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Listen as soon as its up on streaming. Maybe another go for some of the new ones that I really love. Probably write a defensive review and plaster it everywhere because people don't understand how to read her prose. Then a Lord of the Rings themed Halloween party where I'm really going to be thinking about the lyrics and production choices over and over and over. If I have too much to drink, I'll probably blast a track over top Gandalf falling into the pit. The usual. I don't wanna liiiiiiiiiive http://maudit.tumblr.com/post/18611231320

ugh that is gorgeous

It's a style of film genre that is Italian-based interpretations of the Hollywood Western genre. So instead of being nationalistic, they're more prone to being over-the-top and more focused on the aesthetics rather than 'Merica vibes. Ennio Morricone frequently did the music scores for a lot of the most popular films in the genre, and they all have a very similar sound (plucky, layered strings of guitar and violins / lots of brass), which has in-turn become the 'spaghetti western' subgenre in music. Morricone is sampled with a producer credit on the Trio, which is an homage to The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly's famous 'trio' of the title.

To those that have heard the entire tracklist, can you clarify for me...

You're okay babes. I was worried following it up after your post. No shade on anybody, just really curious by the ones who are triggered by them.

The fact you guys are putting Blue Banisters so low on the ranks is all the proof I need that this album is gonna light my ass on fire. I don't know what everyone else is smoking, but BB is some of the best songwriting she's ever done, and marks a change in how she's perceiving herself as an artist and lover. Like seriously, I can't believe it's nowhere near the top of so many lists, and I can't help but wonder if its simply because it doesn't bop? Is it because it leans heavy into the singer/songwriter and poetry prose? Illuminate me why the lyrics are bad, please, because I'm so so confused.

the idea of chickens running without their shoes.

Thank you for sourcing for my lazy ass, hun. I thought I was going crazy for a second there.

I may not remember it entirely correct, but it was something similar that happened to Bruce Springsteen in 2008. Both his song, and YaB were the frontrunners for the award, but they were disqualified because they had been 'released'/'written' outside of being specifically "for the film". Basically, they were considered "reused", and thus not merited, I guess. As if they can prove that for the myriads of other songs they nominate.

To add onto the Grammy thing I brought up, I didn't even consider the possibility of the album not even becoming eligible. I wonder if the use of 'older' songs - even though unreleased by her team - will factor in a disqualification. That would suck, but wouldn't be surprising. She likely would have won the Oscar for "Young and Beautiful" if it weren't for the stupid rule.

I didn't even factor 30 in the mix, but yeah, you're very, very much right about that.

Not to gloat, but I'm gonna smack back my bitch up. NFR's pre-release threads will show that I predicted the level of acclaim NFR got, down to its status as a modern classic in music circles. It's something I never felt for any of her other records, including COCC right after. (Also came in with a heads up that scholars/professors/music snobs were seeing that she was one of the more influential artists of our time before Pitchfork compared her to Dylan.) I don't think BB is going to be as acclaimed, based on what we've heard, if only because NFR had a sort of mythical scope of Americana that appeals to critics, and this record seems to be more personal and intimate, but I'm thinking her second Grammy nod for AotY is almost certain. Might even win in that classic "make-up for the previous snub", since there is a general consensus that she deserved to win for NFR, but that will also depend on the culture/factors leading up to voting. I don't think it's going to get high 9+ from music publications, but high 8s? Certainly. It'll be her most acclaimed behind NFR. Further essays that over-analyze her authenticity? For sure! A huge crowd coming around to her? Yep.

I've always tried to direct people to Old Money, because that was the first time I picked up on this aspect of her story. Most just said I was overanalyzing per usual.

The first time I listened to UV, and Cruel World began, it was life-changing. And then my life changed like 10 more times, plus 4

Stoned is the best way to listen to a Lana album for the first time tbh

Similar to the Liz Phair album getting a 0. Men also get criticism for 'selling out', but whenever a woman crosses over into the mainstream (or even slightly out of their indie 'roots'), they almost always get hate that is hyperbolic af. Nirvana coulda made a pop album after In Utero, and it'd be hated the same way, but it woulda probably got a 5.5, compared to - say - if Tori Amos did a pop rock record, it'd probably be a 3.2 for the same amount of anger. It was especially bad back then, because nobody really called it out.

I thought I shared the two latest albums I did here, but I guess I forgot, so I'm gonna do that now, please. Anacortes (ambient/art pop; singer/songwriter) is a 14-track concept album influenced by a vacation to Anacortes, Washington. It's not really about the trip, but a lot of the tourist-y things made me uncomfortable, and I tried to channel that 'feeling' the best I could in songs that revolve around my usual b.s. I've always been interested in the illusion of a line that sits between low and high arts, so that's the main crux of the concept here. It features a couple of cover songs - "Fresh Out the Oven" by Jennifer Lopez, and "Play a Love Song" by The Jaguars. https://open.spotify.com/album/7D2B0shblrRloFu2dMISLx In the Land of Meth and Money (experimental art rock/pop; singer/songwriter; sound collage) is a shorter - if less accessible, according to some - piece where I confronted toxic masculinity and the forms that I still have to work on. It's a bit sarcastic like much of everything I do, but is a middle finger most of all to the types of people I grew up around that held extremely unreasonable and bigoted views (rural Ohio). Also further exploring my thoughts on my gender, more, by being reflective to their ideologies and how they fucked me up more than helped. There's covers of both a contemporary country song (Tim McGraw/Faith Hill's "It's Your Love") and classic ("I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry" by Hank Williams). Also a bunch of samples of interviews, memes, and other things that appealed to what I was trying to express. (Only on Bandcamp at the moment, due to that.) https://littleboyvelvet.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-land-of-meth-and-money

Let's be real. Anything scrapped woulda been begged for years, and when it leaked, you'd all be creaming over it.

the blasphemy

god tier answer

NFR seemed to be interested in trees. Especially those that are burning. As somebody else pointed out, cinnamon is mentioned, and there was a lot of palms on her insta up to the announcement/release. The VB and MAC singles covers, for example.

I just want to say that when I stumbled on this song through YouTube, I immediately thought of how it has the same power that UV had overall. Kinda wished it was part of that tracklist, but also realize that it has this density to it that will also fit this record. Easily one of her best songs. I hope it's not too different.

fixed for ya sweetie

Not speaking of her in particular - or anybody - but yes, she is.