thebaroness
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I adore Grimes, she's one of my favorite artists currently. I've been waiting for this album and it did not disappoint. Absolutely love it. Even more than Visions, which I listen to constantly.
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I really disagree. There's a certain frequency range emphasized by the compression/mixing/EQing that exactly matches the optimum range for phone/laptop speakers, so the key elements - vocals, beats, chords - all come through. And she said in interviews that she listened to the album a lot on laptop speakers while mixing.
I do agree that there's a lot of bass in the recordings, but something about the way the vocals and highs are compressed so hard and EQed so thin makes them really fatiguing to listen to. This is probably the shallowest complaint about the album possible, but stuff like this bothers me. The demo version of Realiti on YouTube is much easier to listen to for me.
Grayfox341
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This might be the best post I've ever seen on GAF.
Why the fuck would anyone ever do this? What the ever loving fuck is the point of doing this?
A Serious Man
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This album is great. Now you know.
buckfutter
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It's not really my thing, compared to Visions, but it's undeniably well articulated. Sadly, outside of a handful of tracks, it doesn't really speak to me, make me feel much of anything... I mostly just find myself thinking "that was well done", from moment to moment.
Venus Fly, though, is fucking hectic. Would justify the album to me on its own, I swear.
Venus Fly, though, is fucking hectic. Would justify the album to me on its own, I swear.
Davey Cakes
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As a fan of Grimes' prior work, I wasn't thrilled with Art Angels on first listen.
I'll give it another go. Maybe I need to expand my mind a bit.
The album just seemed a little...over the top, perhaps?
Haven't read a single review.
I'll give it another go. Maybe I need to expand my mind a bit.
The album just seemed a little...over the top, perhaps?
Haven't read a single review.
teruterubozu
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no, just no
Well damn I prefer the original too but I thought that was one of the best fan-made covers I've seen.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
This title track is just fantastic. Best production on the album I think, sums up the whole idea pretty well.
I agree. I don't understand how people can not like it. At least appreciate the lyrics, they are beautiful.
The bridge blows my mind every time. The production is so full and layered ;_;
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
Album's grown on me. Not quite up there with E . mo.tion, Desired Effect and Rebel Heart for top 2015 releases but a nice aural antidote to Adele's dull single Goodbye.
go away
sixteen-bit
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I prefer the real cover art photoshopped onto one of those "how to draw manga" books
hohohaha, I like the art and think it fits the album well.
After listening to it some more, Pin is probably my favorite song in this album.
Of course, the best song isn't even in there, Realiti's Demo. I hope it's eventually purchaseable in some form.
I've also been listening to her older stuff and it really is quite different. I think I like about half of every album - I never went "ok, this was great from beginning to end" but there were quite a few good songs.
I'm going to keep an eye on her future stuff, for sure.
Of course, the best song isn't even in there, Realiti's Demo. I hope it's eventually purchaseable in some form.
I've also been listening to her older stuff and it really is quite different. I think I like about half of every album - I never went "ok, this was great from beginning to end" but there were quite a few good songs.
I'm going to keep an eye on her future stuff, for sure.
crooked spin
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Well, one's a demo and one's a finished song so that makes sense. ;P
Jugendstil
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I love the album but I just can't get into the new version of Realiti. The new version definitely fits in with the rest of the album much more than the demo would have, but the demo was really perfect just as it was. There's just something really beautiful in the simplicity of the original.
not really that clean cut, in my experience when a demo/early live version of a song exists alongside a "finished" version the unfinished version is better a not insignificant number of cases
Davey Cakes
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REALiTi is a pretty decent pop song. Might be my favorite on the album.
This album will need some repeated listens. Maybe a few. I'm not sure if I'll be able to convince myself, though.
At heart, I want more of the Geidi Primes direction, but I respect Grimes for embracing an evolution of sound.
This album will need some repeated listens. Maybe a few. I'm not sure if I'll be able to convince myself, though.
At heart, I want more of the Geidi Primes direction, but I respect Grimes for embracing an evolution of sound.
real_slime
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It does sound a little bit like Churches or else I wouldn't have thought 'hm, this sounds vaguely like churches' when I first put it on today.
I liked Churches first album at the time, but for some reason I can't even listen to their second album. It's just wayyyy too sweet and poppy. Some songs of this new Grimes album I don't like that much, like California, cos they're kind of generic.
It sounds more like Grimes than anything else, but there's no point in denying it's less distinctive than her other stuff. She's taking influences and gravitating slightly towards the mainstream.
I like the second half of the album better at the moment.
real_slime
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it isn't that she sounds like churches on this album, it's just that she's moved closer to that sound a little and there are moments, little batches of seconds here and there, that made me go 'hmm, i've heard this before'. it isn't just churches, it's also some very mainstream pop music.
i mean, i like the album overall. i think california is terrible but i like some of the other songs a bunch, so i'm not trying to say one thing or another except that yeah it is poppy and it bears more comparison to other music than i expected.
A lot of songs on her new album are generic, yes.
which songs do you think are generic, what do they sound similar to?
A lot of songs on Visions are generic, but not the new one.
real_slime
Banned
one of my faves
real_slime
Banned
the fuck are you even talking about
Robot Pants
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This album is definitely better than visions.
Vanessa has been my fsvorite song of hers for a long time but when Flesh Without Blood came out I had that song on repeat all day. I've basically burnt myself out on it so it doesn't have the same effect on me it did before but I still love it. I wasn't really feeling the rest of the album but I kept listening again and again and I love just about every song aside from maybe two.
Scream
Flesh Without Blood
Kill V Maim
World Princess Pt 2
Venus Fly
Are all so good
Vanessa has been my fsvorite song of hers for a long time but when Flesh Without Blood came out I had that song on repeat all day. I've basically burnt myself out on it so it doesn't have the same effect on me it did before but I still love it. I wasn't really feeling the rest of the album but I kept listening again and again and I love just about every song aside from maybe two.
Scream
Flesh Without Blood
Kill V Maim
World Princess Pt 2
Venus Fly
Are all so good
whew the anger. I just posted a quick article on Grimes that I thought was interesting, it speaks to her musical influences. the fuck are you talking about?
your list is missing Butterfly but yeah ia
At her concert right now, should be fun.
Doesn't fit on the album, but reminds me of Peaches and I like it in the context of a single "get pumped" track.
real_slime
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the intro/main synth hook of world princess pt II sounds like old sonic music.
man if she isn't playing that song live by the time i see her ill be sad
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