MARINA (and The Diamonds)

[GroupieLove 2,621]

1 minute ago, GroupieLove said:

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New America sounds good so far

 

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nvm i just got to the "fucked with the foodchain" bs she just HAD to ruin it with those clunky lyrics AGAIN, its like she's asking to get dragged. oh well...

 

[Bloody Valentine 844]

25 minutes ago, faceshopping said:

ILYBILMM... ummmm????? 

Feels like it came out of FROOT. So good. 

[GroupieLove 2,621]

12 minutes ago, faceshopping said:

ILYBILMM... ummmm????? 

maybe she snapped oh wow

[BluebirdXO 7,679]

25 minutes ago, Lentilus said:

So what's the T? Is Marina dragging Lana on that lyric: why be a wildflower when  you can be a fly trap. ??????

 

I don't think she knew about WW when she wrote VFT

[sjatib 5,172]

Ok, first listen:

 

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The production is truly outstanding, some very interesting choices regarding instrumentals and some very smart, playful songs. Quite a rich-sounding record for the most of it.

 

Not a fan of the ballads, though, at least for now. They sound kinda standard for me. 

 

Anyway, it's very visible how much work her and her producers have put into the album, how creative it is on it's core, and also I find admirable the fact that she's gone explicit again regarding her critical views of the world (even if I can not share them, or find them a bit shallow sometimes), going back to the sharpness that was her brand till Froot and that she watered down on L+F.

 

Venus Flytrap, Purge the Poison, New America and Man's World are the most interesting ones for me right now. About the ballads, I actually didn't care a lot about any of them in the first listen.

 

This album is overall great. I hope critics and fans will appreciate it as it deserves. 

 

[GroupieLove 2,621]

Well that was a quick listen  The album is very short, IMO this is an improvement from Over+Panned but she definitely can do better than that.mp3

[Off To The Races 2010 demo pls 19,336]

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Flowers > Goodbye > PB

 

7 minutes ago, GroupieLove said:

Well that was a quick listen  The album is very short, IMO this is an improvement from Over+Panned but she definitely can do better than that.mp3

She didn't lie on Venus Fly Trap eh

[Furor Poeticus 16,357]

New America bangs hard but...

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The lyrics ummm "You got a job, and a car, and a good dental plan

You got health insurance, pocket money

Damn"

 

[ChaoticLipster 24,618]

9 minutes ago, GroupieLove said:

Well that was a quick listen  The album is very short, IMO this is an improvement from Over+Panned but she definitely can do better than that.mp3

I agree it’s too short which makes the album repetitive. Needs at least 15 songs.

[konnichiwalski 1,759]

This truly feels like a Marina album and follow up to Froot. In fact, I feel like in some ways it takes the best parts of the first 3 records to make something unique.

Venus Flytrap is THE ONE though. I'm happy she saved it to launch the album.

[Rorman Nockwell 56,719]

37 minutes ago, BluebirdXO said:

 

I don't think she knew about WW when she wrote VFT

It's wallflower is it not

[TrashMagiq 58,574]

i mean the album's already out there the gays that have it might aswell upload the full HQ 

[konnichiwalski 1,759]

 

Also, kinda shocked at how she paints Jack to be kind of a dick on the later half songs given they were together for quite some time

 

Anyways stream Ancient Dreams until Venus Flytrap is released 

[landeath 598]

i just have one thing to say: where is my flowers?

[picturebook 900]

I just finished my first listen and it's definitely a good album. It is very Marina and none of these tracks could have been written/sung by any other singer (unlike most of the songs from her previous album). The highs for me are def Man's World, Purge The Poison, Highly Emotional People & New America. Like most of Marina's music I'll definitely need time because her songs need time to grow on me. VFT is very Family Jewels and I really like that. It's a bit chaotic ngl but so is PTP and I grew to looove that song. The first seconds of Pandora's Box are very Billie Eilish imo and then it turns into Happy (LOL). Only song that is kinda meh for me is Goodbye. The chorus does nothing for me on first listen and I kinda don't see it growing. We'll see. The album needed more songs because one weak songs can drag it down. That's the risk when you release a 10 track album. I really want PC and Happy Loner. I think both would have worked perfectly with the album. And Flowers would have been a good closer. Goodbye should have been cut.

[ConstableReggie 509]

 

okay but why wasn’t this the album cover ?

[AKASAKA SAWAYAMA 7,885]

2 minutes ago, ConstableReggie said:

okay but why wasn’t this the album cover ?

because she looks fucking DUMB, what is that look on her face? with that look the wig looks horrendous and the way right side of the curls got up is really annoying. this is worse than the cover.

[clementines 9,892]

flowers

 

[Furor Poeticus 16,357]

2 minutes ago, AKASAKA SAWAYAMA said:

because she looks fucking DUMB, what is that look on her face? with that look the wig looks horrendous and the way right side of the curls got up is really annoying. this is worse than the cover.

[Hundred Dollar Bill 21,805]

7 minutes ago, ConstableReggie said:

okay but why wasn’t this the album cover ?

because this pose & facial expression does not fit with the content of the album at all