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Post subject: Re: Try to Write You a Love Song - A St. Vincent Thread
Posted: Fri March 01, 2024 6:41 pm
I've been POOSSTTIiiEEnngeeaahh
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Did you hear any TDS-era NIN in that song, Trag? Particularly the synth choices and the way layers are introduced. Not to mention the crazy levels/mixing.
She really is. And the way she so thoroughly and convincingly shifts gears and styles and characters from record to record is masterful. It makes it feel like you're discovering and falling head over heals all over again each time. Each album has that new crush feel. It's amazing. And it never feels fake or inauthentic to me.
Definitely not fake or inauthentic, not at all...
Yet she remains a completely impenetrable figure for me. I continue to enjoy aspects of her music without ever feeling like I have any sense of the person underneath.
It's Daft Punk levels of artifice, but without the winking sense of fun. Or it's Bowie levels of artifice, but without the sense of cultural boundary pushing.
I don't think any of that is unfair. But it doesn't bug me. It pulls me in more. She's pure theater. And I goddamn love theater!
Did you hear any TDS-era NIN in that song, Trag? Particularly the synth choices and the way layers are introduced. Not to mention the crazy levels/mixing.
First post here after listening to the song:
epilogue wrote:
Annie's in her NIN era and I am fucking HERE FOR IT
Post subject: Re: Try to Write You a Love Song - A St. Vincent Thread
Posted: Fri March 01, 2024 6:51 pm
Production Police
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47166 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
epilogue wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
epilogue wrote:
She really is. And the way she so thoroughly and convincingly shifts gears and styles and characters from record to record is masterful. It makes it feel like you're discovering and falling head over heals all over again each time. Each album has that new crush feel. It's amazing. And it never feels fake or inauthentic to me.
Definitely not fake or inauthentic, not at all...
Yet she remains a completely impenetrable figure for me. I continue to enjoy aspects of her music without ever feeling like I have any sense of the person underneath.
It's Daft Punk levels of artifice, but without the winking sense of fun. Or it's Bowie levels of artifice, but without the sense of cultural boundary pushing.
I don't think any of that is unfair. But it doesn't bug me. It pulls me in more. She's pure theater. And I goddamn love theater!
She really is. And the way she so thoroughly and convincingly shifts gears and styles and characters from record to record is masterful. It makes it feel like you're discovering and falling head over heals all over again each time. Each album has that new crush feel. It's amazing. And it never feels fake or inauthentic to me.
Definitely not fake or inauthentic, not at all...
Yet she remains a completely impenetrable figure for me. I continue to enjoy aspects of her music without ever feeling like I have any sense of the person underneath.
It's Daft Punk levels of artifice, but without the winking sense of fun. Or it's Bowie levels of artifice, but without the sense of cultural boundary pushing.
I don't think any of that is unfair. But it doesn't bug me. It pulls me in more. She's pure theater. And I goddamn love theater!
Looking forward to hearing the whole album
Does she have an entire album that connects with you? Or is it always just aspects here and there across the board?
I do wonder though... how immediate was Bowie's "sense of cultural boundary pushing"? Was that felt in real time or was it ascribed to him later in his career?
Post subject: Re: Try to Write You a Love Song - A St. Vincent Thread
Posted: Fri March 01, 2024 6:58 pm
Production Police
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47166 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
epilogue wrote:
Does she have an entire album that connects with you? Or is it always just aspects here and there across the board?
Definitely the latter. I have yet to love an entire album, but there are songs I love on every one.
epilogue wrote:
I do wonder though... how immediate was Bowie's "sense of cultural boundary pushing"? Was that felt in real time or was it ascribed to him later in his career?
I'd have to think it was felt in real time, but I have no idea.
Masseduction was the one that finally won me over. Love that front to back.
Then seeing her live on daddy's home tour - holy shit. One of the best shows I've ever seeen
Yeah, man, that Daddy's Home show was unreal.
I didn't jump on board until the self-titled record. Her performance of Bring Me Your Loves on Letterman just destroyed me. Then I went back and did the whole discography. But she doesn't have a bad album, as far as I can tell. I've connected to everything she's put out (to varying degrees, obviously, but none of it is bad). She's a lot like Pearl Jam for me in that regard.
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Looking forward to hearing the whole album
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