at the credits and vladislav delay produced one track?!

i want a 20 minute version of "treason"

please give us some meditative reich&b epics

half of this is her best ever work and the rest is still pretty good. "gravity" is heavenly, really delighted that this sort of 2-step has been a bit of a trend this year

i just wish this were a full album but it's a great EP

Do only artists who pay Spotify get on Release Radar? I’ve been listening to a lot of Tinashe this year and no track from this release on my radar - which is bullshit.

Anyways, yeah great mini album. “Gravity” is gorgeous, “talk to me” switch still a favorite, “none of my business” also sounded good on first listen.

“Gravity” is the one produced by machinedrum and vladislav delay

machinedrum produced a few more too including "treason" which is just incredible

Yeah opening and closing tracks are machinedrum iirc

Treason might be her best opening track yet. Impressed how she continues to evolve and do her thing after 10 albums. Really consistent and diverse discography.

I like "Tightrope" the best

sorta like amethyst in that album or EP or whatever it immediately strikes me as one of the best things she's put out

On my third listen. The brevity helps in retrospective… lots of replay value and every song in here is great

Recency bias maybe but this is my favorite thing she has released

Keys on Treason are vaguely reminiscent of a mbira, love them.
Talk To Me Nice is this perfect labyrinthine anti-jam.
Needs is okay, don't mind it.
I'm not sure the production totally works on Uh Huh but falsetto = good, interesting song.
Gravity a little synth-drenched and known territory for her.
None of my business needs a little more kick.
Tightrope good minimal song.

Really good but hard to compare to 333 as only a half album.

I rarely follow him but apparently Fantano gave this one a better ranking than p4k and loves it - with the exception of gravity which I don’t get but whatever.

New Tiny Desk
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/09/1230166589/tiny-desk-concert-tinashe

Are they no longer uploaded to youtube?

Anyways, very charming performance and tight live band!

Tinashe + Drum 'n bass = bop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlV8zVUgdLM

love it!

Certainly suits her style, cool re-use of the electronic mbira from Treason. I'm not crazy about the dnb return in style, it's always a little overpowering.

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

bb/ang3l pt.2 - quantum baby is coming soon

song is just fine though

this thread is a great reminder to dig into the Tinashe catalog, i was unnaturally harsh on her sophomore vibes, i think aquarius was more than my brain could handle and i folded before her career even began lol oops :/