Madeline Kenney

Heard the song "Witching Hour" on the radio earlier tonight, and I've now listened to this album three times straight thru. Fantastic atmosphere, neato guitar (riffing and atmospherics).

I know there's a definitely market for this on ILM, but I'm terrible at hyping things. Just try it out.

https://madelinekenney.bandcamp.com/album/night-night-at-the-first-landing

https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/09/12/madeline-kenney-interview/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEVGG77AmMo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0flGuje298

good stuff Johnny, love the way the piano's mixed in "Always", bouncing off the mix - real nice

I just gave her ep from last year a spin as well. Equally top shelf.

"signals" is a dead ringer for Hanne Hukkelberg

I'm not familiar enough with Hanne Hukkelberg to have picked up on that, but it's a good song no doubt.

Wow, that was quick. A new album already.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKnrv4GJLhw

Whoa

I love that she's not a shredder but still plays guitar in a very deliberately unconventional way. Sort of like St. Vincent, except you know Annie wants to break into a metal speed solo at any moment and stops herself.

Anyway, this song is super dope.

I do like this song (and it's not my usual vibe)

She reminded me surface level of Olsen but Madeline is far more dreamy, love the spectral nature combined with those guitars. Agree song is dope

I feel pretty comfortable calling "Cut Me Off" my song of the summer at this point. I've listened to it about 300 times.

Absolutely otm
Gorgeous outro too

Cut me off is underrated and Kenney is in general

Truth

Excellent timing for a revive btw. This just dropped today!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA17x5DA4VQ

Anticipating this a lot

<<<<<3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xA_fzCcDkA

had not listened to her before but these new songs are all very captivating, looking forward to the new album

they're all very dreamy but delightfully off-kilter

produced by jenn wasner iirc. very hyped for this record

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

fantastic

This record is SO GOOD (based on the songs released early).

damn, have to hear this - she has a bright future

album completely lives up to the singles, it's great! the bass playing is a highlight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGUvPok2wi0

gorgeous acoustic version of the title track

Love this so much!

this album is really so good. a perfect album for summer evenings. i am really loving No Weekend - the sax! and when Your Art explodes

love this album

beatufiul record, ufo otm about 'your art,' a standout among standouts.

I've listened to this album 3 times today. Totally took me by surprise. First track with it's Cocteau's style harmonies didn't prepare me for how much it rocks later on.

i still adore this and was intending to post about how perfect it is for the summer but i already did that a few months ago

heard "cut me off" on the radio today -- so very excellent !! excited to check out the record

"cut me off" is the best song i've ever heard, this person is a genius

The rest of the album kind of drifted away from me in the end, but Cut Me Off is cemented as a lifelong fave for me.

same

i still adore the whole album. the new japanese house album feels like it occupies a somewhat similar space to this

https://www.thefader.com/2020/05/19/madeline-kenney-new-album-suckers-lunch-new-single-sucker

New single is subdued but a delight.

really love the new single, bass sounds fantastic

kurt wagner backing vocals too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrwr3peRCRY

another new one

had missed "sucker" when it came out but it's delightful, similar in mood to last year's fantastic lambchop album

I preordered the lp when Sucker came out, but it got pushed back to August along the way, so this renewed my anticipation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oLxVo34Tv0

another new single, album out friday. sounding nice, love that big distortion on the guitar that comes in intermittently.

fuck me this album is absurdly terrific.

it's great. doesn't feel very different from the last album but she's so good at what she does that i don't mind at all

It's pretty similar, maybe a bit more muscular and guitar-centric

The last one was drifty in a quiet way. This one seems more anchored? I dunno. That's the best I've got.

songs are better this time around

New EP just dropped. The title track "Summer Quarter" is great, but the others are also great. I continue to love her instincts and choices made as a guitarist.

Good stuff!

Yay, new LP! I knew she'd been consciously de-emphasizing the guitar in her newer work, but there's still some here even with it being really synth heavy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGkym94w2K4

That one was nice, but I've listened to this one approximately 847 times since yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoN8ckfqh1c

The new album is simply lovely.

Funny how even though I understand Madeline didn’t work with Wye Oak on this one, it still sounds very post Wye Oak (in much the same way that the Japanese House sounds post The 1975).

i didn't even realize jenn wasner wasn't involved here, it doesn't sound markedly different from her wasner-produced work.

agreed that it's lovely. "it carries on" was the standout, at first blush.

I am once again asking you to listen to a beautiful new Madeline Kenney album.

New one (Kiss from the Balcony) is more rock than its predecessor I guess, but I think it might also be her most intricate album - the mix teems with curlicues of sound.

Despite anticipating it enough to pre-order the fancy vinyl, I've still only listened through it once. Very positive first impression!

Thread's been very sparse since 2020, but I just have to say Sucker's Lunch has become something I keep in regular rotation for the past year or two. I don't think I fully appreciated how rewarding that album is initially.

really liking it. "i never" and "semitones" are career highlights imo.

catching up to kiss from the balcony. i think the only song of hers i'd previously heard was "sucker," which i really like but this album makes me realize she is a more interesting artist than i'd assumed. (wasn't aware of the jenn wasner connection, but it totally makes sense.) now i need to go back to her earlier stuff.

Perfect Shapes is still my favorite of hers