Red Mosquito

I don't know that one.

I'm holding off on my thoughts since I think I had a breakthrough this morning.

i would say Champagne Year is the one that got me hooked with Annie. Its a sad -4 am alone in this ending party -kinda feel.

Love it.

which album is it on?

stip wrote:which album is it on?

It's on Strange Mercy.

Oh and Stip, if I had to guess your three favorites... I'd go with Paris is Burning, The Strangers and All My Stars Aligned.

Ah! 2 out of 3. And yeah Apocolypse Song makes sense. I should have guessed that one, actually. I made sure to include that one because I thought it would be right up your alley.

durdencommatyler wrote:Ah! 2 out of 3. And yeah Apocolypse Song makes sense. I should have guessed that one, actually. I made sure to include that one because I thought it would be right up your alley.

all my stars aligned is probably number 4 or 5. Apocalypse song is amazing except for that handclapping/tap dancing distorted little bridge (it works as an outro). It's such a pointless distraction in an otherwise majestic song. There are more than a few tracks on here that suffer from that. A few months ago I described a tendency to be weird for the shock value/faux artistry of it, and that's still all over too many of these songs. i'm just becoming more tolerant of it, or enjoying the rest enough to put up with it. It's doubly frustrating because her songs are so clever to begin with that she doesn't need to add those moments--they distract, rather than enhance


What has really impressed me is the way her voice manages to define a space without filling it in--it maps out the borders of a room but leaves the center open for you to occupy by yourself and take it all in. She sings around you--immersive without touching. It's very compelling.

durdencommatyler wrote:

stip wrote:which album is it on?

It's on Strange Mercy.

that was nice. I'm probably going to get her other albums once I'm really comfortable with Joey's mix.

stip wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

stip wrote:which album is it on?

It's on Strange Mercy.

that was nice. I'm probably going to get her other albums once I'm really comfortable with Joey's mix.

stip wrote:What has really impressed me is the way her voice manages to define a space without filling it in--it maps out the borders of a room but leaves the center open for you to occupy by yourself and take it all in. She sings around you--immersive without touching. It's very compelling.

GREAT description.

Swamped at work, so no review yet I can say that the first thing I do every day as soon as I get in the car is put on apocalypse song.

stip wrote:Swamped at work, so no review yet I can say that the first thing I do every day as soon as I get in the car is put on apocalypse song.

That was enough.

Thank you.

stip's opinions seem plucked from thin air, as if a random cloud of phrases surround him and he blindly captures them for use in expressing himself

immersive without touching

it's gotta be really hard for this guy to get tenure

Alex wrote:it's gotta be really hard for this guy to get tenure

not necessarily, but not particularly unnecessarily either

theplatypus wrote:

Alex wrote:it's gotta be really hard for this guy to get tenure

not necessarily, but not particularly unnecessarily either

i bet his lectures have the ability to define a space without filling it in

Yikes, guys.

durdencommatyler wrote:Yikes, guys.

did i ever tell you about when i saw st. vincent live?