Katie Dey - Flood Network

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This has slowly turned into one of my favourite records of the decade, it just emotionally wrecks me every time. I've seen the tag "bedroom-pop" thrown at it a few times, which I guess makes sense since it has the same kind of introverted intimacy, but it's so much more ambitious and otherworldly than that. Something like "It's Simpler to Make Home on the Ground" sounds like it could come off Another Green World, for instance

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Fear O' the Light 3
(F8) 1
Debt 0
(F7) 0
Only to Trip and Fall Down Again 0
(F6) 0
So You Pick Yourself Up 0
(F5) 0
All 0
(F4) 0
Fake Health 0
(F3) 0
Frailty 0
(F2) 0
Fleas 0
(F1) 0
It's Simpler to Make Home on the Ground 0


josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 05:05 (six years ago)

i completely adore this album, fantastic songs and soundscapes

voting fear o the light which is the noisy heart of the album

ufo, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 06:38 (six years ago)

absolutely one of the best albums this decade

ufo, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 06:41 (six years ago)

This is to celebrate the release of her new collaboration album with Girls Rituals later today, yes? It's the album 2018 has been building to

Anyway this is an amazing record. Voting (f8)

imago, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 07:21 (six years ago)

I’ve been meaning to make this poll for awhile now so I didn’t really have that collaborative album in mind, but I’m very much looking forward to hearing it!

Fear O’ the Light is definitely the standout, but yeah (F8) is an amazing interlude track that deserves some votes

josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 17:23 (six years ago)

it feels less like an interlude than the climax of the album! the actual closing track only begins after a short silence and is much more minimal & concise (while still an excellent ending)

the collaboration album is out in like 3 hours :)

imago, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 17:30 (six years ago)

I love this album so so much

fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 19:15 (six years ago)

Here it is folks!

https://blacksquares.bandcamp.com/album/some-new-form-of-life

I mean that album cover for a start

imago, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 21:11 (six years ago)

tt and I are going to have a sweet listening party when I get home

imago, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 21:13 (six years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 00:01 (six years ago)

I take back what I said earlier about (F8), it is indeed the jaw-dropping climax this album deserves. Voted Fear O’ the Light though, it’s just such a perfect three minutes

josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 21 November 2018 19:36 (six years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Thursday, 22 November 2018 00:01 (six years ago)

yeah what's with the four votes, this album is seminal

imago, Thursday, 22 November 2018 22:58 (six years ago)

two weeks pass...

https://soundcloud.com/katie_dey/memory

new song! it's gorgeous

ufo, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 04:40 (six years ago)

one month passes...

the engineer that's about to work on my album is gonna see this tweet and fuck my shit UP

— katie dey (@katie_dey) February 9, 2019

new album being mastered so presumably not too far away

ufo, Saturday, 9 February 2019 12:38 (six years ago)

! saw that she finished recording in december so glad to see things continuing smoothly

got into her a bit after this poll happened... might've thrown one to "only to trip" but idk

lowercase (eric), Saturday, 9 February 2019 12:56 (six years ago)

three months pass...

https://katiedey.bandcamp.com/album/solipsisters

album out now!

ufo, Thursday, 30 May 2019 15:22 (six years ago)

fuck

lowercase (eric), Thursday, 30 May 2019 15:29 (six years ago)

oh wow "shell" is so pretty

ufo, Thursday, 30 May 2019 15:41 (six years ago)

Cool interview on the Fader: https://www.thefader.com/2019/05/30/katie-dey-solipsisters-interview

Haven't actually listened yet, though!

emil.y, Thursday, 30 May 2019 19:26 (six years ago)

me neither but for lj i'm fully prepared to call it her best

lowercase (eric), Thursday, 30 May 2019 19:37 (six years ago)

H E L L Y E A H

I was disappointed by the dizzy collab album, but I have a good feeling about this one

josh az (2011nostalgia), Friday, 31 May 2019 05:48 (six years ago)

"dissolving" makes me want her to go full-on breakbeats sometime? and also to cover something from vespertine

lowercase (eric), Friday, 31 May 2019 13:56 (six years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKFd0fnQFcI

why hasn't imago showed up to celebrate the album's release yet

ufo, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 14:08 (five years ago)

I like it! Sorry, should have reported in. It gets better with repeat listens too.

imago, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 14:29 (five years ago)

It doesn't quite have the otherworldly magic of Flood Network but it is a detailed, lovely thing

imago, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 14:30 (five years ago)

agreed that it's a grower, it isn't perfect like flood network ("reflection"/"escaping" feel a little slight & halt the flow) but the added expansiveness otherwise fits perfectly, it's great that she's moved in this direction

prob my favorite artist of the second half of the decade

lowercase (eric), Thursday, 6 June 2019 14:05 (five years ago)

sent the album i've been working on to my label 3 weeks ago and haven't heard from them since i think that means they love it

— katie dey (@katie_dey) June 19, 2019

lowercase (eric), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 11:21 (five years ago)

she said 'data' from last year is planned to be part of her next album!

ufo, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 12:34 (five years ago)

one year passes...

https://katiedey.bandcamp.com/album/mydata

darkness
dancing
happiness
leaving
hurting
word
hopeless
loving
closeness
bearing
hoping
data

geoffreyess, Friday, 24 July 2020 04:46 (four years ago)

This is her best imo. Painfully beautiful songwriting start to finish.

tangenttangent, Friday, 24 July 2020 09:07 (four years ago)

'happiness' is a clear SOTY contender, it is up there with 'debt -> (f8)', which if you know me is a pretty big up

imago, Friday, 24 July 2020 09:22 (four years ago)

well this is delightful!

k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 24 July 2020 15:34 (four years ago)

I sometimes find stuff in this "scene" tends to coast on cool sonics, which this has plenty of, but the songs are really striking as well, and they leverage each other beautifully

k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 24 July 2020 15:56 (four years ago)

gonna just post it here as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2boIVtlrPW8

i mean how good

imago, Friday, 24 July 2020 18:26 (four years ago)

So uh, she deleted the tweets about it but Katie’s been getting bombarded by Taylor Swift stans all day

im katie ...

— katie dey (@katie_dey) July 24, 2020

(Check the replies)

Anyways the new album’s really good! The back half is especially strong — and the new version of data is stunning

josh az (2011nostalgia), Saturday, 25 July 2020 01:01 (four years ago)

why did she get bombarded? for...releasing an album on the same day?

the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Saturday, 25 July 2020 01:05 (four years ago)

she made a joke saying her "ass was fatter than taylor's" and swift stans are mad at her for "body shaming"

ufo, Saturday, 25 July 2020 01:13 (four years ago)

can we uncancel the r-word pls

imago, Saturday, 25 July 2020 01:19 (four years ago)

This album blows taytay's latest effort out of the water. It's a sublime and truthful and daring vision laid down from beginning to end in such a gorgeous way. Dancing-Happiness-LeavIng is a hattrick.

Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 25 July 2020 14:04 (four years ago)

yeah those 3 songs in a row

imago, Saturday, 25 July 2020 14:49 (four years ago)

eight months pass...

I have not listened to Katie Dey very much, but I kind of stumbled on the new remix/covers album (urdata) and I like it a lot — more than mydata, I think, although I only went to that after hearing urdata first.

a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 14:15 (four years ago)

my favourite is still flood network

ufo, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 14:17 (four years ago)

two years pass...

never falter hero girl out on friday, love both of the songs released so far. thought I'd somehow started playing the the's "sweet bird of truth" when "hoarder" came on.

soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 01:24 (one year ago)

I heard Flood Network for the first time a few days ago and it is my new favourite album.

you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 01:27 (one year ago)

!!

soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 01:36 (one year ago)

Welcome :)

Preach The Crapen (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 01:37 (one year ago)

What the fuck this album is incredible

imago, Friday, 27 October 2023 01:10 (one year ago)

The new one, I'm a longstanding Flood Network proponent obv

imago, Friday, 27 October 2023 01:18 (one year ago)

Everyone buy it and support Katie!!

https://katiedey.bandcamp.com/album/never-falter-hero-girl

imago, Friday, 27 October 2023 01:20 (one year ago)

this seems like pretty easily my favourite since flood network

ufo, Friday, 27 October 2023 06:17 (one year ago)

might be aoty

imago, Saturday, 28 October 2023 13:08 (one year ago)


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