Aly & AJ - With Love From

[Butterfly]

We basically know their whole setlist (with an asterisk next to 4 songs they may have changed).


Just goes to show what a wealth of great music they have to miss off classics like Paradise.

 

[HairBodyFace]

Yeah, I definitely echo what everyone is saying in here about this being less instant than A Touch of the Beat, but I am really enjoying it more with each listen. A Touch felt very California, and this almost feels very...Texas? I dig it.

 

[Butterfly]

The full set from the album release show has been uploaded!

 

[Mikal]

They got a Pitchfork review! A Touch of the Beat never did.

 

[CIOB]

They got a Pitchfork review! A Touch of the Beat never did.

Classic Pitchfork, that score does not match the body of the review. Easily reads like a 7.5.

 

[Mikal]

It does, until the random final line of the last paragraph ddd. It feels oddly cut short.

 

[Butterfly]

I hate Pitchfork for ignoring the opus that was A Touch of the Beat and reviewing this instead.

Their takeaway being that they need to go less pop is also… interesting!

 

[MC54]

I absolutely hammered the last album. I haven’t gone back to this once.

 

[Jonathan27]

I think it's stronger than A touch of the beat but Slow Dancing was also far and away my favorite from that album. I do think there are more obvious high points on the previous album but Open to Something, Blue Dress, Sunchoke and Six Minutes of Staring are as good as anything from A touch.

 

[Butterfly]

It's don't think it's as good as A Touch of the Beat but that alone is not really an issue, it's such a high bar.

The production doesn't always work for me personally. With Love From & Sunchoke, for example, feel like they'd have been easy 10s if they were produced with the last album. It's more so the vocals than the lack of synth, though I enjoyed the pop sheen even the more stripped tracks like Slow Dancing had.

I'm appreciating it as a cute detour (with some of their best songwriting yet) but I would be disappointed if the next album is exactly like this.

 

[Jersey]

I’m waiting for the sunny days to let this hit me right.

A Touch of the Beat will always hold fond mems being released right after my birthday & the weather being stunning. I’m sure this will follow suit.

 

[HairBodyFace]

Interesting review from Pitchfork, I wasn't sure what exactly to take from it dd. It seems like they like this more than A Touch of the Beat?

 

[Vasilios]

Pitchfork taking a point off when it's a female, two when it's a female duo... Halsey knew.

 

[Mikal]

I think the singles from this should've been

Tear the Night Up
Baby Lay Your Head Down
Open to Something
Love You This Way

The upbeat tracks are the album's best selling point. Title track isn't a single. The issue is there's no lead single I guess.

Album's really growing big time.

 

[Euphoria]

This album's only grown on me. Even the lesser tracks (After Hours, Love You This Way, Tear the Night Up) act as welcome tempo changes more than anything else. I don't think it's a perfect album - nothing here gets me as high as Symptom of Your Touch did, but is it a strong 8/10? Sure.

 

[2014]

It's a gorgeous record - Love You This Way, Tear The Night Up and Sunchoke are the trinity, but it's all very good.

 

[xtophermorrison]

I don't know if this has been posted, but they were on Kelly Clarkson last week and performed Blue Dress in addition to being interviewed:

 

[pop3blow2]

Love this album. '6 Months Of Staring Into The Sun' is a such enchanting haze of a song. Kind of addicted to it, maybe. Reminds me of some lost Beach Boys song from the 70s (an era which contains a ton of underrated gems by them.)

 

[AceReject]

I know the answer is probably no, but is there anywhere to order the new vinyl to the UK without paying £30 P&P?

I'm amazed no other stores seem to stock their records.

 

[Shockbox]

I know the answer is probably no, but is there anywhere to order the new vinyl to the UK without paying £30 P&P?

I'm amazed no other stores seem to stock their records.

Yeah I went to order We Don’t Stop, ATOTB and With Love From but $42 shipping is ridiculous.