The purpose built next generation interstellar Dawn Richard thread

druski

Argh Druski.

Haha I would have loved if it was actually Dupri though.

I like Armor On a lot but it *sounds* really poor.

look at her on the cover. she is a medieval paladin heading off to war on holy love's great crusades. dupri's 1472 production values weren't to come for another few hunna years. the fuck kinda sound quality you expect?

:D alright then

But, for real though.

maybe you have a bad copy?

The one off iTunes, so not a lift or anything.

ah okay. I think it sounds fine

The bass clips out on just about every song. I really want to turn it up loud but it becomes too distracting for me.

The strings at the end of "Heaven" are so epic.

yeah i really have no idea what issues anyone could have with the sound quality of Armor On. although maybe i haven't turned it up loud enough to hear the bass clipping? i dunno

could be an issue with your stereo? maybe not likely if you can pump other songs without clipping

just had a quick go-through on (nice) headphones - doesn't seem to clip at all, or clip anymore than similarly voiced R&B tracks from other artists

Will check it again at work tomorrow.

The strings at the end of "Heaven" are so epic.

yeah got a slight massive attack vibe from them

the bass in "automatic" gets me so hype

The whole record, well most of it, is very 90s coffee dance, in a good way. There's kind of a superior quality Tracy Thorn feel to a lot of it, although Dawn is a much more captivating vocal presence.

Yeah, there is definitely a coffee vibe. As you say, in a good way.

i have no idea what "90s coffee dance" means so i'm just going to assume it means the DNA remix of "Tom's Diner"

That totally fits the criteria.

because it references coffee in the lyrics or somethign else?

because it sounds like the type of dance music you would expect to hear at a trendy cafe

It fits into the same nebulous universe (although not genre) of The xx as understood by people who described them as fancy-dinner-party music.

Experimental music that has an air of tastefulness about it (but not necessarily in a bad way)

fans doing a good job of sounding like haters imo. even if there is a commonality in sound on occasion then dawn still brings the forward motion and sense of danger to render the point unnecessarily unflattering

Oh! I mean.

I wouldn't necessarily describe it as such. I was classifying that sort of description into the same 'universe' of descriptors.

My words aren't working today.

<i>Experimental music that has an air of tastefulness about it (but not necessarily in a bad way)</i>

I think tracks like "Bombs" and "Automatic" upend that air. I could see Armor On appealing to the messenger-bag crowd if those songs weren't on it, though.

Very nice short piece on Armour On by Lex at The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/19/dawn-richard-armor-on-review

Haha, Dawn's now been written up in The Village Voice, The Guardian, FACT and Pitchfork, all by ilxors.

We do have some small influence when we set our minds to it.

now for the rest of the world to take notice

(that's just the normal length of non-lead guardian album reviews)

Didn't the same thing happen with Electrik Red?

ha probably

fans doing a good job of sounding like haters imo. even if there is a commonality in sound on occasion then dawn still brings the forward motion and sense of danger to render the point unnecessarily unflattering

It's not meant to be unflattering, and yes tracks like Bombs and Automatic break the pattern, it's more that Dawn and Druski are talented enough to make good on a sound palette that would be pretty drab in the hands of lesser artists.

the ilxuminati media conspiracy rolls onward: http://www.avclub.com/articles/dawn-richard,72767/

Dating_site_agelessdate.com..

It was surprisingly good—a lavish collage of contemporary dance and
electronic sounds that was infinitely more sophisticated than anybody
could have expected from a project called Diddy-Dirty Money.

*barfs*

someone tweeted me earlier today asking whether the dawn richard EP was really that good - they were suspicious of it because...

...

...they were such a massive danity kane fan

i didn't really see that reason coming

Better than MGMT

http://www.2shared.com/document/MAM61udn/ArmorOn_Lyrics.html

this album is so fucking good i can't stand it

http://globalgrind.com/music/dawn-richard-i-feel-my-life-has-been-battle

Great interview.

When can we expect the album?

Well, the great thing is now I have options.

You have the numbers.

Oh my God, the numbers! And the pudding is right there. We can either milk this EP—I kind of want to do something really, really clever with maybe doing a different kind of re-release. I’m not going to say what, but I think—what we’re deciding to do is, always do a little bit different in our movement. There'll probably be something right before the album, maybe Fall.

Awesome to hear she's encouraged by the numbers, whatever they actually are. Good incentive for her to keep heading down the awesome path she's on.

well i think when you put something out with no label and no radio airplay and it does any kind of numbers to get onto the Billboard 200 and the iTunes charts, that opens some industry doors, or at the very least helps fund a larger budget for the next phase if it stays DIY

hang on, this got to no 1 on the R&B chart? is that...what i think it is, or is it less impressive than that?

anyway she made a lyric booklet for us http://www.rap-up.com/2012/04/25/download-dawn-richard-armor-on-lyric-book/

Not crazy about "Bombs" tbh

^ It's less impressive and more niche, I think, like when a podcast host doesn't make the New York Times best seller list but brags about his Amazon sales rank. But Al is otm; it's still something to point to

I put this on my "best of 2012" Spotify playlist and then kind of ignored it for a couple of weeks

I came back to it today and holy shit, I like this even more than I did when I first played it

I have only just (finally) got around to listening to this and yes, it is amazing.

yes!

i keep wanting to play people "faith" but something about it all feels like it's not right to hear "faith" before you've heard the tracks that precede it.

otm

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