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There is such catharsis in having VB at the end of the record. Like slipping into an end credits layer of reality, a mindless haze after the hero’s arc of the rest of the album. It feels like an altered state, which the album plays with a lot - at the end of A&W and peppers with the sort of drugged up transitions, Candy necklaces as the bad trip, both interludes. And that notion of the altered state hits harder when you consider the last words spoken in the transition from Taco Truck to VB are Lana trying and failing to recount a dream… and then she just gives way to it. It’s either an ultimate escape or something more sinister (the same way the second half of A&W could be)

There is such catharsis in having VB at the end of the record. Like slipping into an end credits layer of reality, a mindless haze after the hero’s arc of the rest of the album. It feels like an altered state, which the album plays with a lot - at the end of A&W and peppers with the sort of drugged up transitions, Candy necklaces as the bad trip, both interludes. And that notion of the altered state hits harder when you consider the last words spoken in the transition from Taco Truck to VB are Lana trying and failing to recount a dream… and then she just gives way to it. It’s either an ultimate escape or something more sinister (the same way the second half of A&W could be)

There is such catharsis in having VB at the end of the record. Like slipping into an end credits layer of reality, a mindless haze after the hero’s arc of the rest of the album. It feels like an altered state, which the album plays with a lot - at the end of A&W and peppers with the sort of drugged up transitions, Candy necklaces as the bad trip, both interludes. And that notion of the altered state hits harder when you consider the last words spoken in the transition from Taco Truck to VB are Lana trying and failing to recount a dream… and then she just gives way to it. It’s either an ultimate escape or something more sinister (the same way the second half of A&W could be)

There is such catharsis in having VB at the end of the record. Like slipping into an end credits layer of reality, a mindless haze after the hero’s arc of the rest of the album. It feels like an altered state, which the album plays with a lot - at the end of A&W and peppers with the sort of drugged up transitions, Candy necklaces as the bad trip, both interludes. And that notion of the altered state hits harder when you consider the last words spoken in the transition from Taco Truck to VB are Lana trying and failing to recount a dream… and then she just gives way to it. It’s either an ultimate escape or something more sinister (the same way the second half of A&W could be)

There is such catharsis in having VB at the end of the record. Like slipping into an end credits layer of reality, a mindless haze after the hero’s arc of the rest of the album. It feels like an altered state, which the album plays with a lot - at the end of A&W and peppers with the sort of drugged up transitions, Candy necklaces as the bad trip, both interludes. And that notion of the altered state hits harder when you consider the last words spoken in the transition from Taco Truck to VB are Lana trying and failing to recount a dream… and then she just gives way to it. It’s either an ultimate escape or something more sinister (the same way the second half of A&W could be)

There is such catharsis in having VB at the end of the record. Like slipping into an end credits layer of reality, a mindless haze after the hero’s arc of the rest of the album. It feels like an altered state, which the album plays with a lot - at the end of A&W and peppers with the sort of drugged up transitions, Candy necklaces as the bad trip, both interludes. And that notion of the altered state hits harder when you consider the last words spoken in the transition from Taco Truck to VB are Lana trying and failing to recount a dream… and then she just gives way to it. It’s either an ultimate escape or something more sinister (the same way the second half of A&W could be)

There is such catharsis in having VB at the end of the record. Like slipping into an end credits layer of reality, a mindless haze after the hero’s arc of the rest of the album. It feels like an altered state, which the album plays with a lot - at the end of A&W and peppers with the sort of drugged up transitions, Candy necklaces as the bad trip, both interludes. And that notion of the altered state hits harder when you consider the last words spoken in the transition from Taco Truck to VB are Lana trying and failing to recount a dream… and then she just gives way to it. It’s either an ultimate escape or something more sinister (the same way the second half of A&W could be)

Peppers has become my unexpected fave 

when i look back
tracing fingertips
over plastic bags

Peppers has become my unexpected fave 

Peppers has become my unexpected fave 

Peppers has become my unexpected fave 

Peppers has become my unexpected fave 

Peppers has become my unexpected fave 

Peppers has become my unexpected fave 

Totally agree that there couldn’t be Ocean Blvd without Chemtrails and Blue Banisters. I love both of them, even though they are not my favourites (in 2021-22, I thought I prefered BB but I listened to both before ocean Blvd and COCC now has my preference). 

the « problem » with these two albums might have been that we had some preconceived ideas of what they’d sound like or hope they would:
- for COCC: it was the follow-up to Norman and NFR lovers (including myself) wondered if she’d follow on some of the trippy prod of this album on COCC. Plus it was the damn pandemic and we all wanted some sort of escapism from that hell, a summer « vacation ». On a personal note, i wanted some old Hollywood vibes when she posted a clip from From Here to Eternity, which had nothing to do with the album;
- for BB, we associated its former name (RCS) to some sort of summery, more pop/boppish sound, with revenge songs… Plus Mike Dean being on board gave us some impression it could be the case… 
 
Ocean Blvd sorta « filled » those « lacks » we had with the previous two albums. We sure will need, in a couple years, go back to them to appreciate them more as a fan base. 
 
The best way to enter a Lana album, I think, is to have no misconception and let it be its own thing. And not let Lana be the sole artist to carry what someone would like / love on an album. 

The way she talks about the wipe out interpolation in Peppers before she actually merges into it Omg

The way she talks about the wipe out interpolation in Peppers before she actually merges into it Omg

This album isn’t an album for ugly bitches. Its for hot girls and gays. You aren’t gonna get it if you’re basic: go to the beverly center and listen to miley. This is for artists and dreamers and sexy weird people who are into philosophy and hot sex and being sad and aesthetic. Sexy piano bops arent for ugly girls. If you can’t shake your ass to these you probably just can’t shake your flat ass at all. Anyway this is magnus opus. Sayonara im about to drive up the coast and blast this because Im hot and deep and maybe a little shallow.
Happy streaming

She said it herself on ig, the reviews aren't supposed to be good! This is NFR, if NFR had imperfections and cracks because THAT'S HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN (tm) the girls who get it, get it and the girls who don't, DON'T. The first half of the album is her spilling her guts out about her fear of dying alone, being forgotten, losing her family, losing at love, finding herself to be the AMERICAN WHORE at 33 over wacky piano ballads and trippy interludes. She knew this was going to be too much for the basic BITCHES of Slant magazine or whatever... so as a result, the closing act of the album has her embracing her confidence, feeling sexy, addressing concerns that she was manufactured by a team, and finally reminds them that she knows they hate her. 
 
Anyway, all this to say an 80 on MC is excellent critical acclaim iktr 

let the light in such a standout... father john really is father...

The way she talks about the wipe out interpolation in Peppers before she actually merges into it Omg

The way she talks about the wipe out interpolation in Peppers before she actually merges into it Omg

The way she talks about the wipe out interpolation in Peppers before she actually merges into it Omg

The way she talks about the wipe out interpolation in Peppers before she actually merges into it Omg