Shades

me removing BB l-worded zip file from my phone, computer & my memory to pretend to hear the album for the first time on this Friday: 

I just wanted to say this, and I have nowhere else to say it:
 
For me, Lana's music - especially Born to Die, Ultraviolence, and Honeymoon - is so nostalgic, and so evocative of my teenage years. It triggers those memories and those sensations for me in a way that nothing else does. I first discovered Lana in 2011, with the Video Games MV; I was 13 years old. I'm 23 years old now. I literally grew up with Lana and her music. 
 
I remember riding in my best friend's car when I sixteen years old, screaming the lyrics to Born to Die and Off to the Races, not really understanding what they meant back then, but, simultaneously, understanding exactly what they meant. I remember being sprawled out on my bed, drunk, listening to West Coast, feeling every inch of it in the marrow of my bones. I remember Honeymoon, and Art Deco, and The Blackest Day, and all of the things those songs made me feel.
 
Lana was an integral part of my childhood. An integral part of my formative years. And Blue Banisters feels like the ultimate cumulation of that; it feels, in a way, like we've grown and matured together. Here I am, ten years later, an adult who's seen so much and been so through so much in the last ten years. And I just feel like Blue Banisters reflects those feelings, and that maturation, so well.
 
I don't know. I'm drunk, and I'm probably being over-sentimental. But I can already tell that this album is going to be significant, and sentimental, to me.

I don’t think this counts as a spoiler, but..
 
Be sure to listen with headphones! My opinions on different songs definitely shifted for the better because of..(actual spoiler):
 

Come on, this Youtube thing can't be for real. What's the source? I can see Lana doing it, but surely her producers/sound engineers/whoever would put their foot down on using a 128kbps Youtube rip? Surely she or the original producers have the source files??? 

Come on, this Youtube thing can't be for real. What's the source? I can see Lana doing it, but surely her producers/sound engineers/whoever would put their foot down on using a 128kbps Youtube rip? Surely she or the original producers have the source files??? 

Come on, this Youtube thing can't be for real. What's the source? I can see Lana doing it, but surely her producers/sound engineers/whoever would put their foot down on using a 128kbps Youtube rip? Surely she or the original producers have the source files??? 

Come on, this Youtube thing can't be for real. What's the source? I can see Lana doing it, but surely her producers/sound engineers/whoever would put their foot down on using a 128kbps Youtube rip? Surely she or the original producers have the source files??? 

i am still so overwhelmed... this album is SPECTACULAR
 

My Long Review of Blue Bannisters
 
 

the best part!

Well, to each their own but I actually think they look kind of regal lmao pretty cool shot ngl

Can anyone confirm which unreleased and previously leaked songs have been reworked?

pitchfork again proves itself to be run by tone-deaf, uncultured rats. no surprise here

solar fucking power

Personally I like it, if I wasn’t online during a discussion it lets me still kind of interact w the convo/other users even when the subject has changed or if I don’t feel like posting a reply/expanding on it for whatever reason, it also lets you show support to your friends, or people who are going through a hard time, or lets you celebrate with others etc… Liking posts also lets me go thru all my “liked” posts in one area to find something more quickly than searching for it (cuz we all know how well that search function works ). If you meant addictive/toxic as in checking who liked what post or posting for like-bait, I think that’s the individual’s problem they need to work on independently. I don’t use the like function like that so it doesn’t feel fair to take away something I find quite useful because someone else doesn’t use it responsibly. I honestly don’t want or need to formulate a whole reply to every post I like, so just “liking” it is perfect for me, I would prefer if we kept it 

wow- Lana wishes the original WM sounded like this.
 
she managed to turn that musty, country-reeking song into a beautiful genre-bending soft rock/jazz masterpiece... pls... should have put new lyrics on it and created a new instant classic

pitchfork again proves itself to be run by tone-deaf, uncultured rats. no surprise here

Cat Power is beyond amazing and her covering Lana is an also amazing new. Anyway, why this song... Loving the cover, but it sounds as an absolutely different song with some White Mustang lyrics thrown all over (and that's maybe why I get to love it, honestly). 

pitchfork again proves itself to be run by tone-deaf, uncultured rats. no surprise here

pitchfork again proves itself to be run by tone-deaf, uncultured rats. no surprise here

I don’t mind piano ballads at all, if the voice is good. I read on Twitter that the song was good and that 30 would be more in the vein of 19 : less vocal pirouettes and deeper lyrics (which I’m fine with: maybe she won’t break her vocal cords again on tour this time around).

pitchfork again proves itself to be run by tone-deaf, uncultured rats. no surprise here