Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Pre-Release Thread: OUT March 24th, 2023

[The Grants 12,988]

boz really said 2025 cause that year he’ll be out of jail

[angel galore 139]

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paris texas is so pretty but the piano sample just fills me with indescribable dread  theres something so sad about it but in an uncomfortable/anxiety inducing way (for me personally), people are definitely right with it sounding like it belongs in the coraline soundtrack. it is a beautiful song though, the lyrics and vocals are gorgeous, i hope i can grow to love it in the future!

 

[Sportscruiser 10,653]

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Paris, Texas is fucking breathtaking. I’m sobbing. This song is exactly what I needed to hear, it’s so cathartic for me.

 

[imaginist 2,020]

5 minutes ago, Crimson and Clover said:

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Wait Margaret’s really good idk 

 

It made me cry halfway through. Wasn’t expecting it at all. Lmao 

[brooklyn bitch 414]

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Just finished…wow….the excellence 

 

I loved everything except Paris, Texas and Margaret….something about the mixing towards the end of the album sound a bit muffled and muddy….then again my headphones might just be shit

 

[road1029384756 99]

My Ratings that are inconclusive because I've only listened to 4 of them one time:

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1. Paris, Texas (best song- her voice is so different [in a good way] and this is the only time I've ever liked a piano song from her more than others, she should use samples like these more often I listened to it on it's own a lot before the leak)

2. Peppers (Honestly a tie for first but I wish she sang more)
3. Let the Light In (everything I've wanted since Unidentified Flying Bill)
4. Taco Truck x VB (again wish she sang more)
5. A&W (jimmy jimmy coco puff)
6. Fingertips (I categorize 6, 7, 8 as all the same in my head but this one's slightly better than the other two) 
7. Sweet (slightly better than 8, sounds very Disney)
8. Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he's deep-sea fishing (would be better than 6 and 7 there's just something off about it to me maybe it's to high pitched don't quote me on that)
9. Kintsugi (I don't like it, another ballad, sounds like someone shoved her when she was singing about the red flags)
10. Fishtail (This could have been 6th but the lyrics are so bad I can't get over it. The instrumental and auto tune is good though)
11. The Grants (hate the intro and sonically mid but great lyrics)
12. Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd (I would literally tell you that you're stupid if you told me this was her song like 4 years ago)
13. Margaret (This is what I think Tomorrow Never Came sounds like to people who hate it)
14. Jon Batiste Interlude (better than Judah Smith)
15. Judah Smith Interlude (stop yelling)

 

[imaginist 2,020]

Just now, brooklyn bitch said:

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Just finished…wow….the excellence 

 

I loved everything except Paris, Texas and Margaret….something about the mixing towards the end of the album sound a bit muffled and muddy….then again my headphones might just be shit

 

I’m really hoping it’s just the leak quality. Even though these are “high quality” I don’t think it’s the best* quality. 

[jackritchiexo 149]

 

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i’m in love with paris texas and i didn’t think i would be “when you know,you know, it’s time to leave” makes me literally sob and the storytelling and the way she sings on this track it reminds me of something from coralline 

 

[yourboy 3,219]

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I am fuking sobbing. Taco truck should have been longer cant believe that 40 sec snippet was indeed everything new

 

[Pink Flamingo 15,841]

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The way the album begins has nothing to do with the way it ends... The journey it was

 

[renaissance 7,968]

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Paris, Texas just brings instant tears to my eyes this is fucking GORGEOUS

 

i love how she used the samples also, they sound incredible … this album is going straight into my Lana trinity bye bye honeymoon 

 

[Zorra Americana 78]

i seriously need a lyric transcript of every song im tearing up this is her best work to date 

[barttttender 2,991]

1 minute ago, Sportscruiser said:

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Paris, Texas is fucking breathtaking. I’m sobbing. This song is exactly what I needed to hear, it’s so cathartic for me.

 

 

 

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Soo good, just listening to it now. Perfection.

 

[wavyb1ue 101]

1 minute ago, road1029384756 said:

My Ratings that are inconclusive because I've only listened to most of them one time:

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1. Paris, Texas (best song- her voice is so different [in a good way] and this is the only time I've ever liked a piano song from her more than others, she should use samples like these more often I listened to it on it's own a lot before the leak)

2. Peppers (Honestly a tie for first but I wish she sang more)
3. Let the Light In (everything I've wanted since Unidentified Flying Bill)
4. Taco Truck x VB (again wish she sang more)
5. A&W (jimmy jimmy coco puff)
6. Fingertips (I categorize 6, 7, 8 as all the same in my head but this one's slightly better than the other two) 
7. Sweet (slightly better than 8, sounds very Disney)
8. Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he's deep-sea fishing (would be better than 6 and 7 there's just something off about it to me maybe it's to high pitched don't quote me on that)
9. Kintsugi (I don't like it, another ballad, sounds like someone shoved her when she was singing about the red flags)
10. Fishtail (This could have been 6th but the lyrics are so bad I can get over it. The instrumental and the auto tune is good though)
11. The Grants (hate the intro and sonically mid but great lyrics)
12. Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd (I would literally tell you that you're stupid if you told me this was her song like 4 years ago)
13. Margaret (This is what I think Tomorrow Never Came sounds like to people who hate it)
14. Jon Batiste Interlude (better than Judah Smith)
16. Judah Smith Interlude (stop yelling)

 

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loving this justice for paris, texas

 

one of her best songs alongside kintsugi, imo

 

[Crimson and Clover 22,034]

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very glad that Peppers sounds much better than the ‘HQ’ leak earlier to me 

 

[littleredpartydress 48,331]

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my absolute hatred towards fishtail is making me so sad  

 

first, it sounds like she recorded it through a soup can. the whole motif if "dont say u will braid my hair if you dont care!!! " also is just... not working for me.

 

and then that god awful beat....anyone that complains about coachella but like this, i am watching you!!

 

[Stoned Mary in the Garden 5,982]

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I think Grandfather is still my number one. It’s so satisfying to listen to. Paris, kintsugi, fishtail, and peppers are really doing it for me as well. They’re my top five for now. It’ll probably change by tomorrow tho 

 

[the ocean 67,620]

first listen ranking:

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1. grandfather
2. paris texas (knew i was smart when i picked that username )
3. fingertips
4. fishtail
5. kintsugi
6. title track
7. let the light in
8. taco truck x vb
9. the grants
10. a&w
11. jon batiste interlude
12. sweet
13. peppers
14. judah smith interlude
15. margaret

the top 5 is completely bulletproof, all of the songs are great except margaret which is... not very good

 

[brooklyn bitch 414]

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This album just sounds so beautifully chaotic…it’s very hard to describe. You can hear her exorcising her demons in these tracks. It incorporates every musical aspect of her as well as so much more… 

 

also she sounds truly happy and at peace which makes me happy  . 

 

[Obduration 6,327]

It’s so funny that candy necklace is the first song we heard and the last one to leak/come out