I think I said this on a chairlift thread but she strikes me as extremely academic, which I think is part of what you mean when you say stuff seems a bit "optimized". It's extremely informed in approach. It often feels to me like it shouldn't be working at all which is partly why I like it as much as I do.
― akm, Sunday, 17 April 2022 03:54 (two years ago) link
yeah academic and informed are good descriptors. she def has serious talent and range. saw her do an experimental / instrumental set once and thought she did better than those on the bill whose only gig is that sort of thing
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Sunday, 17 April 2022 04:46 (two years ago) link
She is currently at the peak of her powers. She’s definitely talented and knows exactly what she wants her songs to sound like.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 17 April 2022 05:13 (two years ago) link
Every generation has its Kate Bush and I firmly believe Caroline Polachek is filling that role atm.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 17 April 2022 05:15 (two years ago) link
you have reached your maximum allotted Kate Bushes per generation (1)
― imago, Sunday, 17 April 2022 09:03 (two years ago) link
I wish Kate Bush would have made as good an album as Pang.
― braised cod, Sunday, 17 April 2022 10:28 (two years ago) link
max allotted bad takes per thread
― nashwan, Sunday, 17 April 2022 11:42 (two years ago) link
fair enough
― braised cod, Sunday, 17 April 2022 12:25 (two years ago) link
New song “sunset” out on monday.
Going with the live performance it slaps. Balearic 90’s flamenco pop thing
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 13 October 2022 16:15 (one year ago) link
Exciting! But we need a new album. I've worn out all the grooves on Pang.
― The Ghost Club, Thursday, 13 October 2022 17:33 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YBP-D6vQIA
really like this one
― ufo, Monday, 17 October 2022 22:51 (one year ago) link
first one I'm not enthused by in a while. It's alright I guess.
― akm, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 04:17 (one year ago) link
sunset[gerudo_valleygirl_mix].mp3 pic.twitter.com/ySMdnmaUJO— Caroline Polachek (@carolineplz) October 22, 2022
― ufo, Sunday, 23 October 2022 00:35 (one year ago) link
I like So Hot You're Hurting my Feelings and work with Ice Choir
― | (Latham Green), Sunday, 23 October 2022 02:17 (one year ago) link
sunset[gerudo_valleygirl_mix].mp3
lol, first song that came to my mind too. I like this song a lot tho
― Vinnie, Monday, 31 October 2022 07:24 (one year ago) link
I LOOOOVE 'SUNSET'
― ꙮ (map), Sunday, 13 November 2022 22:36 (one year ago) link
this song feels like it could singlehandedly get me through the winter
― ꙮ (map), Sunday, 13 November 2022 22:37 (one year ago) link
I like it a lot too and also really like the very mid-00s bleak house Sofia Kourtesis mix of 'Sirens'
― nashwan, Monday, 14 November 2022 09:23 (one year ago) link
it reminds me of azoto, san salvador
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akp38JIXiZU
― fpsa, Monday, 14 November 2022 16:27 (one year ago) link
another new single on the way next week. just release an album please
https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/caroline-polachek-announces-new-single-welcome-to-my-island
― akm, Thursday, 1 December 2022 17:56 (one year ago) link
Sounds like there's a new album, 'Desire, I Want to Turn Into You'.
Rolling Stone said that 'Bunny is a Rider' was the lead single, but
there are a lot of random things being said online about what’s on Desire, but unless you hear it from me it isn’t true 💋🐜🐜🐜— Caroline Polachek (@carolineplz) December 5, 2022
― aphoristical, Monday, 5 December 2022 20:01 (one year ago) link
apple music has it as 12 tracks with "welcome to my island" being track 1, "bunny is a rider" being track 3, "sunset" being track 4, and "billions" as track 12 so...?
― ufo, Monday, 5 December 2022 23:52 (one year ago) link
If the quality of the rest of the album is as high as the previous 3 singles I don’t mind if she takes another year to release it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 00:29 (one year ago) link
Oh fcuk i dont know if its an error but the song is available on spotify mx right now
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 00:30 (one year ago) link
Yes, idk if they fucked up but it’s available right now. Don’t know if it’s only working in my country or its a worlwide fuckup. Here’s the link:
https://open.spotify.com/album/53LBDupH6C8cJvPEzH6nKI
Least interesting single so far on first listen - sounds like Caroline doing a Haim song - but it still has great production with some weird choices like that “vocal guitar solo” thing she does that makes it stand out from other 80’s pastiche.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 00:40 (one year ago) link
It’s on spotify as an EP with the 4 songs released so far, it might be a confirmation that Bunny is also considered as part of the same album.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 00:41 (one year ago) link
Maybe it’s a real guitar
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 00:42 (one year ago) link
the single being out is intentional yeah
it's good
― ufo, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 00:44 (one year ago) link
I think Caroline's post was referring not so much to "Bunny..." being on the album, but to other unreleased songs, the titles of which have leaked.
― monotony, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 00:53 (one year ago) link
That’s some bad cover art right there
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 01:02 (one year ago) link
On the Billions single there’s a song called “long road home” with OPN that I don’t remember being there before?
Is that a new “hidden” track or has that always been there and I hadn’t noticed?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 02:19 (one year ago) link
Oh yeah apparently it has always been there… weird first time I see it
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 02:21 (one year ago) link
― im a beacon of light (Spottie)
You mean the single or the album cover? I kind of like all the singles artwork but the actual album cover is not good imho and doesn’t follow the “all black” background of the singles. “Bunny is a rider” is the best one for me.
https://shop.carolinepolachek.com/products/desire-lp
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 02:25 (one year ago) link
I kind of hate when album covers do fake “vinyl wear” or distressed textures. Idk if the plastic fold texture is part of the actual album cover but I hate it lol.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 02:28 (one year ago) link
New song is good, very ready for this album
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 03:26 (one year ago) link
i like the cover, it's funny. it's very classic rock
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 6 December 2022 16:24 (one year ago) link
cover is good. danny l harle with his kid is cute
― devvvine, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 17:36 (one year ago) link
"Blood and Butter" - it's fine, very much an album track imo. she should just drop the whole thing already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0iqFWx4H04
― Roz, Thursday, 2 February 2023 01:56 (one year ago) link
two more weeks! I'll probably save listening to the new song until the album drops
― Vinnie, Thursday, 2 February 2023 02:55 (one year ago) link
Hmm just noticed this on the tracklist, hard to imagine the three of them on one song:
7. "Fly to You" (featuring Grimes and Dido)
― Vinnie, Thursday, 2 February 2023 03:09 (one year ago) link
new album is easily her best since something
― ufo, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 01:13 (one year ago) link
That dido and grimes song is already available in some countries.
Too much grimes not enough Dido
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B7-L068op0
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 01:16 (one year ago) link
Oh actually the whole thing gets released at midnight.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 01:17 (one year ago) link
Haven’t listened but it seems asides from the previous singles people are loving “butterfly net” the most and “i believe” and “smoke”
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 01:21 (one year ago) link
― ✖✖✖ (Moka)
It's already streaming now. Sounding great so far.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 01:29 (one year ago) link
xp yeah those are all great
― ufo, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 01:33 (one year ago) link
Butterfly Net is astonishing.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 01:53 (one year ago) link
Goddamit it still not available for me. Must resist the temptation.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 02:11 (one year ago) link
Not sure how I'd rank this against Something and Pang yet - both amazing albums to me - but this was lovely on first listen. the Grimes/Dido collaboration makes sense now, basically the Venn diagram intersection of the three artists
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 07:43 (one year ago) link
pang had some real high points but it was a fair bit more oblique overall while desire is all hits
― ufo, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 10:02 (one year ago) link
wow, she's in fine voice.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 17 June 2023 15:21 (one year ago) link
Her range as a singer has expanded dramatically since the Chairlift days
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Saturday, 17 June 2023 15:28 (one year ago) link
I fuckin' love this album.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 17 August 2023 02:21 (ten months ago) link
"Bunny is a Rider" is ace.
Probably my AOTY
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 17 August 2023 02:23 (ten months ago) link
Wish there was no Grimes track tbh
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 17 August 2023 04:47 (ten months ago) link
i forgot she was on it actually. I'm still not as hot on this album as I was on Pang but it's pretty good.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 17 August 2023 18:23 (ten months ago) link
https://x.com/carolineplz/status/1706815548724822407?s=20
― Indexed, Wednesday, 27 September 2023 15:46 (eight months ago) link
Tiny Desk Concertt NPR performance. Great control of her voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmnZHQNN5cc
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 15:00 (eight months ago) link
Wow, gotta say this is the most I've ever "gotten" CP, one of those times where the stripped down format really works.
The drummer is great, I knew him from his viral drum & bass instagram vids, and I'd love to know if he got the gig through that or if he's a working drummer who also happens to be big on social media.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 15:14 (eight months ago) link
Yeah amazing drummer and the stripped down setting makes her voice even more impressive.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 15:24 (eight months ago) link
yeah it really highlights just how incredible her voice is. it makes me want to hear her do a more acoustic or orchestral album
i also really like the keyboard making acoustic guitar sounds alongside the actual acoustic guitars, great combo
― ufo, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 15:50 (eight months ago) link
That gave me some early Dead Can Dance vibes
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 15:59 (eight months ago) link
New song “Dang”, premiered via this excellent slide presentation on The Late Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UsIcDivsls
― Roz, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 12:16 (eight months ago) link
That was awesome
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 12:58 (eight months ago) link
fun presentation, though I don't love the actual song, probably the most Chairlift-sounding of her solo career so far
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 17:29 (eight months ago) link
"Dang" is fun, so much ear candy in it
― Vinnie, Friday, 27 October 2023 18:20 (seven months ago) link
They reran that Colbert performance from last week in an otherwise new episode this week, so strong the buzz.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 27 October 2023 18:24 (seven months ago) link
She always impresses.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 27 October 2023 18:29 (seven months ago) link
she was fantastic live and played extra songs for the last show of the tour including an unplanned second "so hot"
i only wish she'd thrown in some chairlift songs too because they had some classics too
― ufo, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 13:33 (six months ago) link
New version of "Butterfly Net" with Weyes Blood from the forthcoming deluxe edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBK4qzZNgR0
― Indexed, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 20:11 (four months ago) link
well shit, their voices sound incredible together
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 20:15 (four months ago) link
gorgeous
― Roz, Thursday, 8 February 2024 02:00 (four months ago) link
the original was probably my favorite song on Desire, and this is a step up from that
― Vinnie, Thursday, 8 February 2024 20:22 (four months ago) link
"hopedrunk everasking" is incredible
― butch wig (diamonddave85), Friday, 16 February 2024 17:01 (four months ago) link
didn't realize people thought it was filler. i got stuck repeating that one on my first listen through of the album. if that's filler, i can't wait for the rest of the songs to open up with further listens
― butch wig (diamonddave85), Friday, 16 February 2024 17:06 (four months ago) link
I would have guessed "Spring Is Coming With a Strawberry in the Mouth" was an original song, but instead it's a cover and a surprisingly faithful one. glad she shone some light on that song, I like her version and the original
― Vinnie, Sunday, 10 March 2024 21:04 (three months ago) link
yeah I'd never heard that song either, original is so good (so is her cover).
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, 10 March 2024 21:22 (three months ago) link
Oh the original is great! Nice discovery!
Also it seems the original was produced by Bono which is… unexpected.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 11 March 2024 02:43 (three months ago) link
Nice, got into the Operating Theatre song when it got a reissue last year - cool to hear this version.
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 11 March 2024 22:18 (three months ago) link
omg immense tune. Hadn't heard of it.
this page says
the Mother Records label. Established by U2 in 1984 and initially intended to launch Irish bands, many of the acts – including this one – were subsequently unhappy about the label’s haphazard approach to releases and lack of promotion. The record was released as a die cut 7 inch with the two main tracks and a 12 inch EP with additional tracks – ‘Part of My Make-Up’ / ‘Atlantean’ / ‘Satanasa’. The Mother experience was for Doyle and the rest of the group a frustrating one with no promotional plan and no tour. After that Operating Theatre as a quasi pop project ‘just kind of fizzled out’ says Doyle.”
fuck you bono!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 00:59 (three months ago) link
Oh now the Bono credit makes sense. Damn that sucks.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 01:58 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmdKkUfpRew
really love this
― ufo, Thursday, 2 May 2024 03:54 (one month ago) link
I like that way more than most of the other 'recent' stuff!
― kinder, Thursday, 23 May 2024 22:16 (three weeks ago) link