album is pretty great on first listen, especially love 'woman' and 'those were the days'
― ufo, Saturday, 30 July 2016 05:51 (seven years ago) link
god "sister" fucks me up each and every time
― j. winters (josh), Wednesday, 10 August 2016 02:37 (seven years ago) link
She tones down the gothic-Johnny Cash vibe of the last album, which was key for me.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 10 August 2016 13:50 (seven years ago) link
you mean that like its a good thing or bad?
― peanutbuttereverysingleday, Thursday, 11 August 2016 06:01 (seven years ago) link
It's not that it's a *bad* thing, but that Gothhy Cash vibe made her last record stand out from the pack for me. The new record is solid but doesn't reach the same heights as "Burn Your Fire".
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 11 August 2016 20:58 (seven years ago) link
i love the new record. just pre-ordered it, actually, after hearing the leak. it is steadier paced and a bit less angry and depressing, so if that's not what you want then you might prefer her last one. but both are great imo.
― davey, Thursday, 11 August 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link
im going to get this thing anyways cos i am hooked like a goldfish on her thing but yep i liked the flashes of anger on burn your fire but i guess if you havent got any of it then you cant fake it
― peanutbuttereverysingleday, Friday, 12 August 2016 04:22 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mIA1r2ZELU
― ufo, Saturday, 27 August 2016 11:39 (seven years ago) link
fuckin' A, I can't hardly wait for this album
― Tell me who sends these infamous .gifs (bernard snowy), Saturday, 27 August 2016 13:14 (seven years ago) link
Now that's a song! Wow
― niels, Saturday, 27 August 2016 23:38 (seven years ago) link
Is it her on lead guitar?
― niels, Sunday, 28 August 2016 14:09 (seven years ago) link
i don't think so but her band is fantastic
― ufo, Sunday, 28 August 2016 17:12 (seven years ago) link
the variety and slightly lighter overall tone on this new one makes it slightly disappointing for me - but i still think its a decent, listenable album i will continue to spend time with it even if it doesnt have the dark power of burn your fire
― peanutbuttereverysingleday, Friday, 2 September 2016 01:31 (seven years ago) link
the variety and slightly lighter overall tone
excellent!
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 2 September 2016 01:32 (seven years ago) link
not pretending to be a finely crafted review there just an off the cuff comment
― peanutbuttereverysingleday, Friday, 2 September 2016 01:42 (seven years ago) link
i do think she is going for a broader kind of appeal with this one
no I'm legit excited for something lighter than the last one
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 2 September 2016 01:55 (seven years ago) link
New album can't come fast enough. Hearing the 2014 bore on my student station's MegaSEg for months has started to fuck with my sleep.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 September 2016 02:08 (seven years ago) link
right - i see - yep i got the record in the mail a couple of days ago so its early days but i def think it has a different tone from previous - i guess she is exploring different emotions this time around
― peanutbuttereverysingleday, Friday, 2 September 2016 02:27 (seven years ago) link
"Woman" is an amazing track. Scorched closing guitar solo brings it home.
― Ross, Friday, 2 September 2016 04:07 (seven years ago) link
it's much stronger than Burn Your Fire though i get that some would be disappointed in the lack of anything like White Fire etc.
it's one of my favourites of the year, Sister/Those Were The Days/Woman is an incredible run of tracks
― ufo, Friday, 2 September 2016 04:43 (seven years ago) link
first listen to the whole album last night found it (and me) too scattered to form much of a coherent impression; giving it another go this morning & I think I'm liking it more
― Tell me who sends these infamous .gifs (bernard snowy), Friday, 2 September 2016 12:16 (seven years ago) link
this record is really gorgeous and dynamic and I am psyched to finally totally enjoy one of her records
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 2 September 2016 13:54 (seven years ago) link
Where are you all streaming this? For some reason Apple Music doesn't have the whole album yet, even though it says it's out today
― Evan R, Friday, 2 September 2016 14:01 (seven years ago) link
i bought it
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 2 September 2016 14:06 (seven years ago) link
buying this monday when local store gets it
― niels, Friday, 2 September 2016 14:07 (seven years ago) link
so yeah this is sensational
― Evan R, Friday, 2 September 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
This is excellent. It's streaming on Amazon Prime, I love it.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 2 September 2016 19:55 (seven years ago) link
Just tried this out. Couldn't make it past track 2. Just too much singing and the music isn't my cup of tea. I guess I was expecting something like Julia Holter or Laura Groves, both musicians I really enjoy. Maybe when I just want a generic rock record with female vocals i'll try it again.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 2 September 2016 23:05 (seven years ago) link
Sounds way better than the last one (which I was mostly lukewarm on, a few songs aside), based on one listen.
― spastic heritage, Saturday, 3 September 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
this still seems like mildly tasty layers of style (vibrato-laden ethereal vocals, lynchian guitar chords) laid over pretty weak songs
(sort of like lana del rey, actually)
― wizzz! (amateurist), Saturday, 3 September 2016 00:29 (seven years ago) link
pretty weak might be too strong. just... mediocre.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Saturday, 3 September 2016 00:31 (seven years ago) link
the songs on ultraviolence are tight
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 3 September 2016 01:31 (seven years ago) link
it's too bad Olsen threw a bi of shade at LDR recently cause she could make good dough writing her some songs
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 3 September 2016 01:45 (seven years ago) link
I'm glad I'm not the only person who was reminded of Ms. del Rey at times
― Tell me who sends these infamous .gifs (bernard snowy), Saturday, 3 September 2016 02:42 (seven years ago) link
Was not a fan of her last record but Sister in particular is just insanely great. Just has this intensity to it that I'm totally captivated by. Intern and Woman are also incredible.
― octobeard, Saturday, 3 September 2016 03:06 (seven years ago) link
yeah this grabbed me pretty quickly on one distracted listen, i tried and tried with the last one and it never hit home. picking up a physical copy and i'll dig into it more after that.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 3 September 2016 03:08 (seven years ago) link
i don't hear any similarities to LDR
― j. winters (josh), Saturday, 3 September 2016 03:52 (seven years ago) link
she's changed her singing style to be a lot breathier, is the main thing
― Tell me who sends these infamous .gifs (bernard snowy), Saturday, 3 September 2016 13:19 (seven years ago) link
strangely (or not?) this change isnt reflected at all by the singles, so it really jumped out at me on first listen.... *fingers crossed* that this is just a weird creative decision, and not something she resorted to because of vocal strain or w/e
― Tell me who sends these infamous .gifs (bernard snowy), Saturday, 3 September 2016 13:31 (seven years ago) link
Heard this playing in a record store yesterday and picked it up. Great album!
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 3 September 2016 22:15 (seven years ago) link
Her last album was great I do not get all this ho hum talk abt it
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 4 September 2016 14:41 (seven years ago) link
yeah that was a great record, quite introverted compared to this one, which is also a p hifi record where BYFFNW was lofi
I'm getting Mazzy Star vibes, touches of VU, Jackson Browne, lotsa good stuff
― niels, Sunday, 4 September 2016 16:00 (seven years ago) link
I checked this out because 'Sister' was pretty epic. The rest of the album is pretty standard pop/rock. Her voice will take some getting used to — it seems a little too loud in the mix and she does that vibrato-y trembling thing a little too often. But, wow, those two longer tracks on the second half are really fantastic.
― Austin, Sunday, 4 September 2016 20:38 (seven years ago) link
Let’s „don’t care what the papers say“ (Intern) //
The critical reception of this confuses me: To my ears what we have here is something bland and seriously uninteresting. Musically an unremarkable re-hash of synth-pop ideas (Human League et al.) with the odd dash of an anodyne version of Siouxsie (think cavernous production, think big, think EMA), until the ballads set in. It is all held together by a voice that makes me cringe: Once you have encountered Angel Olsen’s dreadful melisma „Ti-Hi-Hime“ bang at the beginning of „Shut Up Kiss Me“ you discover genuine sophistication in "I wanna hold you ha-ha-ha-ha-hand“. Or am I missing the point which is: „Kiss me, unless you want me to carry on with this.“? A forgettable album, one of those myriads that do not require my attention. One could leave it that, but metacritic assembles evidence that critics find something in this that completely eludes me: A current score of 89 for this (including Pitchfork, but you know, their judgment is shakey from time to time; allmusic; The Guardian; The New York Times; Chicago Herald – blimey!) certainly is something to write home about, but according to metacritic people at home will know anyway. Music for men who cannot get enough of the cocaine sheen in the yearning of Stevie Nicks!There is a passage brimming with humour in „Sister“, when she sings: „And all this blessing was a curse / before I opened up my ...“ and who would not expect „purse“? However, it turns out, it was her „heart“ that the singer opened at that point – a case of thoroughly defying expectations.Laura Marling, Julia Holter, Courtney Barnett, Elza Soares, Serafina Steer, Cat Power, Eileen Jewell – they all go to show that the world is not deplete of interesting young and moving female voices producing exciting music.
― Austin, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 03:51 (seven years ago) link
jfc
― j. winters (josh), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 04:04 (seven years ago) link
what is even going on there. reads like someone improvising a review during their first listen of the record
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 04:22 (seven years ago) link
Two stars.
And I seriously doubt any actual listening to the album took place.
― Austin, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 05:13 (seven years ago) link
Laura Marling, Julia Holter, Courtney Barnett, Elza Soares, Serafina Steer, Cat Power, Eileen Jewell – they all go to show that the world is not deplete of interesting young and moving female voices producing exciting music.
Elza Soares is 79.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 08:56 (seven years ago) link
i agree that this was a two-star album review
― j. winters (josh), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 13:57 (seven years ago) link