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Lost

The Fall

Undertow

Into the Wind

Dead & Gone

Sewn

Desire

Fault

Efemra

Do That Anymore

 

June 24

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Desire tomorrow :jonny5:

It better be on par with her best ballad 

 

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Everyone I know is LOST

 

Her best lead single in her catalog, for sure. Also, I hope she's abandoned the industrial component for the new album this time around. Strings and percussion are her strong suit and complement her voice in such a haunting way. I look forward to hearing Desire tomorrow!

 

 

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38 minutes ago, ughgabriel said:

Desire tomorrow :jonny5:

It better be on par with her best ballad 

 

Lightsick sweetie...

 

Anyway this is really nice :cm:

  • 4 weeks later...
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24.06.2022

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Lost - 3:24
The Fall - 4:03
Undertow - 4:13
Into The Wild - 4:14
Dead & Gone - 3:11
Sewn - 5:39
Desire - 5:01
Fault - 4:13
Efemra - 3:48
Do That Anymore - 4:11

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Excited!

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i forgot this

 


The Fall \ 4:03 \ 18.05.2022
Into The Wild \ 4:14 \ 09.06.2022
dates can change as usual :celestial2:
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The Fall was uploaded by accident on YouTube and it's still up...

 

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Above all the singles, the fall is really pretty 

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and now also the album l worded in full :monkey:

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omg the fall is great!!

lowkey glad this l worded cause i was becoming impatient :shy: 

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AOTY

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will listen thanks to your post

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On 5/14/2022 at 5:14 PM, sam.teas said:

and now also the album l worded in full :monkey:

OMG sht i’m at work but i will listen if i find it later. I became obsessed with Okovi earlier this year and so far I like all the singles so I’m excited. 

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5 hours ago, Delirious said:

will listen thanks to your post

you welcome!
it's such a wonderful album:jonny5:

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The Fall is a masterpiece. Desire comes close too. Lost is great but my least favorite so far.

 

I will wait until the full album is officially released to listen.

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It's certainly no Okovi but it's probably her best album after that and Stridulum. It's nice, I wish the percussion were more synthetic like on Okovi and that was, at its heart, a gothic alternative dance album whereas this is just treble-heavy quirky indie pop. Even the orchestral songs that could fit on Okovi (Dead and Gone, for example) just don't hit as hard when they're not surrounded by massive songs like Veka and Siphon. It feels a bit aimless in a way which Okovi never did. I expected a much bigger slump, though, so it's good that she turned in an actual good album when all is said and done.

 

On the topic of expectation management... who makes her single choices? Exhumed was a strange lead single (better than literally everything on this album, though), and I truly don't understand why previewing she chose to preview the album with Lost/Desire, even though Lost grew on me and Desire is good in all its Lightsick-with-worse-melodies-on-a-higher-budget glory :skull: Into The Wild will be a bad choice too, I get not every single has to be a bop like The Fall but she's already shown the less upfront moments with the first two and it's not very representative of what this album is.

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I think Arkhon is stronger than Okovi as an album, but the latter definitely has higher highs. Veka might remain her best song ever

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the first two singles were by far the worst on the album, especially Desire

it's cute overall but probably won't listen to it much

  • 1 month later...
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This made no noise I see :fan:

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I guess I’m in the minority but I think it’s a better, more complete listen than okovi.  Maybe nothing topping the standouts though, except maybe Sewn.  

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56 minutes ago, Diarrhoea said:

This made no noise I see :fan:

well... not surprised :biblionny:

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I think it’s very good. Why is people so harsh on the alt girls lately wheww. Okovi is still better but this is great. 

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i liked a bit after listen then complete forget about album next days, nothing stand out to pin which one is highlight or favourite songs. 

 

 

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  • 1 year later...
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Such a good album, but when u listen to outtakes like THAW, or fallout then u will see that this album could have given us more. Totally agree with words that okovi is better

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