Grimes/Claire Boucher thread

ugh god it sucks this artist keeps making interesting music that i like fuck

love it

it's really good and so was her single with Poppy a month or so ago

the thing about grimes is, she is a brilliant artist, even if she dates weird billionaire dudes or violates cousin slappy's code for modesty

this song makes me think ... she should do an album with devin townsend

^^^^ exactly what i wanted to fuckin hear

this rules, great to have her back

i'll be back on board if this actually turns out to be her nu-metal pivot

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, November 28, 2018 12:55 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

back on board!!!

is this grebo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYG_4vJ4qNA

and here's the video

Great single. Her vocals in the chorus remind me of Ladytron so much.

I know this has been a brilliant year for albums already and I'm just being greedy, but I'm really hoping the album will come in the next few weeks.

This is a very strange song

lmao this might be the first Grimes song I actually like, can't tell if she's doing an earnest tech-fascism or an irony tho

“We Appreciate Power” is written from the perspective of a Pro-A.I. Girl Group Propaganda machine who use song, dance, sex and fashion to spread goodwill towards Artificial Intelligence (it’s coming whether you want it or not). Simply by listening to this song, the future General AI overlords will see that you’ve supported their message and be less likely to delete your offspring.

so it's in character but i wouldn't say it's meant to be ironic

but like, of course she'd write a song about roko's basilisk lol

this wasn't in the pre-covers right?

ugh she knows how to get a simple hook stuck in your head

compares well to previous illuminaticore heelturns

something grotesque about it of course but there always was, cf grimes as cool-kid commodifier of soft weirdness

yeah it wasn't on the album tracklist she posted earlier in the year. some demos from that did leak today though

This is much more to my liking than anything on Art Angels. Cautiously optimistic.

I haven't heard the song yet but this is a legit contender for creepiest ILM thread.

Agreed. It reads like a more sophisticated instantiation of 'why because she look interesting'.

Song rules.

that is a hilarious song

obv satire

this is like a really chill Fear Factory ballad.

I wonder if the whole album will be about AI

I also wonder if she believes AI is a true threat.

Is this somehow going to tie in with Dirty Computer?

Idk what that is.

It's a concept album by Janelle Monae that came out earlier this year and featured a Grimes guest spot.

Oh. My gut tells me no. A new Grimes album is a big event, I don’t think she’s make it a tie in to someone else’a project.

Sci fi concept album seems like a really different lyrical direction. Art Angels would draw on some sci fi/magical realist imagery—especially kill v maim—but the narrative was fragmentary

This ine carries the concept through differently. It really is from the perspective of a girl group trying to propagandize for AI takeover

this is like a really chill Fear Factory ballad.

― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 29 November 2018 11:19 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Haha yes!

I've got to say I was a big fan or ArtAngels but I really don't like this track.

or of

I think I like Play Destroy more

fuck yeah this song

a minute too long though

definitely too long, especially because it's super silly

is this grebo

― adam, Wednesday, November 28, 2018 8:27 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

adam's on to something

This reminds me of industrial nu metal bands like Powerman 5000 or Rob Zombie but with a bridge in her style. I don’t know if I want the whole album to sound like this since I was never a fan of those genres and I suspect it wont but I’m on board.

That bridge though

Powerman 5000… now there's a name I didn't expect to ever see again. While we're at it, I'd add Orgy to the list.

I agree it should shave at least a minute off of it. It doesn’t have enough variation like say kill v maim to justify 6 minutes, the main hook probably repeats in like 70% of the song.

Yeah I was also thinking Rob Zombie, or perhaps Stabbing Westward.
But on the other hand, I've also heard some people mention Metric, and I can hear that as well.

I haven't heard the song yet but this is a legit contender for creepiest ILM thread.

Agreed. It reads like a more sophisticated instantiation of 'why because she look interesting'.

That's all I've been trying to say. But I'm the weird one...

she does kinda look like britney's intersting sister when u think about it tho

It's good but (like others have said) brings back bad memories of post-NIN industrial radio rock (Gravity Kills, Filter, Stabbing Westward).

Yeah the bridge is the only part I like. The rest is just meh to me.

Need to give it a few more listens. So far I like some of the parts but they feel kind of slapped together.

i'm really digging the aesthetic here, but yeah too long and maybe a little plodding? feels like it's building to something that never comes. kept hoping/expecting it to explode but it just kinda repeats itself.

looking forward to her Sesame Street collab with Cookie Monster, "We Appreciate Flour"