"a little unimpressed with this, an antisocial pessimist": the ALESSIA CARA thread

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really digging her stuff, figured she could stand to have her own thread outside the rolling r&b. new EP four pink walls out today, album coming later in the year. her voice is good (not earth-shattering), but the lyrics in particular stand out imo, they feel natural w/o being like some attempt at "rawness"

i especially like the title track, particularly the wah-wah guitar in the pre-chorus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_1QRgeZbiY

imo, she does several styles really well already, she's not trying to make shit that all sounds like "here." which bodes well for what a full album might sound like, like this one is basically reverby synthpop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMKPK72SSXk

slothroprhymes, Friday, 28 August 2015 18:09 (eight years ago) link

didn't see it on the main r&b thread so in case anyone hasn't heard "here," dis it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKp2CrfmVfw

slothroprhymes, Friday, 28 August 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link

still v into this EP, especially "outlaws."

slothroprhymes, Friday, 4 September 2015 15:33 (eight years ago) link

alessia cara is jem

same slight diagonal positioning vis-a-vis the trip-hoppy stuff of the era, same first single about being a (sorta) outsider

for sale: baby shoes, never worn your ass (katherine), Saturday, 5 September 2015 03:04 (eight years ago) link

two months pass...

Her new album is out. It's great!

self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Saturday, 14 November 2015 07:14 (eight years ago) link

one month passes...

Well, if you want to hold up a big sign saying TRIP-HOP, an "Ike's Rap II" sample is the way to do it, wau.

etc, Thursday, 24 December 2015 15:35 (eight years ago) link

I like "Here" a lot, but tried the album on Spotify and didn't like anything else.

the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 24 December 2015 16:59 (eight years ago) link


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