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Great post, thanks - never paid that much attention to her lyrics

booming post j0rd

<3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oji9RtJkNu4

the gentle fog of noise enveloping her in this performance ._.

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, June 24, 2020 4:00 AM (three years ago)

still

Bleak House is incredible. Krook exploding is perfect.

saw her last night opening this little tour of shows w/ no band

firstly, she is incredible in this format, i've enjoyed the previous shows i've seen w/ the band but her on solo electric guitar playing up the shoegazey reverby noisy aspect of her sound is another level for me

she played 5 new songs -- evergreen, m, lost, salt and wound, driver. she put a clip of "lost" on IG yesterday, it sounds like she's going back towards the sound of her early records.

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https://www.instagram.com/p/C7pUt-3SE27/?hl=en

she also posted when announcing this tour that w/ her new music she wanted to "focus on the songwriting and keep the production more organic." further, at the show last night she didn't play anything off 'sometimes, forever' nor did she once mention it or even mention that she wasn't mentioning it. she played mostly songs from the debut and before, w/ some color theory songs (sounding as vital as ever i swear to god) peppered in there too

i have to say "lost" kinda blew me away, i'm really excited for the new music. "salt and wound" also stood out but they were all good. i wouldn't normally wanna take too much away from solo live renditions of unreleased recorded songs but she seems to be signaling pretty heavily that it's a back to her sweet spot kinda album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dns6C3MTauI

interesting direction for her. you can really hear the sheryl crow, FM radio kinda influence as this gets going. kinda love it

reminds me of the ballads from jagged little pill and honestly not much music reminds me of those!!!

production is weirdly blown out though that might be youtube compression

oh yeah that's youtube compression

Thanks for the write up! Tbh, I don't care much for the first album (or at least I would place it far below the 2nd and 3rd) and going back to basics isn't really what I wanted from her. Her choice to make obv but I'm wondering what triggered it.

it's fine but i miss the sonic ambition of the last album

i kinda wish she'd do something a little more uptempo, though mostly just because when i saw her live last year i wished her songs had a bit more energy overall, it was kinda underwhelming

I was there for the same solo show Jordan was at in Queens and also thought it was a strong performance that left me excited for a new album. It did feel odd that she didn't play a single thing off Sometimes, Forever, but I was happy to hear stuff from Collection. She seemed like she was in a chill, funny mood which was charming, given that her music can feel pretty stark.

I think "Lost" is really lovely and seems to be less of a "lead single" type of song--maybe more of something to just set the tone for the LP or even a one-off. I don't know much of her biography, but I remember the Pitchfork feature from a couple years ago said her mother had been dealing with a terminal illness for years and it seems like this song is dealing with all the emotions wrapped up in that, or perhaps in a loved one's death. Having dealt with that myself, the song definitely landed with me and the strings were a welcome touch, even if I'm not necessarily craving a whole album of songs that sound like this.