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  2. Posted

    New EP "State of Play":

    1. Blind as I Am

    2. Breathe (Blu Cantrell cover)

    3. Jolene (Dolly Parton cover)

    4. Careless Whisper (George Michael cover)

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  4. Posted

    Foundation - B

    Real - C

    Shine - A

    Take Shelter - B

    Worship - B

    Eyes Shut - F

    Ties - D

    King - C

    Desire - A

    Gold - D

    Without - D

    Border - D

    Memo - F

     

    Considering the amount of promo and hype for this I'm a bit disappointed tbh - the production is nice but Olly's voice tends to be a bit grating at some points :isee:

    Suggestions: Working Girl for next week and Lianne La Havas' album Blood when it's released 

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    There aren’t many new artists who’ve featured on two multi-platinum UK number 1 albums (Rudimental’s Home and Disclosures’s Settle), collaborated with everyone from Ryan Hemsworth to Goldlink, and who’ve been tapped up by the actual Janet Jackson to work on her new album. Actually there’s only one artist to fit that bill and that’s your new favourite singer, Sinead Harnett. Born in north London to a Thai mother and an Irish father, 25-year-old Sinead’s music is an intoxicating blend of laid-back featherlight soul, 90s-referencing R&B bangers (think Timbaland-produced Aaliyah tinged with UK garage) and delicately swooning slow jams all tied together by a versatile voice that coaxes and teases one minute, and delivers a withering put down the next. The latter can be found in abundance on the percussive stomp of the excellent new single She Ain’t Me, an attitude-heavy change of pace from the cooing collaborations she’s done so far. A sign of what’s to come on her forthcoming debut album I’ll Remain, She Ain’t Me captures an artist stepping up to the next level. “That was one of the earlier tunes I did for the album that featured this new, more feisty side to me,” she explains. “I knew it needed to be on the album and I actually fought for it to be a single. It’s still quite restrained, but there’s attitude in there too. It’s still me but a step up.”

    Peppered with low slung grooves, subtly entrancing vocal melodies and lashings of smoky soul, 2014’s N.O.W EP was an introduction to what Harnett could do outside of the features. “The EP was very much me at that time,” she says. “That was where I was at, I was writing my album but I wanted to give people a hint of what was to come. I wanted to share where I was at that time.” It’s a sign of how confident she is in the new material that none of the songs from the EP made the final album tracklisting, especially when you consider that one of the songs, No Other Way, was picked out as a favourite by childhood hero Janet Jackson, whose management, and then later super producer Rodney Jerkins, had been in touch to see if Sinead might like to write for Jackson’s forthcoming new album (talks are ongoing).

    Thankfully the subtler side of her musical personality is catered for on the album by the silky soft Enough, the softly devastating title track and the gorgeous swoon of Let You Win, a song recorded in LA after a three day writing session with Beyoncé and Rihanna collaborator, James Fauntleroy. “His way of working is so relaxed and it was such a pleasure to work with him,” she says of the sessions in his studio in Inglewood. “We had three days together, which I still can’t believe. I remember him asking me what I was feeling from the instrumental and to me, instinctively, it was just a sexy song.” Other collaborators on the album include the likes of MOJAM, Two Inch Punch, TMS, Chris Loco and Kendrick Lamar collaborator Koz, each helping channel Harnett’s ideas and songwriting into an eclectic, multi-layered album that showcases more than one flavour. “There are lots of layers on the album and I’ll Remain, the song, is the heart of it. That was the song I’ve put under the carpet for years. I wanted to find peace with the situation it touches on,” she says. “The top layer is the more fun songs and there are also the sexier moments too.” Then there’s the drum clap heavy minimalism of the amazing future single Do It Anyway, a song “about me getting a high out of doing things the way I want to do them and not being influenced by people who maybe don’t have my best intentions at heart.”

     

     

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  12. Posted

    I'm genuinely surprised by how solid this album is  :defeated:

    The only song I'm not too keen on is Making the Most of the Night because of the awful mastering of her vocals. It's a shame that the album isn't officially out here for another 3 months though  :oprah2:

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    Here's the album lyrics and credits taken from the booklet  :hooker:

     

     

    Ain't Got No

    Me be so self-sufficient

    Losing all self control

    We ain't got the time

    While pushing us all around

    We ain't got no time to get old

    Me ain't got no time, no

     

    Me be my bold ambition

    Leaning towards dreams of gold

    Me ain't got no time

    While pushing my soul around

    Me ain't got no time to get old

    Me ain't got no time, no

     

    Send it up, send it out

    Baby write it on the wall

    Send it up, send it out

    Do you really wanna know

    I just wanted you to see

    I just thought that you should know

     

    Me be my own suspicion

    Sorry can't save my soul

    Me ain't got no time

    While pushing my soul around

    Me ain't got no time for control

     

    Send it up, send it out

    Baby write it on the wall

    Send it up, send it out

    Do you really wanna know

    I just wanted you to see

    I just thought that you should know

    Send it out to me baby

    Baby let go of control

     

    (Styrke / Kask / Ask)

    Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia AB

    Produced by Calle Ask

    Additional production and mix by Johan T Karlsson

     

     

    Snaren

    You're gonna be hit alright

    If you don't wanna step aside

    Boy you left room for no one I think it's time

    You're gonna be hit alright

    If you don't wanna step aside

    You move those hips alright now step down

     

    3 you know it 2

    Just 1 little step or you're through 

    Boom

    Chin up, curtain goes down

    Don't be sad, you know you're the man

    Face up, take look around

    Rest your eyes on somebody else

    You're gonna be hit alright, I know you

    Don't wanna be hit alright

    You need to step aside, mister

    Please just step aside

     

    You're gonna be hit alright

    If you don't wanna step aside

    Boy you, you really need to step aside

    i swear it's time

    7 you know

    6 your group of

    5 is not better

    4 the crowd

    Than 3 of mine

    You know it 2 hun

    Just 1 little step and you're through

    Run

     

    Take a step to the left

    No not to the right

    You better scootch for a queen b

    Out of my sight

    Step down from your pedestal, be good

    Or else you do need to worry, definitely should

     

    (Styrke / Henriksson / Hallberg)

    Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia AB / Copyright Control

    Produced and mixed by Johan T Karlsson. Additional production by Björn Hallberg

     

     

    Ego

    I've been watching you as of lately

    Walking around like you're something to talk about

    Like you bought in to your own hype

    Used to be just you and me baby

    Running around like we had it all figured out

    There's nothing left behind those eyes

     

    Why...

    You living such a lie...

     

    I wanna hold you but you're untouchable

    Too cool, caught up in your ego

    I wanna love you but you're making it impossible

    Wanna believe in you but you're so far gone

    Did you forget where you came from

    I wanna love you but you're making it impossible

     

    When did you decide to get shady

    I wanna know the moment you changed to someone new

    I hate that you've become that type

    Holding on to moments of maybe

    Thinking about it, there's nothing to figure out

    I see you gave in without a fight

     

    (Birgisson / Miriello / Styrke / de Bono)

    Aristotracks adm by Kobalt Music Publishing / Universal Music Publishing / APRA / Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia AB

    Produced and mixed by Johan T Karlsson. Vocals recorded by Arnthor at Aristotracks studios

     

     

    Samurai Boy

    I got drums in my galaxy

    It sounds like anarchy

    I fell down down down

    From a coma dream

    Into your arms

     

    Oh lord can you hear my voice

    Keep looking out for my samurai boy

     

    Oh lord if you hear my voice

    Keep looking out for my samurai boy

     

    Falling down a pyramid

    Don't you know I'm such a kid

    Can't remember what we did

    Let's do it again

     

    Oh lord can you hear my voice

    Keep looking out for my samurai boy

     

    I get guns in my symphony

    It sounds like a melody

    I fell down down down

    From a cherry tree

    Into yoru arms

     

    (Styrke / Kask)

    Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia AB

    Produced and mixed by Johan T Karlsson

     

    Borderline

    The boys of the empire

    They set my head on fire

    Pull the plug sire

    I'll spit fire

     

    Gents of the empire

    Strangle my desire

    Pull the plug sire

    And I'll spit fire

     

    I'm borderline happy and

    I'm borderline sad

    I'm borderline good

    and I'm borderline bad

    And I can't get rid of a tingling fear

    You'd sort me out if my head gets clear

    I live my life in shackles

    but I'm borderline free

    I used to be blind and I still can't see

    And I won't get around in a change of mind

    As long as nobody breaks my stride

     

    Tricks of the empire

    Make happy kids aim higher

    Higher up they wet fire

    Fools of the empire

     

    I went to school in the empire

    Learnt the rules from a brat sire

    I be a fool of the empire

    'Til I break loose spread fire

    Burn it down

     

    (Styrke / Kask)

    Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia AB

    Produced and mixed by Johan T Karlsson

     

     

    Who's Got News

    Who's got news for who

    Who are you to know how to behave

    I got news for you

    Do you know what it feels like when a heart is breaking

    You call yourself a savior but nothing in your behavior is true

    Nothing is true

     

    You say you fix what is broken

    Do you know what's broken

    You don't know what is broken

    That's what'll break you

     

    You can close what is open

    Do you know what you're closing

    You the one that was chosen

    But I'd never choose you

     

    (Styrke / Henriksson / Hallberg)

    Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia AB / Copyright Control

    Produced by Björn Hallberg

    Additional production and mix by Johan T Karlsson

     

     

    Number One

    Praise cool, I'm sorry but there's no can do

    My youth ain't tangled up in bad decisions

     

    Poor you, you thought you could dictate the rules

    Bohoo

     

    You're only eighteen

    But a killing machine

    Drain the noise of the bullshit

    With stamps to the beat

     

    Oh my, the world's on fire and maybe I'm just chasing rhymes

    Taking is easy and I don't care where it leads me baby

    Oh my the more I try the closer I get to wasting time

    No one ever wants to give you some

    But everybody loves a number one

     

    Hot glam seems far away from where I am

    I can neither understand it nor emand it

     

    Your tears don't shake my world like Britney Spears

    She's fierce

     

    I don't praise your cool

    There's just no can do

    And it's that easy

    Baby can't you see

    You got nothing on me

    It's just that easy

     

    (Styrke / Kask / Ask)

    Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia AB

    Produced by Calle Ask

    Mixed by Henrik Edenhed

     

    Even If I'm Loud It Doesn't Mean I'm Talking To You

    I think I hit a nerve when I burst solitude

    Palooka set in motion and it's drowning you

    I know you feel that pop doesn't really have a clue

    But even if I'm loud it doesn't mean I'm talking to you

     

    You educated now but you never stand a chance

    Sophisticated ain't helping you to do the dance

    I think you're stuck in that me myself and I romance

    But that's too wild for you mean to understand

     

    You got a true mad deep big crush on yourself

    I hope you hit the ground hard when you fell for yourself

    You got that cross armed posture such a sorry sight

    If you do shit like that I don't need to be nice

     

    I got my half ass rhymes to set me free

    That's why you never ever ever can get to me

    I sense my loolycommotions like a brick at you

    But even if I'm loud it doesn't mean I'm talking to you

     

    Nah can't take it

    Imma break it

    I'm gonna shake it off me now

    Within twenty-seven minutes I'm gonna shake it liek a diva

     

    (Styrke / Ask)

    Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia AB

    Produced by Calle Ask

    Additional production by Johan T Karlsson

    Mixed by Henrik Edenhed

     

     

    Burn

    Honey I know that we're in deep

    But now I can see clear your tricks are cheap

    Baby is gunning for a new friend

    Honey I know you're a fine one

    Your mother's done good when she raised her son

    But now he's out gunning for a new friend

    Baby is gunning for a new friend

     

    You better run out like you mean it

    Oh no, can you feel it

    Now everything's broken so beat it

    Tear it apart, burn it up

    Well now baby no there's no comeback

    Everything's gone and it won't come back

    Baby you're outrun you feel it

    Burn it up, break it up

     

    Honey you sure where you're heart stays

    It's an art to never have the last say

    Babe are you gunning for a new friend

    And honey I know where you run to

    The smell of city haze and something new

    Lingers with you like an old friend

    Babe are you gunning for a new friend

     

    I need to go right

    I have this thing right

    I need to leave

    You understand right

    I'll be back soon

    Don't pressure me now

    I need to go

    I need to leave

    Don't pressure me now

     

    (Styrke / Walz)

    Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia AB / Winter Gang Writers

    Produced and mixed by Christian Walz

     

     

    Decay

    I'm at war with nothing in a place that's not around

    I will sneak my way in, pass the beeps not make a sound

    They will search my bag, find the bullets not the gun

    What if they knew that my AK's made of glue and good wishes from my own

     

    Babe I'll take the fast train

    They'll be waiting in the black rain

    Only thing to kill for is me and you

    This city claims the crazy

    And there's no one here to save me

    Everything decays unless it's true

     

    There's a big bang bombing at a place no one can find

    Now I'm on my way to a war I should have left behind

    Like the ouches and the aches and mistakes that can't be undone

    I'll be there they'll wait for me, my bullets and my gun

     

    And I heard 'em say...

     

    (Styrke / Kask)

    Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia AB

    Produced and mixed by Johan T Karlsson

     

     

    Walking A Line

    You a tricky kinda witty little furious psycho

    It isn't easy to be breezy with a curious mind no

    But when the dummies come around you will give it a go go

     

    Hijack the idea of a girl that obeys

    Hahahaha oh my

    Laugh it in the face

     

    And I'm biding my time

    I'm walking a line

    Yeah I'll walk in a line

    I'm making it mine

     

    And you stumble sometimes when you walk in a line

    You walk in a line

    And it's hard ot unwind when you're faking a crie

    You walk in aline

     

    You get the feeling they're believing you can trigger the mofos

    And when they get you they won't let you have a say if you say so

    You wanna roll with it, go with it, bring it to control

     

    Hijack the idea of mysterious ways

    Hahahaha oh my

    Laugh it in the face

     

    (Styrke / Kask)

    Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia AB

    Produced and mixed by Johan T Karlsson

     

     

    Brag

    I gotta tell, don't mean to be rude

    I got it all and nothing to prove

    You gotta worry, gotta stand out

    I got the fix though turn it up loud

     

    I'm gonna be okay so to say

    Gonna be okay

    I just gimme something to say and I'll be okay

     

    I don't brag about my great life

    Don't brag about sharp style

    Just little things that set my head on fire

    No need for me to shout it out

    I don't brag about my bright mind

    Just pointing at my insight

    Don't brag about my sweet lalalalalife

    No need for me to spell it out

     

    You gotta worry, you gotta care

    I got a lot, I'm eager to share

    I got the perfect angle at last

    I gotta show I'm having a blast

     

    I don't brag about my tricks honey I'm like

    I swear I never had the doubts I

    Nah I don't brag about the kicks in the limelight

    I never talk about the downsides

     

    (Styrke / Walz)

    Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia AB / Winter Gang Writers

    Produced and mixed by Christian Walz

     

     

    Art & Design Direction: Slobodan Zivic :: Studio Slobodan

    Photo: Hedvig Jenning

    A & R: Petter Eriksson

    Mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound, New York City & Henke Jonsson at Masters Of Audio

    Management by Filip Wilén & Micke Hagerman, Bad Fox Management

     

     

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  15. Posted

    It's not on US iTunes. Is it the the Wideboys remix and the Brenmar remix? 

    Just the Brenmar and RIVRS remixes - I can't understand her label's inability to release a proper remix EP...

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  18. Posted

    New song "Better in the Morning" out on Wednesday:

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    "Working Girl" album cover and tracks (not in order):

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    Better in the Morning

    Album Intro

    Album Interlude

    Working Girl

    Get Things Done

    Paradise

    Taste It

    Business Pleasure

    Desire (Bonus Track)

    Heroine

    Help Too

    Real Girl

    The Game

    No Pressure

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  20. Posted

     

    You can extract the clean version of TB from here  :usrs:

     

    does anybody know if there are other edited versions of songs from QOTC? I think there is only Moments left and I really need it. can anybody share it, please? :$

     

    The "Clean Love Edit" of Talking Body was released yesterday if you want me to upload it  :creep:

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  21. Posted

    Oh no, it better be at most June 16th :\ We already have half the album.

    It's (unfortunately) common for Universal to release albums months later in the UK to promote singles there - I can't see why they're still doing it as most fans (myself included) who want an album will just buy it from the US instead.

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  22. Posted

    Are those single covers official?

    What are the release dates you've heard? It's been up for preorder here in the US for a while and the release date is set for June, which is really far away honestly.

    I'm surprised her team went to the effort of making separate covers seeing as they're only being used on streaming platforms.

    iTunes UK has the release date as August 7th (which I'm guessing is the correct one), but iTunes Ireland says August 17th (a Tuesday) and Google Play August 11th (a Monday)  :rip:

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  23. Posted

    The album is now up for preorder in the UK but I've already seen three different release dates for it... :uh:

    It appears that they're pushing OctaHate as a single aswell as only Stay Low and The Fool are available as instant grat tracks (the EP was removed) - single covers if anyone wants them:

     

     

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  24. Posted

    The font looks an awful lot like The Family Jewels.  :hdu:

    Mat Maitland designed both album covers; he uses that style of writing in the majority of the album covers he designs (Ultraviolence being one exception).

     

     

    You're buying the album on Monday, right?  :creep:

     

     

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