Its a charcoal sketchbook by a preternaturally talented but untutored artist. The production is thin, the sound patches preset, the lyrics vague when present. One only wonders whether a full set of oils and canvas would ruin the charm.
― Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Saturday, 18 February 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
^ Posted in the wrong thread. I thought I was in the Grimes thread.
― Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Saturday, 18 February 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
Band reminds me of an amuse-bouche
― calstars, Saturday, 18 February 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
really enjoying the new album, especially with repeat plays. some quality infectious party-numbers stacked upfront ("sidewalk safari", "i belong in your arms", "take it out on me") and some delicate and unconventional, though no less pretty, stuff tailing it out. love the unique phrasing and spacey, almost alt-country leanings of "frigid springs" and the icy Victorialand-isms of "turning". there's a distinct Sincerely Yours vibe happening in parts and a whole lot of 80s obviously, but i'm finding the package as a whole quite original and refreshing.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 09:36 (twelve years ago) link
It's so much better than that first album. Can't believe it's the same band TBH.
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 10:06 (twelve years ago) link
Just saw them live. Fantastic show. Caroline is adorable.
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Saturday, 31 March 2012 07:24 (twelve years ago) link
I still love this album.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 31 March 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
"I Belong in Your Arms" is year end top five for sure. Love that bass line.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 March 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
Great song. The ones that I keep coming back to the most are 'Wrong Opinion', 'Amanaemonesia' and especially 'Met Before'.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 31 March 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
Hopefully gonna see them in SF
― kinder, Saturday, 31 March 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
Very likeable live band if last night at the Scala is anything to go by. They seemed to amp up the 80s-ness even more than on the album and de-tweed Bruises a little - by swapping out the strawberries verse for one from Melt With You - which fit better with stuff from the new album.
― Upt0eleven, Thursday, 26 April 2012 10:10 (twelve years ago) link
"i belong in your arms" is a monster of a song, have had it on repeat all day
― ciderpress, Friday, 14 December 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
I STILL love this album.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 14 December 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
Top ten single
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 December 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
I need to bust this out some more. Discovered it through the EOY poll results (which I'm still processing, really) and thought it was a big standout.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
This, the Wild Nothing record (Nocturne) and the School Of Seven Bells album are all still getting regularly played here!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
The kind of album where you think 'yeah I like a couple of songs on that' until you play it all the way through and there are maybe two short moments where it's slightly less than excellent.
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 00:36 (eleven years ago) link
And I've been really enjoying Poliça for similar reasons recently too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eghzhlbv6Cc
New solo project from Caroline Polachek by the name Ramona Lisa. This song doesn't really go anywhere, but something else from the upcoming record might not suck.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 08:07 (ten years ago) link
Interesting... I thought Chairlift were in the studio last year?
― Toni Braxton-Hicks (Turrican), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 08:14 (ten years ago) link
It's nice to see Julia Holter's influence at work.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 09:58 (ten years ago) link
I think there should be a new chairlift album soon too. But Caroline's been busy, she's done collaborations with blood orange and wrote "no angel", amongst other things.
― pearly-dewdrops' bops (monotony), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 12:29 (ten years ago) link
Caroline's solo album under name of 'Ramona Lisa' is available to stream on Soundcloud
― kinder, Saturday, 26 April 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
Was listening to SOMETHING today and was reminded of how a friend of mine got really into Chairlift b/c they reminded him of Tears for Fears
― jaymc, Friday, 12 September 2014 05:50 (nine years ago) link
btw my favorite track from the Caroline solo album is probably
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHawd3Dlpyo
― jaymc, Friday, 12 September 2014 05:52 (nine years ago) link
― kinder, Saturday, April 26, 2014 11:08 AM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
man did nobody care about this at all?
i kind of forgot about them.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 12 September 2014 05:55 (nine years ago) link
"Backwards and Upwards" is the track to recommend to Ned/DJP-types.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYXTmJI8drU
― jaymc, Friday, 12 September 2014 05:59 (nine years ago) link
I never heard the ramona lisa album b/c I heard that it was a more experimental work and presumed it was just Caroline trying out ideas rather than essential listening. I'm hoping a new Chairlift album materialises soon.
"No Angel" still one of the best songs of the past 12 months imo
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Friday, 12 September 2014 06:10 (nine years ago) link
I never heard the ramona lisa album b/c I heard that it was a more experimental work and presumed it was just Caroline trying out ideas rather than essential listening.
yeah that is probably true tbh
― jaymc, Friday, 12 September 2014 06:13 (nine years ago) link
i mean still worth a listen if you like her/chairlift but decidedly non-essential
Couple of great tracks iirc, the rest not so much. Must re-visit...
― kinder, Friday, 12 September 2014 11:52 (nine years ago) link
She just announced on Twitter that it's available for free download for the next 2 weeks:https://bundles.bittorrent.com/bundles/ramonalisa
― jaymc, Friday, 12 September 2014 18:05 (nine years ago) link
i'm a bit surprised by the mild response to the ramona lisa album, i've been very into it this week. i think she creates a very interesting vibe with the midi instrumentation, somehow both thin and warm.
― Merdeyeux, Friday, 31 October 2014 23:57 (nine years ago) link
also there's this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd1o8Jlhjqo
― Merdeyeux, Friday, 31 October 2014 23:58 (nine years ago) link
nor sure that adds much to the original (which is extraordinary)
― I dunno. (amateurist), Saturday, 1 November 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link
https://twitter.com/Chairlifted/status/652516680212594688
― carly bae jepsen (monotony), Saturday, 10 October 2015 11:01 (eight years ago) link
About fucking time!
I was just listening to Something this morning, too - it's still as good as ever.
― Turrican, Saturday, 10 October 2015 11:07 (eight years ago) link
Re: the sound clip on that Twitter post - I'm hoping there's at least going to be a decent song at the end of that. The melody seems a bit 'Inspector Gadget' to me for some reason.
― Turrican, Saturday, 10 October 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4RIeKLsHFk
live version of the single - i expect the studio version will sound better but it's pretty far from I Belong In Your Arms or Amanaemonesia
― ufo, Tuesday, 13 October 2015 05:52 (eight years ago) link
sounds alright. worth bearing in mind also that that video is more than 2 years old - song could've changed plenty in that time
― carly bae jepsen (monotony), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 12:39 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I mean I'd be lying if I said I was impressed by what I'm hearing here, but I'm going to wait until I hear the proper fleshed-out studio version, and indeed the album when it comes out before I start forming definite opinions. Part of me is hoping that this is going to be a "red herring" type of first single.
― Turrican, Tuesday, 13 October 2015 16:31 (eight years ago) link
So, the studio version of the new single seems to be out there now...
― Turrican, Wednesday, 14 October 2015 18:39 (eight years ago) link
i love it http://pitchfork.com/news/61631-chairlift-return-with-new-song-ch-ching/
― carly bae jepsen (monotony), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link
sounds like something she wrote for bey
Not feelin dis.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 14 October 2015 21:55 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, neither am I. Again, I'm hoping that this is a bit of a "red herring" first single and that the rest of the album is much better. My expectations for this have pretty much been lowered.
― Turrican, Wednesday, 14 October 2015 22:27 (eight years ago) link
some of it is nice but I don't really know what they were going for with the sax, it just feels weak. album is 'Moth' out in January
― ufo, Friday, 16 October 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
Well, the full video is out there now, and I guess the video is alright but... Jesus tittyfucking Christ am I completely, totally and utterly underwhelmed by this new single. I'm not against acts doing or trying something different, but what I don't like is when they completely remove everything that I liked about them in the first place. I'm really, really hoping that this track isn't representative of Moth as a whole, because if it is then I'm at least one fan of their previous work that will jump ship. Thank God for acts like Chvrches that do it properly and release a follow-up album that's a logical progression to their previous one rather than going down the "but we want all our albums to be radically different" route. I used to enjoy it when bands used to perversely make radically different, totally batshit and illogical follow-ups to their previous albums, but now I just find it a fucking pain in the arse.
Anyway, 'Ch-Ching' basically, to me, sounds like a novelty song, in a way that 'Bruises' kinda felt like a novelty song (but much more so) and in a way that pretty much every track from Something didn't. I don't want to be partying like it's 1994 here and crying "FUCKING SELLOUTS!" or anything, because that would be silly - there's always been a pop element to everything that Chairlift have ever done, however there's something about this song which makes me feel like they were kinda aiming for a hit here. Whether it'll actually be one, who knows? But if it does somehow manage to become a hit, it'll become a hit due to its total banality.
'Sidewalk Safari' and 'Amanaemonesia' were great not just because they had the pop hooks and some great synth sounds, but they had a quirk to them which, to me, was interesting. 'Ch-Ching' sounds like empty, dull, pandering wank by comparison.
It pains me to have to write all this, because to say that I was looking forward to a new Chairlift record was an understatement. Something still remains one of my most loved, and most played albums to be released so far this decade and now I'm suddenly finding myself in the position where I'm already beginning to feel like it's the end of the line for me and this band. I hope when the album comes out that I'm proven wrong, but expectations have definitely been considerably lowered.
― Turrican, Friday, 16 October 2015 19:12 (eight years ago) link
Maybe their second album was an anomaly, because I felt similarly ¯\(ツ)/¯ about their first album as well.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 October 2015 19:28 (eight years ago) link
Ooh I like this one. The b-section was unexpected, deflating the build, but then that wonderful coda pays off that tension later. Love the production
― Vinnie, Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:07 (two years ago) link
Yeah second time listening to these and loving the 90’d vibe
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:31 (two years ago) link
*this
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:32 (two years ago) link
ooh this is great
― Roz, Thursday, 10 February 2022 02:30 (two years ago) link