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The Guardian review. They gave it 4 stars out of 5.

Did you guys read this? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24671871 Pretty interesting interview. My fave parts:

sooo glad that song is getting a video! best in the album imo. that shoegaze-y wall of sound

http://www.loureed.com/inmemoriam/

Yeah, it's probably even more 'cunt' than 'pussy'. From what I understood it's basically the worst, most offensive way to say 'vagina' in Japanese.

My favourites are Night Time, My Time, Nobody Asked Me (If I Was Okay), Omanko & Love In Stereo. Least favourite is probably I Blame Myself - which isn't very surprising since I was never a fan of her earlier poppier stuff. Apparently it means 'pussy'.

Pitchfork review is out -- 8.1

Night Time, My Time is FANTASTIC. Bloody hell, what a closing track!

Nobody Asked Me (If I Was Okay) is grungy perfection. edit - listening to Omanko now. It's really good imo, kinda reminds me of Suicide and feels so, idk, dirty. also, lmao @ myself going to the 'omanko' tumblr tag in hopes of finding the lyrics

Kinda embarrassingly, Off To The Races. It was easily my least favourite from BTD during the first few listens, and now it's one of my favourite Lana songs & I'd do lots of questionable stuff to get my hands on the demo... Also, and while I never disliked it, it did take me a while until I finally 'got' the brilliance and magic of Yayo (AKA version, of course).

Very popular, plays in mainstream radio all the time. Anyone who pays the least bit of attention to music knows who she is.

Perfectly put. R.I.P.

I think in Morrison's case it's also pretty difficult to know how much of his apparent personality was drug-fuelled since he was pretty much high on something 24/7...

Her seemingly very normal and healthy relationship with Barrie - as opposed to all the danger, darkness and obsession she seems to be fascinated with in all the men / relationships she mentions in her songs - is one of the things that makes me wonder how much of her public personality is actually her and makes me doubt a lot of her 'bad girl' backstory. I often get the feeling that she uses these artistic personas she's always created one way or another as a safe way to experiment and live (in her mind & via song) all these dark and dangerous fantasies that fascinate her without actually having to live them and deal with the less glamorous sides of it. I don't know if this makes any sense. (Btw, this has nothing to do with the authenticity debate - which I personally think is complete bullshit.)

Man, this is so accurate.

Seriously. btw, Coke Zero & Vanilla Coke >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mountain Dew is hard to find here, and Diet Mountain Dew even more so. I found the regular kind in London though and tried it - because of Lana, yeah. Didn't really like it. I live for coffee & tea though.

I'll definitely get this on vinyl if / when it comes out. BIG version of that cover? WANT!

One or two dumb comments aside (the 'dead friends' one really is something else... ), I actually liked this interview. I thought that for once she wasn't trying too hard to sound intellectual and subsequently saying a lot of half-baked stuff; she's clearly mostly influenced / inspired by visuals (which imo makes a lot of sense since one of the best things about her music is the mood & vivid imagery she's able to convey) and that really shines through in this interview. I liked reading about all the little things tbh - the decor of her new house, the streamers & fish tank in the trailer, the decadent camps of Lake Placid, how she describes even her alcohol of choice as 'anything fast and dark', the drives to the beach, the ideas behind the National Anthem video... it's like she takes inspiration from these little things (idealising them quite a bit in the process) & creates a whole song / video around them. Idk, I enjoyed reading about that and much prefer this type of interview to the ones where she tries to sound like a deep thinker.

I don't know about the crashing at Ben Mawson's part, but she was definitely in England for a while. For instance, this interview was filmed at a recording studio there in 2010. Depending on how long you stay you might not even need a visa to work in the UK.

I just don't see how this "sounds like a soundtrack for the Breakfast Club playing in her head" or this "electropop hooks straight from the 80s" are bad things tbh.

Did you guys read the Rolling Stone review though? Like, damn.

@@xratedcuntxrated Absolutely nothing wrong with that!

Loved Gulag Orkestar & The Flying Club Cup but was kinda disappointed when I saw them live in 2011 (at a festival, but still) and never even listened to The Rip Tide after that. But I'm getting all nostalgic now and might give them another chance soon. This one's my favourite song:

Yup, fan. Paracosm was one of the albums I was looking forward to the most this year because I absolutely loved Within and Without. @ Really digging that song! I'll try to find a link in slsk and/or waffles, if I can't find it anywhere I'll PM you - if that's okay.

It's that time of the year again, so share music with a Halloween-ish vibe to get in the right mood! I'll start. The Casket Girls - I've Got a Secret Dead Man's Bones - Lose Your Soul (fyi: Ryan Gosling's band) Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You (oblig) (put the videos under a spoiler btw)