Cosign with MW - I'm not sure this is the direction I wanted to see her go, but given the debut was my favorite album of 2011, I'm willing to go for the ride.
― Me So Hormetic (Sanpaku), Sunday, 14 April 2013 01:14 (eleven years ago) link
"drop the other" was one of my favourite singles from the last decade
― monotony, Sunday, 14 April 2013 07:41 (eleven years ago) link
Melissa, you've heard the new record already?
I loved her debut too - for me, it was second only to Planningtorock that year.
This video for the Brandt Brauer Frick version of "Pretend" is quite something:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBPEbF_u0cY
― Roz, Sunday, 14 April 2013 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
I have heard it, yes! It's good stuff if a bit overly long. It would be better if a few of the songs were cut.
― Melissa W, Sunday, 14 April 2013 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
new album details have just dropped into my inbox.hank shocklee = executive producer.now thats something i did not expect.
― mark e, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 10:38 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah, i have the new one but keep forgetting to listen. she's great.
― shit tie (Jordan), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
i don't know, the sound design on this isn't working for me, seems a little boring compared to her last record? i haven't spent much time with it though, or even gotten through the whole thing yet (15 tracks!).
― shit tie (Jordan), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
listened to the first album a lot
almost have seen her live, but it hasn't really worked out
― mh, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
Sanpaku, was that the link you were meaning to paste?
― mh, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
Is there anything on the new album that sounds anything like Chemical Fever? I got the impression that it was a one-off but I'd like more.
― mh, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
Nothing particularly like Chemical Fever, sadly.
― Melissa W, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
think i'm feeling this a lot more than the debut, on reflection - certainly keeps me coming back to it more. love the strings and soprano touches and she really has a knack for dropping really heavy bass at the right times
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 June 2013 09:10 (ten years ago) link
ta for the nudge lex, just refound this in the archive, knew i had it somewhere - for some reason its not listed in the albums listings.
damn : 'sing to me' is a genuine shiver up spine track for me.
― mark e, Thursday, 13 June 2013 09:57 (ten years ago) link
finally listened to this - really gorgeous-sounding record. I think moving her vocals upfront makes it significantly less menacing than the debut, but her sound design remains flawless. sounds amazing on headphones.
suffers a bit from wanting to be pop but being not-quite-pop enough though.
― Roz, Friday, 21 June 2013 11:24 (ten years ago) link
Really liking this album a lot.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 23 June 2013 08:55 (ten years ago) link
why the hell did I wait until now to listen to the new one
"Wicked Game" O_O omg
― "Post-Oven" (DJP), Thursday, 11 July 2013 14:51 (ten years ago) link
Yeah that's pretty nice, that.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 July 2013 14:55 (ten years ago) link
I posted somewhere about this album! It's great.
― mh, Thursday, 11 July 2013 16:03 (ten years ago) link
mh (xp by 2 months) I was just posting my 2011 album poll ballot.
My fave on Dva remains "Sing to Me", which also happens to be the one most similar to past work.
― Me So Hormetic (Sanpaku), Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:13 (ten years ago) link
Have you noticed the biggest fan of Emika on twitter, and maybe in North America, is Hank Shocklee?
― have a nice blood (mh), Monday, 17 March 2014 02:59 (ten years ago) link
DREI is amazing and one of my favorites this year.
― Turangalila, Friday, 20 November 2015 19:14 (eight years ago) link
"Flashbacks" just popped up on my ILM single noms shuffle play, and really reminded me of c. 1990 Mylène Farmer. Which is cool, since I listened to L'Autre just the other day and thought maybe I should search out more of that aesthetics.
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 13 January 2017 09:57 (seven years ago) link
New one available to preorder...https://emika-official.bandcamp.com/album/falling-in-love-with-sadness
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 30 September 2018 06:46 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfoZuBg8gj0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG3Wve7p3FI
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 16 December 2018 23:17 (five years ago) link
Cool show on Facebook live today:https://www.facebook.com/emikamusic/
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 10 May 2020 22:13 (four years ago) link