https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXLCHvRsgRQ
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 3 March 2022 17:11 (two years ago) link
The coda on that is probably my favourite part of the whole album and a major reason I want to see them live.
― nashwan, Monday, 7 March 2022 13:33 (two years ago) link
New single and video is great. Love them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxaJ8aiURgU
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 25 August 2022 04:17 (one year ago) link
Am I crazy that I’ve recently noticed she has a very Britney Spears tone to her vocals and enunciations and now I can’t stop hearing it in every song of them?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 25 August 2022 04:20 (one year ago) link
Anyways love the change in style. This sounds like Magdalena Bay doing a song in Men I Trust’s style. It’s probably the bass, it has the same palm-muted with a pick style.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 25 August 2022 04:22 (one year ago) link
Britney Spears tone
lol i hear it
not huge on this one but it gets interesting eventually at least
― ufo, Thursday, 25 August 2022 04:35 (one year ago) link
Great single. These guys are the best.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 25 August 2022 14:44 (one year ago) link
Great tune. They give the impression they can do anything and make it good.
― that's not my post, Sunday, 28 August 2022 01:51 (one year ago) link
Reminds me of ‘Money Lover,’ one of my faves from them. I like it when they lean sophisti-pop!
― KevRus, Sunday, 28 August 2022 16:53 (one year ago) link
their remix of Soccer Mommy's "Shotgun" is pretty great too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itZ8lET8h_s
― Roz, Monday, 29 August 2022 06:35 (one year ago) link
That remix is awful. Ditches everything that was great about the original (snaking baseline in the verses, shoegazey chorus) and replaces it with a rubbery uninspired disco bassline and fake vinyl crackle. Why?!
Just checked out the Mag Bay album yesterday though, and it's good. Shimmery synth pop. Don't really hear Ford and Lopatin as mentioned up-thread, though. That album is killer.
― The Ghost Club, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 00:59 (one year ago) link
Bassline* obvs, autocorrect...
That new song sounds like it's off the most recent Clairo album, but then they lay on the interesting textures. It's not quite sticking with me yet.
Mercurial World gets better with repeated listens. I can see where the Ford and Lopatin comparisons are coming from now, esp on Follow the Leader and Dawning of the Sesson. The title track slays.
― The Ghost Club, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 23:56 (one year ago) link
Follow The Leader may be quietly the highlight. I feel like Neon Indian is another big influence.
― nashwan, Thursday, 15 September 2022 07:06 (one year ago) link
New song Unconditional:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQjqyxC97gA
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
Deluxe version of Mercurial World is up/out featuring the two new tracks, some different mixes, instrumental bits and fifteen 'secret' snippets
― nashwan, Saturday, 1 October 2022 17:10 (one year ago) link
I assume the "secrets" come from people calling the hotline that appears in the music video? A pretty fun fan service idea; not sure the results benefit the songs, but I guess this is like the ultimate admission of the monster outside the window in the video linked above.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Saturday, 1 October 2022 18:58 (one year ago) link
I just gave this a listen, and I have to say it's not an improvement on the original album. Magdalena Bay said on Instagram that the flow of the album was "super important" to them, but I think the flow suffers significantly.
The Secrets tracks are pretty throwaway, and not many of them are actual secrets or confessions.
Unconditional is an excellent single and every bit as good as the songs on the original album. But it breaks up the flow between Mercurial World and Dawning of the Season, which worked so well on the original.
The 8-bit instrumental of You Lose! is fun but throwaway and doesn't add anything to the album.
The Something for 2 remix doesn't come close to the magic of the original.
Prophesy (Synths and Strings) is nice minimalist reimagining, but it lacks the urgency of the original.
Chaeri (Danny L Harle Remix) is a bad hyperpop reimagining.
Chaeri (Piano and Strings) is a lovely slow-burn ballad.
Dominó (Spanish Version) is pretty self-explanatory.
Mercurial World (Piano and Strings) is another ballad reimagining. The syrupy strings work really nicely.
Overall, I'd say Deluxe is pretty inessential. The original album is much better as a sustained listen.
That said, these tracks would have made a nice little placeholder EP:
1. Unconditional2. Chaeri (Piano and Strings)3. Dominó (Spanish Version)4. Mercurial World (Piano and Strings)5. You Lose! (8-Bit)6. Prophesy (Synths and Strings)
― The Ghost Club, Saturday, 1 October 2022 21:12 (one year ago) link
Mini Mix 3 now on Bandcamp
― nashwan, Thursday, 13 April 2023 09:18 (one year ago) link
it's fine but has nothing on the first two minimixes or the album
― ufo, Thursday, 13 April 2023 12:06 (one year ago) link
or a little rhythm & a wicked feeling
― ufo, Thursday, 13 April 2023 12:11 (one year ago) link
As always they have a meme-y video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgkx28IlFi8
I’m going to let my brain absorb it for a while before making a judgement. I guess if it really isn’t as good they are probably now at a stage where they are keeping the best ideas for any singles/albums.
Think my favourite on any of these mini-mixes is Turning Off the Rain, really wish there was a long version of it.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 13 April 2023 13:02 (one year ago) link
Nothing on Mini mix 2 actually grabbed me much. 'EXO' and 'Wandering Eyes' on 3 seem like highlights. Personal faves from before the last album are:
NeonWaking UpAfternoon In HeavenU Wanna Dance?MineGhost
― nashwan, Thursday, 13 April 2023 13:14 (one year ago) link