album Lykke Li - 'EYEYE'

[stjosephprey4us]

22 hours ago, beautiful player said:

Everything sounds reduced, lo fi and a little trashy. As if the backing track was playing loudly in the background, and then her voice got even louder and appropriately effect-packed over it. In terms of songwriting and vibe, Lykke Li lands somewhere along the lines of Lana Del Rey's "Blue Banisters," except here the Banisters are tin cans - and there's quite a lot of reverb on everything.

[beautiful player]

Just listened to the l-word, what a stunning album  not a single bad track. I'm so glad she's back. Will definitely have this album on repeat for months.

 

initial top 3, imo:

1. you don't go away

2. highway to your heart

3. over 

[original_lifeline]

 

[original_lifeline]

the end of carousel could've easily been a separate interlude-track  

[original_lifeline]

well. it's time to play my ssss vinyl to forget this 

maybe I'm not into the snoozefests anymore.

 

also that u&i ending... 3 minutes of life were wasted for nothing 

[beautiful player]

beautiful album, keeps getting better with each listen. 

[stjosephprey4us]

1 hour ago, original_lifeline said:

well. it's time to play my ssss vinyl to forget this 

maybe I'm not into the snoozefests anymore.

 

also that u&i ending... 3 minutes of life were wasted for nothing 

 not this after you being one of the main ones begging for this album on here before it was announced

[Delirious]

[original_lifeline]

18 minutes ago, stjosephprey4us said:

 not this after you being one of the main ones begging for this album on here before it was announced

I just love the anticipation, it seems 

[rehceeb]

carousel sounded like *** to me from the snippet but the full thing is gorgeous and it definitely stands out from the rest of the tracks 

highway to your heart followed by over are my favorites

no replay and skip&skip remain losers

the rest is just okay i guess - i wanted to like 5D but the verses and the chorus sound too dissimilar

[K$Ellie]

this was quite boring, it's not terrible but her upbeat songs were usually better and the production on these is pretty dull

[VENUSWAVE]

she did what she had to do

also not her coming for oklou's gig at the end of ü&i

[BlackJesus]

She really could have made another 3 minute long song instead of the ending of u&i

[stjosephprey4us]

From yalls posts and her comments on the album’s creation, I’m getting “she rly thought she ate that” vibes  oh well, hopefully it will be a grower (and if not lettuce pray she doesn’t retire)

[LoveInStereo]

I adore this album. The overarching theme is magnified by the constraints in fidelity. She’s trapped in an endless cycle of hopefulness that impossible heights of love will be actualized the way she dreams it should be followed by the inevitable heartache of reality. Some parts feel so desperate & lonely & others are so joyous & beautiful. This isn’t gonna be appreciate the way it deserves to be but she masterfully delivered a treatise on life as a romantic soul that can’t get off the carousel of heartbreak. Despite knowing how it’ll all end & it’ll make her miserable, she can’t stop trying for more. The songs are so connected to each other. Magnificent

[M.R.]

Why is Bron better than most of this album? It’s definitely time for her to switch to something else because this is her dullest and weakest album.

[original_lifeline]

2 minutes ago, M.R. said:

It’s definitely time for her to switch to something else

maybe she made several points by announcing the retirement 

[goldstargay]

I'm scared to listen 

[beautiful player]

i'm fine with her retiring, she only releases every 4 years anyway so it's not like anyone is really invested in her career.

but anyway y'all are being unnecessarily harsh on this album. it's not nearly as bad as ppl are painting it to be 

[VeniceBeach]

Omg I forgot she exists

[ultraviolence.xx]

i love this album tbh. ssss era rest in piss

 

 

[shookspeare]

whew the SSSS stans having meltdowns, the album must be good then

[Supervillain]

I stan both

 

[jesus del rey]

Some of y'all have never listened to grouper and it shows  You don't go away and ü&i are career highlights 

[M.R.]

Nothing on the album is similar to Grouper. Liz would be offended.