Jeanne Dielman

+ Contrabass, violin, cello, and celesta. Strange.

Why are people having a meltdown over MOJO's 80/100 review?! It's a great score. They rarely give 100s to albums and when they do they usually give them to non-mainstream or rock records. MOJO's music critic loved the album; she just felt that a couple of audacious/risky choices didn't pan out the way they should have had (apparently the Judah Smith interlude is the only track that she truly didn't like). Had she been able to give this a 90/100, she probably would have (MOJO only gives 100s, 80s, 60s, 40s, and 20s). DYKTTATUOB doesn't have the overtly pleasant/accessible sound of NFR, so it won't be as unanimously loved as that album. But I will be (negatively) surprised if this gets a lower MC score than COTCC and BB which were both considered relatively safe/tepid/lukewarm follow-ups to NFR by most critics. All singles have been critically acclaimed so far. And given that Pitchfork gave BNT to A&W, then I'm pretty sure they're going to dig the unexpected direction of the album's overall sound. Of course The Guardian's A***** P******* has already written his 60/100 review for the record, wbk. I am gagged by the unexpected rise of the streaming numbers of The Grants, btw. It's featured on very few playlists, lol! How did that happen?

Not you trying to turn the "slightly overworked metaphor" into a pan, lmao.

Someone asked them if they like Candy Necklace, and they said "it's so good it's a fave of mine". @Evergreen @Fingertips

Has this been posted?

I need their detailed review on each track! Sadly, I think that this must be it. Have there ever been listening parties for a Lana record? It's something that will please the fans, so BOZ's comment kinda makes sense...

I’ve said it before but I really do think that Candy Necklace will be a serve. You don’t put a filler song between two creepy interludes. Besides, the piano sounds so deep and eerie in the short snippet, and the production credits are very intriguing. It has to be good.

Strong numbers for The Grants. The release gave a cute boost to A&W and DYKTTATUOB too. I wonder if they're going to add the song on various playlists or they're saving that for another track when the album is released next Friday.

Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - 1,433,900 (first 8 hours of tracking) A&W - 1,288,892 (first 8 hours of tracking)

Putting Kintsugi and Fingertips next to each other on the tracklist sounds like a very risky move. I'm here for it, though! By the way I'm seeing an interesting pattern here: The Grants - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Sweet: the orchestral/warm (and introductory) section A&W - Judah Smith Interlude: the dark section Candy Necklace - Jon Batiste Interlude: ? Kintsugi - Fingertips: the dense/wordy section Paris, Texas - Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he's deep-sea fishing: the emotionally liberating section Let The Light In - Margaret: the loose/relaxed section Fishtail - Peppers - Taco Truck x VB: the fun/bop section of the album

Your fave, Drew Erickson!

A couple of days ago he said that the song has grown on him a lot, ranked it #7 and that the melody is absolutely gorgeous (and basically that it's the more melodic sister of Fingertips). But, yeah, both this and Fingertips will be very divisive! Margaret, the interludes and poor Sweet as well. At this point, The Grants, too. I'm here for the messy rankings when the album is released.

Not when @Kintsugi @Brightsun @fl0r1dakil0s and Rosemead all loved it.

Or fans who are ranking it very low on those « best opening track » lists now will reconsider when they listen to the album in its entirety and let it marinate for a while.

I actually think that the tiny snippet is otherworldly and eerie; it definitely doesn't sound like a "typical"/"predictable" Lana piano ballad to me. Besides, Kintsugi called it "massive" and the production credits are very promising: the song features acoustic and electric (!!!) guitars, violins, cellos, contrabass and celesta (!). Furthermore, the song is sandwiched between two very unusual and creepy/unsettling interludes - it seems that the record moves from a grand/orchestral sound (first three tracks) to a more creepy/dark one (A&W - Kintsugi), and I doubt that Candy Necklace would be the outlier here (I certainly didn't expect the Jon Batiste interlude to be described as wild and disturbing, lol!). I hope it delivers!

It's possible, yeah! I'm just trying to decipher what could possibly make BOZ personally happy about this surprise. Music videos or a tour announcement don't make sense. A recorded live performance would include Ocean Blvd tracks, so that's a no. Unreleased/old stuff? No. A documentary perhaps? Although I'm pretty sure that all of BOZ's info is strictly music-related, right? And he did put that headphones emoji on his latest post on ATRL, lol.