Caroline Polachek

Every generation has its Kate Bush and I firmly believe Caroline Polachek is filling that role atm.

you have reached your maximum allotted Kate Bushes per generation (1)

I wish Kate Bush would have made as good an album as Pang.

max allotted bad takes per thread

fair enough

New song “sunset” out on monday.

Going with the live performance it slaps. Balearic 90’s flamenco pop thing

Exciting! But we need a new album. I've worn out all the grooves on Pang.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YBP-D6vQIA

really like this one

first one I'm not enthused by in a while. It's alright I guess.

sunset[gerudo_valleygirl_mix].mp3 pic.twitter.com/ySMdnmaUJO

— Caroline Polachek (@carolineplz) October 22, 2022

I like So Hot You're Hurting my Feelings and work with Ice Choir

sunset[gerudo_valleygirl_mix].mp3

lol, first song that came to my mind too. I like this song a lot tho

I LOOOOVE 'SUNSET'

this song feels like it could singlehandedly get me through the winter

I like it a lot too and also really like the very mid-00s bleak house Sofia Kourtesis mix of 'Sirens'

it reminds me of azoto, san salvador

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akp38JIXiZU

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

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

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...?

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.

Oh fcuk i dont know if its an error but the song is available on spotify mx right now

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.

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.

Maybe it’s a real guitar

the single being out is intentional yeah

it's good

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.

That’s some bad cover art right there

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?

Oh yeah apparently it has always been there… weird first time I see it

That’s some bad cover art right there

― 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

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.

New song is good, very ready for this album

i like the cover, it's funny. it's very classic rock

cover is good. danny l harle with his kid is cute

"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

two more weeks! I'll probably save listening to the new song until the album drops

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)

new album is easily her best since something

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

Oh actually the whole thing gets released at midnight.

Haven’t listened but it seems asides from the previous singles people are loving “butterfly net” the most and “i believe” and “smoke”

Oh actually the whole thing gets released at midnight.

― ✖✖✖ (Moka)

It's already streaming now. Sounding great so far.

xp yeah those are all great

Butterfly Net is astonishing.

Goddamit it still not available for me. Must resist the temptation.

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

pang had some real high points but it was a fair bit more oblique overall while desire is all hits

I think her aesthetics continue to elude me. There are plenty of ideas here and the skeletal-exotic-ethereal electro pop sound is interesting, but I'm not sure any of it sticks with me. Still enjoyed the listen.

This is a lot of fun. I kind of rolled my eyes but also smiled approvingly at the sequencing of "I Believe" and "Fly To You" back to back, if you're gonna be up on current trends you may as well flaunt it.

First listen:

Caroline’s songwriting is good but the real star here for me is Danny L Harle’s production to the point I think this should have been billed as a Polachek + Harle album instead of a solo album.

What I love the most is that it seems to channel that almost forgotten downtempo/folktronica era of late 90’s/early 00’s: William Orbit, Frou Frou, Zero 7, Imogen Heap, those downtempo ibiza/cafe del mar compilations… it’s a sound that noone seemed interested in revive as it pretty much saturated the market and said everything it needed to say back then, but Polachek and Harle are masters of their craft and update it to a new style of their own.

Minor complaint: Dido makes perfect sense in an album that channels this early 00’s vibe, but she was underused. I like Vinnie’s comment upthread. That song does really sound like a Venn Diagram between the three singers involved.

Also like that the album is concise and has no filler. The singles are probably the highlight for me - although Butterfly Net sounded great too - but it’s too early to tell after one listen.

Tiny Desk Concertt NPR performance. Great control of her voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmnZHQNN5cc

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.

Yeah amazing drummer and the stripped down setting makes her voice even more impressive.

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

That gave me some early Dead Can Dance vibes

New song “Dang”, premiered via this excellent slide presentation on The Late Show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UsIcDivsls

That was awesome

fun presentation, though I don't love the actual song, probably the most Chairlift-sounding of her solo career so far

"Dang" is fun, so much ear candy in it

They reran that Colbert performance from last week in an otherwise new episode this week, so strong the buzz.

She always impresses.

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

New version of "Butterfly Net" with Weyes Blood from the forthcoming deluxe edition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBK4qzZNgR0

well shit, their voices sound incredible together

gorgeous

the original was probably my favorite song on Desire, and this is a step up from that

"hopedrunk everasking" is incredible

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

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

yeah I'd never heard that song either, original is so good (so is her cover).

Oh the original is great! Nice discovery!

Also it seems the original was produced by Bono which is… unexpected.

Nice, got into the Operating Theatre song when it got a reissue last year - cool to hear this version.

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!

Oh now the Bono credit makes sense. Damn that sucks.

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

really love this

I like that way more than most of the other 'recent' stuff!

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, March 10, 2024 4:04 PM (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink

Missed this on release and discovered it on the track noms playlist. What a tune!

Starburned And Unkissed is the first moment I've seen it with her

it's an amazing song, used perfectly in the film

in october i was really missing the girl i'm dating and i listened to that song like nine times in a row one day

aw <3