never fail to lol @ "assbring" whenever this thread is bumped
― carly rae (flopson), Tuesday, June 19, 2012 11:19 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Friday, 12 October 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
I think this new album is really good, it totally makes sense that Saint Etienne have remixed the lead single which interpolates "Unfinished Sympathy" because those are the two most obvious influences on this, i.e it is very 90s. Not quite the change of direction I feared upthread - there's still all the Fleetwood Mac and lush sunset vibes - but still enough to be a pretty distinct prospect from Love Is Not Pop.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 20 October 2012 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
So nobody else really cared about this follow-up, which is kinda sad
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 28 August 2013 21:35 (ten years ago) link
i cared, it is really great. it is not even a follow up; what preceded it is a run up.
― szarkasm (schlump), Wednesday, 28 August 2013 21:53 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7V5lnCA7DM
not really feeling this tbph
― small doug yule carnival club (unregistered), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 16:01 (seven years ago) link
I've always been a fan of her sense of poise and restraint but this just feels underwritten. That said, the last two were the definitions of "growers" so who knows with this one.
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 30 June 2016 20:23 (seven years ago) link
this tracklisting is a little ominous
1. Endless Ways2. KoKoro3. Breadandbutter4. Clean Your Window5. Ging Ging6. Kouign-Amman7. A-Bun-Dance8. Hard Soft Hard9. Ding Sum10. Nougat Mind
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:50 (seven years ago) link
New album "KoKoro" is her most joyful work yet.
― Ross, Monday, 19 September 2016 03:09 (seven years ago) link
max really was an innovator in suffixing long strings of proper nouns into thread titles
― flopson, Monday, 19 September 2016 03:22 (seven years ago) link
i mean everything about this album appropriates and fetishizes asian culture to an astounding degree so
― j. winters (josh), Monday, 19 September 2016 03:32 (seven years ago) link
Josh is right about the new album, but it's still surprising it got zero traction. There's some nice songs, but it's not a great record.
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 00:03 (seven years ago) link
i love it when the assbring thread gets bumped
― flopson, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 00:06 (seven years ago) link
Sad her last rec got discredited purely on appropriation
One of the few artists to carry the st etienne torch
― Tosser full of secrets (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 07:03 (five years ago) link