Red Mosquito

VinylGuy wrote:I liked the new Billie Eilish a lot. Its way more interesting and has more stuff happening than the first one i think.

Just finished my first listen.

This thing is fucking great.

I'll need a lot more time with it before I can begin to think about it in comparison to the first album -- because that first album is a spectacular monster. Maybe this one ends up ranked higher but either way, it's a worthy follow up and further proof that Billie is legit fire.

TORRES - Thirstier

Outstanding. It's the first of her albums I've paid attention to since 2015's Sprinter. But damn this new one is legit.

epilogue wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:I liked the new Billie Eilish a lot. Its way more interesting and has more stuff happening than the first one i think.

Just finished my first listen.

This thing is fucking great.

I'll need a lot more time with it before I can begin to think about it in comparison to the first album -- because that first album is a spectacular monster. Maybe this one ends up ranked higher but either way, it's a worthy follow up and further proof that Billie is legit fire.

i liked the first one, great debut...but it was kinda boring really.

VinylGuy wrote:

epilogue wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:I liked the new Billie Eilish a lot. Its way more interesting and has more stuff happening than the first one i think.

Just finished my first listen.

This thing is fucking great.

I'll need a lot more time with it before I can begin to think about it in comparison to the first album -- because that first album is a spectacular monster. Maybe this one ends up ranked higher but either way, it's a worthy follow up and further proof that Billie is legit fire.

i liked the first one, great debut...but it was kinda boring really.

To each their own, my friend.

VinylGuy wrote:I liked the new Billie Eilish a lot. Its way more interesting and has more stuff happening than the first one i think.

yep it's great, liked the first one but this one is more layered

Ms Harmless wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:I liked the new Billie Eilish a lot. Its way more interesting and has more stuff happening than the first one i think.

yep it's great, liked the first one but this one is more layered

exactly. The first one had so many midtempo songs it got boring eventually.

the singles are so much better in the context of the album....they were kinda boring as singles, but damn i love them here.

NDA is wonderful.

The new Yola is exquisite!

What a great day for me and new music.

tragabigzanda wrote:the stuff they're doing with distortion here is pretty dang compelling. Around the 2-minute mark, it sounds like a bitcrusher is eating the entire mix whole

'Days Like These' just sounds... bad. Ambitious, absolutely, but blundered in execution. Jumping back and forth between crisp, clean vocals and that bitcrusher distortion you mentioned doesn't work at all in my opinion.

VinylGuy wrote:the singles are so much better in the context of the album....they were kinda boring as singles, but damn i love them here.

NDA is wonderful.

I liked them all but when NDA came out in combination with the video I had the same thought after watching it that I'd had after "Everything I Wanted" -- masterpiece

her lyrics are dark, creepy and hardhitting but witty and light as a feather too

Ms Harmless wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:the singles are so much better in the context of the album....they were kinda boring as singles, but damn i love them here.

NDA is wonderful.

I liked them all but when NDA came out in combination with the video I had the same thought after watching it that I'd had after "Everything I Wanted" -- masterpiece

her lyrics are dark, creepy and hardhitting but witty and light as a feather too

yeah, i agree. Im also a big fan of Happier Than Ever. I love it. Male Fantasy is another great one.

VinylGuy wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:the singles are so much better in the context of the album....they were kinda boring as singles, but damn i love them here.

NDA is wonderful.

I liked them all but when NDA came out in combination with the video I had the same thought after watching it that I'd had after "Everything I Wanted" -- masterpiece

her lyrics are dark, creepy and hardhitting but witty and light as a feather too

yeah, i agree. Im also a big fan of Happier Than Ever. I love it. Male Fantasy is another great one.

That run of four that ends the album is so good! Might be the best four on the whole album for me.

VinylGuy wrote:the singles are so much better in the context of the album....they were kinda boring as singles, but damn i love them here.

NDA is wonderful.

agreed. this album is really good.

i'm loving oxytocin -- it reminds me a lot of early grimes.

Chris_H_2 wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:the singles are so much better in the context of the album....they were kinda boring as singles, but damn i love them here.

NDA is wonderful.

agreed. this album is really good.

i'm loving oxytocin -- it reminds me a lot of early grimes.

yeah thats another favorite. Very cool song, very different from what she has been doing.

I got to listen to two new albums today: Durand Jones and the Indications - Private Space (good but I need more time with it - not as immediately grabbing as their debut), and Yola - Stand For Myself (this was excellent - I couldn’t get through her first album, and this seems massively better on first listen).

VinylGuy wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:the singles are so much better in the context of the album....they were kinda boring as singles, but damn i love them here.

NDA is wonderful.

agreed. this album is really good.

i'm loving oxytocin -- it reminds me a lot of early grimes.

yeah thats another favorite. Very cool song, very different from what she has been doing.

Oh, and please let get Finneas to produce Lorde and St Vincent soon.

liebzz wrote:I got to listen to two new albums today: Durand Jones and the Indications - Private Space (good but I need more time with it - not as immediately grabbing as their debut), and Yola - Stand For Myself (this was excellent - I couldn’t get through her first album, and this seems massively better on first listen).

I also loved her first but the new Yola is great.

epilogue wrote:

liebzz wrote:I got to listen to two new albums today: Durand Jones and the Indications - Private Space (good but I need more time with it - not as immediately grabbing as their debut), and Yola - Stand For Myself (this was excellent - I couldn’t get through her first album, and this seems massively better on first listen).

I also loved her first but the new Yola is great.

I listened to that Yola album again and liked it even more.

liebzz wrote:

epilogue wrote:

liebzz wrote:I got to listen to two new albums today: Durand Jones and the Indications - Private Space (good but I need more time with it - not as immediately grabbing as their debut), and Yola - Stand For Myself (this was excellent - I couldn’t get through her first album, and this seems massively better on first listen).

I also loved her first but the new Yola is great.

I listened to that Yola album again and liked it even more.

William the Conqueror is a trio fronted by Ruarri Joseph who have released their 3rd album "Maverick Thinker" this year. It's a west coast blues album, not ground-breaking or anything, but I gotta say I really enjoy it.

Here's the opener Move On.