Honestly, Cleo Sol in lighter-than-air low-key mode is just what I need right now...
― Soundslike, Friday, 15 September 2023 01:07 (seven months ago) link
definitely much lower-key than her previous albums but it's still gorgeous and there's a lot to like here
― ufo, Friday, 15 September 2023 06:19 (seven months ago) link
Idk but this album cured my hangover
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 15 September 2023 14:00 (seven months ago) link
Yeah, this is absolutely gorgeous
― groovypanda, Friday, 15 September 2023 14:42 (seven months ago) link
what is out?
― budo jeru, Friday, 15 September 2023 15:59 (seven months ago) link
new cleo sol album, heaven
― ufo, Friday, 15 September 2023 16:02 (seven months ago) link
oh ok i see. everything on the sault thread has to be so cryptic!
― budo jeru, Friday, 15 September 2023 16:02 (seven months ago) link
https://x.com/cleosol/status/1704909623340183837?s=46&t=sn6lKgL5fqIUPSTSTL89kQ
― just sayin, Friday, 22 September 2023 11:15 (seven months ago) link
(tweet from cleo sol saying gold out on friday)
Cleo Sol getting in on the Sault profusion magic:
https://www.twitter.com/cleosol/status/1705237268045181230
― Soundslike, Friday, 22 September 2023 15:12 (seven months ago) link
Wait what
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 22 September 2023 15:15 (seven months ago) link
Heaven is good. Probably too slight but honestly Inflo and her make such a good team. Everything sounds perfect, it’s a breeze.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 22 September 2023 15:16 (seven months ago) link
surprise second cleo sol album out today!
― ufo, Thursday, 28 September 2023 14:29 (seven months ago) link
i heard a rumor that all the music on Sault albums is played by Banksy, Damon Albarn, and Emma Bunton in a banana suit. or wait, maybe that was Nicky Wire in an Emma Bunton suit...
― scott seward, Thursday, 28 September 2023 16:41 (seven months ago) link
gold is pretty much heaven pt. 2, similarly low-key but it's so lovely
― ufo, Friday, 29 September 2023 06:12 (seven months ago) link
Yeah. Think the album will reward repeated listening but Life Will Be one of the highlights on first listen
― groovypanda, Friday, 29 September 2023 09:42 (seven months ago) link
Haven't listened to Gold yet, but digging Heaven. Great vibes, little Joni-like in places.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 September 2023 21:07 (seven months ago) link
"golden child" is hitting a sweet spot lately.
― the adventures of Yari and ixa. (Austin), Saturday, 7 October 2023 21:32 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-spq4pVW_Dw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqXO2mmESg0
― ufo, Sunday, 19 November 2023 12:15 (five months ago) link
A live show coming
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0EMqC5NooI/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 25 November 2023 13:33 (five months ago) link
Bets on it being a performance similar to Gorillaz? shadows behind screens
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 25 November 2023 23:25 (five months ago) link
Or Inflo drumming with no lights on him.
― bendy, Sunday, 26 November 2023 00:12 (five months ago) link
long preview of a new song here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0WHnqxtTaL/
presumably from the new album (titled acts of faith?) they're performing live on the 14th: https://www.instagram.com/p/C0oeK4LtNme/
they're also teasing future shows: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0odyS1NO_-/
they're going to perform 5 in new york, nine in london, black is in los angeles, rise in canada, 11 in germany, air in paris, and earth in africa. guessing they haven't fully figured out the details yet lol
― ufo, Sunday, 10 December 2023 03:06 (four months ago) link
Omg clips of this show look amazing!
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 15 December 2023 01:36 (four months ago) link
looks like there was a bit of this but also they all had their faces covered?
doesn't seem like they played new material but it appears to have been a real production, wow
― ufo, Friday, 15 December 2023 02:22 (four months ago) link
i hope someone recorded the whole thing
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fk15f1xglic6c1.png%3Fwidth%3D3007%26format%3Dpng%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D28251532747f32eca6494c161b91a7bcc958f193
seems like they played an orchestral set, then the new album acts of faith, and then a set covering their entire career, wow. "fear no man" might be the little simz song i guess? no idea what "ever so lonely" or the africa section are.
the song they previewed here: https://www.instagram.com/saultglobal/reel/C0WHnqxtTaL/ seems to be "act 6 - lessons"
― ufo, Friday, 15 December 2023 04:12 (four months ago) link
Ok wasn’t expecting this setup for the concert. I’m so jealous for those who went it looks like a great setlist and a really cool vibe
https://x.com/fakeHARTHUR/status/1735382279923306670?s=20
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 15 December 2023 09:12 (four months ago) link
the whole thing seems to be ridiculously ambitious
― ufo, Friday, 15 December 2023 09:13 (four months ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C02OilBI0Yz/%0A%0AHow%20are%20they%20not%20losing%20money?%20For%20the%20amount%20of%20audience%20%C2%A3100%20per%20person%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20seem%20to%20cover%20the%20insanity%20of%20the%20set%20+%20crew,%20orchestra,%20choreographed%20performers%E2%80%A6.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 15 December 2023 09:36 (four months ago) link
Wtf my text got inside the link…
Anyways
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C02OilBI0Yz/
This looks insane. Idk how they are not losing money with this? The set, crew, amount of performers and planning seems like it wouldn’t get covered by the audience volume and £100 sounds like a bargain for what they did here.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 15 December 2023 09:39 (four months ago) link
yeah just completely absurd. i hope that they're going to release an official video of this or something
― ufo, Friday, 15 December 2023 09:52 (four months ago) link
Whaaaaaaaaat
― Cow_Art, Friday, 15 December 2023 10:14 (four months ago) link
the fuck
Bizarre. Like a deconstructed version of Kendall Roy's 40th.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Friday, 15 December 2023 10:19 (four months ago) link
you can probably guess what i think of this lmao
who would have thought a band that is all boutique gimmicks would go down the punchdrunk theatre/secret cinema route eh
― imago, Friday, 15 December 2023 12:11 (four months ago) link
no one would care about the gimmicks if the music wasn't genearlly pretty good-to-great
― ufo, Friday, 15 December 2023 12:31 (four months ago) link
That live setup is more than a gimmick. That’s bonkers.
― Cow_Art, Friday, 15 December 2023 12:34 (four months ago) link
yeah, i don't care about all the release gimmicks & secrecy but this is a genuinely impressive wild spectacle
― ufo, Friday, 15 December 2023 12:41 (four months ago) link
So this is what you can do with some Adele royalties and a vision? How does a mid-level act pull the resources for all this together?
― bendy, Friday, 15 December 2023 13:06 (four months ago) link
I very much wish my first thought upon seeing photos of this wasn't "who funded this" but these are cynical times
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 15 December 2023 13:12 (four months ago) link
Insane spectacles with mysterious funding? Progression to a religious cult is nearly complete.
― Chris L, Friday, 15 December 2023 13:20 (four months ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/gillespeterson/posts/pfbid0LQMWW4CQbmFGhda24oMBuWCRJZBRxDjdb2ZmHpXcGqMjqKKPG58st3qFv4w3obuZl
― dan selzer, Friday, 15 December 2023 14:34 (four months ago) link
Yeah got to agree in the end the music is what makes it all work and judging by the videos of the performance they sound amazing live. Cleo Sol in particular is a great vocalist.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 15 December 2023 14:37 (four months ago) link
anyone familiar with their music knows they take their craft seriously, all the stage production and extra stuff is fun imo
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 15 December 2023 15:01 (four months ago) link
I'd like to see whoever just decided to chill back in the room with the dude and the TV.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 15 December 2023 15:24 (four months ago) link
from the Giles Peterson FB post: This hasn’t ever been done on such grand scale from the private sector.Any talk of ripping off the fans couldn’t be further from the truth - the cost of putting on this happening wasn’t about cash it was about Myth…
It's such a throwback to a different time and economy where a performer can leverage the success of their musical vision to do all this extra stuff. With the extra stuff being weird.
― bendy, Friday, 15 December 2023 15:55 (four months ago) link
Yeah got to agree in the end
is there anything in the post besides bendy's quote?
― bae (sic), Friday, 15 December 2023 18:06 (four months ago) link
Oh sorry I was xposting ufo
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 15 December 2023 19:08 (four months ago) link
Regarding how the gimmicks wouldn’t work if the music and performance itself wasn’t good which it is. I wasn’t commenting on Gilles’ review.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 15 December 2023 19:09 (four months ago) link