xp Alfred, a demo recording, like a first take, can be less self conscious in the sense that you don't yet know what it should or could sound like, and because you're not trying to get the definitive take
― niels, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 06:10 (seven years ago) link
brad otfm can we please talk about Pin or something
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 06:44 (seven years ago) link
whom up and whom voting for PIN
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 06:45 (seven years ago) link
cuz I think this scar is permanent
― MatthewK, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 07:03 (seven years ago) link
FALLING OFF THE EDGE WITH YOU
― j. winters (josh), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 14:25 (seven years ago) link
it was too good to be true AH OOH AH OOH AH OOH AH OOH-OOH
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 16:50 (seven years ago) link
Which songs will get no votes? Instrumental passages like 'Laughing and not being normal' and 'Life in the Vivid Dream' I suppose... and actual songs with low votes? Belly of the Beat and title track?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:26 (seven years ago) link
i voted for the title track
― nomar, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:29 (seven years ago) link
I honestly cant remember what I voted for... I guess it was realiti if not that then easily or flesh
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:31 (seven years ago) link
Oh! or butterfly that one is amazing
Realiti vs. Realiti was the best part of this poll.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:45 (seven years ago) link
If Belly of the Beat gets no votes I will be sad I voted for California.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:49 (seven years ago) link
whoa whoa whoa whoa Belly of the Beat is one of the best songs on here, I loved that song immediately. title track took a bit longer bc the gtr hook gave me early aughts adult contemporary pop PTSD
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 22:14 (seven years ago) link
idk why anyone would vote for laughing and not being normal. great song title wasted on an intro
I voted for the title track and I'm surprised it doesn't get any love on this thread. The way it culminates with the ooooohs at the end is just euphoric!
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 22:36 (seven years ago) link
Title track probably my second favourite after "Pin".
― Tim F, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 23:45 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
Wow, I did not expect that
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
it's a deserving choice
― Treeship, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 00:04 (seven years ago) link
It was my pick, but I didn't at all think it was so well loved given t g at most of the conversation here focused on other tracks.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 00:06 (seven years ago) link
*given that
http://songexploder.net/grimes
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 00:10 (seven years ago) link
i voted for flesh w/out blood before i re-listened to the album for the first time in several months. i'm glad it did well but i feel some pangs of regret for not sending more love to the title track or pins.
another thing i noticed upon re-listening is that this is my favorite album from the last 10 years at least and i typically prefer music that's a little less, i dunno, polished?
― dynamicinterface, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 01:12 (seven years ago) link
oh and the demo version of realiti is best
― dynamicinterface, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 01:15 (seven years ago) link
I will rep for some of the "nil points" tracks - "Life in the Vivid Dream" is no way the best song on the album, but it gets me in the feels like none of the others. And "Belly of the Beat" is a perplexing no-show, it's so beautiful and enveloping. Yep, literally unable/unwilling to vote here.
― MatthewK, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 02:55 (seven years ago) link
The fact that Belly of the Beat got shut out means this poll needs to be redone within the next year
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 12:07 (seven years ago) link
"Laughing and not being normal" was my second choice
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 15:09 (seven years ago) link
so when is the demo vs album version poll? it's the only way to be sure.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 16:42 (seven years ago) link
the short tracks are great, intro works beautifully and life in the vivid dream has some of my fav moments on the album, would love to hear more grimes along those lines
― ogmor, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 16:49 (seven years ago) link
flappy otm
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 17:13 (seven years ago) link
is this a slightly different mix like the California video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpAsOEsamA0&feature=youtu.be
― flappy bird, Friday, 7 October 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
whoops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpAsOEsamA0
Yeah, I've been thinking that as well. Much more bass?
― Frederik B, Saturday, 8 October 2016 14:04 (seven years ago) link
https://devonrecordclub.com/2016/10/08/grimes-art-angels-round-95-toms-selection/
...in which I make a hamfisted attempt to justify Art Angels' soon-to-be clasic status.
― yugi ex, Saturday, 8 October 2016 20:39 (seven years ago) link
Love this album. First three tracks are a great rebuttal to the fans that expected more of the same visions style, California in particular is a great rebuttal. World princess would be my choice on here
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 23:15 (six years ago) link
Fuck didn't mean to use the same term twice there
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 23:16 (six years ago) link
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― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, September 28, 2016 1:13 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
*emoji looking at wristwatch*
― flappy bird, Thursday, 30 November 2017 01:31 (six years ago) link
pitting visions against art angels feels reductive, they're both great records.
― stoker (Ross), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
i would prob have liked art angels more if a project that felt like an intensification of the ideas on visions had ever happened idk
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 19:53 (five years ago) link
What do you mean? Sincere question
― stoker (Ross), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 12:31 (five years ago) link
the ‘bridge’ album between visions and art angels is missing. REALiTi is our only glimpse into it
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 15:52 (five years ago) link
i know what you're saying flappy but do artists need to create transitional records?
― stoker (Ross), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
Need? No. But knowing such an album exists (or did exist) with one amazing song as its only extant document makes fantasizing about it all the more frustrating. And I loved Art Angels, but it’s like knowing that Revolver or Rubber Soul exists and not knowing how they jumped from Help to Sgt Pepper, and how many great songs will never be heard.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 21:19 (five years ago) link
That's a great analogy. Thought this revive was going to be about her threatening to get a face tat on instagram.
― how's life, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
― stoker (Ross), Wednesday, June 27, 2018 7:31 AM (ten hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ths is more about my openness to art angels but visions offered a whole bunch of cool ideas i would have liked to have heard expanded on & instead it felt like she just went left ... in rap this happens a lot where a mixtape rapper has a dope mixtape, the album is an expansion of that sound to establish it on a bigger platform, then the artist pulls the audience in a knew direction ... "visions" felt like the mixtape to me more than the Official Debut, the earliest articulation of a style ... I think Famous Dex actually made the same 'mistake.' 10 years from now it wont matter or anything
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 23:13 (five years ago) link
thanks d-40. i'm curious what the new record will be like, whether it will bridge those albums in a way
― stoker (Ross), Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:52 (five years ago) link
From the previews so far it sounds more like art angels 2.0 - closer to a more energetic pop / rock sound than to the synth / dream pop of Visions but who knows.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 28 June 2018 22:10 (five years ago) link
she's said she's going for a darker and less pop vibe than Art Angels so it might bridge the two more
― ufo, Thursday, 28 June 2018 22:40 (five years ago) link