I think it's reasonable to have expected .5 higher.
Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
- Thread starter Noir
- Start date
The review itself was a bit scattered and weird, too, and I don't really agree with how they frame the album, but oh well.
Yeah retroactively calling Painless self-conscious while giving this .1 higher as her best album is So Pitchfork I kind of anticipated it, but completely glossing over how most of the album seems to be about addiction/drugs is wild.
It’s a weirdly superficial review for such a deep and introspective album. She certainly sounds confident in the sense that she’s an artist at the height of her powers showing off a finely honed talent but the lyrics are certainly not giving coolness and confidence! The retrospective criticism of PAINLESS, albeit mild, is strange too since they really feel like two sides of the same coin - whereas in the former her anxieties are directed at the complicated relationships and strained environments she finds herself in, the latter sees her direct her gaze further inwards. Whatever, I’ll take the Best New Music and run.
Oh she absolutely shattered the mother toilet with this one. I love it when a new album enters my life and instantly feels like it occupies a space I never knew existed.
Binding is a song of the year contender.
Binding is a song of the year contender.
I cannot get around this album. I'd say the closest analog to the soundscape is a fever dream, this nebulous feeling of looking for a light that keeps escaping you. It's honestly been a bit of a revelation in that sense: few albums can command this level of attention with such subtlety.
Also I hadn't watched the video since it's billed as a visualizer but she actually libs the full song on this one and she kinda ate
Also I hadn't watched the video since it's billed as a visualizer but she actually libs the full song on this one and she kinda ate
Last edited:
This clicked for me right now, I've listened before but now I can't stop. It's intoxicating. What a beautiful record, one of my favs of the year.
Great show last night in DC. She did her Rid of Me cover!
She did an AMA on Reddit last week and while there wasn't a ton of new information, she did cite Binding as her favorite from the album. Taste!
Some call it love
I call it shame
On loop forever.
I call it shame
On loop forever.
Did you go? One of the opening acts Eliza McLamb does a fun cover of Lucky by Britney.
I was spent from Friday and Saturday, plus had assignments so I did not! I'll try to catch her on the next go around.
Gorgeous remix for what's shaping up to be my song of the year.
Obsessed with this remix lately. Definitely one of the years best!