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