AudreyHorne 183 Posted September 13, 2015 Caved and listened... I'm not disappointed, it's certainly going to tithe me over until the next release, and of course I haven't heard it in HQ (even from the LQ recordings the production is demonstrably beautiful), but none of the songs apart from The Blackest Day really grabbed me. This is subject to change though, it may very well be a grower of an album, it's just that her previous records were always immediate to me, particularly in a melodic sense, whereas with these, whilst sounding beautiful, come and then are gone. It's alarming how the bulk of the album seems to be filler. The most consistently good parts of the songs are the bridges, I kinda wish they had been used as the verses, which as they are are very monotone. I'm not gonna listen again until we get HQ though. PS Salvatore was a complete let-down, y'all hyped me something awful! favourite songs as of now: -MTWBT -Blackest Day 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarcasticBeauty 1,540 Posted September 13, 2015 Am I the only one who waits until September 18th? Leaks suck... Shut up. Shut the fuck up. Tbh. I knew we were gonna have a couple of these this era. Definitely agree that 24 has the Bond theme vibe! It's very suave and I can so imagine like silhouttes of men in suits and guns and dancing women while the song plays! And also, definitely feel like Art Deco is a continuation in some way of Carmen, someone else mentioned this before but I can't remember who, but I really feel echoes of Carmen in Art Deco (as in the character not the sound) I mentioned it. lol 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theeternalstars 4,576 Posted September 13, 2015 PS Salvatore was a complete let-down, y'all hyped me something awful! what do you not like about salvatore? (disclaimer: this ain't an attack i'm curious) 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luckyonewithoutyou 1,929 Posted September 13, 2015 I think Kieron did a good job with the beats, really simple but really captivating. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarcasticBeauty 1,540 Posted September 13, 2015 I love Salvatore, but I don't know how to feel about the soft ice cream part tho I feel like it went with the whole food theme. She has cacciatore which is an italian dish. Then she has some ice cream, for her american side. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AudreyHorne 183 Posted September 13, 2015 what do you not like about salvatore? (disclaimer: this ain't an attack i'm curious) I do like it, the chorus is lovely and the best part of the song it's just unfortunate (and my own fault really for lurking before listening ) that I had a completely different expectation for the song, it's much slower than I thought it would be and so many people were like "career highlight!" The only song I really disliked was Art Deco, utterly forgettable to me! (INB4 the HQ slays me lel) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBoss 13,477 Posted September 13, 2015 I feel like it went with the whole food theme. She has cacciatore which is an italian dish. Then she has some ice cream, for her american side. I haven't heard the Cacciatore part before, no sounds way better haha 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AudreyHorne 183 Posted September 13, 2015 Also I really enjoy Freak, but the one thing that reeeeally annoys me is the "too" in "like me too", it's redundant because she's already said "like" to infer the meaning, plus it would rhyme with "leave" and "freak" better and thus sound less clumsy. Only proper criticism of that song I have though, I'm such a grammar nazi. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ilovetati 15,297 Posted September 14, 2015 Also I really enjoy Freak, but the one thing that reeeeally annoys me is the "too" in "like me too", it's redundant because she's already said "like" to infer the meaning, plus it would rhyme with "leave" and "freak" better and thus sound less clumsy. Only proper criticism of that song I have though, I'm such a grammar nazi. That bothers you, but not "stranger than a stranger?" 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WaitForLife 5,230 Posted September 14, 2015 I think the bridges are the best on every song (only judging the released songs). The Verses are great and sad but the melody is missing. Same with the chorus. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AudreyHorne 183 Posted September 14, 2015 That bothers you, but not "stranger than a stranger?" Hahaha, "stranger than a stranger" is kind of a cute play on words though! :3 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kommando 3,264 Posted September 14, 2015 Also I really enjoy Freak, but the one thing that reeeeally annoys me is the "too" in "like me too", it's redundant because she's already said "like" to infer the meaning, plus it would rhyme with "leave" and "freak" better and thus sound less clumsy. Only proper criticism of that song I have though, I'm such a grammar nazi. I guess it's what she planned to do at first, but if you just sing "like me", there's obviously something missing, so she needed that extra word 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naachoboy 7,993 Posted September 14, 2015 Don't forget that she is a producer for this album (completely) so, if u dont like part of the production it may be her fault lol, but let's not judge anything cause we dont have it in HQ and the instrumentals get lost. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AudreyHorne 183 Posted September 14, 2015 I guess it's what she planned to do at first, but if you just sing "like me", there's obviously something missing, so she needed that extra word I think so too, if I had been in the studio I would have just suggested following it up with an extra word or line to rhyme with the "too", like "dark blue" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WaitForLife 5,230 Posted September 14, 2015 MPG grew on me lately 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harpunn 399 Posted September 14, 2015 What do people think of TLY, given that they listened to some of the other tracks from HM? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AKA Lizzy Grant 2,238 Posted September 14, 2015 Don't forget that she is a producer for this album (completely) so, if u dont like part of the production it may be her fault lol, but let's not judge anything cause we dont have it in HQ and the instrumentals get lost. I wonder how big of a role she played in the production. I feel like she actually was decently involved? She said she her ideas would always clash with producers so it would make sense she wanted to produce 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WaitForLife 5,230 Posted September 14, 2015 Is Art Deco the FMWUTTT 2.0? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HEARTCORE 18,969 Posted September 14, 2015 I hope get the instrumental for Salvatore pretty soon after the HQ that italian romantic realness is too good 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites