Second listen and just to confirm my initial listen: I absolutely love this.
I still haven’t paid attention to the lyrics but they flow great and wow and everything else.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 22 April 2021 05:55 (three years ago) link
yeah inflo's production adds a sense of restraint to what could just be ridiculous bombast, it's fantastic
― ufo, Thursday, 22 April 2021 05:58 (three years ago) link
orchestration/production on this is amazing - bombast without being overcooked, all these little undermining details that make it much finer
― sean gramophone, Friday, 23 April 2021 03:07 (three years ago) link
Agree 100%, it’s super tasteful.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 23 April 2021 06:20 (three years ago) link
It’s the sort of concept that would fail miserably in lesser hands. Inflo and Little Simz are next level.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 23 April 2021 06:22 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHGf6tmnLYE
now with cleo sol!
― sean gramophone, Thursday, 6 May 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
2 for 2 so far.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 6 May 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
fantastic
― ufo, Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:50 (three years ago) link
new single feels more closely aligned with earlier Simz discographybut it sounds really good next to the other sumptuous stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu2Lqpk4axg
― sean gramophone, Monday, 14 June 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
still an Inflo production
― sean gramophone, Monday, 14 June 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1WgRREdH68
four for four
― ufo, Friday, 9 July 2021 04:50 (two years ago) link
After “Woman” I thought that I’d wait until the album to hear any more tracks from it but it’s still somehow two whole months away so maybe I’ll just dive on in
― monotony, Friday, 9 July 2021 05:33 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkt93coQzqg
tiny desk session, sounds great
also includes "Point and Kill" with Obongjayar from the new album, which hasn't been released yet
― ufo, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 20:39 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMDf0ZLWxI0
ah and here's the studio version
― ufo, Thursday, 2 September 2021 05:01 (two years ago) link
Love it!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 2 September 2021 05:34 (two years ago) link
album really delivers, inflo's range as a producer is pretty impressive
― ufo, Thursday, 2 September 2021 13:56 (two years ago) link
some of the interludes are pretty goofy though
― ufo, Thursday, 2 September 2021 14:08 (two years ago) link
i kept thinking "what's with the princess diana vocals on these interludes" and it turns out it's emma corrin doing them
― monotony, Friday, 3 September 2021 03:33 (two years ago) link
I wish the entire B-side was afro-funk. My first impression is it's front-loaded, even if pleasant overall, no huge surprises after hearing track 1-2-4 except for Point and Kill, Fear no Man, and I guess the closer mainly because piano is such a perfect counterpoint to her voice. Still comes at the right time after I warmed up to Introvert considerably after finding it too grandiloquent.
― Nabozo, Friday, 3 September 2021 11:08 (two years ago) link
Worth posting the videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvY31eN3gtEPoint and Kill
It's interesting to see how vintage a view of Nigeria this is compared to afrobeats videos, even if of course it goes with the greater Kuti influences.
― Nabozo, Friday, 3 September 2021 11:15 (two years ago) link
i like "protect my energy" a lot
― ufo, Friday, 3 September 2021 12:25 (two years ago) link
Listening now. The production on the opening track is corny and overbearing and I kind of hate it. That insistent thudding string riff, the way it clumsily slows down and speeds up
― he ain't perfect but fuck me he's a rheillee (imago), Monday, 6 September 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
Simz herself sounding great at least
― he ain't perfect but fuck me he's a rheillee (imago), Monday, 6 September 2021 17:43 (two years ago) link
That said there's something missing there too. Last album she sounded more dynamic, vital, desperate...
― he ain't perfect but fuck me he's a rheillee (imago), Monday, 6 September 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
So.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 21:22 (one year ago) link
i mean, that was predictable
― ufo, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 21:27 (one year ago) link
Turns out making an album that screams GIVE ME THE MERCURY for 65 minutes can actually pay off, who knew
― imago, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 21:53 (one year ago) link
Well she certainly knows what she's doing on stage. Terrific performer, what a star.
― giraffe, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 08:10 (one year ago) link
NO THANK YOU, An Album By Little SimzPre-save https://t.co/pB5O1Xx9NKReady up.. pic.twitter.com/qFSwZUAO1c— Little Simz (@LittleSimz) December 6, 2022
new album on the way already
― ufo, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 21:43 (one year ago) link
Ooooooh.Someone mentions 12/12 there, but I'm yet to spy any actual date elsewhere?!?
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 11:51 (one year ago) link
that's when the spotify presave says it will come out
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 14:01 (one year ago) link
long awaited follow up to Grey Areaseriously looking forward to this, ought to be some fun
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 14:20 (one year ago) link
Long awaited follow up to Grey Area? Does that mean she's going to be good again?
― imago, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 14:33 (one year ago) link
The short time since the big, important album I think suggests a lighter affair that those of us who preferred Grey Area may better appreciate ... yeah
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 14:44 (one year ago) link
Idk. Last one was such a thudding grab at Bigness and Importance that it's hard to imagine something subtler, but I'll wait to be surprised
― imago, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 14:47 (one year ago) link
too late in the year for grand statements
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 14:50 (one year ago) link
I'm choosing to believe it's a whole-album cover of Coaltar Of The Deepers
― imago, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 14:51 (one year ago) link
I'm hoping it's something she and Inflo/Sault crew bashed out first-thought-bwst-thought...
― Soundslike, Thursday, 8 December 2022 02:38 (one year ago) link
more of what the last album was doing but it doesn't have the goofy overarching concept and is better for it
― ufo, Sunday, 11 December 2022 19:39 (one year ago) link
Wonder if it's leftovers. Where'd you hear it? Found this anyways... produced by Inflo!
NO THANK YOU 12/12/22 ⏳Artwork shot by Karolina WielochaProduced By Inflo❤️🔥🖤 pic.twitter.com/xSCcEIuKhc— Little Simz (@LittleSimz) December 10, 2022
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 11 December 2022 20:28 (one year ago) link
it's the 12th here
― ufo, Sunday, 11 December 2022 20:48 (one year ago) link
After going to sleep to it then waking up to it (less than ideal conditions) I'm yet to hear the sort of instantly striking standouts the last two LPs offered. But yeah, it's relatively lean, smooth and non-goofy (and, with conspicuous Cleo Sol contributions etc, at least as Sault-y as ever) and I'm prepared to believe it's quite good.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 11 December 2022 22:45 (one year ago) link
I like how "Gorilla" is kinda sorta... old school boom bap!?
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 12 December 2022 00:27 (one year ago) link
I'm on the first track and it sounds like Sault's long-awaited 6th album of the year
― Nabozo, Monday, 12 December 2022 15:28 (one year ago) link
Or was it 7th
― Nabozo, Monday, 12 December 2022 15:29 (one year ago) link
It's rather frontloaded, my favorites are probably the first two, title track, Heart on Fire. I don't really care for Broken (if that's supposed to be the centerpiece) and what's after.I like that it hints at a collective album, but I'm not sure the warm and intimate soul is my favorite complement to Little Simz or that Inflo's at his most inspired.Not a bad sequel but not very substantial.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 14 December 2022 09:20 (one year ago) link
Gorilla is great, one of my favorite things she's ever done
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 15 December 2022 17:17 (one year ago) link
Absolutely love the production, can't see listening again to the songs anytime soon. :/
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 15 December 2022 17:21 (one year ago) link
hey this is good!
― Oh, Stevie, you are my number one gypsy goddess. (Austin), Friday, 16 December 2022 21:23 (one year ago) link
this is pretty solid but it's a bit too one note until "who even cares" which is a welcome breath of fresh air. it's pretty good at the thing it does (late registration worship) but it doesn't move me idk
― ufo, Thursday, 22 December 2022 10:25 (one year ago) link
First couple of tracks are phenomenal but it really falls off after that
― Indexed, Thursday, 22 December 2022 16:11 (one year ago) link
"far away" from the new ep is pretty good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ0OmBVoTJ4
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 18:57 (three months ago) link
It is indeed!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 18:58 (three months ago) link
Yeah love that one
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:15 (three months ago) link