Blue Banisters - Pre-Release Thread: OUT October 22nd, 2021

[Alison by Slowdive 26,133]

2 minutes ago, Sugar Venom said:

It’s interesting that people are interpreting the trio as people who are working together in partnership, but in the movie they’re actually racing and dueling against each other… I interpreted her use of the song as her in a stand-off with the media, but then idk who the third entity could be (if “trio” is supposed to be taken literally)

the trio is her past present and future coming for revenge 

[Doll Harlow 12,366]

The new version of Thunder sounds so much more romantic. I could totally see it being used in a movie. This song deserves a music video.

[Hannus 1,618]

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i appreciate blue banisters, text book and wildflower wildfire so much more now that i've heard them in context

 

[fantascination 1,308]

8 minutes ago, Sugar Venom said:

It’s interesting that people are interpreting the trio as people who are working together in partnership, but in the movie they’re actually racing and dueling against each other… I interpreted her use of the song as her in a stand-off with the media, but then idk who the third entity could be (if “trio” is supposed to be taken literally)

Love that interpretation. Lana, Lizzy, and the media, maybe? Lana's public persona, who she really is, and the media who attacks both?

[Three White Butterflies 27,471]

This album really cements Lana’s legacy as a prolific artist. 
 

I can’t even imagine where she’ll go next. Everything she does is just so fascinating. 

[wildflowerwildfire 6,682]

bb songs that deserve a music video

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living legend

nectar of the gods

if you lie down with me

thunder

blue banisters

 

[Lanas Leaked Songs 387]

if you lie down with me is so fucking beautiful i can't 😭😭😭 the way she's singing just rips your heart out

[rightofjupiter 16,493]

23 minutes ago, PatentLeatherDoOver said:

Which song’s production is everyone’s favorite/most interesting track? 

 

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BBS and if you lay down with me hands down! I love the meandering, chaotic wildness of BBS, imo it’s like her chemtrails era songwriting went to a chiropractor and got really loose and free. And the loud, bright, jazzy horns and the end of IYLDWI are heavenly, something I’ve missed a lot since honeymoon. 

 

[Liz Taylor Blues 18,728]

BB is simultaneously timeless and timely. A triumph 

[rhubysyrup 4,500]

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I only heard a small amount of IYLDWM but it could work so well w a shades of cool type of mv with her slow/sloppy dancing with a lover, in a dark room by a fireplace with a glass of whiskey in the man’s hand because that’s what I felt like listening to it 

 

[rightofjupiter 16,493]

1 hour ago, nothinggoldcanstay said:

I hear "You really made stabs about it"

?

 

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“You really made stacks out of it for me”

 

[bluechemtrails 26,509]

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The brass in IYLDWM are like

 

[GeminiLanaFan 48,871]

53 minutes ago, Doll Harlow said:

 

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Black Bathing Suit is so interesting and different than I expected but still so good wow 

 It even sounds mildly trippy with that production and those drums.

 

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At first, I loved the crows at the beginning, the melody… then there were many shifts and turns in the tempo, plus all the references to the pandemic, that I told myself « This will be a grower for sure, like TextBook. » I was expecting some sorta bop after she put The Trio in the Arcadia MV, but I’m glad I read on Friday that BBS was If This Is The End and Grenadine Quarantine, so I could dive into that complex track with that in mind and not expect a HBTB/ Cherry /TJF late summer anthem. 

 

[The Stargirl Pinky 71,605]

1 minute ago, rightofjupiter said:

 

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“You really made stacks out of it for me”

 

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I’m having a bad Engrish moment but what does that expression mean? 

 

[Super Movie 51,550]

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Thinking about a triple video with Black Bathing Suit, Dealer and WW  It goes from unhinged excellence to peaceful excellence, kind of like a Tropico situation 

 

[GeminiLanaFan 48,871]

21 minutes ago, Stargirls Dealer said:

Beautiful…

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Has the intro none of ya’ll wanted, piano asf 

Beautiful has the high ass vocals reminiscent of Narwhal that are chef’s kiss 

 

Beautiful has a melody that haunts my dreams, leaving me wanting more 

 

Beautiful isn’t a cultural reset, it’s a supernatural phenomenon that transcends space and time 

 

Beautiful is beautiful asf 

 

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Her team should push that one as a single: it’s the right length, it adresses so much of the « LDR persona » and well, it’s one of her catchiest melodies ever. 

 

[fantascination 1,308]

Alright, I'm still withholding impressions until post-release, but here's my album ranking:

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1. Ultraviolence

2. Honeymoon

3. Blue Banisters

4. Born To Die/Paradise

5. Norman Fucking Rockwell!

6. Lust For Life

7. Chemtrails Over The Country Club

 

I say this every album cycle, but I doubt anything will ever unseat Ultraviolence for me; it is my absolute, of-all-time, favorite album. I will say that Blue Banisters and Honeymoon are very, very nearly a tie, but the cohesiveness of Honeymoon as a record just slightly edges BB out. I'm usually pretty deadset about my album rankings, so for me, BB making it this high in the ranking is significant. The fact that it unseats BTD/Paradise is already a big deal to me, because I'm super attached to that record. This album legitimately floored me.

 

[Sugar Venom 9,657]

15 minutes ago, fantascination said:

Love that interpretation. Lana, Lizzy, and the media, maybe? Lana's public persona, who she really is, and the media who attacks both?

That could very well be! I also thought maybe the third is “the culture” (as in “the culture is lit” & QFTC?) or general public, or even her own fans?? Idk I’m obsessed that there are so many possibilities tho. It’s so fun to hear what everyone comes up with 

[GeminiLanaFan 48,871]

42 minutes ago, DLT said:

Thunder or Beautiful. Both are very classic and relatively easily accessible tracks.

Agree 100% 

[fantascination 1,308]

14 minutes ago, your dealer said:

This album really cements Lana’s legacy as a prolific artist. 
 

I can’t even imagine where she’ll go next. Everything she does is just so fascinating. 

I had this exact thought earlier today. I was in the car listening to IYLDWM. I used to think NFR was her magnum opus, the peak of her artistic prowess, but I stand corrected. It's this.