pretty good! john martyn-y.
― tylerw, Thursday, 16 August 2012 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2012/09/23/161272941/first-listen-beth-orton-sugaring-season
― DavidM, Monday, 24 September 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
YAY
― Mordy, Monday, 24 September 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
pic from that link: http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/09/24/beth_orton_wide-54c1879eb717792d439689b26c4e27d4b28ccbd5-s4.jpg
she looks really great + healthy!
― Mordy, Monday, 24 September 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
ah, I know that look.
― Mark G, Monday, 24 September 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
listening to it now on npr - it's beautiful
― Mordy, Monday, 24 September 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
she's playing philly tmmrw nite. only one thing could stop me from going + that is yom kippur. :(
― Mordy, Monday, 24 September 2012 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
What a stunning album this is. Loving it.
― DavidM, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
too short! <- my only complaint
― Mordy, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
she's 5ft 10
― Mark G, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
this is excellent. i haven't paid attention to her since central reservation--is there stuff worth checking out? or does "8 years pass..." tell the whole story?
― adam, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
No! Comfort of Strangers is amazing!
― Mordy, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
i'm ready for a new album
― Mordy, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, said that yesterday, funnily enough
― Mark G, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
A couple years ago, Alice had got a new iPad mini with her savings. She had been setting up some music on it, and we'd also installed garageband.
Anyway, she was playing what sounded like Beth covering Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" although I hadn't heard about her ever covering that one. Then the penny dropped.
"um, is that you singing?"
"yeah, I was just trying it out"
Of course she wouldn't finish it or let me keep a copy. Kids, eh?
― Mark G, Thursday, 23 October 2014 07:45 (nine years ago) link
I think the most recent Beth track is one she did with John Grant
― Mark G, Thursday, 23 October 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
i'd love to hear beth cover fleetwood mac
― Mordy, Thursday, 23 October 2014 17:53 (nine years ago) link
sugaring season still so good
http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/mark-lanegan-and-beth-orton-cover-marc-almond-and-nicos-1988-duet
― Mordy, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 18:26 (eight years ago) link
Excellent version of a wonderful song.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 18:27 (eight years ago) link
Boy I can't believe how much better the superpinkymandy vers of "she cries your name" is over the near hit version from trailer park.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Thursday, 12 May 2016 15:31 (eight years ago) link
I like that album, generally, yes.
― Mark G, Thursday, 12 May 2016 15:36 (eight years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/19/477927199/first-listen-beth-orton-kidsticks
― Mordy, Thursday, 19 May 2016 23:52 (eight years ago) link
Nah, gonna wait..
― Mark G, Friday, 20 May 2016 00:23 (eight years ago) link
Stereogum said she got her start singing with the Chemical Brothers and I was mad they forgot William Orbit. That lasted 15minutes.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 20 May 2016 01:52 (eight years ago) link
Until I heard this disc, I didn't realize they orig wanted to go as "Spill."http://youtu.be/n2TeBrO8pqc?list=PLPAYZ_b8I6eadrlXvxqC4_yR3pVn97tv7
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Friday, 20 May 2016 02:31 (eight years ago) link
I'll astrally project myself into the life of someone else
― Mordy, Friday, 27 May 2016 11:14 (seven years ago) link
Arrived, has it?
― Mark G, Friday, 27 May 2016 11:25 (seven years ago) link
i have to admit i've been listening to it all week but yeah it's out now. spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/album/0bJfmxIm5Ttp7b06ImIVpz
― Mordy, Friday, 27 May 2016 11:29 (seven years ago) link
I got a notif that it had been despatched yesterday, so I guess it'll be there at home now.
― Mark G, Friday, 27 May 2016 11:39 (seven years ago) link
This is so untrendy in 2016 and all the better for it, some of the most immediate melodies she's ever written too. Relieved that despite Andrew Hung's fingerprints it doesn't sound like Fuck Buttons at all.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 27 May 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
Just woke up from anasthesialogy w songs from new album in my head so much <3 this woman's music like a live saver
― Mordy, Friday, 27 May 2016 18:43 (seven years ago) link
"Snow" specifically and the "came to life" part
― Mordy, Friday, 27 May 2016 18:45 (seven years ago) link
She sounds like a moron
https://twitter.com/MichelCicero/status/736555670590230529?s=09
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 28 May 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
She has issued a statement, I'd paste it here but I don't think I can on this.
― Mark G, Saturday, 28 May 2016 20:12 (seven years ago) link
Jay Babcock4 hrs · UPDATE --> BETH ORTON HAS APOLOGIZED AND REMOVES VIDEO"I am so sorry. I feel sick with disgust. I was told the tree was already dead. I will take the video down now. Please let me know what I can do to help make some kind of amends. I did not direct the video and was following direction but now I know what I have been part of I feel utterly devastated and of course take responsibility for my part. I am truly and deeply sorry."
APPALLED WITH BETH ORTON@BethOrtonOfficial vandalizes an ancient joshua tree with spray paint in a new promotional music video. This will kill the tree. This is illegal. This is disgusting. Beth, take the video down NOW. Come back to Joshua Tree and clean up the destruction you've done. https://www.facebook.com/BethOrtonOfficial/?fref=ts
― Mark G, Saturday, 28 May 2016 20:16 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, this has not gone down well, to say the least.
― Mark G, Sunday, 29 May 2016 08:17 (seven years ago) link
trees aside, I really need to listen to this. which album of hers would you say it's most like?
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Sunday, 29 May 2016 18:37 (seven years ago) link
Somewhere halfway between trailer park and sugaring season maybe
― Mordy, Sunday, 29 May 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link
not crazy about this album.
― akm, Sunday, 29 May 2016 18:42 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, not feeling it so far. I much prefer Sugaring Season, but it's early days.
― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Sunday, 29 May 2016 20:36 (seven years ago) link
This album is okay.
I heard a little interview with her on Weekend Edition on NPR this morning and her basic response to people who complain she doesn't sound the way she used to is basically "I'm 20 years older and my life is different and the way I think about things is different, so tough shit"—an admirable way to go about life, imo.
Except for blindly spray painting a Joshua Tree because your director tells you to, but she seems legit messed up and apologetic over that whole incident, so good.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 29 May 2016 23:02 (seven years ago) link
finally listening to the full album and it's sort of... fantastic? it's a little difficult to describe how, exactly. "untrendy" got pretty close.
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Sunday, 26 June 2016 00:04 (seven years ago) link
What did untrendy say?
― Mark G, Sunday, 26 June 2016 15:27 (seven years ago) link
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― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 00:39 (seven years ago) link
Ta.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 09:26 (seven years ago) link
This is really good.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 1 August 2016 10:41 (seven years ago) link
Central Reservation is such a great record
― The Poppy Bush AutoZone (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 November 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
One of the fascinating things about Ilxor, as pointed out above, is the "eight years pass" aspect. The internet has trouble highlighting negative space but "eight years pass" really brings home just how brightly Beth Orton illuminated a certain era and how utterly the world moved on.
From interviews I have the impression she has the same problem as George Harrison, e.g. her life is sorted and she doesn't have a strong songwriting partner unlike e.g. Alison Goldfrapp or Florence Welch. She should hook up with Vini Reilly or someone of that ilk, it would be interesting.
Or Dido's maniacal lust for fame. Beth Orton can at least die happy in the knowledge that she's not Dido.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 19:53 (five years ago) link
Found Comfort of Strangers in a clear-out bin on the weekend; love this song, connects to my mood as of late perfectly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYsuL3Pdmws
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 June 2021 00:56 (two years ago) link
yeah I saw her SF show and it was excellent, and my concerns about her voice not quite holding up were mostly unfounded, I think it's gotten stronger with this tour and the new album held up surprisingly well when performed live.
― akm, Thursday, 24 November 2022 16:18 (one year ago) link
Nice conversation between Beth and Alabaster DePlume: https://www.talkhouse.com/beth-orton-talks-with-alabaster-deplume-on-the-talkhouse-podcast/
― (picnic, lightning) very very frightening (Chinaski), Friday, 18 August 2023 16:08 (nine months ago) link