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Taco Truck with the chemtrails melody and Sweet with the Roses Bloom For You melody.... iconic

i think the record is brilliant. it feels confident and mature. i still need more time to sit with it but it just feels like someone who's been *in it.* in the game for a long time, seen it all, heard it all, internalized ideas that don't match up to her sense of self, but prevails by sheer talent and lyricism. stand out songs for me are A&W (still my favorite song she's put out in the last 4 years along with Mariners), Candy Necklace, Peppers, and Grandfather. also.... Candy Necklace met my expectations. my god. her vocals on that song, some of the best she's ever performed. the breathiness in the chorus... takes me to another world. and I love Peppers so much. Tommy Genesis's performance is so great and it's so carefree and silly to ride it into a Dick Dale song. I actually thought a lot of parts of the record were funny, especially Taco Truck x VB. ...but was VB necessary to end on? to me, it sort of felt forced, like a "hey, in case you don't like this album, remember venice bitch?" and I was hoping for a new vocal rendition of VB, not the same vocals with different beats. and it felt a little disconnected from the other parts of the album. it's not what i was expecting for a closer. my biggest issue with the album is wordiness. she seems to get lost in much of what she's saying and almost loses control of the melodies in songs like kintsugi and fingertips. also margaret was a total wash to me. i just really don't need to hear a mediocre jack antonoff performance right after an incredible father john misty one. overall, the reason NFR still stands up as a better record in my opinion is because it just felt more refined. there are elements of this album that feel lost, but the direction she takes us towards the end seems like she's in a pretty happy place, and i think we can tell by the interviews she's giving lately etc. that she just seems so carefree. anyways i give it a 7.8/10

Feeling this too

Sweet and Paris Texas are like ballerina boxes. I’m in love

Peppers going into the Dick Dale song is incredible lmAO

Tori Amos exactly who I thought

Sweet has the same melody as roses bloom for you.

Candy necklace and Paris two highlights so far

5 more min… finally able to have my first listen

I'm also a sound first lyrics second girl but the past 3 records she's been really asking us to interrogate her words

Wtf is this

we'll be together again in the post-release thread bestie!!!!! <3

I agree with you- I think what makes this album so special is its impact on music and pop culture in general. she manages to combine story telling with beautiful string and piano arrangements paired next to hip hop influenced drum beats. this isn't new to any of us in the fandom but the reason it ranks so highly for me as well, and the reason i find myself coming back to it all the time, is because of how it makes me feel... i don't necessarily see it as her "best" work objectively, but it's rare an album builds a world so distinct and un-replicated

i am going to miss this thread truly. this is the thread that rly got me into lanaboards

music follows her like a bird on her shoulder.... this site will never die

I assume this picture will drop at midnight with the album??? edit: couldn't find anything on Google Images either so maybe it's some sort of accompaniment with the record

WTF omg?

14 hours i can do this i can do this i can do this

okayyyy ugh I have a Beyonce concert on the 3rd so I'm not gonna risk my vacation days etc. on a day she might not play really really really getting anxious about the amount of festivals she's playing at. means she may not tour

all of these festivals are amazing but... i just really hope she tours

I'm assuming we don't know what day she'll play?

All of these festivals- what are the chances she won't tour because she's doing so many?

Me too! I've listened to every leak since LFL era (do not come for me.) and this is the first time i've forced myself to be patient

girl last night it WOULD NOT leave my head. i had an earworm of it for like 2 hours