Clairo - Immunity

also in case it isn't clear (apparently it wasn't clear?) I did like this record a lot

it was pretty clear to me, your review was what made me most interested in the album

new single "i don't think i can do this again" with mura masa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wUIexMVG9k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR8NvbZUs8M

great performance

I know we don't have to choose but give me this over Billie Eilish any day, man.

just getting back to these after quick listen upon its release. Feeling it a lot more now rather than during the summer.

I feel basically the same way the OP does. I was skeptical, didn't particularly love (but also didn't hate) "Pretty Girl" and didn't fall for Immunity immediately. But boy has it grown on me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmtZzo05pqQ

new antonoff produced album on its way, lead single is gorgeous

I voted Bags as my SOTY on this site in 2019 — i distinctly remember hearing it on the bus for the first time and thinking “oh my god” to myself about 90 seconds into the track

Not sure how I feel about this new one on first listen though. It’s pretty but I prefer Immunity’s light-r&b sounds?

Loved Immunity and its blend of folk and electro-pop. Hit a very nice balance despite a good deal of studio work that never sounded overworked. The songs were sad but the music wasn't. Restrained Rostam and Dave Fridmann was a perfect pairing that complemented her plain vocals.

This feels like a dirge in comparison. Gone is the chill bedroom pop. This is just sad. Hoping the rest of the album is a little lighter...

i loved Immunity too ... it really grew on me, a lot.

this is a different thing that i also love / can love. if she does a whole album of this, i'll be on board. of course, if she just makes another Immunity, that'd be good too. :)

immunity is a classic... this sounds like phoebe bridgers. not for me personally but i'm sure there's an audience for it

I forgot about liking Immunity until about a month ago when "Alewife" was used in Mare of Easttown and wormed its way back into my head, and I played the album non-stop for about two weeks. Four or five really catchy songs, and the rest just keeps growing on me, too. I'm not sure what to make of this song, but I'm excited for the album.

i'd be a bit disappointed if the whole album was bridgers-esque folk like this one but this is a good song & captures what makes her a compelling songwriter still so i'm on board

Very Simon & Garfunkely. I dig it, but a whole album this dour would be too much.

Like the new song even if it's a little more Swifty than i would prefer

yeah, i could definitely be into this. i wish i thought the album would be all like this ... i don't ... but maybe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJiM4BuX-hw

Like the new song even if it's a little more Swifty than i would prefer

― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu)

The Antonoff touch. Not a fan of how it sounds tbh. Seems it loses the point of what it made her unique.

album is great, very much going for a 70s singer-songwriter sound but most of it isn't anywhere near as mellow as "blouse"

a few tracks in, this is much more enjoyable than anything I heard on the first lp, and probably for me the most interesting thing i've heard Antonoff produce.

i keep wanting michael mcdonald to be doing the backing vocals though.

okay there are 2 or 3 too many boring slower tracks on this. cut it down to 9 or 10 tracks pls.

i was hopeful, but ... :(

after hearing "Blouse," i mean