Grimes/Claire Boucher thread

Song Exploder did an ep on Kill v Maim
http://songexploder.net/grimes

Oh sweet.

Yeah, that was really good. Hearing the vocals in isolation was super weird.

Really cool to hear the crowd noise side-chained to the kick drum

Super interesting. loved this episode. the crowd noise trick is pretty genius. she seems so driven in her (weird) ideas. pretty inspirational.

Next up: UFC

http://pitchfork.com/news/66200-listen-to-grimes-new-song-medieval-warfare-from-suicide-squad/

& u never get sad & u never get sick & u never get weak bayBEE

um it's "u never get sick we're DEEP / in the belly of the beat"

oh so it is

you scared me tho i thought i'd made up you never get weak

they way she sounds in her lower register for "in the belly of the beat yeah" always struck me as a very kate bush moment

ha, my correction was incorrect, sorry

I was bummed her song wasn't actually in Suicide Squad.

time to sue Warner I guess

Well it wasn't a blatantly obvious and overused music cue, so of course it wasn't used.

Lol... I mean they had a forgotten Eminem single in there fer chrissakes.

without me is not "forgotten", it is one of Eminem's best-selling and most enduring singles.

and i sing it to my cat often

Why you looking for a harmony?
There is harmony in everything
It’s a butterfly whose wings span the world

i have not viewed any of these yet but

http://pitchfork.com/news/68786-grimes-releases-7-new-videos-scream-butterfly-more-watch/
http://pitchfork.com/news/68786-grimes-releases-7-new-videos-scream-butterfly-more-watch/
http://pitchfork.com/news/68786-grimes-releases-7-new-videos-scream-butterfly-more-watch/
http://pitchfork.com/news/68786-grimes-releases-7-new-videos-scream-butterfly-more-watch/
http://pitchfork.com/news/68786-grimes-releases-7-new-videos-scream-butterfly-more-watch/

!!!

Dude! This album has been such a slow burner for me and I've only just started to embrace the non-singles after the poll last week. This is a gift!

yeah, what a nice surprise!

does anyone have any thoughts on HANA? 3 of the 7 new videos are hers, i guess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQUqCRkioG4

produced/did backing vocals for a new Aristophanes track

https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/825526619406114816

✓

http://pitchfork.com/news/69494-grimes-and-janelle-monae-preview-venus-fly-video-watch/

fuck buying tidal for a music video tho

I tried most of the big streaming subscription services in 2016 and... Tidal's pretty good? idk, everyone loves Spotify

when i looked at tidal last year their catalog was tiny compared to spotify, they had well under half of the stuff in my main spotify playlist. maybe its expanded now?

Spotify has the worst sound quality of all of them. Apple Music is p good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bc27oFFJo4

Ah, the time of year when I can listen to this without feeling any weirder than I already do for listening to it in the first place. Love this song.

I have to admit, with no offense to the Grimes family, when that Ajit Pai video came out last week, I was like "why does this guy seem so familiar? Oh yeah, Grimes' step-dad!"

lol wtf seriously?

great track

vanessa fucking rules as pointed out

oh, and i hadn't even noticed this:

last jedi is so good i cried on the sidewalk after and then got the flu and slept for 12 hours

— Grimes (@Grimezsz) December 16, 2017

just played label new music they rly dig it so hopefully smthn soon 😛

— Grimes (@Grimezsz) December 16, 2017

dope song!

love the video

Ha, I'd missed that Christmas track. Nice.

Wait Ajit Pai is Grimes step-dad? I can’t find anything on google confirming this.

No, I just meant he looks like it in the video. Indian man wearing sunglasses indoors while smiling eerily and waving a weapon around.

also, just for clarity's sake, by weapon I'm referring to the hatchet in the grimes video and the nerf gun in the ajit pai video.

Really hope the new One kicks ass so ppl will admit the last one was eehhhhaaaite

yeah because the massive amount of enjoyment I've had from that album would somehow be invalidated by her releasing another great record

The release of Art Angels is the best thing that’s happened in the past five years.

if the new one sucks there is no chance d-40 will admit art angels was a radiant masterpiece, so I think we all hope it's good

only thing approaching Art Angels for me the past few years is the Fever Ray s/t

Visions >>>>>>>>> Art Angels. Not holding out much hope for the next one.

my take is
Art Angels >>>>>>>>> Visions

we should poll

Visions revealed a promising artist. Art Angels made good on that promise.

art angels is alllllright imo, kind of feels like she's dodging the spotlight but not in a way that feels confident or purposeful

its a progression from visions but i think visions promises a lot more, or contains more potential in its dna

i agree. i like art angels a lot, but the 3 year gap between albums compounded the disappointment... it really sounds like she skipped an album in between the two, which we know she did... there's a dearth there, despite both albums being great.

Crystal ball desserves more love

But albums are brilliant and Grimes rules. If the new album is half as good as any of them we’re good. Frankly a bit afraid it might not live up to expectations, no idea how you can follow up and improve on what she has done so far.