The purpose built next generation interstellar Dawn Richard thread

Works for me, then.

haha can't wait to hear this

Dawn Dick did it again

why did rtc stop, i was looking fwd to that liveblog

he died with 5 seconds left in the intro, RIP

"riot" and "in your eyes" work so well as the album's two big, banging peaks; "northern lights" blows my mind the most (swear this needs to be the big single this year, that fucking beat and those fucking vox), "frequency" is gorgeously voluptuous in that "vibrate" kinda style, pretty much every beat in the first half (before it winds down into balladry) is stunning, and i have a huge soft spot for how ludicrously OTT "300" is with the fantasy imagery (has anyone itt actually seen the film 300?)

heh somewhat shamefully i took recourse to pad & pen

xp: i tried once. i was watching it at a friend's place and he turned it off cos i was making fun of it too much. true story.

anyway, this is pretty great so far! frequency is beautiful.

i need to figure out how i feel about these 'rock' drum sounds (tug of war, ode to you)

The production is stunning, maybe even more so than Armor On, but the songwriting is seriously spotty. With the constant stream of "prepare for battle"/"I gave all I can"/"I'm gonna break down these walls"/"see my scars"/"you did this to me" messaging it's like she's just stealing Linkin Park lyrics

i can't get this to stream... doesn't work in canada maybe?

works for me

the switch-up in "gleaux" >>>>>>

i have seen 300 but role models was the first film that came to mind initially

nah joeks i'm being cruel

evan r is the enemy of r&b, pour boiling oil and fire catapults at this bitch

listening party : http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds#/2

^^ repost. sorry - must have been the excitment or something...

I WANT TO CRY

ok somebody jog my memory: Goldenheart (Outro) -- what is that piano piece?

i need to figure out how i feel about these 'rock' drum sounds (tug of war, ode to you)

― goole, Monday, January 14, 2013 12:00 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not really very rock and not a problem at all either way

thank you for the help

Claire De Lune - Debussy

eh i'm just sayin you had me expecting some session player bombast and instead i just heard drum machine snares that sound like actual snares xp

yeah well drum machine snares that sound like actual snares get me wrinkling my nose instinctually

thx DJP -- i was off hunting for ryuichi sakamoto youtubes lol

love "Break Of Dawn," so shamelessly gooey

Four tracks in and this is already such an ridiculously well sequenced album!

yeah sequencing is great

Seriously, flows like no tomorrow. Currently on "Gleaux."

300 is so good

this is kinda cheesy in parts. i cant deal with 'in your eyes'

love "Break Of Dawn," so shamelessly gooey

― some dude, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:44 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

no air, air

haha that is what i was trying to figure out what it reminded me of

woah, good ear!

doesn't work in canada and i am SO UPSET.

This album's length really works in its favor; this is a satisfying one to lose yourself in. So much beautiful empty space, especially in that final stretch

yeah it's not quite as sprawling as Last Train To Paris but it's probably more immersive.

we could have parted seas just / to walk on the floor of oceans / ohhhh

like damn yo

hah classic example of the alleged iffy songwriting that actually sounds rad i guess

and this love could've built up armies / of nations unstoppable / ohhhh

so apt that the album ends with dawn actually forming her own nation state

xp eh, I still think her battle motifs are tacky and not very imaginative, but I can let that slide since that's not really the hook here, and it's carry-over criticism from Armor On

the opening line of "300" is "i feel like leonidas / battling the titans / a thousand soldiers against one sword" which appears to be a reference to either the film or to some sort of role playing game

the more OTT the battle motifs the better, i don't know how you can have an issue with this

It's the film, yes.

(Strictly speaking the comic but anyway.)

battle motifs: Tacky? or tactical?

a comic, of course it is

strictly strictly speaking Greek history and legend

i cant be the only one who finds this a lil samey relative to LTTP

xp the greek king leonidas (historical) never fought the titans (mythical) though

Dawn's stuff feels pretty distinct from Dirty Money to me at this point -- if any 2 records risk crowding each other's space it's Golden Heart and Armor On

yeah i'm not pretending to be an expert. did frank miller invent that part of the myth though? xp

i think she threw those together just for the rhyme.