also maybe sooooooomething to do with image? they are both extremely pretty but LDR makes much more of a show of it/her visage
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
also Weyes Blood's music was pretty "weird" before Front Row
― alpine static, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
Weyes rules. Drug dealer collbs dope too
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
Imago otm
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
LL otm
Lana Del Rey is a pop singer-songwriter and superstar because that's what she is; Weyes Blood is an indie singer-songwriter with a cult following because that's what she is. Two different worlds. You might as well ask why Ariel Pink doesn't get the same pop star hype as Abel Tesfaye.
― crüt, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:03 (five years ago) link
Would you not agree though that the last WB album was full of brilliant pop songs, though, or that LDR has quite a bit of indie cred?
― imago, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:05 (five years ago) link
Her songs are clearly too progressive in that they don't always end where they began.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
I honestly haven't paid much attention to WB in the past couple of years! I love her voice and I think she has great taste but her productions don't sound very poppy to me? Pop music is extremely hi-def & quantized & autotuned these days & that's not really a vibe I envision her pursuing. She keeps the rough edges in her music iirc. I personally liked her best when her recordings had lots of tape hiss, e.g. "Candyboy"
As for Lana Del Rey, I know only what I read and the very little I've heard, but she seems very invested in that hi-def world.
― crüt, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
The aforementioned 'Do You Need My Love' got quite a bit of airplay and a glowing Pitchfork write-up. I definitely think she's gone pop, in a 70s kind of way.
I bumped this thread because the two new LDR songs ILM was slavering over sounded a bit like watered-down Weyes Blood to my ears
― imago, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
Is the new LDR album really called "Norman Fucking Rockwell"? That's a pretty funny joke that will get old very fast.
― crüt, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
Maybe a bit better than that (Venice Bitch being far superior to the other one) but certainly along similar lines
― imago, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
LDR channels Lee Hazlewood eccentricities, but Weyes Blood seems to be an actual eccentric like Hazlewood. Or what crut said about pop vs. cult.
― saddest kamancheh (bendy), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:32 (five years ago) link
I think imago is saying weyes is underrated
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
No way is it watered down ldr tho man
Retract ?
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link
Christine McVie vibes on this one https://open.spotify.com/track/40PRp88YqFp5fM0MtG2j1N?si=N4Wl5gWSQOyEMSQArqdSJw
― niels, Monday, 24 September 2018 07:37 (five years ago) link
new https://open.spotify.com/track/0L6lVIgGqVHnmR3BIy8GHa
― just sayin, Thursday, 17 January 2019 04:34 (five years ago) link
beautiful track, and an instant earworm
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 18 January 2019 01:24 (five years ago) link
keep listening to andromeda again and again. it's wonderful. melodically more pleasing than anything on front row, and i love the lead guitar.
― mizzell, Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:20 (five years ago) link
"melodically more pleasing than anything on front row"
strong disagree. but it is lovely and I'm excited for what's next
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:21 (five years ago) link
new album, Titanic Rising, is out April 5.http://www.brooklynvegan.com/files/2019/02/weyes-blood-titanic-rising.jpg1. A Lot’s Gonna Change2. Andromeda3. Everyday4. Something to Believe5. Titanic Rising6. Movies7. Mirror Forever8. Wild Time9. Picture Me Better10. Nearer To Thee
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 14:14 (five years ago) link
i prefer the art released with Andromedahttps://subpop-wysiwyg.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads%2F1547682611625-WeyesBlood_Andromeda_600.jpg
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 14:15 (five years ago) link
Awesome!
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 14:18 (five years ago) link
Andromeda the better of the two advance singles so far but she's definitely going for something pretty singular
― imago, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 14:19 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ-BFlTo5ag
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
wait a secondi just watched the first 36 seconds of that video before i realized this is 100% not what i thought "weyes blood" sounded like
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
haha me too ... this sounds like aimee mann (not a complaint, it's good!)
― tylerw, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CsvKUoGzXk
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 12:59 (five years ago) link
this is streaming on the sub pop site if you pre-ordered the album. on first listen nothing stood out like Andromeda has. gonna listen again now.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:00 (five years ago) link
you mean the album is streaming???
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:12 (five years ago) link
this song is awesome obv
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:15 (five years ago) link
yes
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:18 (five years ago) link
if i were to hypothetically pre-order the album now, i could hear the stream, is what you're saying
interesting
i would like to hear more about how it compares to her previous stuff
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:22 (five years ago) link
fav songs on second listen are Movies, based around a synth arpeggio which builds up with mult-track vocals and then a break down with violin following the synth and builds again, and Mirror Forever which has a nice synthy guitar lead and the most interesting melody/lyrics a lot of the other songs are based around piano and strings.title track is a short washy synth instrumental. final song is a short strings/synth instrumental.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:45 (five years ago) link
o yeah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFtRq6t3jOo
― mizzell, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 00:18 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlykn_KSQ3o
― mizzell, Thursday, 28 March 2019 13:15 (five years ago) link
ooh
btw this album has gone OFF on RYM. haven't heard it yet but...wow
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Thursday, 28 March 2019 13:16 (five years ago) link
For ppl who have yet to preorder:
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/705506270/first-listen-weyes-blood-titanic-rising
― Simon H., Thursday, 28 March 2019 13:23 (five years ago) link
ah right ok let's go
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Thursday, 28 March 2019 13:31 (five years ago) link
ok, my feeling is: good, not as good as the previous two, but i can sort of understand why RYM has gone berserk - they've basically been asleep for three albums. also this has a bigger sound and everyone loves that
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Thursday, 28 March 2019 15:06 (five years ago) link
that is your feeling after one listen, is that correct?
― alpine static, Thursday, 28 March 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
two listens! it might be a grower too
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Thursday, 28 March 2019 22:55 (five years ago) link
also fuck you - who are you to patronise me like that
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Friday, 29 March 2019 07:36 (five years ago) link
sorry, that was a bit strong
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Friday, 29 March 2019 11:26 (five years ago) link
and maybe alpine static knows something i don't, because this is growing on me now
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Friday, 29 March 2019 14:54 (five years ago) link
I understand the high quality but just it is just not my cup of tea. Feeling wins over logic.
― nostormo, Friday, 29 March 2019 19:26 (five years ago) link
this record kinda reminds me of Mitski's Be The Cowboy - not sonically, but it's a very strong, solid, well-crafted record that feels like a mass appeal-ready crystallization of the artist's vision, with maybe just a teensy tiny bit too much of the rough edge polished off.
Be The Cowboy was top 10 worthy, and so is Titanic Rising.
― alpine static, Saturday, 30 March 2019 07:02 (five years ago) link
they are probably the two best current songwriters
listening to this again this morning...i don't know why i ever doubted it, this is incredible. as you say, it is more widely-appealing than the early stuff, but it hits this amazing space-psych vibe that it sustains throughout. it's ecstatic for its vision
be the cowboy is definitely mitski's best imo and time will tell if this is weyes blood's
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Saturday, 30 March 2019 08:12 (five years ago) link
Waiting for this one to come out, but I adored her last one. One thing though - the vinyl mastering of Front Row Seat to Earth was shite. Hopefully the budget for this one's physical release is better. Can't wait to hear it
― octobeard, Sunday, 31 March 2019 03:01 (five years ago) link
idk there's something ironic about her style.
i wish there were more upbeat songs on this record, like Everyday
― nostormo, Sunday, 31 March 2019 08:12 (five years ago) link
well, i'm getting blown away here
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 31 March 2019 15:12 (five years ago) link