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Post by wonky on Mar 10, 2020 0:34:26 GMT
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Post by DeepArcher on Mar 10, 2020 1:04:00 GMT
Over/under on how many words the title is?
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Post by wonky on Mar 10, 2020 1:26:37 GMT
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Post by Zeb31 on Mar 10, 2020 2:52:25 GMT
I almost created a thread about this. I couldn't be more excited.   |
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Post by Zeb31 on Apr 2, 2020 4:09:36 GMT
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Post by Zeb31 on Apr 17, 2020 15:48:54 GMT
It's fucking spectacular, as expected. It's a totally natural, organic progression from The Idler Wheel with an even more bare-bones and percussive sound, but also highly reminiscent of When the Pawn at the same time in terms of melody. It's at once playful and aggressive, funny and disturbing. Her lyrics remain as sharp and relentless as ever. I'm just a couple of listens in but it already feels like a record that will grow tremendously with time as I get to explore all the intricacies in the production. Also, currently at 99 on Metacritic. |
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Post by DeepArcher on Apr 17, 2020 17:16:48 GMT
More people on here need to be talking about this ... easily the album of the year so far.
First time I listened to it last night as kinda background noise and I loved it ... now listening to it this morning and actually paying attention to it, it fucking blew me away. This album is unreal. Totally original sound that is somehow both experimental and melodic, incredibly layered and also infectiously toe-tapping, yet the real standout here is Apple's songwriting which is bare, honest, and relentless. Take that along with her raw, emotional, often aggressive vocal performance, and this is one of the most powerful albums I've heard in a hell of a long time, and in a way that feels so necessary too. This is a masterpiece.
Favorite tracks so far: the title track, "Relay" (insane!), "Newspaper," "Ladies," "Cosmonauts," and "For Her" which I don't think is as listenable as those other songs but is just so "holy shit" that how do you not mention it.
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Post by Zeb31 on Apr 17, 2020 17:32:55 GMT
It's up to a perfect 100 now.  |
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Post by JangoB on Apr 17, 2020 22:49:50 GMT
Holy shit, I'm listening to the title track right now and there's dog barking!!! It's so fucking great and I'm just three tracks in.
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Post by JangoB on Apr 17, 2020 23:31:55 GMT
Yeah, that was one hell of an extraordinary album. Can't wait to listen to it more and more, explore it deeper and be amazed every time.
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Post by dazed on Apr 22, 2020 16:12:14 GMT
I can’t get into it. I really dig the first song (the end puts me off but not as bad as it did the first time I listened to it) and then I just can’t really vibe with the next few songs even though there’s interesting and experimental aspects.
I’ll try to give it a listen all the way through, but it seems like I’ll have to be in the right headspace to do so.
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 22, 2020 16:39:40 GMT
I can’t get into it. I really dig the first song (the end puts me off but not as bad as it did the first time I listened to it) and then I just can’t really vibe with the next few songs even though there’s interesting and experimental aspects. I’ll try to give it a listen all the way through, but it seems like I’ll have to be in the right headspace to do so. Ballsy contradictory POV - I like that! It won't be my #1 of the year - pacinoyes AGAIN, out of touch with the critics! - my favorite record is usually one that gets the most plays and that won't be this. I'm a pop man......I like the pop music......some of this is so heavy on the percussion it could be dangerous to the cardiac rhythms of an older gentleman. ~8/10
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2020 17:22:54 GMT
I find her an extremely uninteresting artist. Bleh.
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Post by Archie on Apr 22, 2020 17:24:47 GMT
I find her an extremely uninteresting artist. Bleh. They hated Jesus because he told the truth. |
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Post by Zeb31 on Apr 22, 2020 17:52:24 GMT
I can’t get into it. I really dig the first song (the end puts me off but not as bad as it did the first time I listened to it) and then I just can’t really vibe with the next few songs even though there’s interesting and experimental aspects. I’ll try to give it a listen all the way through, but it seems like I’ll have to be in the right headspace to do so. Are you familiar with Fiona's other projects? This one is by far her most inaccessible one, and I imagine it won't be easy to warm up to how rough around the edges it is if you're not already on board with her style. If you'd like to get into it, maybe try The Idler Wheel first before you return to it. FTBC is very much a continuation of that sound, but The Idler Wheel is more palatable and polished. |
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Post by DeepArcher on Apr 22, 2020 17:58:54 GMT
Wow, the takes in this thread just make me want to listen to this masterpiece again!
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Apr 22, 2020 18:38:22 GMT
"I know none of this will matter in the long run
But I know a sound is still a sound around no one"
Listened to it three times now. Inspired a re-listen of all her albums. Nothing to say except fuck, she's got that special quality some artists do of being able to paint themselves, their hopes, fear, flaws, and the innate defiance that comes with being a singular artist so vividly with the slightest turn of phrase or pivot in melody.
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Post by dazed on Apr 22, 2020 18:53:56 GMT
I can’t get into it. I really dig the first song (the end puts me off but not as bad as it did the first time I listened to it) and then I just can’t really vibe with the next few songs even though there’s interesting and experimental aspects. I’ll try to give it a listen all the way through, but it seems like I’ll have to be in the right headspace to do so. Are you familiar with Fiona's other projects? This one is by far her most inaccessible one, and I imagine it won't be easy to warm up to how rough around the edges it is if you're not already on board with her style. If you'd like to get into it, maybe try The Idler Wheel first before you return to it. FTBC is very much a continuation of that sound, but The Idler Wheel is more palatable and polished. Only a few of her songs but none of the albums. I was thinking of looking up what her most accessible album is to try and see if I could ease in, but you already did that for me. Thanks! |
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Post by avnermoriarti on Apr 22, 2020 20:27:44 GMT
Just like the last 10 years, this album probably will grow on me as time goes by, but being honest with myself I don't see it as peak Fiona Apple, maybe her most unique for sure.
Adore I Want You to Love Me ( the urgency of the lyrics !! ), Ladies and Cosmonatus, the unsual instrumatation and ideas are more rounded and focused in those songs, and by that I mean that are way more daring and explored. The rest came off to me as half-baked songs, and the experimental sounds gave me gimmick vibes, almost contrived ( elemtents like the dogs barking are't adding that much really ), but for sure are many great ideas in here and the reason why I'll listen to it in the future once more.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Apr 25, 2020 17:16:54 GMT
Pretty meh
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