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Don't need to be a singer to be a great artist.

Forgive me for rambling my thoughts, but I've had a lot about the album. First off, this is probably solidifying alongside Chemtrails as another Lizzy Grant album. I've always disliked differentiating the two as outside a singular person, but she's very much been present about that through those albums and her Violet. One of the singles has already mentioned going "back to blonde" to get an "old love back" - and I don't find that impossible to be filled with multiple readings. So she's giving me that idea that she's reverting back to Lizzy sounds and intimacy that we only saw deeper on her unreleased stuff. So for that, what a perfect way to introduce some leaked material into the equation. The Last Shadow Puppets are a talented group (although, their albums are so meh to me), and they take a lot inspiration from spaghetti western scores in their own releases, so no surprise to hear the Ennio Morricone sample on here - and not surprising for Lana since she established an affinity for Morricone sounds when she did "Big Eyes". Seriously, that final refrain with the drums and brass are purely cut from the same cloth. The trap beats on "The Trio" do make me wonder, though, if that section of the record might detour a bit to those sounds with "Violets for Roses" the breather before the screaming/feature of "Dealer". I do think trap noise/downtempo pulses are a thing to stay with her for now. Although, I don't really know what to expect. I just know that "Text Book", "Blue Banisters", "Arcadia" have very subtle spaghetti western sounds, and the record is opening up on a bass note that's very much evocative of the style. "Nectar of the Gods" is one of her strongest songs, and one of my personal favorites. I stumbled on it via YouTube rec years ago, but it's so simply, purely, a beautiful song. I can't talk it off enough. I'm so happy for it to be here. Are the unreleased songs here changed at all? For me, I don't think it matters either way, since she could incorporate more spaghetti elements, or she could keep them bare, and either way it would feel cohesive to this idea. The banisters aren't painted, after all. As they've been heard, almost all of them are great songs, and I think critics will take to them, too. I honestly don't see this getting NFR level acclaim - duh - but, like, it might be second. Critics love them quality singer-songwriter, and she's a quality one, and they especially like when they fuck with genre. She's doing a lot of the things they take to, but her 'reputation' the past year is something I'm worried can seep into the responses. I don't think she'll have a problem, though. There are so many consistencies in themes and her imagery based on what we have heard so far, and the titles of the ones we haven't. This is gonna be such a great record, and probably another step closer to Lizzy Grant aesthetics. Maybe a final salute along with the social media absence? Girl can't stop working, and she knows that, so she won't be gone longer than a year or two if she sticks to her guns, but she doesn't delay these things like her release dates. EDIT: also love that this album has multiple signals of tempo changes between verses and choruses, because her doing that on "West Coast" was one of the most mind-blowing and influential things to me, so feed me mama.

On the topic of whether or not she should be tacking on unreleased tracks like she has been, can't we all agree that it's kind of a compromise (and introspective af) that she's working them almost as mirror pieces to her unheard stuff? Not only does it validate her consistency and belief in her songs years after the fact, but an unreleased album is a harder sell for those who want to hear fresh stuff, and it really is kind of silly to think that it would be something a studio would throw all the costs into if they're already in everybody's libraries. She's being smart and creative with it, and that's a nice gesture from her. I'm sure she'd just love to hop on Spotify with 66-unreleased songs, but ain't nobody gonna let her do it.

This is with safety mode on. Rick is probably just as confused, but she'd rather be safe than text. I totally feel that.

what a humble queen

its really hard to imitate Morricone, so i thought so

sorry if its already been mentioned elsewhere, but the interlude is a heavy sample of Ennio Morricone, right?

people are probably swiping it while looking for BB

mood

i'm sorry lol it is one of her best songs tho

So is "Nectar of the Gods" the 'Wild One' demo, because if so, I'm happy to have another of her masterpieces in studio form.

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life's a bitch, so they say they say it so much, so much that it's the only note i play

I've done 15 albums since 2018, but I realize that's a big ask, so I just threw a 46 track singles list together, but it doesn't include the last three albums I've done. They're in chronological order on the list, though, so I hope the makes it feel like a sorta journey or pseudo-Greatest Hits list or something. I don't know. I just hope you like it. If the singles interest you in any way, I am a very album-driven writer, so I approach my individual albums as their own "eras" of sorts. This be the Spotify. Four albums not up will be available on January 8th. I appreciate you all!

2020 in a nutshell. I might slow down next year? I don't know. Bandcamp Soundcloud Spotify Apple Music Tidal YouTube

Yeah, I feel attacked for being comfy 24/7.

6 of the 10 albums are up as of now. All should be there by the end of summer. <3 I'm dropping my 11th at the end of the year.

the intellect

Called BtD cracking decade lists when they realized how influential it was (thanks Prof. Hartman). Predicted UV getting the re-evaluation from critics. Predicted L4L would be her first album with positive reviews to get a re-eval. I predicted the Grammy nom and everything and she had all the buzz I predicted and blah, blah, I'm modest. Definitely think that this title is biting af, and I'm here for it. NFR's title was the same way, and country clubs being so tied to Trump (and bringing up chemtrails) is room for total satire that is right up there with Lizzy's themes and such. That's all. She knows y'all gonna abbreviate. She's literally fuckin' with you and I love it.

queen of psychs

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