the percussion is really what makes this album
― dayo, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
yes, but also the tunes + dawn
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
I take those two as a given tbh
― dayo, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
just grokked the "pearls" reference in "scripture"
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
fuck itunes i paid for this and all songs will download except one!
― art dealin' thru the west coast (tpp), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 07:40 (twelve years ago) link
ugh son
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 07:59 (twelve years ago) link
Just downloaded this, but can't listen to it yet (at a cafe and I have no headphones).
Instead, I am thoroughly enjoying the OG dropshadow booklet design.
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 10:56 (twelve years ago) link
the last minute of "Heaven", fuck! those strings and that ever more insistent percussion
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 11:49 (twelve years ago) link
HOW GOOD IS IT
― Tim F, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 11:54 (twelve years ago) link
http://dawnrichard.tumblr.com/post/20054589357/bombs-away-say-hey-what-did-you-say-shout-out-to
scroll down <3
― dayo, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 11:54 (twelve years ago) link
OK, at home now listening to the album. At Automatic, seems like the track sequence is really perfect.
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 12:55 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's sequenced really really well
― art dealin' thru the west coast (tpp), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 12:57 (twelve years ago) link
I'm hanging in there for Faith and Scripture based on comments here, although it's still great to hear Black Lipstick and Changes again this way!
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 13:02 (twelve years ago) link
OK, well obviously, Faith is my new jam. But feel like I need much more time with this!
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
Just downloaded it. Preparing to listen.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
People saying "Faith" sounds like Flesh Tone otm. Love that album, need to go back to it.
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
kinda sounds like it was inspired by the Jamie XX & Gil Scott-Heron/Drake thing to me
― Number None, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
this album is too good
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
SFMU remix is so great
― dayo, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
it has this sort of aftermath-of-the-war vibe
― dayo, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
I love the persistent superman motif's in Dirty Money-related projects
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
superfluous apostrophe there
REFERENCE SUPERMAN LISTEN TO SADE should be the dirty money motto
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
'automatic' has that same sort of nonapologetic vibe of 'runway', it's great
― dayo, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
wait, maybe sade is superman
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
It's interesting that Dawn runs with that superman/superhero/invincible/bulletproof narrative so much given I think a big part of her voice's appeal is how she can sound so much on the verge of tears while still singing really well. "Change" is an excellent example of the latter quality.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
true, i'm finding it kinda hard listening to this in the sunshine thinking "jeez cheer up brandy"
― r|t|c, Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:35 (eleven years ago) link
jokes aside tho the record is impeccable
hope + pray for an extended version of 'heaven' somewhere down the line for the full quentin harris experience
― r|t|c, Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:36 (eleven years ago) link
oh i should hear this huh
― recent thug (k3vin k.), Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
i swear that's skepta's voice just before the drop on 'faith' as well
― r|t|c, Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:41 (eleven years ago) link
i'm kind of weary of all the superhero-themed lyrics on both tapes.
― some dude, Monday, March 12, 2012 3:13 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
seriously it was quite enough when dawn had "superman" AND "super hero" AND "bulletproof" but then kalenna came with "s on my chest" and i was like come the fuck on
― some dude, Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:46 (eleven years ago) link
I have so much room in my heart for all these superman songs
― dayo, Thursday, 29 March 2012 01:23 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Thursday, 29 March 2012 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
I GO GRENADEYOU GO GRENADA
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Thursday, 29 March 2012 07:34 (eleven years ago) link
I'm listening for the first time and I just got the irresistible urge to post that. Three songs in and this is unstoppable.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Thursday, 29 March 2012 07:36 (eleven years ago) link
So apparently there are other records that people might want to listen to now this exists? Unbelievable.
Sort of feel that this sets a high-water mark for dance influences in R&B and reveals almost everyone else as a clunky hack in comparison. Things like actually getting the drums right and sounding like they go with the music and keeping that rhythmic interest running - the flimsiness of recent R&B drum sounds has been a minor bugbear of mine for a while. Also she's great at songs and melodies that sound like they actually fit with the music rather than awkwardly plonked on top of it. The huge Guetta-does-Jamie-XX drop in the second half of 'Faith' works because everyone concerned realises that big filterdisco choruses are something that needs to be built up to rather than the basic building block of pop. Icing not cake.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Thursday, 29 March 2012 09:22 (eleven years ago) link
idk why anyone is surprised that dawn's preoccupation with superhero motifs is continuing on an album called ARMOR ON
― lex pretend, Thursday, 29 March 2012 09:27 (eleven years ago) link
she uses them in really interesting ways, too - feel like "bulletproof" is the key here, the whole idea of being made superhuman through love - you could hear it as another iteration of the sade obsession b/c it's an extension of the whole "soldier of love" imagery
― lex pretend, Thursday, 29 March 2012 09:31 (eleven years ago) link
― dayo, Thursday, 29 March 2012 11:34 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not actually sure these are particularly interesting or original metaphors at all but they sound cool.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Thursday, 29 March 2012 11:39 (eleven years ago) link
― lex pretend, Thursday, 29 March 2012 10:31 (2 hours ago) Bookmark
yeah, and not just love but love itself, a higher power never specific to the person that's given her cause to feel love (or indeed feel hurt; "you may hate me but i'm still free" in 'bulletproof')
like "you are my scripture", the way people don't worship scripture itself but as a symbol of the things it represents. or worshipping messianic figures as conduits and restorers of communion with gods etc
― r|t|c, Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
listening to 'bulletproof' again i think it's not just the sunny weather, i do have to cop to missing a little of the grit and rough edges of tell-tale heart and lttp here
the way "I GO GRENADE YOU GO GRENADA" actually makes me suddenly hunger to put on 'matte black truck' instead
should add there is however sufficient grit here to make any comparison to that kelis album thoroughly unjust
― r|t|c, Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:07 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, and not just love but love itself, a higher power never specific to the person that's given her cause to feel love
yup when she kneels in reverence on "scripture" the focus is on the feeling, not the "him" of the song.
"bombs" is maybe the only disappointment? "i'm bout to blow" just makes me wish she'd given us a full length HQ "superman".
― lex pretend, Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
is this in relation to a specific song or the whole thing
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
he was comparing "Faith" to "Take Care"
― some dude, Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:46 (eleven years ago) link
didn't expect that to be a popular notion but it was the first thing i thought of when i heard it
― Number None, Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
blimey, the drums on this whole thing!
― pandemic, Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:00 (eleven years ago) link
After a first listen, I love love love "Automatic" and "Scripture" (the latter Rev had tipped me to before), and it seems absolutely dud-free. Not sure about "Faith"; I don't dislike it, but something didn't quite work for me. Same as the second drum pattern that intrudes in "The Battle (Outro)"; not bad by any means, but felt clunky, like another song was playing and they poorly meshed.
Really impressive album.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
I love that this is apparently an 'EP'
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah Faith is really obviously and openly making use of the Jamie XX hook but in a very different way, and the rest of the album sounds nothing like it.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link