TEMPORARY Chemtrails Over the Country Club - Pre-Release Thread: OUT March 19th, 2021

[Dreamboy 1,608]

5 minutes ago, bigspender said:

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reviews as I listen for the first time

 

-white dress: you can literally hear her voice crack when she's in her head voice, and while I appreciate the rawness of it, it's also the opening track of your highly anticipated album since 2019? it feels undone or demo like to me. I also firmly believe jack antonoff shits stuff out of his ass for her. his work on folklore and st Vincent's last single makes this just seem like he didn't even want to be there.

 

-chemtrails over the country club: this is song is incredibly catchy and gets stuck in my head a lot. this song is my favorite lyrics from her from a long time. I love the ending drums. (edit as I listen to TJS, this song doesn't deserve to be the title track definitely.)

 

-tulsa Jesus freak: very catchy melody, I don't like the reverb on her voice at the beginning. I had higher hopes for this song in terms of production and found myself getting sort of bored listening to it. I also really enjoy the pitch corrected keys. didn't meet up to my expectations though. 

 

-let me bore you like a boredom-: this is her worst single, maybe even worst song ever? it sounds like she's a wanna be song writer trying to write a song that sounds like Lana Del Rey..? the reverb, again, gives it an unnecessary dynamic when the instrumental seems very intimate, which I feel creates a type of void inside that dynamic. fuck this song.

 

-wild at heart: I definitely like this better than how to disappear. the prechorus is such a beautiful melody, and although I like it better than HTD, I feel like this song deserved much more of an astonishing and new chorus. it also lacks vocal production in areas where it sounds needed. at the end of the second chorus, I like her ultraviolence-ish vocals. the second chorus sounds like she's tired of singing this song. this song sounds like she's trying to revisit parts of her past because of how many ways she's making her voice sound, which I really love.

 

-dark but just a game: wow I love the melody and guitar riff, that beat really took me surprise and I wish she went in this direction more with the whole album. again, I'm wishing she wouldn't revisit fuck it I love you in a way. I love when her voice gets dryish in the chorus. but the lyrics definitely had me saying in my head at some points: "Lana Del Rey try to write about something new challenge." I love the verses A LOT and they feel sexual in a way, I'm all over this song. this song also sounded like a revisit to Venice bitch. im getting annoyed with these references to NFR lol.

 

-not all who wander are lost: I really enjoyed her vocals in this! the layers are really pleasant on the ears! I do not like the part where you hear jacks voice after the chorus, it adds nothing to the track and sounds of place. love her harmonies too. very weak bridge, very weak ending in general, and nothing exciting. 

 

-yosemite:  I enjoy her head voice in the chorus much better than white dress. but it also sounds like it should've been after tomorrow never came on the LFL trackless. also didn't meet up to my expectations, having waited for years to get this. I'm slightly disappointed in this song. got pretty repetitive at the end.

 

-breaking up slowly: this is better than her Stevie nicks feature. I like the chord progression. I also found myself getting bored with this song and thinking it's repetitive.

 

-dance till we die: sometimes I listen to her more recent songs and just think: "what is she even talking about?" "what type of music does she think her fans existing prior to this era enjoy? and what's her target audience now?" very bored with the beginning of this track. her vocals around the end are very lovely to me! finally we have some different things to listen to. reminds me of noir. but fuck the way it goes back to that chorus. this song is my second least favorite. fuck this song, too.

 

-for free: also boring. cool cover of this song but tends to be anticlimactic, along with the rest of the album. weyes blood's voice always blows me away because of how unique it is.

 

 

 

full album review: had some good moments but I will never listen to this album front to back again. at some parts it felt painful to continue listening to and often found myself wanting to go to the next song or just one I was more excited for. its definitely her slowest album and seems pretty lazy to me in a way. tulsa Jesus freak and dark but just a game remain my favorites. with so much new direction and inspiring faces in music recently, it's sad to see someone I really could attach emotions to when I was younger, not progress in a progressing world of music. ultra violence and honeymoon remain her best albums with the best artistic directions. 

 

 

final rating:  4/10

 

here's my review on each song and the album as a whole. sincerely, a former Lana Del Rey Stan.

Bye bye 

[#glimmeringdarling 4,629]

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I honestly think the title ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’ had absolutely nothing to do with the entirety of songs.. even the song itself failed to use the title as a main theme.. with that being said I think it’s genius. It’s kind of the manic/ contemplative state we are all in during this time. An era of our life that we didn’t really see coming, very introspective and chaotic... you can hear reminiscents of that in this album... it visually represents an era of ‘wtf is going on’ and Lana is just flat out sharing with us a collective of songs in the everyday life of her mind.. no cohesiveness at all which is the first time.. I admire that. Hope that makes sense.. I’m high lol

 

[Dark Angel 203,676]

you know the album's powerful when it's causing people to unstan  

[bigspender 8,368]

Just now, Dreamboy said:

Bye bye 

I've stepped down to casual listener

[domandapiano 12,117]

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The htd music in wild at heart it certainly jarring at first but the song is otherwise fucking amazing. Tulsa Jesus Freak had me clutching my pearls as well. 

 

[PARADIXO 33,127]

3 minutes ago, LemonadeHeavens said:

you know the album's powerful when it's causing people to unstan  

 

 

[lizzyschemtrails 2,894]

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I will never hear HTD the same ever again because of the sampling in WAH.

 

[BluVelvUnderground 1,754]

10 minutes ago, bigspender said:

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-let me bore you like a boredom-: this is her worst single, maybe even worst song ever? it sounds like she's a wanna be song writer trying to write a song that sounds like Lana Del Rey..?

 

 

You called? 

[littleredpartydress 49,883]

1 minute ago, Nadia14 said:

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I will never hear HTD the same ever again because of the sampling in WAH.

 

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if she doesnt perform how to disappear that transitions into wild at heart during that final swell then WTF was the point 

 

[lizzyschemtrails 2,894]

Just now, littleredpartydress said:

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if she doesnt perform how to disappear that transitions into wild at heart during that final swell then WTF was the point 

 

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Omg... NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THIS. It must be done.

 

[PARADIXO 33,127]

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Seriously though, I've been having this feeling of nothingless lately... contemplating nothing while at the same time feeling so touched by it. I realize life is beautiful, and the things that I do are peaceful and well-intended; I do it for fun and for the right reasons, but I myself feel empty and with a weird low self-esteem, like I don't even exist. I am not the main character of my life, somehow. So this album, full of contemplative and thoughtful nothingness and existentialism is making me feel warm and nice. It's very special. Very complex feeling.

 

Need a hug

[Vanilla Icy 29,602]

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how to disappear is now just like a cute little wild at heart reprise 

 

[littleredpartydress 49,883]

2 minutes ago, new gods said:

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how to disappear is now just like a cute little wild at heart reprise 

 

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our country anthem about fleeing from fires...she ate that little christmas carol UP

 

i almost feel bad!

 

CAUSE BABY IM WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILD AT HEAAAAAAAAART

 

her rent was due! eviction papers etc.

 

[Obduration 6,560]

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Who do you think she’s talking about in not all those who wander? Sounds like it’s an homage to fans almost

 

[Churchome Rep 3,383]

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At its best, thematically, COCC reminds me of the one time I looked up at the rare clear blue winter sky and realized that there was a life worth living (it wasn’t the life I was living then but I could get out of it soon enough)

 

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12 minutes ago, #glimmeringdarling said:

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I honestly think the title ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’ had absolutely nothing to do with the entirety of songs.. even the song itself failed to use the title as a main theme

 

This is one of the reasons why I can't really stand the song - it could've been a lyrical masterpiece about her being in an actual country club, seeing chemtrails etc, instead she just came up w/ a 'cool' title and stuck in the song

[naachoboy 7,993]

8 minutes ago, PARADIXO said:

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Seriously though, I've been having this feeling of nothingless lately... contemplating nothing while at the same time feeling so touched by it. I realize life is beautiful, and the things that I do are peaceful and well-intended; I do it for fun and for the right reasons, but I myself feel empty and with a weird low self-esteem, like I don't even exist. I am not the main character of my life, somehow. So this album, full of contemplative and thoughtful nothingness and existentialism is making me feel warm and nice. It's very special. Very complex feeling.

 

Need a hug

Bby i love you, i will hug u❤️

[theviolence 5,839]

9 minutes ago, PARADIXO said:

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Seriously though, I've been having this feeling of nothingless lately... contemplating nothing while at the same time feeling so touched by it. I realize life is beautiful, and the things that I do are peaceful and well-intended; I do it for fun and for the right reasons, but I myself feel empty and with a weird low self-esteem, like I don't even exist. I am not the main character of my life, somehow. So this album, full of contemplative and thoughtful nothingness and existentialism is making me feel warm and nice. It's very special. Very complex feeling.

 

Need a hug

Oh my God me too

 

Hug 

[PARADIXO 33,127]

1 minute ago, naachoboy said:

Bby i love you, i will hug u❤️

 

[domandapiano 12,117]

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Wow we really saw Yosemite cult win today. That’s the best vocal delivery I’ve heard from her on maybe any of her major releases ever? It’s giving me cowgirl on the run in the dusky canyon night, purple twilight hanging heavily over everything. We have finally manifested something absolutely.... witchy