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Remember those gorgeous instrumentals that Emile posted to his instagram a couple months ago? God, I hope his album sounds like that.... 

oh my god shut the fuck up already, this is the Wait For Life thread, not the fucking bitch-about-female-artists thread

I'm not favoring commercial success and big budget production, i'm favoring effort.
I just don't understand how something she claims as more representative of her, and more in tune with her interests is garnering little to no attention. I understand she's not going to promo the hell out of her album because that isn't her style, but even her label has little to no interest it seems at least to me. 
 
I do agree she received artistic merit from this album though, but that's about it. Then again, if that was her only goal (which I suspect/reason for such a drastic change) I suppose it's a success. Knowing how sensitive she is to how other people feel and her need for acceptance in an artistic community I think UV was geared at cementing her as an artist and not an industry puppet. 

Not to be rude but, this era so far = Ultraviolence video
So much potential but turning out to be a big let down 

Ultraviolence on vinyl:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kyOuRMADik
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCPJtevCUMM
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDzkAMUu9Qw
 

 
</audiophile nerd>

Ok, it took me some time to give my final judgement and the never ending comparisons to BTD & P. I may be not as eloquent as some posters here, but I will give it a shot. 
 
Not that it really matters cause this place has become pretty dead, but hey...
 
Just like on BTD, we have some standouts on UV that strike me after a few listens: Shades of Cool, Brooklyn Baby and West Coast. I think these three tracks along with The Other Woman execute at the very best what she was going for with this album: a soft mood, sad but relaxed, laid-back record. Like portaying herself and her lovers from a distance, observing. 
 
The sad thing about this album is that you can actually hear, that she really had trouble writing it and putting it all together. She has talked about it in several interviews that she had basically stopped writing, because she had nothing to write about, she felt numb and defeated by everything going on around her. 
Some people on here and other places blame the production of Dan Auerbach, but the production is actually not the main issue here, it's Lana's songwriting and her lack of a vision for this album.
Something that also doesn't play into her cards is that with a rock and jazzy sound it is even more difficult to cover up  the lack of ideas in terms of songwriting. With hip hop beats, electronica and strings you can at least vaccum it in a nice way. 
Regardless of the flaws on BTD, you could close your eyes and you had all the songs almost like a movie lined up in front of your eyes, playing and evolving. UV doesn't do that. It feels like she didn't know where to go with it. 
 
Lana is still a sad potato, she still writes songs about the men she loves and how she will do anything to make their relationship work while wearing her red dress and being a mess and so on....
The problem is: we have all heard it before and it was pretty well executed, we don't need more semi-likeable versions of it like on Cruel World which draggs forever and Sad Girl or Pretty When You Cry. Lana just has not improved when structuring a song, not adding shifts and breaks (except for West Coast).
 
She has talked many times about how she always reads the same books & poems, watches the same movies and listens to the same music. I am just wondering how she has managed to write 200 and more songs while always being exposed to the same stuff. Maybe after this record, she should turn to something new & fresh. 
 
What I miss is the actual fun in Lana's music. Despite an album called Born To Die, I could always sense some joy and even a sense of humour in her music during the most time. Only in Brooklyn Baby she manages to do it on UV. Songs like MPG and FMWUTTT are supposed to be sarcastic and powerful, but they sound uninspired, flat and unfinished. 
If she wanted to be sarcastic & angry then turn it up, girl! Don't tone it down.
 
What also bugs me about this era is her complete absence of interesting visuals. Nobody can tell me that the videos so far have been great, not even the best one for SOC. She seems so desinterested and bored, you sometimes fear she will fall asleep to her own music in her own video. 
 
This lack of vision, interest and care leaves us, the fans, wondering and unsatisfyied. 
 
There will be always people on here who will say: OMG, she is an indie queen and she is rock now and so much more mature than before. Sadly, she is not. She has just chosen another direction for her music, which as I stated before doesn't really compliment her lack of ideas for this album.
 
I grew up listenting to Tori Amos and PJ Harvey. I know how great artists can make alternative music sound, how they work with song structures, never allowing the music to be predictable and flat and how much they care about different layers in their music. 
 
Maybe she actually has found her sound on the previous record, not executed at the very best by Haynie for sure, but maybe it's something that suits her better than trying to be an artist she is not or simply lacks the musicality to get there. 

I just noticed I haven't listened to the album in full since June 17th  ! Sadly I don't want to play this record on repeat like I did with Born To Die. It's too monotonous.
To answer the poll, my favorite songs are : Shades Of Cool, Brooklyn Baby, Money Power Glory & Old Money!

fixed.

Maybe she is just lazy

Sounds like every other one of her singles

Queen of Foreheads

Sis I was with you until this disaster Do not even...

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19765-ariana-grande-my-everything/
 
  

consider this: who fucking cares

All I can say is God is real and He heard my prayers.

Mess.

Brazilian.

Neon Jungle re-released their album yesterday and got rid of Waiting Game 

Remarkable Affair thoooo         
I'm in love 

He is about to come into my bedroom.

YES

Fe is a British indie singer-songwriter. She's also a photographer and and film/music video director. Her real name is Maria Knights and her age is unknown. Fe's first official release was "Let It Go", on February 20th, 2013. The song was written by her and produced - supposedly - by Alex da Kid (Eminem, Imagine Dragons, Avril Lavigne and more). "Let It Go" on YouTube | SoundCloud
 
On April 1st, 2013, she released a second song - the beautiful, haunting "Remarkable Affair". Vogue used the song for a fashion film directed by Mario Testino. Both tracks received positive reviews from indie music critics. "Remarkable Affair" on YouTube
 
Her music, voice and looks were compared to Mazzy Star, Fiona Apple and Lykke Li. Months later, Fe released the dark, soft, relaxing "Mother Russia" and "Giddy Up", her sexiest track. "Mother Russia" on SoundCloud | "Giddy Up" on YouTube
 


 
Accolades:
 
Pigeons&Planes - 4th Best New Artist of the Month (April 2013)
7List Blog (Brazil) - "Let It Go" 2nd Best Song of the Week (April 17, 2013)
Pigeons/Planes - "Let It Go" 2nd Best Song of the Week (April 19, 2013)
Killing Moon (UK) - "Let It Go" Song of the Day (April 20, 2013)
Blah Blah Blah Science (US) - "Let It Go" Track of the Week (May 1, 2013)
AUX.tv (CAN) - "Let It Go" Best Song of the Week (November 15, 2013)
Iamnewmusic.com (US) - "Mother Russia" 2nd Best Song of the Year (2013)
My Day By Day Music (UK) - "Mother Russia" Song of the Day (October 16, 2013)
 
Unreleased tracks:
 
"Desert Lovers"
"Find a Way"
"World of Fantasy"
"Never Quite Made It"
"Eye to Eye"
 
Follow Fe on Twitter | Follow Fe on SoundCloud | Like Fe on Facebook

To be honest, it's clear that the fan didn't mean to "attack" Lana at the show. There were TONS of people grabbing at her in the front row and to be honest, I got a grasp on the back of her head one time (that hoe was hairsprayed to death). I mean, I didn't pull her fucking hair, but I def got ahold if it. It's one thing if it's an accident, but it's another if it wasn't (but it obvs was an accident). Anyone would obviously be upset if it happened to them too. Just imagine if Lana had pinned in/glued on extensions. She has a right to get upset and leave early.
 
Case closed tbh.

"Studio tip #14: never use own shoulder as tambourine."
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>TAMBOURINE

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