the story of how that song was written and then the consequences are even scarier to me
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 14 February 2019 08:47 (five years ago) link
Surfacing is a good album but one of the unintended consequences of its success was to obscure just how dark about two thirds of Fumbling Towards Ecstasy was.
― Tim F, Thursday, 14 February 2019 11:02 (five years ago) link
I only listened 'Fumbling Towards Ecstasy' two years ago and it was such a blessing.
― Nourry, Thursday, 14 February 2019 12:51 (five years ago) link
https://x.com/dfriend/status/1782171991107051550
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Monday, 22 April 2024 02:59 (one month ago) link
I should probably visit (revisit? I can't remember now if I have listened to any of them) Sarah's post-Surfacing work before I decide whether to be excited or not about a new album.
However the revival of this thread is always a good opportunity to point out again that ivy's review of Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (linked above) is a work of absolute brilliance/genius/etc.
(also lol @ me in 2004 being quite curmudgeonly about Sarah's music aside from FTE - that was probably the highpoint of me second-guessing my teenage aesthetic predilections)
― Tim F, Monday, 22 April 2024 05:40 (one month ago) link
saw her tour ‘solace’ in 1992 and it was a fantastic show but then i never really kept up
― mookieproof, Monday, 22 April 2024 05:52 (one month ago) link
The “in the aaaaaarms of an angel” song popped into my head this week and I was thinking about how it was a bizarro world Trinity Sessions. Slow it down a hair and make it more lofi.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 22 April 2024 07:36 (one month ago) link
Sarah's post-Surfacing work
The absolute highlight of the last 27 years are the two new songs she put on her greatest hits in the wake of her sinking marriage; they also appeared on her next album Laws of Illusion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v33gY7HqlQ
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 22 April 2024 12:29 (one month ago) link
i did refresh my opinions on her post-surfacing work and came away very impressed by laws of illusion... can't remember any of it now of course
― ivy., Monday, 22 April 2024 13:56 (one month ago) link
Haha apt revival, last night I was speaking with a friend about Lilith Fair and how stacked their lineups were particularly those in 1998.
I don’t know if I’m excited about a Mclachlan album at this point because I don’t think I’ve heard anything past Surfacing either… but sure I’ll give it a try and approach it with low expectations.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 22 April 2024 15:12 (one month ago) link
her working with tony berg is encouraging
― ivy., Monday, 22 April 2024 15:16 (one month ago) link