I've got pretty low expectations for this one. Hoping for two, maybe three keepers.
― calstars, Monday, 12 September 2016 21:19 (seven years ago) link
I've actually grown to really like New Song. It is extremely corny, but kinda reminds me of HAIM or something - that 80's pop by way of 00's indie vibe. I think there's enough of the original Warpaint vibe in there to make it distinct though. One of Jenny's basslines really reminds me of one from Elephants off their first record.
― how's life, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 12:27 (seven years ago) link
it's leaking all over the floor
― calstars, Thursday, 15 September 2016 00:55 (seven years ago) link
I've got pretty low expectations for this one. Hoping for two, maybe three keepers.― calstars, Monday, September 12, 2016 9:19 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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Yup, this is pretty much how I'm feeling about it.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Thursday, 15 September 2016 00:58 (seven years ago) link
I started out my initial listen thinking "eh, it's okay" and by the end of the album I was in love with the whole thing; my turning point was "Dre"
on listen #2, the whole thing is clicking for me
― ¶ (DJP), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:58 (seven years ago) link
i like the stall, need to listen to the rest more
― johnny crunch, Monday, 26 September 2016 19:21 (seven years ago) link
really not digging this at all. this band had a certain sense of...i dunno mystery or something to me or a certain vibe that i thought was very intriguing and now i don't really feel anything about them.
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 September 2016 19:23 (seven years ago) link
Totally agree about the sense of mystery; the last album nailed that. I like this one, though. Think of it as a summer record and it really works.
― Evan R, Monday, 26 September 2016 19:59 (seven years ago) link
I like the first song a lot. I haven't listened through all of it yet.
― billstevejim, Monday, 26 September 2016 20:13 (seven years ago) link
Liking this better than the self-titled.
― how's life, Monday, 26 September 2016 21:21 (seven years ago) link
I never really glommed onto that album. I really liked Love Is To Die, and some of the other tracks were pretty good, but I don't remember them. And there was quite a bit of it that seemed like leftovers filler to me.
Heads Up, on the other hand is really propulsive and magical throughout. I didn't expect to like this after New Song dropped, but I've grown to like that song and it has it's place in the album. There's so many great sounds here. Cellos and horns or synth approximations thereof? One song had really great subharmonic bass. The songs are memorable and I can get lost in them. I love this record.
― how's life, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:15 (seven years ago) link
:)
― Evan R, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 20:27 (seven years ago) link
I still haven't heard the new album yet, but I'm giving the self-titled record a spin again and it still holds up. The new one'll have to be something special to dislodge Warpaint as my favourite album of theirs.
― pen pineapple apple pen (Turrican), Thursday, 29 September 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
So yeah, finally getting around to hearing the new one and, yeah, it's clear that they've attempted to make more of a song based record this time around, which I have no problem with, but I think the previous record was more them.
― pen pineapple apple pen (Turrican), Sunday, 9 October 2016 19:25 (seven years ago) link
New record feels like a no man's land between their usual atmospheric tendencies and trying to create more structured songs. This feeling of not going all the way comes off as endearing to me.
― Ross, Sunday, 9 October 2016 20:23 (seven years ago) link
I've come around after a full listen, not allowing myself to skip anything. Even "New Song" sounds pretty good.
― calstars, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 13:16 (seven years ago) link
I can understand why someone would say it's a halfway house between what they were doing and taking a full-on pop approach, but I don't find this album to be anywhere near as atmospheric as the previous two. If they could somehow combine the jamming of the second album with the more tangible vocal melodies of the new one, they'd be onto a winner. At the moment, though, the second LP is still the one to beat.
― pen pineapple apple pen (Turrican), Tuesday, 11 October 2016 17:04 (seven years ago) link
I tried to give the self-titled another shot last night, but I still didn't like it. Different strokes I guess!
On a positive note, I listened to jenny lee lindberg's solo album again this morning for the first time since it came out and I really loved it.
― how's life, Thursday, 13 October 2016 12:09 (seven years ago) link
Caught their show in SF last night and I thought the newer stuff sounded much better live. Such a killer live act!
― Chantilly Bass, Thursday, 13 October 2016 20:57 (seven years ago) link
Section fron "Don't Wanna" through the title track has been killing me.
― how's life, Monday, 17 October 2016 09:35 (seven years ago) link
I haven't been feeling like returning to this after the first couple of listens. I haven't given up on it, but I'm not exactly craving to hear it either.
― pen pineapple apple pen (Turrican), Monday, 17 October 2016 22:41 (seven years ago) link
Agree "Don't Wanna" onwards is a solid stretch. I've been re-evaluating this record in comparison to their S/T and the new one is not quite freewheeling. The grafted on edits and overdubs make this much more of a studio record, which does not completely work to Warpaint's strengths as a jam heavy, loose live band. Conversely, as experimental as this record is, it's far more concise and compact than the S/T - and controlled. I think basically I agree with Turrican.
― Ross, Thursday, 17 November 2016 23:00 (seven years ago) link
*not quite as freewheeling
― Ross, Thursday, 17 November 2016 23:01 (seven years ago) link
never really occurred to me until spotify played them back to back, but they really owe a lot to mid/late period blonde redhead
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 March 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link
Funnily enough, I gave Heads Up a re-listen the other night and it really clicked for me!
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Friday, 24 March 2017 20:25 (seven years ago) link
"Don't Let Go" kicks so much ass but "Dre" is the wildcard
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Friday, 24 March 2017 21:26 (seven years ago) link
My favourites are 'By Your Side', 'The Stall' and 'Above Control'
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Friday, 24 March 2017 21:37 (seven years ago) link
I love this album as much as the last one. Thicker, busier, woodier sound in many ways (especially in the bass guitar) and the arrangements are a touch busier, but it's not them going pop beyond 'New Song' (which is great).
The extended groove at the end of 'So Good' might be my favourite bit.
Who do they sound like? Which other bands put this much focus on the rhythm section?
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 12:00 (seven years ago) link
Busier.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 12:12 (seven years ago) link
Stella is their secret weapon
― calstars, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 20:38 (seven years ago) link
I like the new one more than I did, but the self-titled record is still their finest LP for me. I hope their next record is more based on them jamming rather than trying to write compact songs.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 20:58 (seven years ago) link
I think the new one is their best TBH
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 2 September 2017 22:14 (six years ago) link
I like it more now than I did when it first came out, but it still remains the weakest of their three studio albums for me. I'm hoping for more of a return to their self-titled record on their next album, that to me is where their strengths are.
Warpaint > The Fool > Heads Up
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Saturday, 2 September 2017 22:17 (six years ago) link
Listening to the self-titled record for the first time in a long while and still very much finding it as wonderful as I did the first time around. One of my favourite albums released so far this decade.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 19:12 (six years ago) link
Yeah it's really great. Stella kills on that record (on every one really)
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
for me it's Exquisite Corpse>Heads Up>The Fool>Warpaint
― how's life, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 19:58 (six years ago) link
Yes, it was Stella that brought them to the next level.
― calstars, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
Yeah, she's superb - I rate her highly as a drummer in general, not just in the context of Warpaint. She seems quite down to earth, no nonsense and bullshit-free in interviews, too.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
she is solid on Cate Le Bon records too
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 00:36 (six years ago) link
The fool is still my favorite of all of these.
― akm, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 03:08 (six years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfOYfZHHI6D/
Likely a teaser for a Teresa Wayman solo album.
― how's life, Friday, 16 February 2018 11:57 (six years ago) link
Theresa Wayman. Sorry.
― how's life, Friday, 16 February 2018 11:59 (six years ago) link
I forgot this band existed
― calstars, Friday, 16 February 2018 12:00 (six years ago) link
s & d :: desert sessions is a thread I keep reviving and receiving very little interest, so I'm putting notice in its members' home threads.
― ☮ (peace, man), Thursday, 3 October 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link
I forgot this band existed But I love Stella so good for her
― calstars, Friday, 4 October 2019 00:17 (four years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Ak41pdxN83soy8Bj0JutD?si=MdtYg31MQj6x-aw6AfRsswCool Jenny solo track
― calstars, Sunday, 15 November 2020 20:22 (three years ago) link
Thanks for the reminder of this good band! I previewed what was prob their first Columbus OH show:Warpaint Saturday @ The SummitPlausible intrigue keeps psych sirens Warpaint’s EP, Exquisite Corpse,from getting lost in space. Input from RHCPs Frusciante and Klinghoffer may help, but mainly we’re fed cosmic musical clues and led far between the lines. “Billie Holiday” sometimes evokes Neil Young’s “The Needle and the Damage Done”, appropriately for the subject, but why does the presumably innocent “My Guy” fit just as well? Maybe because spooky fixation is thee odds-rockin’ Warpaint. “Beetles” could be about bombs, drugs, finance charges, and/or music: things suddenly too hot to handle or get rid of.
― dow, Sunday, 15 November 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
Stella!
― calstars, Sunday, 22 November 2020 22:40 (three years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/track/4oK4XJa92LlpMNAzx1TMlP?si=-qQqtT8lR3u_121swUakgw&dl_branch=1“Made for Love” I guess a one off single?Stella sounds great
― calstars, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 21:09 (three years ago) link
It sounds great! Hoping it's a sign of more to come, it's been a long five years.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link