Alison by Slowdive

same im like experiencing a come down after lorde's release lmfao i treasure lana more than ever

1000% agreed with u! jack kinda... delivered

hold a grudge playing in a 90s teen movie when the protagonist is forced to reflect, and realises they fucked up and need to make amends

i am completely baffled by secrets from a girl and leader of a new regime, and even the path tbh. i think lorde was trying to be quite "classic" with the songwriting (maybe?) but a lot of it just comes across as banal and cringey unfortunately. i think some of it for me has to do with the fact that lorde denounces being the "voice of a generation" but then in a lot of these tracks, a lot of the lyrics are cultish and an attempt at simplistic "iconic" classic songwriting - it comes across as quite affected, disingenuous, and as that one article said, sophistic stand-out tracks: - fallen fruit (mostly for the way it all sounds and comes together) - hold no grudge (refreshing and fun!) - california (one of the better pieces of songwriting, i think) - the man with the axe (same as above)

mean like a child / who keeps crying till she gets her way / (like a true star)

just read this and it expresses a lot of thoughts i had half-formed in my mind. fully agree w the article FF tho

you are angels of the night / rock and roll guardians now

my mind is still blown she went hilary duff on hold no grudge

bc it's sexy

i feel this a bit it is a bit jarring that she's a teen millionaire who just finished a 4 year long holiday and some of her lyrics... fallen fruit tho

i would rather die

who was the insider who slated fallen fruit as unmelodious trash? boz? if so, confirmed: he has no taste hold no grudge is def the hotter sister

my unsolicited review: that was fun i totally understand ppl being put off by lorde's ... cynicism(?), given her incredibly privileged position at her age. it's a bit boring to lament about the burden of fame so... early in ur career, esp after a 4 year hiatus lol. it was cool n refreshing to hear the older sound echoed throughout this pop project! but again it sort of bordered on sometimes being a pastiche since there have been SO many legendary experimental psychedelic rock tracks in the past and the sound is well established. but i thought it was pretty fun that the deluxe tracks were more sparkly 90s and y2k rnb in sound, separating them from the rest favourite tracks: FALLEN FRUIT miles ahead of the rest (from the nissan to the phantom to the plane is fucking iconic ... or maybe i'm just entranced by a hot guitar solo), california, mood ring, the man with an axe, and hold no grudge comments on other tracks: secrets from a girl should've been scrapped

omg hold no grudge is a vibe, a sparkly y2k break up track vibe

the electric guitar synth-y sounds in lorde's fallen fruit are EXACTLY the details i want in lana's new music, manifesting

listening to fallen fruit rn omg fuck what is this SOUND WHAT IS THIS INSTRUMENT fallen fruit has me fully in tears im a mess

listening to lorde's album rn and weeping and i just want a new lana songs

listening now, only 1 minute in and i'm SHAKING

is it grudge (2004) tier tho

didn't u hear? we're moving houses! the AI thread is where it's at cuckoo bird is already a masterpiece tho

off to the races?

'Disappointing, detached and sun-bleached of melody' what is happeningggggg

the whole album?

i stop loading the page before the paywall comes up

tying cherry knots, smiling, doing party favours? oh or strawberries, cherries, and an angel's kiss in spring