Frank Ocean, 'Boys Don't Cry'

I'm already seeing "brilliantly confounding" and "gorgeous mystery." I'm homicidal already.

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, August 19, 2016 12:00 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

imo that sort of overpraise was way too predictable to be mad at

the brilliantly confounding self-own

self-own = cell phone. hm

you used to call me on my self-own

The first of today's many annoyances: a certain publication named Frank Ocean a singer-songwriter and Jazmine Sullivan an "R&B performer."

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, August 19, 2016 11:59 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tbf these are derived from the artists, JS has always been comfortable being called R&B, FO hasn't

yes he transcends R&B

Transcends it into sweet nothingness.

I tried listening to this while hangry and almost threw away my phone.

you used to call me on my self-own

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 August 2016 17:26 (1 hour ago) Permalink

LOL

I wrote about it
http://time.com/4460139/frank-ocean-visual-album-endless/

So... there's a video with naked women on horses and tits being sucked now.

http://www.thefader.com/2016/08/20/frank-ocean-nikes-video

http://pitchfork.com/news/67679-frank-ocean-drops-new-album-blonde-listen/?mbid=social_facebook

It's go

it's no

I love the guitar arrangement/layering on "Ivy."

That list of contributors though.

Could have done without that minute and a half rant against weed on track 4. Kills a vibe.

That list of contributors though.

― Popture

well, I did hear "Here, There, and Everywhere" and Andre 3000.

Could have done without that minute and a half rant against weed on track 4. Kills a vibe.

weird, feel like weed is one of the only ways to access frank's songs

second track on this is the best frank ocean song I've ever heard

yup

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/BlondeAlternate_-_Frank_Ocean.jpeg/900px-BlondeAlternate_-_Frank_Ocean.jpeg

franklife

well, it could still need some proper songs.

lol @ the proper album being just as nothingy as the demos or whatever they were

also HE CAN'T SING

oh god the technophobe facebook interlude

lonny can sing
https://youtu.be/bTjEGP-TnSA

Did anyone see on the list of guest musicians Fish and Anthony Phillips??...about the most interesting thing about the album unfortunately...On first listen 'Siegfried' was the only thing that stuck and that was written years ago...will probably go back to it but not in a hurry...

is it just me or is this album terribly mastered

i like this better than channel orange but it'd only have to display the slightest animation for me to do that. all of the songs basically have one structure, i.e. start off in a place really ugly and unsettling and slowly get pretty. way too many nothing interludes, and having andre in the center makes the two halves seem duller than they are

I really like "nights, "ivy" and "good guy" so far, about halfway through rn

thus far the only novel criticism of it I've seen is coming from brad's points in this thread, lol most everything else positive or negative - particularly negative - is predictable as hell

maybe my speakers are breaking but the high synth tones in "siegfried" are making them vibrate in a really unpleasant, ear-splitting way and i guess the way to make me not want to listen to an album again is to master it so uncarefully that parts of it hurt to hear

Here's what I wrote on a certain critic's wall last night:

...too monochromatic, too reliant on strumming; he's importing hip-hop (e.g. Andre 3000) into introspective material beholden to a private argot of heartbreak. I listened and waited for a tempo change, any change (maybe I wasn't listening close enough). He's closer to John Legend than his bros Earl Sweatshirt and co. but w/no interest in arenas.

xp I haven't gotten to that song yet and am listening on fancy headphones, we'll see. as for the sound in general it's pretty but also kinda...thin I guess? is that part of what you mean? definitely not enough low end.

oh yeah the record as a whole is super trebly and glassy

the first two songs are the best imo, possibly because the rest of the so-called tunes follow their template

i like "nights" a lot

Did anyone see on the list of guest musicians Fish and Anthony Phillips??

Wait, hold on, as in the former Marillion singer and the long-departed Genesis cofounder? He should have asked Steven Wilson in for a UK-prog-through-the-generations trifecta.

Think I would of been more excited by Kerry Minear of Gentle Giant or Richard Sinclair of Caravan but still strangest guest credits of the year if true...

Contributors for Frank Ocean's Physical Blond Album
Andre3000
Anthony Phillips
Arca
Beatles
Benjamin Wright
Beyoncé Knowles Carter
Bob Ludwig
Brian Eno
Buddy Ross
Caleb Levan
Christophe Chassol
David Bowie
Elliot Smith
Fish
Gang of Four
James Blake
Jamie Xx
Jason Lader
Jazmine Sullivan
Jeff Ellis
Joe Visciano
Jonny Greenwood
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
Kim Burrell
Kohh
Loota
Malay
Matt Mysko
Mike Dean
Michael Uzowuru
Om’mas Keith
Pharrell Williams
Rick Rubin
Rostam batmanglij
Sam Petts-Davies
Sean Oakley
Sebastian
Space Man
Tom Elmhirst
Tyler, the Creator

Might be samples??...

you forgot young lean

oh yeah, my C&P must have got cut off

apologies to Yung Lean and 88 Keys

sorry if keeping 'pink & white' and leaving the rest is basic but that's how being otm be sometimes

if any trace of songwriting or interesting sound is present on the last three tracks let me know, i gave up the slog

haha lol me too

actually no i walked away the first time within 5 seconds of andre 3k's appearance (fuck you andre) and then when i returned to it there followed the "did u hear kevin shields rly likes drum n bass" number and then the facebook frog and then i truly was done

It's hard to know what to care about; I don't know what he's singing about, he doesn't compel me to care what he's singing about, ugh.

It was...okay, I guess. Much like the last album. Heard that once and went "I suppose" and never went back to it, and I kinda figure that'll happen with me and this one.

'pink & white' is the most channel orangey which prob runs counter to some criticism i would have made of that album at the time but in mitigation it does check its dubiously priced coat in vaguely near to scritti's with the "showed me love / glory from above"

which is not about his beloved peeing on him, I suppose

probably the only thing tempting me to return is that i still have no idea what this album is about and what it's saying beyond being generally pinteresting (not saying this doesnt exist or is neglible just it didnt come across). channel o i got immediately otoh and beefed w/ it in dialogue