makeawish Posted July 1 Posted July 1 (edited) i think she's one of those indieish artists who have quite a pop star vibe to them and her image plays on that, i hear her on pop radio a lot and it fits in quite neatly there. i doubt that she can really translate that into having a lot of proper hits or massive songs but she's in the lane where she doesn't really need to i think? it's that niche star thing where she brings in a lot of obsessive young fans who'll buy all the coloured vinyl and sell out her shows doing this album with rick rubin feels like a shift to a more american sound but not necessarily more rocky, the songs we've had so far are still v characteristic of what she's been doing up til now. it was funny when she did the radio 1 festival and said onstage she'd been playing w/rubin, the crowd were just like "who?", a lot of her fans have no context for him at all i think Edited July 1 by makeawish
Αnt Posted August 7 Posted August 7 Beaches comes out tomorrow! Sounds good. Can't wait for the rest of the album this Friday. I'm glad she moved the release up one week.
makeawish Posted August 7 Posted August 7 am listening to this session and interview on radio 2 (she must be getting old) atm (she plays ever seen, take a bite and glue song) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00225kq
makeawish Posted August 9 Posted August 9 listened to half of this and what i've heard sounds great. feels more focused than beatopia, just really good well written songs, very old school singer songwritery
ATRL Moderator Unoriginal Posted August 9 ATRL Moderator Posted August 9 Definitely her weakest for me. The indie folk direction just isn’t what I enjoy from her
AshleyLovescats887 Posted August 9 Posted August 9 I've listened to the 4 singles and honestly they are really good! 'Coming Home' & 'Ever Seen' are my favs. I am going to listen to the album in a second, very excited for "The Man Who Left Too Soon"
AshleyLovescats887 Posted August 9 Posted August 9 Update: I really enjoyed the album, probably one of my favorites this year! My favs: 'One Time', 'Real Man', "Girl Song', 'Post', 'The Man Who Left Too Soon', 'This Is How It Went'
fememeist Posted August 9 Posted August 9 Beatopia was my most played album that year, I'm excited to listen to this record, especially bc i loved the pre release singles
Galaxy Posted August 10 Posted August 10 The album needed more songs like Take a Bite, California and Beaches
K$Ellie Posted August 10 Posted August 10 I love it, not quite as amazing as Beatopia but One Time, Take a Bite, Post, California and Beaches are discography highs
Dolce Vita Posted August 11 Posted August 11 california is talk's spiritual successor. song of the year
Minto Posted August 13 Posted August 13 (edited) sonically i feel like this album's uptempos are gonna be more similar to fake it flowers which is my least favourite sound from her…the ballads are leaning towards clairo territory too much sometimes Edited August 13 by Minto
potent Posted August 13 Posted August 13 I do wish there was more rock or pop punk oriented stuff but I enjoyed it still, the songs have good hooks as usual from her
Ewan Chaos Posted August 13 Posted August 13 To me, all of her albums are very similar quality. But this is probably very slightly my least favorite (where Beatopia is my favorite). I've been disappointed that so many of my favorite songs in 2024 have been lead singles because Take a Bite is still my favorite track- even if there are lots of songs on here I find great outside of TAB.
Dolce Vita Posted September 24 Posted September 24 i was the same from the inside wanted to change, took a big fight calling it bluff you'll see it real time wish you could see it's been a rough ride
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