Bat for Lashes fans should jump on the Chairlift bandwagon
― djmartian, Sunday, 28 September 2008 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
guardian band of the day feature:
No 382: ChairliftLike the lost soundtrack to a movie that was never made, today's band are hard to pin down, but that makes them all the more bewitching
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/03/new.band.of.the.day.382.chairlift
― djmartian, Sunday, 28 September 2008 19:00 (fifteen years ago) link
extravagant video
YouTube - Chairlift - Planet Health
― djmartian, Sunday, 28 September 2008 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
oh. when i saw the nano ad i thought it was some feist outtake or something.
― tipsy mothra, Sunday, 28 September 2008 19:08 (fifteen years ago) link
the bits of this threat that mention 4AD and shimmering guitars make me rub my hands with glee.
the bits that mention feist and bat for lashes make me rub my temples and say: "oh".
still. i shall listen at some point. not now, though. i can't really be arsed. not a great sign, that.
― right, we all start when the drum machine starts, lads (grimly fiendish), Sunday, 28 September 2008 19:43 (fifteen years ago) link
thread, that should be. not threat. although perhaps i'm on to something there.
this record blows
― jigglepanda.gif (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 28 September 2008 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
this is fucking awful. seriously, it's like some slick but passionless female-led twee-cure tribute band. "evident utensil" made my teeth itch. if i never hear that again, it'll be too soon.
"bruises" is marginally better -- at least, the mercifully vocal-free middle eight is OK, as is the "doo-doo-doo" bit. but the combination of the, heh, "beat" and the rest of the singing could drive a man to drink.
― right, we all start when the drum machine starts, lads (grimly fiendish), Sunday, 28 September 2008 21:46 (fifteen years ago) link
This is so terrible. I was going to start a thread to express my hatred for this song but the search turned this up.I heard this on a commercial last year I think; heard the full version today on the radio driving home from work. The part where the male vocal comes in makes me see red.I am a grown man and I usually have a high tolerance for shit but this song ruined my drive.
― chad, Thursday, 28 May 2009 00:59 (fourteen years ago) link
The album transforms some golden elements to lead, maybe the rhythm programming is at fault. That said, the video for "Evident Utinsil" is the most psychedelic bit of video compression kludge hacking I've encountered:
― Derelict, Thursday, 28 May 2009 01:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Not the same thing but reminded me a bit of Takagi Masakatsu:
― Mark, Thursday, 28 May 2009 01:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Just saw them. Not really shimmery, more just kind of loudly echoey. It reminded me of mid-80s Peter Gabriel. Sort of enjoyed lead singer's hippie antics. Liked two songs out of the six I heard, didn't stay for "Bruises."
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 25 September 2009 04:48 (fourteen years ago) link
http://vimeo.com/11398692
awesome
― da croupier, Monday, 3 May 2010 19:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Their new album, 'Something', came out today and is now on Spotify, and I'm on what must be my 4th or 5th listen now, and it's pretty pretty good. It's definitely doing a lot more for me than their debut did (although it had some decent stuff on it, I thought, like 'Planet Health'). I don't think there's anything on here as sickly sweet as 'Bruises', which is a good thing in my eyes, and my impression is that this is more of a melodic, poppy song-based record, with some (but not all) of the quirk toned down.
― Turrican, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
this album is really good! first great album of 2012.
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Sunday, 29 January 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
This is a good album. Maybe not a great one for me. 'I Belong In Your Arms' towers above everything else, but there are some lovely moments on the rest of it.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
'take it out on me' is pretty great
― iatee, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 02:35 (twelve years ago) link
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Monday, January 30, 2012 9:17 PM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
cosign all of this. "Take It Out on Me" sounds a lot like some 80s/90s pop song but I can't put my finger on it. the whole production dredges up nostalgia for me in a way that might ruin it if I figure out the sources.
― skip, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
listening now, the bass line is amazing in "I Belong in Your Arms". Maybe the overall sound is an a-ha rehash but it's so refreshing to hear an indie electro track with musicianship in both composition and instrumental and vocal performance.
― skip, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
Re "Take It Out on Me" 80s flashback: In the line "cause business is cruel" -- the eay the final L is pronounced, plus maybe the near-trisyllabicity of "business" -- I'm getting mild Claudia Brücken vibes, possibly strengthened by how the synth is being hammered along in a manner not entirely unlike "Duel".
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 10 February 2012 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
There are some great lyrics on here, simple but very effective. Like in the last song, "but if I gave you what you're asking for / I know you wouldn't want it anymore..."
Lovely album.
― Tim F, Friday, 10 February 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
i'll have to check this out. I did quite like that "Bruises" (I'm immune to twee shit), but the rest of the debut wasn't great.
― Laughing Gravy (dog latin), Friday, 10 February 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
refreshing to hear an indie electro track with musicianship in both composition and instrumental and vocal performance.
v much agree with this (for the whole album really, not just IBiYA); nothing at all there is timid or defensive.
Haha watched the "Amanaemonesia" video now, they have seen some K Bush videos from c1980 perhaps?
Oh and since my association engine seems to be running in overdrive: Just heard "Bruises" for the first time as well, and uhm might Lena of Eurovision-winning 2010 fame have been aware of this thing? :-P
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 10 February 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
Only had this on in the background in the morning around breakfast and coffee, but can confirm Tim's call that the first tracks are a perfect run of 1985 pop.
― MikoMcha, Friday, 10 February 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
Fantastic single.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 February 2012 04:10 (twelve years ago) link
Is "Amanaemonesia" the first single off this album? I listened to that one on the radio and I thought it was pretty good. I've only listened once but I got the impression that they were chaneling Kate Bush and Stereolab at some points. The host had a hard time pronouncing its name properly.
― Moka, Sunday, 12 February 2012 08:57 (twelve years ago) link
This left me a bit cold on first listen and I'm struggling to put my finger on why.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 12 February 2012 11:55 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEOem7U2LPE
― owenf, Sunday, 12 February 2012 12:13 (twelve years ago) link
This also brings to mind the Christine McVie songs on Tango In The Night for me.
― Tim F, Sunday, 12 February 2012 12:19 (twelve years ago) link
^^^^^^ yep
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 February 2012 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
Really like the record but it's incoherent as fuck. I've listened to it several times all the way through and I'm still struggling to get a sense of it as one thing at all.
Amanaemonesia was played at the party I was at last night and it sounded pretty great in that setting, but I Belong In Your Arms is absolutely the best track on the album.
― Upt0eleven, Sunday, 12 February 2012 12:52 (twelve years ago) link
Really like 'Take it out on me' but cannot for the life of me pinpoint the songs it sounds exactly like (in terms of tune, not production)
― kinder, Sunday, 12 February 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
It doesn't strike me as being particularly incoherent, it's all pretty standard 80s-inflected indie blog pop to these ears. There are a couple of nice songs but I think that 2/3rds of the album fall down by just not being very interesting melodically. It's one of those records where you can hear that from the basslines upward.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 12 February 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
There are a handful of good songs though - I like Take It Out On Me and Cool As A Fire particularly. The rest I can take or leave.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 12 February 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
i gave this a listen a couple of months ago - had never heard of them before, saw a couple of people raving about the album - and thought it was extremely dull
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Sunday, 12 February 2012 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
better than 2 bears
marginally
― post, Sunday, 12 February 2012 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
Aside from "I Belong In Your Arms", "Wrong Opinion" is the standout for me. So glassy. It's like a female-fronted Icehouse.
― Tim F, Sunday, 12 February 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
just realized my last post reads like a compliment, is not the intention
― post, Sunday, 12 February 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't care much for the first album, but this one presses a lot of my buttons, providing a bed for Polachek's remarkable vocals that isn't as averse to simple pleasures. Its rewarded repeat listens and I think its the best thing of its sort (New Wave textured indie pop) so far this year. That said, it'll probably fall out of rotation when the School of Seven Bells LP is released.
― Sanpaku, Sunday, 12 February 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
Agreed, I started off just liking the ones mentioned but really enjoying the whole thing now.
― kinder, Sunday, 12 February 2012 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
new one is a thumbs up for me. amanamanamanesia is my fave so far
― The Invisible Superstars (dog latin), Saturday, 18 February 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't made my mind up on this despite a few plays. It reminds me of Glasser, with more pop song structure and hooky choruses. There is some Stereolab sounding stuff there and plenty of other influences.. I'm not sure it is more than the collection of influences, whether it stands out at all. "I belong in your arms" is pretty catchy.
― mmmm, Saturday, 18 February 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
Its a charcoal sketchbook by a preternaturally talented but untutored artist. The production is thin, the sound patches preset, the lyrics vague when present. One only wonders whether a full set of oils and canvas would ruin the charm.
― Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Saturday, 18 February 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
^ Posted in the wrong thread. I thought I was in the Grimes thread.
― Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Saturday, 18 February 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
Band reminds me of an amuse-bouche
― calstars, Saturday, 18 February 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
really enjoying the new album, especially with repeat plays. some quality infectious party-numbers stacked upfront ("sidewalk safari", "i belong in your arms", "take it out on me") and some delicate and unconventional, though no less pretty, stuff tailing it out. love the unique phrasing and spacey, almost alt-country leanings of "frigid springs" and the icy Victorialand-isms of "turning". there's a distinct Sincerely Yours vibe happening in parts and a whole lot of 80s obviously, but i'm finding the package as a whole quite original and refreshing.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 09:36 (twelve years ago) link
It's so much better than that first album. Can't believe it's the same band TBH.
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 10:06 (twelve years ago) link
Just saw them live. Fantastic show. Caroline is adorable.
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Saturday, 31 March 2012 07:24 (twelve years ago) link
I still love this album.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 31 March 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
"I Belong in Your Arms" is year end top five for sure. Love that bass line.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 March 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ku7o_25wUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6HDrFxDVX8
two more tracks, nice but not stunning in the way that "door" was
― ufo, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 05:06 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NTUY-jP47I
― ufo, Monday, 16 September 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
Apparently the album is out on October 18th. Going by these singles, it's shaping up to be quite special.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 01:28 (four years ago) link
I like em all so far! Door still the standout though
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 11:48 (four years ago) link
I did not expect to like this as much as I do (still not really into "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings," not sure why, on any axis) but I do, also from what I've heard it is somehow the closest to a sarah brightman album I am likely to get (exaggeration but it is definitely conversant with classical/new age stuff)
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Monday, 7 October 2019 12:45 (four years ago) link
Does this mean she's pretty much abandoned the more upbeat pop songs?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 7 October 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
not exactly, no
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Monday, 7 October 2019 16:24 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZtUJ4b2jsw
another wonderful single, extremely excited for this
― ufo, Monday, 14 October 2019 23:04 (four years ago) link
unsurprisingly this rules. kinda sequenced weirdly with the most pop moments right near the end though
― ufo, Thursday, 17 October 2019 22:41 (four years ago) link
Loved all the tracks that have dropped so far; Hit Me Where It Hurts is doing it for me the most of the new tracks.
― triggercut, Friday, 18 October 2019 09:18 (four years ago) link
that's probably one of the weaker ones for me, my favourites of the new ones are "pang" and "shut up caroline". "door" and "so hot you're hurting my feelings" are some of the very best songs i've heard this year still
― ufo, Friday, 18 October 2019 12:01 (four years ago) link
this album is so sick
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 18 October 2019 12:54 (four years ago) link
as a white man I can't believe the misogynists at pfork only gave this a 7.3. ;)
(sorry)
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 18 October 2019 13:10 (four years ago) link
About 2/3rds of this album is great; the rest that isn't sounds like something made by the kind of white woman Kelela called her out for being.
― winters (josh), Thursday, 31 October 2019 18:22 (four years ago) link
what does that mean?
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Saturday, 2 November 2019 06:57 (four years ago) link
she wrote "n***as" on her instagram last year, quoting a lyric, and kelela saw it and was understandably mad about it
― ufo, Saturday, 2 November 2019 08:56 (four years ago) link
she wrote it uncensored that is
"Pang" is an excellent Dave Matthews Band rewrite, "Caroline Shut Up" is excellent, period. Sometimes she's too in love with the sound of her voice.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 2 November 2019 10:31 (four years ago) link
i don't blame her too much when she has a voice like that
― ufo, Saturday, 2 November 2019 10:45 (four years ago) link
over a full album the static tempos make this feel a little inert but I love so much of it, definite Imogen Heap vibes
― boxedjoy, Monday, 4 November 2019 09:25 (four years ago) link
Caroline Polachek has coronavirus :(
― flopson, Sunday, 15 March 2020 04:13 (four years ago) link
Do you have a source on that? I don’t see any news site or social networks reporting anything about it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 15 March 2020 06:55 (four years ago) link
which one of y’all gave caroline polachek coronavirus pic.twitter.com/pjy17xaVab— original visual (@poppysdaddi) March 14, 2020
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Sunday, 15 March 2020 08:05 (four years ago) link
yeah surprising that pitchfork or whoever didn't pick up on it. but it was in her ig story
― flopson, Monday, 16 March 2020 01:55 (four years ago) link
Given their closeness at a recent London performance it wouldn't surprise me if Christine &tQ is also infected
― monotony, Monday, 16 March 2020 03:28 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dtUmoxGT8I
lol at this christmas version of "so hot you're hurting my feelings"
― ufo, Monday, 21 December 2020 03:10 (three years ago) link
I fully endorse the concept of Christmas versions of existing tracks
― kinder, Monday, 21 December 2020 22:58 (three years ago) link
this album is really, really good btw
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson)
Brad otm here. It may have taken me five years, but I just had a moment with Moth. The songs I dismissed are suddenly sounding glorious.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 04:33 (three years ago) link
I burned through everything related to Caroline this past year, and Moth was the album that grew on me most (though Something is still my favorite Chairlift by a long way). Sure, the intro track is kinda nothing, and "Unfinished Business" grates, but the eight other tracks are great. "Ottawa to Osaka" got clowned upthread but I love it. Does You Inspire You is the album that really doesn't have the depth of the other two. underwritten, and not much to recommend it past "Bruises"
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 08:56 (three years ago) link
Caroline's cover of The Corrs' "Breathless" is probably unnecessary but pretty lolsy.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 09:19 (three years ago) link
i think it's kinda brilliant honestly
― ufo, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 09:30 (three years ago) link
I like it a lot but I have no idea how long I will feel that way.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 09:54 (three years ago) link
it's a 2020 version of enya
― ufo, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 10:13 (three years ago) link
her new song "bunny is a rider" is fabulous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ5y2GMVVNQ
― monotony, Thursday, 15 July 2021 05:50 (two years ago) link
there's an of Montreal song called "Bunny Is No Kind Of Rider". Are they referring to the same thing?
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 15 July 2021 08:51 (two years ago) link
pretty nice song, I also thought of the Of Montreal song
― Vinnie, Thursday, 15 July 2021 09:48 (two years ago) link
the weirdest thing is that I had a super disturbing dream last night in which my nephew killed a baby rabbit in front of me and then I woke up to see this... https://t.co/0DEYS0xJsu— of Montreal~she/he/they/them (@xxofMontrealxx) July 14, 2021
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 15 July 2021 13:43 (two years ago) link
Request to change title to Chairlift / Caroline Polachek was trying to post the new song but couldn’t find a Polachek thread and forgot this existed
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 15 July 2021 13:45 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zEQJrggKgk
real ray of light vibes here
― ufo, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 21:36 (two years ago) link
not her catchiest song, but a fun video, would like some of that glassware
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 21:40 (two years ago) link
I love this
― braised cod, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 22:09 (two years ago) link
I think she deserves a solo thread now.
She’s at the top of her game, not sure it will be as good as Pang but it definitely has potential.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 23:03 (two years ago) link
Ooh I like this one. The b-section was unexpected, deflating the build, but then that wonderful coda pays off that tension later. Love the production
― Vinnie, Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:07 (two years ago) link
Yeah second time listening to these and loving the 90’d vibe
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:31 (two years ago) link
*this
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:32 (two years ago) link
ooh this is great
― Roz, Thursday, 10 February 2022 02:30 (two years ago) link