New album sounds great. Maybe not as good as last year's Lee Ann Womack, but still great, a nice balance of '70s tropes and more contemporary ideas, and it's nice to hear such active string arrangements.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 19 May 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
going to see her tonight in a 160 capacity venue here in Los Angeles. pretty excited!
― omar little, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 18:29 (five years ago) link
As well you should. We order you to report back.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 18:39 (five years ago) link
Reporting back — she is phenomenally good live, and if anything her voice is even more impressive in person.
She played almost entirely songs from her new album, except for a completely perfect “Weed Instead of Roses” and a cover of “Too Much Heaven” by The Bee Gees segueing into her own song “This Heaven.” We were about twenty feet from the stage. She only played an hour since they double booked the main stage, but it was a perfect show. She played with a full band, completely confident and assured and extremely funny and charming. I feel pretty fortunate to have seen her in that setting!
― omar little, Thursday, 9 August 2018 04:56 (five years ago) link
i was there too and i can confirm all of that. one of my friends who was not familiar with her complained that she opened with an upbeat song ("hands on you"), closed with the upbeat "weeds instead of roses," and was decidedly not upbeat in between. i thought she was on fire all the way through, but i do get the complaint. but i loved.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 9 August 2018 06:09 (five years ago) link
Oh right on, cuz. I was near the back left hanging out. She was definitely on fire, and i gotta say that show made me wish more country artists would take a flyer and play a random small club date in L.A. like that.
I could see her throwing a couple more barnburners in there like Monroe Suede but it’s all good.
― omar little, Friday, 10 August 2018 02:22 (five years ago) link
'For your consideration' bump
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
Apparently she's left Warner Nashville.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
New album's out today and solid -- drum machines!
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 April 2021 10:07 (three years ago) link
starting my second time through and i was really resistant to it until I got to Drive and found the whole back end engaging and now the front end is growing on me. I may need to roll with it a few times, which is hard with the new Dawn Richard out... but I'm trying!
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 30 April 2021 14:09 (three years ago) link
if you only heard the instrumentals you would never guess this was the new ashley monroe album. I like it a lot so far.
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 30 April 2021 15:07 (three years ago) link
first track i was like “this is a great follow up to last year’s vanessa carlton record”
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 30 April 2021 16:07 (three years ago) link
Yeah, its defining quality is that it doesn't sound like Ashley Monroe so that's part of what I'm coming to terms with.
Fave track thus far - and a good representation of her new style - is probably 'Groove'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do_An3ovR5A
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 30 April 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
“silk” is the most beautiful song
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 30 April 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link
'Gold' and 'See' and 'The New Me' are sort of the epitomes of what i don't like about this shift but I need to be more patient with not letting the few clunkers put me off the enjoyable tracks
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 30 April 2021 18:00 (three years ago) link
what’s wrong with “see”
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 30 April 2021 18:03 (three years ago) link
feels aimless and weightless and somnambulent
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 30 April 2021 18:10 (three years ago) link
that chorus is from heaven tho
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 30 April 2021 18:12 (three years ago) link
she sounds heavenly everywhere tho
btw, this came out last week and is on heavy rotation at chez forks. as good or better than anything on the album imo but has gotten zero attentionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT8DKJHniSI
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 30 April 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
"Gold" is actually the lamest song -- the chorus just...sits there.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 April 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
I totally missed the news that she had been diagnosed with NHL a few years back, but it sounds like she us since made a full recovery and this implies (without ever quite confirming) that a new album is on the way:
https://au.news.yahoo.com/ashley-monroe-her-musical-fresh-171500939.html
I also missed the single from late last year “Over Everything” which (a) suggests a partial-but-not-total return to country; and (b) is lovely.
I found Rosegold a bit too deliberate in its shift at times; this feels a bit more comfortable while still occupying a pretty gauzy, atmospheric space.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 07:01 (two months ago) link
Oh wow, didn't know that stuff either. Glad she's on the mend
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 21:12 (two months ago) link
https://x.com/ashleymonroe/status/1770813962164019203?s=20
― Indexed, Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:11 (one month ago) link