psyyyched
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 12 September 2014 17:22 (nine years ago) link
Here's how much of a dork I am: I pre-ordered the cd a couple weeks ago so I could see my name in the liner notes.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 September 2014 17:44 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAeSaTbTDYI
this album is gonna be cheesy as hell and i'm gonna love it
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 13:26 (nine years ago) link
:D
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 13:44 (nine years ago) link
imo you can sing "i will never let you down" over the synth instrumental
so i love it
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
omg this album
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
I hope it's waiting in my mailbox when I get home.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
maybe won't have the same command over my emotional and listening life but this sure feels like the 1975 record of 2014
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
she has mentioned she's a fan of the 1975 before fyi.
is this available to hear for plebs?
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Thursday, 2 October 2014 21:26 (nine years ago) link
Comes out tuesday, but the pre-ordered cds were mailed a couple days ago.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 2 October 2014 21:29 (nine years ago) link
I imagine it will be on the internet within half an hour if it's not already.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 2 October 2014 21:30 (nine years ago) link
Rats. It didn't get delivered today.:'(
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 October 2014 00:57 (nine years ago) link
oh good, my promo stream was exclusive for only about 12 hours, it's out there now
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 3 October 2014 13:45 (nine years ago) link
So I've played the album through about three times now...
1. I wish some of these songs weren't so melodically boring. I mean, they're okay, but it's just kind of stock pop circa 2014 in places.
2. Glory Days needs to be killed with fire.
3. I'm going to work on resequencing it to see if I can make it work better for me.
4. The first step in point 3 is removing Glory Days and adding Lovin' Start (which is inexcusably absent).
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 October 2014 02:01 (nine years ago) link
In case I didn't stress it enough, Glory Days is ass.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 October 2014 02:06 (nine years ago) link
Didn't really expect the pop singer with the personality of a Swiffer mop to put out anything other than stock pop
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Thursday, 9 October 2014 03:46 (nine years ago) link
Well that's just wrong.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 October 2014 04:40 (nine years ago) link
i like "glory days"
the one i hate is "better"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 October 2014 04:41 (nine years ago) link
i think it's less melodically boring than aesthetically narrow. and badly sequenced but i'm not sure there's a good way to sequence this set of songs
totally 100 percent love "missing you," "california rain"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 October 2014 04:42 (nine years ago) link
Better, Glory Days and All of Me are the ones I'd ditch. Then I'd throw on Lovin' Start. From there, I'd probably front-load the sequence with older familiar songs and make the second act all new material for me to get to know over an extended period of time.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 October 2014 05:55 (nine years ago) link
(I realize I've gone on record as hating it when Perpetua tries to do this with albums in the process of reviewing them, but I had a lot—probably too much—invested in this being better than it currently is.)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 October 2014 05:57 (nine years ago) link
I wondered at Brad's 1975 ref until I heard "Glory Days".
― Tim F, Thursday, 9 October 2014 07:52 (nine years ago) link
100% agree with Brad. Better is pretty bad, the pitch shifting sounds amateurish. Glory Days is so luxuriously laden with 80s clichés that I can't really hate it. & I love "All Of You" - it reminds me of crappy australian pop acts like tim & jean that i was into as an undergraduate.
However the slower songs are the real revelation. "Missing You" is a fkn knockout.
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Thursday, 9 October 2014 12:11 (nine years ago) link
This album is a joy.
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 01:07 (nine years ago) link
if she's given the chance to do another album, i hope it all sounds like "california rain".
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 03:21 (nine years ago) link
New album on the way.
New song today, but actually an old Donna Lewis song from 1996 (actually, I have a hard time wrapping my head around the fact this song is 20 years old).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9E8nBJWfSY
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 June 2016 14:15 (seven years ago) link
omg
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 3 June 2016 14:26 (seven years ago) link
jeez she should tour with the 1975 already
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 3 June 2016 14:29 (seven years ago) link
imo this is a great cover, gentle in ways her debut failed to me
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 3 June 2016 14:34 (seven years ago) link
Talking about knowing what cover to pick. It's like this song was written for her.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 June 2016 14:34 (seven years ago) link
Apart from Somebody Loves You, which will probably always always be the best BW song, my other favorite is Lovin' Start which was left off the standard version of the album (and added on to the deluxe version). Gentle and dreamy in all the best ways.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 June 2016 14:36 (seven years ago) link
Hey thats good.
I like Missing You off the the debut
― Spottie, Friday, 3 June 2016 19:11 (seven years ago) link
i kinda forgot this album existed until recently when i heard "Heartbreak Dream" in the closing credits of Pitch Perfect 2, that's a really good song.
― some dude, Friday, 3 June 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
oh yeah that ones great
― Spottie, Friday, 3 June 2016 20:44 (seven years ago) link
This cover is fine, but I never thought the original was all that. Like, every song on Take Me When You Go (as perfect a pop album as any that has been released this decade) is better than it.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Friday, 3 June 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
I've always liked the original, but the production on the BW version is fuller and sweepier in just the right amount.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 4 June 2016 00:22 (seven years ago) link
This is coming Friday. It's probably a single and not an album, but who knows...Also, DAYUM.
http://i.imgur.com/rzkhRsH.jpg
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 November 2016 17:06 (seven years ago) link
new single sounds like chainsmokers
― art baengels (monotony), Friday, 11 November 2016 04:35 (seven years ago) link
GODDAMMIT THIS IS JUNK
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 11 November 2016 05:07 (seven years ago) link
ugh
― maura, Friday, 11 November 2016 23:21 (seven years ago) link
honestly i got a little worried by that promo image
― maura, Friday, 11 November 2016 23:22 (seven years ago) link
Acoustic version is nice. Promo image was alarming.
― sad, hombres (sic), Saturday, 12 November 2016 11:54 (seven years ago) link
her second single (on spotify) is also bad, worse than "human touch" i would venture. oh well we'll always have "somebody loves you" i guess
― monotony, Friday, 3 February 2017 00:05 (seven years ago) link
might be ok but there's what feels like an interpolation of the chorus melody from fergie's "london bridge" that keeps popping up and ruining everything
― monotony, Friday, 3 February 2017 00:06 (seven years ago) link
she's been charli xcx'd :(
― maura, Friday, 3 February 2017 01:08 (seven years ago) link
My life would probably be better if I don't listen, but I'm going to anyway...
Okay, so, at its core, I don't find this as offensively bad as Human Touch was, but my god there are so many things going on over the top of it that it's just a car crash. Also, when it comes to melody writing, she's got a very tiny bag of tricks. This doesn't just sound like other people's songs. It sounds like other (better) Betty Who songs.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 February 2017 01:27 (seven years ago) link
She really had something going for a while.... but so much for that
― skip, Friday, 3 February 2017 05:52 (seven years ago) link
Finally, one of these new songs isn't trash.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7mIK4fqZf0
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 March 2017 16:29 (seven years ago) link
What song are those "Whoaaahs" reminding me of?
― MarkoP, Friday, 3 March 2017 16:51 (seven years ago) link
Figured it out. It was Treasure by Bruno Mars.
― MarkoP, Friday, 3 March 2017 20:12 (seven years ago) link
Oh, good call.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 March 2017 22:09 (seven years ago) link
album is not as horrible as singles implied
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link
Has the label contacted you about making that a sticker quote yet?
― Tim F, Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:40 (seven years ago) link
lol
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:50 (seven years ago) link
It's not, but it's in the same zip code.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 30 March 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
Pretty bad.
― skip, Friday, 31 March 2017 03:12 (seven years ago) link
warren g feature is so random, it kinda works i think. album is alright!
― Spottie, Monday, 14 August 2017 23:00 (six years ago) link
Loved Human Touch, surprised by frosty reception above
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 14 August 2017 23:11 (six years ago) link
Based on the timestamp of my most recent post in this thread, I haven't listened to this shitpile since March 30th.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 03:03 (six years ago) link
lol. maybe try again?
― Spottie, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 03:11 (six years ago) link
I hit play on the You Can Cry Tomorrow video upthread because I mentioned it wasn't bad.
Objectively, it may not be, but I think I'm only madder now at how she's squandered the best qualities from her initial blast of songs.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 03:14 (six years ago) link
(fwiw my praise for her first LP was rather muted as well, even though I started the thread)
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 03:15 (six years ago) link
The EP she put out recently (she's back to being independent) has a few gems: "Ignore Me" and "Just Thought You Should Know" particularly.
― monotony, Thursday, 28 June 2018 05:03 (five years ago) link
new album is pretty good! kind of patchy in the middle but "just thought you should know" is the best song she's ever done imo
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 February 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
Solid album, nothing to dislike, but equally I can't get that excited about much of it. I picked out "Old Me" and "All This Woman" in addition to "Just Thought…".
― Jeff W, Monday, 25 February 2019 12:28 (five years ago) link
I saw her a week ago playing a private event at a hotel in Boston with less than fifty people. I thought she was great, but I was pretty drunk. Closed with Somebody Loves You.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 01:57 (five years ago) link