this is still not for me
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Friday, 15 June 2018 15:17 (six years ago) link
"is it cold in the water"/"infatuation" are good though
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Friday, 15 June 2018 15:26 (six years ago) link
also enjoying the steve roach track in the middle of this
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Friday, 15 June 2018 15:33 (six years ago) link
everything else is variously annoying
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Friday, 15 June 2018 15:37 (six years ago) link
I wish Lex was here for this.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 15 June 2018 16:11 (six years ago) link
Really like the back half of this!
(as everyone else has said, the front half is very familiar by now)
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 15 June 2018 16:44 (six years ago) link
I love most of this but Ponyboy, Faceshopping and Whole New World (Pretend World is good though) don't really do much for me
so much better than Product which was such a disappointment - she had so many good unreleased tracks she'd played live and in mixes but none of them made it onto that
― ufo, Sunday, 17 June 2018 09:25 (six years ago) link
Murgatroid otm
I need a Lex take
― nevertheless, he stopped (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 17 June 2018 14:42 (six years ago) link
― circa1916, Sunday, 17 June 2018 16:54 (six years ago) link
srsly
― imago, Sunday, 17 June 2018 17:34 (six years ago) link
*PLUG* I singled those three songs out in my review *PLUG*https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-sophies-oil-of-every-pearls-un-insides-w521591
― we æt so many shimripl (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 17 June 2018 19:56 (six years ago) link
Not for me either. Ponyboy is way too maximal in reflection ]>which yeah I know that’s pc music. But don’t ride with maximal shit much now
― sunburst N snowblind (Ross), Sunday, 17 June 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link
as far as the 'heavier' tracks go i love the sound design on them but grooves they settle into don't do much for me? maybe I'd like them more with less of the vocals on Faceshopping and Ponyboy?
Immaterial is my favourite thing she's done since Bipp and the whole sequence from Is It Cold In The Water? to it is fantastic.
― ufo, Monday, 18 June 2018 02:51 (six years ago) link
Wow those are literally the three songs that make this album for me.― circa1916, Sunday, June 17, 2018 9:54 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― imago, Sunday, June 17, 2018 10:34 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'm aware that i don't *get* sophie
ufo otm
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Monday, 18 June 2018 14:38 (six years ago) link
yo check out the thread i just started ft. even better industrial pop abt being transgendered than sophie
― imago, Monday, 18 June 2018 14:43 (six years ago) link
i don't "get" sophie either & not sure how comparable they are but that out of flux w the universe comp is really good
― lowercase (eric), Monday, 18 June 2018 14:56 (six years ago) link
the black dresses album is the one rly, it's unbelievable. i liked it plenty at first but tt got me to hear it again and it's just kind of amazing
― imago, Monday, 18 June 2018 15:17 (six years ago) link
Fans of industrial pop check out Cecilia’s record. Zero traction here
― sunburst N snowblind (Ross), Monday, 18 June 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
I basically agree with ufo here, those two tracks outstay their welcome a bit, the rest of the album is really great though and I say that as a PC Music non-fan (this is the first thing I've liked by SOPHIE since 'Nothing More to Say').
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 15:21 (six years ago) link
i like the way "faceshopping" mutates in the last minute or two.
― adam, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 15:30 (six years ago) link
Love this record
― mind how you go (Ross), Friday, 22 June 2018 10:52 (six years ago) link
Ponyboy incites dancing like a nurse from silent hill
― mind how you go (Ross), Friday, 22 June 2018 10:56 (six years ago) link
OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES is everything i've ever wanted from an electronic record, personally. it feels utilitarian, purposeful but maintains fun and danceable. it's SOPHIE's eyes of the world; sonically it's genderfluid, dysphoric, but encapsulates more -- transhumanism, intrapersonal technology and sexuality... and it remains succinct throughout, never self-indulgent... SOPHIE is the pop star we needed!
― meaulnes, Saturday, 23 June 2018 06:53 (six years ago) link
IS It Cold In the Water is one of the most gorgeous songs ive ever heard
― dj screwed (Ross), Friday, 10 August 2018 18:12 (five years ago) link
― meaulnes, Saturday, June 23, 2018 3:53 AM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― dj screwed (Ross), Friday, 10 August 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
love how Infatuation takes the vocals from Is It Cold in the Water and backwards masks them into infinity - beautiful pair of songs, the latter builds and never really takes off and the former drops in beats but still feels like it never really drops - a master class in ratcheting up tension
― Ross, Thursday, 23 August 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
Her show tonight in Vancouver was awesome (albeit way too short). She was playing this ambient track, then all of a sudden it turned into Ponyboy and the crowd just lost their shit over it. An audience member in a unicorn costume came out of nowhere too, which i figured was pretty fitting for the track
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Monday, 17 September 2018 07:24 (five years ago) link
can't believe there was a unicorn
― every day there's a whining choad (Noodle Vague), Monday, 17 September 2018 07:28 (five years ago) link
it was a cotton onesie thing, so i assume he was drenched in sweat afterwards
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Monday, 17 September 2018 07:32 (five years ago) link
Awesome
― Ross, Monday, 17 September 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
doesn't seem like the oil remix album has been mentioned so. more like a techno mix + ambient stretch, mb worth checking out even if (like me) you weren't hot on the original album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9NBZs9ow0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdpSsK8uPbw
― lowercase (eric), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
Bipp (Autechre Mx)
up on Spotify etc
https://boomkat.com/products/bipp-autechre-mx
― out comes stanley, Thursday, 14 January 2021 11:48 (three years ago) link
brain asplode
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 14 January 2021 12:00 (three years ago) link
It's not what I expected. Autechre have actually made the record sound less strange and maybe more commercial. No shade to the orginal or this (both are excellent) but I don't think I've ever heard AE approach a remix like this.
― Treblekicker, Thursday, 14 January 2021 20:48 (three years ago) link
nah they tidied this up to great effect too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NT3Kls8Jek
― imago, Thursday, 14 January 2021 20:56 (three years ago) link
I like it--already loved the Soh-G, and this one with a de-FXed vocal and slower tempo makes me think even more of '80s Sleeping Bag/Latin Rascals freestyle à la Joyce Sims/Nocera, which is def part of the prAemordial soup
― Co-pay Segundo (Craig D.), Friday, 15 January 2021 01:45 (three years ago) link
gives me Smith and Mighty vibes ...particularly Anyone/Walk On
― out comes stanley, Friday, 15 January 2021 17:26 (three years ago) link
People on social media are saying that she has died :(
― triggercut, Saturday, 30 January 2021 10:02 (three years ago) link
what no
― imago, Saturday, 30 January 2021 10:19 (three years ago) link
oh dear that is very saddening ... 34 is way too young to be checking out :(
― calzino, Saturday, 30 January 2021 10:29 (three years ago) link
oh nooooo :(
― ufo, Saturday, 30 January 2021 10:58 (three years ago) link
I’m seeing this but is it confirmed?
― scampish inquisition (gyac), Saturday, 30 January 2021 11:00 (three years ago) link
people who were apparently close friends with her have confirmed it
― ufo, Saturday, 30 January 2021 11:02 (three years ago) link
unconfirmed but there's screenshots from her friends' Instagrams floating about that make it seem like the worst is true
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 30 January 2021 11:02 (three years ago) link
Rest in Power you incredible human 💔 pic.twitter.com/qnxHwivvYw— PAN (@PAN_hq) January 30, 2021
― calzino, Saturday, 30 January 2021 11:04 (three years ago) link
what the fuck?
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 30 January 2021 11:11 (three years ago) link
oh shit that's so tragic
rip
― nxd, Saturday, 30 January 2021 11:15 (three years ago) link
Apparently in "a tragic accident"!?https://mixmag.net/amp/musician-sophie-died
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 30 January 2021 11:26 (three years ago) link
sorry "a sudden accident"
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 30 January 2021 11:27 (three years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/8hZMkTzJ2t— Transgressive (@transgressiveHQ) January 30, 2021
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 30 January 2021 12:18 (three years ago) link