BuzzJack Music Forum _ Indie, Rock and Alternative _ Lorde - Solar Power
Posted by: Juan Carlos 16th June 2019, 04:22 AM
She mentioned that '(the) third one (is) in the oven' on Instagram stories.
Posted by: Parallel Reality 16th June 2019, 06:14 PM
This is great news! Melodrama is one of my favourite albums of recent times so I am hyped for this!
Posted by: Bjork 16th June 2019, 06:16 PM
I was very excited when I see the thread but actually there are no real news, of course she is working on new music but seeing the thread there was something imminent :/
Posted by: farmer lotita 16th June 2019, 07:51 PM
give us the baby!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jade 16th June 2019, 07:54 PM
Her debut and sophomore records were both perfection so consider me super excited!
Posted by: Bré 16th June 2019, 09:06 PM
I'm not believing this refers to anything other than her baking a third loaf of bread until there's some actual news x
Posted by: Cqmerqn 17th June 2019, 07:08 AM
Melodrama is beyond incredible, I’m so excited for this
Posted by: Bré 2nd November 2019, 08:23 PM
An update, will be a while yet until we get album 3 it seems, for some understandable reasons:
Posted by: Juan Carlos 25th February 2021, 04:32 PM
Her Facebook profile photo was updated.
Posted by: Bré 26th February 2021, 02:01 AM
Can we agree to not bump this thread again until there's actual news xox
Posted by: Jade 25th May 2021, 11:02 AM
She's coming!!
Posted by: JackTheeStallion 25th May 2021, 11:06 AM
That line up ugh!!! The tickets are SO expensive but I am high key tempted for Lorde, Kehlani and Megan alone!
Posted by: Bjork 25th May 2021, 11:12 AM
oh my Lorde emerging from retirement so now we know the album will be out before summer 2022?
Posted by: dannjohn 26th May 2021, 08:53 AM
i wonder if she's just gonna drop the album and not really bother with singles?
Posted by: blacksquare 1st June 2021, 02:41 PM
This happening still feels unreal — I need it now.
Posted by: Jade 2nd June 2021, 02:36 PM
Ahhhhhhh so excited!!
(also very jealous Jack - hope you have the best time )
Posted by: UltraSour4u 7th June 2021, 11:37 AM
Solar Power: 2021/06/21 - 6pm GMT Jack Antonoff, Ella Yelich O'Connor 3:12 Cover art: Nude/nude illusion of her peaches.
Album is 12 tracks (+2 bonus ones) and seems to be going down a 70’s calm psychedelic route (no green light’s on this album or synth bops by the sounds of it)
New music coming so soon!! <3
Posted by: blacksquare 7th June 2021, 08:33 PM
Her https://www.lorde.co.nz has updated with the artwork.
Very intrigued by this supposed summer in the seventies album direction.
Posted by: HausofArgento 7th June 2021, 08:49 PM
I am so here for a euphoric, whimsical, lost summer sound! Give us that summertime sadness please!
Posted by: Bré 7th June 2021, 09:06 PM
Well that is definitely... a cover. x
This being described as 70s influenced is making me a little nervous after the last big 70s-influenced female vaguely alt pop era (St. Vincent) did absolutely nothing for me at all. But Lorde basically doesn't miss (we don't talk about 'Ladder Song', that was a cover anyway so it doesn't count) so I should have faith. xx
Posted by: lotita 7th June 2021, 09:41 PM
GIVE IT TO US
Posted by: Jade 7th June 2021, 09:43 PM
I can't believe it's finally happening
Posted by: Bjork 8th June 2021, 09:37 AM
in shock at that cover but this way it's sure her comeback won't go unnoticed
bit worried about that description of her new sound, not a big fan of 70s music sounds but let's see
Posted by: Dill Doe 8th June 2021, 11:36 AM
QUOTE(UltraSour4u @ Jun 7 2021, 12:37 PM)
Solar Power: 2021/06/21 - 6pm GMT Jack Antonoff, Ella Yelich O'Connor 3:12 Cover art: Nude/nude illusion of her peaches.
Album is 12 tracks (+2 bonus ones) and seems to be going down a 70’s calm psychedelic route (no green light’s on this album or synth bops by the sounds of it)
New music coming so soon!! <3
"Nude/ nude illusion of her peaches" wtf wrote that?? I prefer the Lana del Rey cover. I'll add that one to my Spotify.
Posted by: Juan Carlos 20th June 2021, 06:29 PM
Looks like something (possibly "Mood Ring"?) will be announced/out tomorrow.
Posted by: Bjork 20th June 2021, 07:01 PM
can't wait!
Posted by: Dill Doe 21st June 2021, 12:07 PM
Ah Solstice is a good album title! Hopefully they move on FAST from Solar Power, as it is bland.
Posted by: HausofArgento 21st June 2021, 06:34 PM
Being released August 20th apparently!
Tracklist:
1. The Path 2. Solar Power 3. California 4. Stoned at the Nail Salon 5. Fallen Fruit 6. Secrets from a Girl (Who’s Seen it All) 7. The Man with the Axe 8. Dominoes 9. Big Star 10. Leader of a New Regime 11. Mood Ring 12. Oceanic Feeling
Tour announced too! Going to try for tickets on Friday!
Posted by: George.keh 21st June 2021, 07:00 PM
I wanted a cute lil cassette or CD
Posted by: Jade 21st June 2021, 07:11 PM
The blue vinyl is sold out for me on her store already 😭 can you get it elsewhere or is it store exclusive?
(Very excited of course!)
Posted by: JackTheeStallion 21st June 2021, 07:12 PM
Has she really announced a disc-less sleeve 😐
Posted by: Juan Carlos 21st June 2021, 07:28 PM
These are the titles of the songs in the deluxe edition of the album.
13. Helen of Troy 14. Hold No Grudge
Posted by: dandy* 21st June 2021, 07:34 PM
QUOTE(Jade @ Jun 21 2021, 08:11 PM)
The blue vinyl is sold out for me on her store already �� can you get it elsewhere or is it store exclusive?
(Very excited of course!)
Sold out and exclusive I think
There is a brown one now on recordstore if you’re quick
I wanted the deluxe on vinyl but that's also sold out
I've pre-ordered the golden-brown one now, thanks d*! You can get 10% off the above using the code: RSSEZHEL10
Posted by: dandy* 21st June 2021, 08:15 PM
There’s a marbled orange one available in Australia (and won’t ship to the UK before anyone gets excited) but it could end up being the indies exclusive version
Posted by: John-James 21st June 2021, 08:17 PM
This site has the marbled orange, I’ve just ordered
It’s out there now… hope you don’t regret the brown one Haus I got the brown one too, I quite like it because it matches the cover well, I assume it’s supposed to be sun tan coloured ��
Although I think the brown one will ultimately be significantly more limited
Posted by: HausofArgento 21st June 2021, 08:26 PM
I AM GOING TO GET THE GATEFOLD OFF HER SITE IT'S BACK ON THERE - I WILL CANCEL MY ORDER FOR THE BROWN ONE!? WHAT SHOULD I DO
Posted by: Jade 21st June 2021, 08:31 PM
Thanks guys for all of the information - the blue one is now back on her site so I'll definitely get it
Posted by: dandy* 21st June 2021, 08:32 PM
I’ve got the deluxe from her site, I wanted the extra tracks and the gatefold cover
Posted by: dandy* 21st June 2021, 08:33 PM
QUOTE(HausofArgento @ Jun 21 2021, 09:26 PM)
I AM GOING TO GET THE GATEFOLD OFF HER SITE IT'S BACK ON THERE - I WILL CANCEL MY ORDER FOR THE BROWN ONE!? WHAT SHOULD I DO
I’ve kept both for now! Can’t decide!
Edit… There’s only 1500 brown ones worldwide so I’m keeping it
Posted by: HausofArgento 21st June 2021, 08:35 PM
Got the deluxe gatefold off her site too! Will probably cancel the golden-brown one </3
Posted by: Klaus 21st June 2021, 09:16 PM
The blue one is absolutely gorgeous
Posted by: Bjork 21st June 2021, 09:18 PM
Love the blue and the orange, the only I don't like is the brown one, hate when artists release brown albums and call it golden when it's actually poo-colour
Posted by: dandy* 21st June 2021, 09:58 PM
I love brown as a colour! I think if this does turn out to be 70s inspired then it will fit the aesthetic perfectly.
The only colour vinyl I actively dislike is “milky clear”
Posted by: Bjork 22nd June 2021, 08:16 AM
The blue variant seems to be sold out everywhere but you can still find it on the German store if you're quick:
cd-less seems quite a shocking avenue especially cause the worst that would happen would be it would end up in a charity shop
Posted by: Riser 23rd June 2021, 02:01 AM
Wait, is she really not releasing it on CD?
Posted by: blacksquare 23rd June 2021, 07:38 AM
Quite the combo when she also mentioned being massively inspired by All Saints 'Pure Shores'
Posted by: Lukuzz 23rd June 2021, 07:41 AM
I really like this it is an absolute grower. Hope it climbs at some point
Posted by: Bjork 23rd June 2021, 07:47 AM
most surprised at Lorde knowing who S Club were!
Posted by: blacksquare 23rd June 2021, 09:35 AM
QUOTE(Bjork @ Jun 23 2021, 07:47 AM)
most surprised at Lorde knowing who S Club were!
They had multiple number ones in New Zealand!
Posted by: Bjork 23rd June 2021, 09:45 AM
oh I see, looking at their discography on wiki, three #1s in NZ with their first 3 singles!
Posted by: dandy* 23rd June 2021, 10:00 AM
QUOTE(blacksquare @ Jun 23 2021, 08:38 AM)
Quite the combo when she also mentioned being massively inspired by All Saints 'Pure Shores'
I knew I could hear that All Saints influence!!!
Posted by: Dill Doe 23rd June 2021, 01:17 PM
I was surprised she knew All Saints too! Solar Power sounds nothing like them though. Maybe Mood Ring will.
Posted by: Dobbo. 23rd June 2021, 03:19 PM
I'm sure it's been said already but this really sounds like George Michael's Faith. I'm growing to it after a few listens.
Posted by: TR252 23rd June 2021, 03:35 PM
I'm really intrigued by her description of her album, but no less excited. I liked Solar Power on first listen but it's really grown on me even more, I find myself returning to it a few times a day and the video is lovely. Praying I'm successful in securing tour tickets!
Posted by: HausofArgento 23rd June 2021, 06:20 PM
I AM SEEING HER LIVE IN MAY NEXT YEAR
Posted by: TR252 24th June 2021, 09:07 AM
Just got tickets in the presale
Posted by: Jade 25th June 2021, 09:15 AM
Managed to get tickets this morning! Can't wait, she's been high up on my list of artists to see for a while
Posted by: Jαsє 2nd July 2021, 07:26 PM
I wonder if they'll pretend 'Solar Power' never happened and move onto another single?
Posted by: dandy* 2nd July 2021, 08:43 PM
I can't imagine they will. Lorde doesn't really sell many singles aside from the main two hits.
Posted by: Bjork 3rd July 2021, 09:02 AM
Lorde's success in the singles chart was just Royals and thats it. Was really a one-off. As we saw with Green Light, easily the best song of 2017, she's not a big singles artist, if that only got to #19...
I think Solar Power has done its job in re-establishing her back, and most importantly to sell the tour and the album pre-orders, and it did the job, cos the pre-orders of the vinyls sold out in like 1 hour and lots of people were left without the colour variant vinyl they wanted.
Posted by: Dill Doe 4th July 2021, 05:24 PM
Song's not great, so they will move on quickly, seeing as no onr was here for it.
Posted by: dannjohn 5th July 2021, 11:22 AM
'green light' is a robyn 'dancing on my own' waiting to happen.
Posted by: Bjork 7th July 2021, 06:56 AM
Cannot find the leak myself but apparently California leaked and it's all kinds of amazing and all the Solar Power haters do love it
Posted by: Juan Carlos 19th July 2021, 06:57 PM
"Stoned at the Nail Salon" will be out this Wednesday.
Posted by: dannjohn 20th July 2021, 08:26 AM
such a name
Posted by: Bjork 20th July 2021, 09:13 AM
love the title!
Posted by: dandy* 21st July 2021, 05:25 PM
I really like Stoned… on first listen. The lyrics are particularly beautiful and it makes me immediately think of Lana with all of the little details and descriptors thrown in.
Posted by: Klumzee 21st July 2021, 05:49 PM
Loving 'Stoned...' it's very wistful and like Dandy said it's quite Lana! It's gentle and kinda that sad acceptance of what life has thrown at you and reflecting on it. Very excited for the album
Posted by: lotita 21st July 2021, 06:31 PM
Stone is sounding lovey, very excited for this album
Posted by: dannjohn 21st July 2021, 06:46 PM
Stoned is lovely.
Posted by: Jαsє 21st July 2021, 06:51 PM
Well it's a million times better than that horrendous first single.
Posted by: Bjork 21st July 2021, 07:41 PM
love it <3 it's very Lana, very NFR, sounds almost like Hope is a Dangerous thing...
Posted by: UltraSour4u 21st July 2021, 09:07 PM
QUOTE(Bjork @ Jul 21 2021, 08:41 PM)
love it <3 it's very Lana, very NFR, sounds almost like Hope is a Dangerous thing...
Yep that was my first thought as well, immediately thought of HIADTFAWLMTH-BIHI after my 1st listen, really loving this
Posted by: Chemistry 22nd July 2021, 05:12 AM
Stoned.. is absolutely gorgeous
Posted by: dannjohn 22nd July 2021, 09:01 AM
i'm v. interested to hear the track inspired by s club 7 lol
Posted by: Chemistry 22nd July 2021, 07:02 PM
I've been listening non-stop to Stoned.. and I honestly think it's my favourite song of the year so far. Utterly divine!
Posted by: Bjork 23rd July 2021, 05:25 PM
Lorde del Rey
Posted by: .MIKE. 24th July 2021, 07:28 AM
‘stoned’ is incredible. She never fails to knock it outta the park for me - so ready for the album! So so ready! .. desperate infact
Posted by: HausofWillow 25th July 2021, 12:07 PM
Stoned 🥺🥺
Posted by: Dill Doe 5th August 2021, 08:59 PM
Terrible. This just isn't a stellar era.
Posted by: Bré 11th August 2021, 07:03 PM
I thought 'Solar Power' was good but definitely an underwhelming comeback after so many years away, would have been one of the weaker songs on either of her previous albums for me (the same song by nearly any other artist I'd have been pretty happy with I think but I have higher expectations for Lorde xx), just a song that takes a bit too long to properly get going and then ends too soon when it finally does, happy to say that I am liking 'Stoned At The Nail Salon' waaaaay more so that's restoring my hype for this era. I am still expecting it to not really match up to the quality of her previous 2 albums but she set a ridiculously high bar with those in fairness!
SATNS definitely has more than a little bit of a Lana vibe to it as countless people have already pointed out but I think I do like it more than the Lana songs it's been compared to.
Posted by: Bjork 16th August 2021, 08:15 AM
Mood Ring out tomorrow I believe!!!!
Posted by: dannjohn 16th August 2021, 09:18 AM
tbh i wasn't impressed with 'green light' or 'pretty places' when they first dropped... still don't LOVE 'green light'.
Posted by: Juan Carlos 16th August 2021, 06:28 PM
QUOTE(Bjork @ Aug 16 2021, 03:15 AM)
Mood Ring out tomorrow I believe!!!!
That's correct.
Posted by: Juan Carlos 17th August 2021, 03:02 AM
"Mood Ring" is out at 7pm. BST.
Posted by: Dill Doe 17th August 2021, 07:11 AM
Hopefully it is far better than those other two songs I NEVER go back to - especially the awful Stoned - but this looks like her Witness era.
Posted by: blacksquare 17th August 2021, 08:44 AM
QUOTE(Dill Doe @ Aug 17 2021, 07:11 AM)
Hopefully it is far better than those other two songs I NEVER go back to - especially the awful Stoned - but this looks like her Witness era.
How do you even come up with these comparisons?
Posted by: Bjork 17th August 2021, 10:58 AM
Mood Ring is out there and it's amazing <3 <3 <3
sounds a bit like a mix of Natalie Imbruglia's Torn and All Saints' Pure Shores
Posted by: dandy* 17th August 2021, 10:59 AM
Where did you hear it?
Posted by: Bjork 17th August 2021, 11:03 AM
it leaked yesterday so if you google it you can find it in all those illegal sites otherwise it will be out legally this afternoon/evening
Posted by: blacksquare 17th August 2021, 11:24 AM
I'm managing some self-control this era — somehow — and avoiding the two singles as much as possible and now ignoring the leaks. You can tell she wants this to be listened to as a complete set, and I don't really want to rush into it and then have another five-year wait for the next one.
Posted by: Bjork 17th August 2021, 11:28 AM
well she's already released 2 songs officially ahead of the album and a third one tonight so I'd argue she wants us to listen to those, if not she would have done a folklore and drop the album out of the blue (which I truly think is what she should have done!!!)
Posted by: blacksquare 17th August 2021, 11:49 AM
QUOTE(Bjork @ Aug 17 2021, 11:28 AM)
well she's already released 2 songs officially ahead of the album and a third one tonight so I'd argue she wants us to listen to those, if not she would have done a folklore and drop the album out of the blue (which I truly think is what she should have done!!!)
Agreed but they clearly wanted those preorders and vinyl sales.
Posted by: Cremey 17th August 2021, 11:57 AM
This is the first of the four I've heard that I love straight away. It gives me Madonna 'American Life' era vibes (the softer side of it, obviously not the title track haha). I couldn't get into the two singles at all, I'm hoping they'll grow within the context of the album...and I've only heard California once but wasn't in a rush to listen to it again.
Posted by: blacksquare 17th August 2021, 12:02 PM
QUOTE(Cremey @ Aug 17 2021, 11:57 AM)
This is the first of the four I've heard that I love straight away. It gives me Madonna 'American Life' era vibes (the softer side of it, obviously not the title track haha). I couldn't get into the two singles at all, I'm hoping they'll grow within the context of the album...and I've only heard California once but wasn't in a rush to listen to it again.
Excuse me — I need it now
Posted by: Cremey 17th August 2021, 12:09 PM
Haha I'm awful with comparisons so don't take my word for it!
Posted by: lotita 17th August 2021, 06:58 PM
MOOD RING IS A SERVE!!!!
Posted by: Bjork 17th August 2021, 07:19 PM
out now, amazing song and video package <3 but not sure about blonde-Lorde
Posted by: dandy* 17th August 2021, 07:33 PM
Definitely hearing All Saints again in that one and I'm loving it. Really excited for the album now, it's definitely going to be a whole new mood from her but I think it could really work.
Posted by: dannjohn 17th August 2021, 08:02 PM
I love mr
Posted by: Bjork 17th August 2021, 08:31 PM
and again Phoebe Bridgers and Clairo on backing vocals <3
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 17th August 2021, 08:44 PM
That's really nice! Easily my favourite thing I've heard of the era so far, and it also sounds like something I could imagine being a big hit.
Posted by: Bjork 18th August 2021, 08:53 AM
What do we reckon it will do in the album charts? I thought it could be #1 but I'm starting to have doubts, especially as I read Olivia is releasing the vinyls x Sour on Friday.
Just checked and Pure Heroine opened at #4 with 18K and Melodrama opened at #5 with 17K... but even if she performs similarly, Olivia probably will do slightly better since she's already doing 12K on streams alone.
here's what MW wrote when Melodrama was released: Lorde was a few days short of her 17th birthday when her first album Pure Heroine debuted and peaked at No.4 (18,294 sales)hot on the heels of introductory single Royals topping the singles chart in November 2013. Now 20, the singer/songwriter from New Zealand recently had her biggest hit singles since that time when Green Light reached No.20 in April. It was the first single from her second album, Melodrama, which sold 17,026 copies last week, and debuts at No.5. Both Lorde albums have topped the chart in her home country, and Melodrama is on schedule to provide her first US No.1 album this weekend too.
Posted by: dannjohn 18th August 2021, 10:25 AM
'green light' is actually next to unbearable in my opinion.
Posted by: dannjohn 18th August 2021, 10:25 AM
'green light' is actually next to unbearable in my opinion.
Posted by: Bjork 18th August 2021, 10:32 AM
opposite for me, it's a masterpiece in melody, song structure, lyrics, everything in my opinion it should be taught at music schools just that line about "she thinks you love the Bech, you're such a damn liar" is pure genius
it's a song that really comes from the guts thats a heartbreak anthem, not the Guetta/Little Mix thing
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 18th August 2021, 10:37 AM
QUOTE(Bjork @ Aug 18 2021, 11:32 AM)
opposite for me, it's a masterpiece in melody, song structure, lyrics, everything in my opinion it should be taught at music schools just that line about "she thinks you love the Bech, you're such a damn liar" is pure genius
it's a song that really comes from the guts thats a heartbreak anthem, not the Guetta/Little Mix thing
To be fair, in that song they do explicitly state "this ain't a heartbreak anthem"
Posted by: Bjork 18th August 2021, 11:26 AM
hahaha true
Posted by: dannjohn 18th August 2021, 11:34 AM
yeah for me 'green light' is like 'dancing on my own' by Robyn where their loved online but I just don't love them...
I love the lyrical content of 'green light' - it's just the song itself melody wise that grates on me...
Posted by: TR252 18th August 2021, 12:06 PM
I really like Mood Ring - looking forward to hearing the full album. I always much prefer listening to Lorde's albums from beginning to end rather than random songs.
Posted by: Lukuzz 18th August 2021, 12:36 PM
Really loving Mood Ring, I love all 3 songs so far actually think this will be my favourite ever Lorde album. I’ve never really have her much attention other than her singles in the past but loving this era !
I haven't seen an album this divisive amongst both critics and fans in quite some time. 'Pure Heroine' and 'Melodrama' were both formative albums for me in some ways, so I am a little nervous to dive in...
Posted by: Bjork 20th August 2021, 07:10 AM
yes I think it's gonna be more divisive than Melodrama, which was universally acclaimed
Posted by: Cremey 20th August 2021, 07:30 AM
I appreciate that she’s come back with something so unexpected, but yeah, this album isn’t for me 🤡
Posted by: Jade 20th August 2021, 08:06 AM
Her lyrics about growing up always stab me in the heart because we're the same age, these in particular:
"Don't you think the early 2000s seem so far away?"
"Couldn't wait to turn fifteen. Then you blink and it's been ten years."
😭 the album has this sad, nostalgic feel to it but with a warm, breezy production style that occasionally dips in to psychedelic - the closer 'Oceanic Feeling' was probably the most interesting for me. I'm also really into 'Mood Ring' right now. I think I need time for more of the individual album tracks to stand out more for me but I enjoyed the general style. It's not really in the same league as 'Pure Heroine' or 'Melodrama', I guess her former dark electronic shtick was more to my taste as lovely as this is, but I don't feel massively disappointed or anything, knowing what the pre-album songs sounded like.
Posted by: dandy* 20th August 2021, 08:18 AM
I really like the overall vibe of this and found it a really nice listen this morning. There was a patch on the second half where I felt the tracks merged a bit before Mood Ring but I probably just need to give them more time.
Posted by: Jade 20th August 2021, 08:40 AM
This vinyl is so pretty (lol at the sticker placement)
Posted by: dannjohn 20th August 2021, 09:30 AM
this is just WOW... 'oceanic feeling' has to be one of her best tracks EVER?
Posted by: dandy* 20th August 2021, 11:43 AM
Ps… a Robyn appearance? *.*
Posted by: Bjork 20th August 2021, 11:50 AM
oh cannot wait for the vinyl to arrive, also got the blue one, but just got a notification it's been sent today so I guess it's gonna take a while...
Posted by: Dill Doe 20th August 2021, 02:59 PM
I have listened to it ... omg, even worse than I was expecting. Can ah get a Witness, Witness...
The only song that stands out, kinda, is California. Oceanic Feeling is ... okay, but it totally misses the mark. She wanted a dreamy, mystical Coldplay Mindight, All Saints dream pop, but it just ended up a meandering mess!
Hard pass. All the songs sound the same, and you are waiting for all of them to pop off, only for them to peter out or stop abruptly. What is this??
Posted by: dannjohn 20th August 2021, 03:16 PM
The ONLY song that stands out... have you even listened to the album?
'Oceanic Feeling' is wonderful
Posted by: dandy* 20th August 2021, 03:50 PM
Both of the bonus tracks on the deluxe would have worked on the album, wish she’d just put them on the standard version as they would have helped break the sound up without being too different.
Posted by: Dill Doe 20th August 2021, 08:05 PM
Everyone is allowed a stinker of an album - GaGa survived Artflop! It's actually better if this does a Witness or Artpop, as then less people will be aware of the low quality, and be onboard more easily with the next album, thinkin it was just a big break. That is what saved GaGa: no one had even heard of Artpop or Joanne outside the fan circles.
Lorde is more protected against stinker albums, anyway, as an indie pop artist. Lana put out some awful albums between Born To Die and NFR, and she just kept going, only to come back better than ever!
Posted by: sn👠ke 20th August 2021, 08:08 PM
Mood Ring is indeed very early 00s pop sounding, I like the song.
Posted by: HausofWillow 20th August 2021, 09:53 PM
The short songs in the second half are largely skippable but everything else ranges from nice to very lush. My favourites are 'The Path', 'Fallen Fruit', 'Secrets From A Girl (Who's Seen It All)' - that closing monologue !!!, 'Stoned at the Nail Salon' (my favourite on the album) and 'Mood Ring' which is just sublime.
Overall, FARRRRR from her best album, but a nice listen.
Posted by: Bré 20th August 2021, 11:43 PM
I will definitely listen to this again in a couple of weeks and hope that more songs will grow on me then (I've only listened to it today because Bal wanted to do a Discord clique listenthrough on day 1, thought I may as well make an exception from my current streak of taking weeks to get around to listening to new music since it is Lorde ) but on a first listenthrough this album is... a substantial step down from her other 2 (as I expected) but still quite good, assuming some of the tracks do grow on me a bit I think it's ending up being a little bit better than I was expecting it to be after the underwhelming lead single and fairly lukewarm reviews it's had so far.
'The Path' sounds to me like it is the song that 'Solar Power' was trying to be - that and 'Fallen Fruit' (the folksy instrumentation and the brief darker sounding beat switch halfway through *.*) are by farrr the standouts from the album tracks for me right now (joining 'Stoned At The Nail Salon' for my top 3 of the album as a whole). Aside from that I also thought 'The Man With The Axe' was really lovely, and 'California'/'Mood Ring'/'Oceanic Feeling' all struck me as songs that I currently think are decent/good but definitely have the potential to grow into bigger highlights. 'Secrets From A Girl (Who's Seen It All)' reminds me a lot of beabadoobee's recent output, very 90s radio hit worship, unfortunately I'm not always massively into that style and I'm not sure I'm too sold on this song either, but it may also be a grower. I feel like I can probably safely dismiss 'Dominoes'/'Big Star'/'Leader Of A New Regime' as being unlikely to grow into anything more than pleasant but forgettable ('Dominoes' in particular is probably taking over as my least favourite song in her discography oops, it pretty much washed over me completely, at least it is over quickly).
I think Pitchfork giving this a 6.8 is pretty much on the money (sad to say), I might rate it a little higher than that myself especially if more songs do grow on me but probably no more than about a 7.5/10. I'm just happy enough that there are at least 3 songs on there that I'd rank up there with the highlights of her previous albums as I wasn't too sure I'd even get that based on what she chose to be the lead single...!
Posted by: Bjork 21st August 2021, 06:21 AM
I think I agree with all reviews that this is a good album but not as good as previous. But still good. For me, I miss a killer song, there is no song that is an 11/10 for me... and for me, I think I like my artists when they make sad depressing songs rather than happy songs but of course Lorde cannot fake it, if she's on a happy place she cannot write breakup anthems like Green Light...
Posted by: dandy* 21st August 2021, 09:53 AM
The deluxe edition bonus tracks...
I'm sure neither would convert anyone who doesn't like the main album but I'd take either over Dominoes through Leader of a New Regime.
Posted by: dandy* 21st August 2021, 10:18 AM
Also... I've done my usual juggling of the album and I think the following works a lot better:
A1 The Path A2 Mood Ring A3 Stoned at the Nail Salon A4 Hold No Grudge A5 Helen of Troy A6 Secrets From a Girl (Who's Seen it All)
B1 Solar Power B2 Fallen Fruit B3 Oceanic Feeling B4 The Man with the Axe B5 California B6 Leader of a New Regime B7 Big Star
As for the album as a whole, I'm enjoying it quite a lot now. It's not the masterpiece that Melodrama was but I really like that we have something from her that fits a whole different mood/vibe and it makes me really appreciate her as an artist - I love that I have no idea where she will go from here on in.
Posted by: Bré 21st August 2021, 10:31 AM
I like that you just removed 'Dominoes' entirely
I didn't realise it had bonus tracks - hope they will be added to Spotify at a later date but I will make sure to check them out at some point regardless.
Posted by: Bjork 21st August 2021, 10:45 AM
love Helen of Troy, wish it was in the album
Posted by: HausofWillow 21st August 2021, 11:35 AM
QUOTE(dandy* @ Aug 21 2021, 11:18 AM)
Also... I've done my usual juggling of the album and I think the following works a lot better:
A1 The Path A2 Mood Ring A3 Stoned at the Nail Salon A4 Hold No Grudge A5 Helen of Troy A6 Secrets From a Girl (Who's Seen it All)
B1 Solar Power B2 Fallen Fruit B3 Oceanic Feeling B4 The Man with the Axe B5 California B6 Leader of a New Regime B7 Big Star
I like this but... I would keep Solar Power straight after The Path! Lyrically it works really well "hope the sun will show us the path" > into Solar Power is brilliant imo!
Also it has to end with Oceanic Feeling too!
Posted by: dandy* 21st August 2021, 11:44 AM
Yes I shuffled Oceanic Feeling back to the end on the last revision. I find Solar Power after The Path a little bit like a not quite so good version of a similar song where as mid way through it seems to sound more fresh to me - edit, for absolutely nobody's interest other than my own I've settled on...
A1 The Path A2 Mood Ring A3 Stoned at the Nail Salon A4 Helen of Troy A5 Solar Power A6 Secrets From a Girl (Who's Seen it All)
B1 California B2 Fallen Fruit B3 The Man with the Axe B4 Hold No Grudge B5 Leader of a New Regime B6 Big Star B7 Oceanic Feeling
The final minute of 'California' perfectly captures that wistful summer feeling I think they were going for across the record — but didn't quite reach. It's stunning.
Posted by: blacksquare 21st August 2021, 02:56 PM
I think what pains me the most with this album as a whole is how much potential it had to be something really great — the bones are here. It starts strong but becomes one-note towards the end, and it feels like a conscious decision was made to rein it in and not let moments be moments.
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 21st August 2021, 03:42 PM
It's... "nice" enough, I appreciate what she was going for but it's not exactly an enthralling listen (like Melodrama was)
Posted by: Bré 21st August 2021, 05:15 PM
QUOTE(dandy* @ Aug 21 2021, 12:44 PM)
I find Solar Power after The Path a little bit like a not quite so good version of a similar song
Yeah this was exactly what I thought as well - like I said in my little review 'The Path' sounds like a much better version of the same general formula 'Solar Power' was going for, which kind of just made the latter sound even more underwhelming in the context of the album than it did as a single oops! Agree it might have sounded better being a bit later in the tracklist.
Posted by: 152chris 22nd August 2021, 10:13 AM
i listened through yesterday and have to admit i wasn't grabbed by anything until mood ring - and now i just have that on repeat as it is SO good! hoping to be hooked with a few more listens - think it would help if it was sunny out lol.
Posted by: blacksquare 22nd August 2021, 03:17 PM
The discourse surrounding this album online is utterly insane.
Posted by: Dill Doe 22nd August 2021, 03:19 PM
QUOTE(blacksquare @ Aug 22 2021, 03:17 PM)
The discourse surrounding this album online is utterly insane.
You're literally thr only one defending it and trying to claim these are her best songs ever We've all heard the same album. We know it's bad.
Posted by: blacksquare 22nd August 2021, 03:53 PM
QUOTE(Dill Doe @ Aug 22 2021, 03:19 PM)
You're literally thr only one degending it and trying to claim these are her best songs ever We've apl heard the same album. We know it's bad.
I literally said the album was too one-note on this very page.
I'm actually talking about the narrative that has formed online (and in some reviews) that isn't quite about the (fairly inoffensive, to its detriment) music itself but rather how distasteful it is for this privileged white woman to choose now to release a happier record. It's getting weird.
Posted by: Dill Doe 22nd August 2021, 04:03 PM
QUOTE(blacksquare @ Aug 22 2021, 03:53 PM)
I literally said the album was too one-note on this very page.
I'm actually talking about the narrative that has formed online (and in some reviews) that isn't quite about the (fairly inoffensive, to its detriment) music itself but rather how distasteful it is for this privileged white woman to choose now to release a happier record. It's getting weird.
Confused you with the other poster in here I think. I don't understand the criticism in that second lime. For me, it is just too inoffensive, bland and beige, with no impetus to it. I don't understand why a woman is not allowed to be happy right now? Makes no sense.
Posted by: J00prstar 22nd August 2021, 04:19 PM
I really quite like this. Reminds me of an experimental Joni Mitchell moment.
Mood Ring is lovely
Posted by: Bjork 23rd August 2021, 07:22 PM
she is amazing <3
Posted by: steve201 23rd August 2021, 08:56 PM
‘Mood Ring’ def the album highlight from my first listen!
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 24th August 2021, 07:41 AM
It's currently competing with Olivia Rodrigo for No.1. Solar Power is leading on digital downloads but Sour is leading in physical copies and streams.
Posted by: dannjohn 24th August 2021, 08:04 AM
there aren't any physical cds for this are there? only vinyl?
Posted by: Bjork 24th August 2021, 08:21 AM
she was selling also a disc-less CD so you were basically buying a box with no cd inside but a download code... it was like 15 pounds so not sure if anyone bought it
Posted by: gooddelta 24th August 2021, 09:09 AM
QUOTE(Bjork @ Aug 24 2021, 09:21 AM)
she was selling also a disc-less CD so you were basically buying a box with no cd inside but a download code... it was like 15 pounds so not sure if anyone bought it
I bought it! More fool me but it’s a pretty box at least - and so it should be for that price.
The download code was only for Wav files as well, I appreciate the devotion to quality but I don’t have that much free space on my laptop/old iPod so had to convert them anyway
The code also gives you access to a sort of ‘fan club’ and apparently demos and other songs will be uploaded to this in the coming months so hopefully its value will become more clear over time!
Posted by: dandy* 24th August 2021, 01:15 PM
That’s the same code I got with my vinyl, worth it as at least it contained the bonus tracks. I’ve seen a few of these sort of things before and they usually, rather like a dandy* hosted thing on Buzzjack, start with a bang and lots of promise before very quickly fizzling out to one minor update every 6 months - if updated at all.
Posted by: J00prstar 24th August 2021, 01:45 PM
Dandy out here describing my love life
Posted by: Qween 25th August 2021, 11:19 AM
I just wanted to drop in and say I am completely and utterly OBSESSED with Solar Power (the song) now. I'm enjoying the album too, but nothing has really stuck yet aside from the title track, Mood Ring and Secrets.
Posted by: Envoirment 25th August 2021, 12:05 PM
Highlights for me are "The Path", "Solar Power" & "Mood Ring". Nothing else quites grab my attention, but the album as a whole is a pleasant listen.
Posted by: dandy* 25th August 2021, 02:48 PM
Everything has really grown on me. I'm never going to love it as much as Melodrama but I'm definitely enjoying the whole thing now. In particular I'm loving The Path, California, Fallen Fruit, Mood Ring and Oceanic Feeling
Posted by: dannjohn 25th August 2021, 03:20 PM
'Secrets (From A Girl)' has clicked with me so much... that closing monologue.
Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 25th August 2021, 03:41 PM
The first half is nice enough but that second half up to Mood Ring is really boring. I might end up giving half of it semi-regular listens.
Posted by: Bjork 25th August 2021, 03:52 PM
California live on Corden:
Posted by: Bré 25th August 2021, 04:50 PM
QUOTE(dannjohn @ Aug 25 2021, 04:20 PM)
'Secrets (From A Girl)' has clicked with me so much... that closing monologue.
I like how you dropped the actual bracketed part of the title and moved the brackets forward a few words xx
Posted by: diva thin muffin 25th August 2021, 05:12 PM
QUOTE(blacksquare @ Aug 22 2021, 03:53 PM)
[...] how distasteful it is for this privileged white woman to choose now to release a happier record. It's getting weird.
Umm.. what? Is this real criticism because it honestly sounds like satire People can't actually be mad that she's happy??
Posted by: dandy* 25th August 2021, 05:16 PM
QUOTE(RabbitFurCoat @ Aug 25 2021, 04:41 PM)
The first half is nice enough but that second half up to Mood Ring is really boring. I might end up giving half of it semi-regular listens.
You need to switch to my proposed track list, it honestly cures the problems.
Posted by: Jαsє 25th August 2021, 06:39 PM
Listened to the album once and it was pleasant enough, but I won't ever listen to it again. Oh well.
Posted by: HausofWillow 25th August 2021, 10:14 PM
'Mood Ring' continues to grow. The big keeper from this album along with 'Stoned at the Nail Salon'! Both are utterly sublime.
Posted by: Bjork 26th August 2021, 12:08 PM
oh my turquoise blue vinyl finally arrived! one of the prettiest vinyls I've ever seen <3
Posted by: Envoirment 26th August 2021, 12:29 PM
I'm addicted to "Mood Ring". I hope they push it as the next single.
Posted by: Bjork 26th August 2021, 12:58 PM
Mood Ring is the current single already added to R1 last week and all Spotify playlists
Posted by: dannjohn 27th August 2021, 09:25 AM
QUOTE(Bré @ Aug 25 2021, 05:50 PM)
I like how you dropped the actual bracketed part of the title and moved the brackets forward a few words xx
I just realised
Posted by: Bjork 27th August 2021, 09:29 AM
Mood Ring up to A-list on R1 we love to see it <3
Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 27th August 2021, 03:09 PM
The album debuts at 4 here in Ireland.
Posted by: Envoirment 27th August 2021, 05:13 PM
QUOTE(Bjork @ Aug 26 2021, 01:58 PM)
Mood Ring is the current single already added to R1 last week and all Spotify playlists
That's great! I hope they push it in the US.
Posted by: Bjork 27th August 2021, 05:33 PM
#2 in the UK with 12K
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 2nd September 2021, 08:21 AM
How is the midweek looking so far in the second week?
Posted by: Bjork 2nd September 2021, 08:40 AM
not great, 2-31 so far
Posted by: ___∆___ 3rd September 2021, 10:09 AM
QUOTE(Bjork @ Sep 2 2021, 09:40 AM)
not great, 2-31 so far
I thought the album would have some legs tbh - hopefully it settles down over the next few weeks, for me it’s by far her best album.
Posted by: Dill Doe 3rd September 2021, 11:33 AM
QUOTE(___∆___ @ Sep 3 2021, 10:09 AM)
I thought the album would have some legs tbh - hopefully it settles down over the next few weeks, for me it’s by far her best album.
I told you it was terrible.
Posted by: Bjork 3rd September 2021, 12:08 PM
^can you stop posting in this thread please you reach a point where this is trolling
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 3rd September 2021, 01:44 PM
QUOTE(Bjork @ Sep 2 2021, 04:40 PM)
not great, 2-31 so far
I expected a big fall but not this big...
But well, if Lorde doesn't care about album sales, why should we?
Posted by: Liam.k. 3rd September 2021, 01:57 PM
Only me who thinks it’s holding up pretty well compared to expectations?
Posted by: dannjohn 3rd September 2021, 03:59 PM
2 is higher than Melodrama in the UK though lol
Posted by: Bré 3rd September 2021, 04:40 PM
It's really not even worth paying attention to the album chart beyond week 1 for most releases these days frankly.
Posted by: Juan Carlos 9th September 2021, 05:51 AM
Te Ao Mārama, an EP sung entirely in te reo Māori, is available now.
QUOTE
I have some VERY EXCITING NEWS. News I’ve been waiting a really long time to share with you. It is my great pleasure to present Te Ao Mārama, a 5-song companion piece to Solar Power, sung entirely in te reo Māori, the indigenous language of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Many things revealed themselves slowly to me while I was making this album, but the main realisation by far was that much of my value system around caring for and listening to the natural world comes from traditional Māori principles. There’s a word for it in te reo: kaitiakitanga, meaning 'guardianship or caregiving for the sky, sea and land'. I’m not Māori, but all New Zealanders grow up with elements of this worldview. Te ao Māori and tikanga Māori are a big part of why people who aren’t from here intuit our country to be kind of 'magical', I think. I know I’m someone who represents New Zealand globally in a way, and in making an album about where I’m from, it was important to me to be able to say: this makes us who we are down here. It’s also just a crazy beautiful language— I loved singing in it. Even if you don’t understand te reo, I think you’ll get a kick out of how elegant my words sound in it. Hana’s translations for Te Ara Tika / The Path and Hine-i-te-Awatea / Oceanic Feeling in particular take my g-d breath away.
Posted by: dannjohn 9th September 2021, 08:21 AM
WOW! I'll be checking this out
Posted by: Bré 3rd November 2021, 12:08 AM
Music video for 'Fallen Fruit' (yay for it getting one, this has firmly established itself as my favourite song from this era now):
Also the bonus tracks from the deluxe edition are being released on streaming services on Friday apparently! (Glad that is actually happening, I assumed it would eventually but then I was reminded of the fact that 'No Better' is to this day still not on Spotify I haven't listened to the 'Solar Power' bonus tracks yet as I didn't want to rely on a randomer uploading them to YouTube although I probably would have done that eventually if they looked like they were never going to be given a proper digital release).
That Māori EP was kind of cute although I haven't gone back to any of those versions beyond the one listen oops (I think the 'Solar Power' and 'Oceanic Feeling' ones were the best done iirc, in particular the chanting in the outro of 'Solar Power' actually sounds a lot better in the Māori version)
Posted by: Bjork 3rd November 2021, 06:17 AM
oh nice that she's not giving up on the album the bonus tracks are indeed worth listening and could easily have been on the album proper
Posted by: Brer 23rd April 2022, 01:42 AM
She's been continuing to slowly crank out music videos from this era, apparently still another 2 of them to come. Really enjoyed the music video for 'Secrets From A Girl (Who's Seen It All)' with her bringing back the aesthetics from each of the previous eras.
She also did a video for 'Leader Of A New Regime' for some reason
Posted by: Bjork 6th May 2022, 06:34 AM
Secrets of a Girl (Who’s Seen it All) added to Radio 1's playlist today! What!!!
Posted by: dannjohn 9th May 2022, 08:54 AM
i was about to ask if SOAG was a single as i've just heard it on R1
Posted by: Steve201 9th May 2022, 05:04 PM
It was added to the C List on Friday!
Posted by: Bjork 9th May 2022, 08:34 PM
as posted above
Posted by: blacksquare 11th May 2022, 01:58 PM
Listening to this album in full for the first time in months and I really cannot think of a more disappointing project — ever? I honestly don't know if this is hyperbole or not either.
I'm not sure how Jack went from 'Melodrama', 'Norman f***ing Rockwell', 'Masseduction' — albums packed with personality and interesting production flourishes (even NFR) to this. It's really lacking in joy, something it supposedly wants to emit.
Posted by: StupidLove 11th May 2022, 10:19 PM
She should've just made a cute small EP with the best tracks...
1. Solar Power 2. Mood Ring 3. Fallen Fruit 4. Secrets From A Girl 5. Stoned At The Nail Salon 6. The Path
Posted by: dannjohn 12th May 2022, 08:57 AM
i think this album is better than 'melodrama' tbh.
Posted by: Bustin Jieber 12th May 2022, 09:12 AM
QUOTE(dannjohn @ May 12 2022, 09:57 AM)
i think this album is better than 'melodrama' tbh.
You are funny sometimes
Posted by: dannjohn 12th May 2022, 02:58 PM
i mean 'melodrama' is nice enough... but i prefer the sonic pallette here and i think there's more interesting melodies and lyrics
Posted by: blacksquare 13th May 2022, 08:06 AM
Posted by: Jαsє 14th May 2022, 03:29 PM
QUOTE(dannjohn @ May 12 2022, 09:57 AM)
i think this album is better than 'melodrama' tbh.
Posted by: Brer 14th May 2022, 04:37 PM
Of all the ridiculous things dannjohn has said that may be one of the worst x
I think after having time to mellow with the tracks on this album it is a bit better than I initially gave it credit for but it's still leagues behind her other two albums, 'Fallen Fruit' is really the only song on it that goes toe to toe with her biggest discography highlights.
That said, it's not even the most disappointing 2021 release by a female singer whose name starts with L for me. Blue Banisters exists
Posted by: Steve201 14th May 2022, 10:40 PM
For me ‘Mood Ring’ is one of her best ever tracks!
Posted by: dannjohn 16th May 2022, 08:06 AM
opinions are subjective brer.
i think 'solar power' just embodies who Lorde is. I feel 'Solar Power' has more interesting melodies in it... 'Big Star', 'Mood Ring' and 'Secrets From a Girl' are just top tier tracks.
With 'Melodrama' I only really feel that way about 'Liability'
Posted by: Brer 16th May 2022, 01:43 PM
I take back what I said. You calling 'Big Star' a highlight of 'Solar Power' is an even worse thing to say.
(Here for the 'Liability' love though)
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 16th May 2022, 01:45 PM
I'm also team 'Solar Power' here x
Posted by: Cremey 16th May 2022, 02:51 PM
It’s up there with Kanye’s last few albums for me in terms of biggest disappointments (although I still have hope I’ll like the next album, whereas for Kanye I think I’m done with him :’) ). Melodrama is one of my favourite albums of the last ten years and this is just…there. Definitely the biggest disappointment of last year for me.
And no Blue Banisters slander pls, it’s one of Lana’s best!
Posted by: Jade 16th May 2022, 03:01 PM
Yeah I totally agree that this is her weakest album by quite some distance, coming after the standard of the first two (I do echo the 'Mood Ring' love though)
Posted by: TR252 26th May 2022, 12:14 AM
She was absolutely fantastic tonight in Leeds, first stop on her European tour. Although Solar Power is my least favourite of her 3 albums (and that’s not to say I dislike it at all!), it really does come to life when played live and I’m looking forward to revisiting it tomorrow.
And Mood Ring is just a banger!!
Posted by: Brer 1st June 2022, 09:51 PM
Went with Jade to see her in Birmingham on Monday - got pretty lucky with the setlist (spoiler tags in case they're necessary which they probably aren't x), apparently she's been alternating between performing 'Hard Feelings/Loveless' and 'The Louvre' and the Birmingham date got the latter, that's my favourite Lorde song vs. one that I don't rate particularly highly! (albeit I'm aware many others do x). This was also her live debut of 'Helen Of Troy' (taking a spot in the encore that looks like it was previously mostly held by 'Hold No Grudge'), and she dropped 'Dominoes' in favour of 'Big Star', all three of these changes are upgrades for me *.* 'Big Star' was not a favourite for me at all from the album but it was already growing on me a bit revisiting her discog ahead of the concert and it sounded really lovely live, down to the album only having 2 real duds for me ('Dominoes' and 'Leader Of A New Regime'). 'Solar Power' the song sounded way better live than it ever has on record, an unexpected highlight especially with the massive confetti explosion into the crowd during the chant at the end! 'Fallen Fruit' was as much of a moment live as I thought it would be though, the bass kicking in halfway through 'Ribs' and 'Supercut' were also major highlights in a live setting!
Had a great time, especially as we ended up being able to sit with our very own HausEatsGrandma in the balcony <3 knew he was going to be there as well ages ago but only recently found out we both had balcony tickets and it was still a bit of a stroke of luck that we were able to find each other inside the venue haha after Bal initially walked past us in the queue without noticing us. Apologies to the support act Marlon Williams as I wasn't paying any attention at all between looking for Bal and then chatting to him when he arrived oops xx
Also she said gay rights (literally) so we stan.
Posted by: Jade 1st June 2022, 10:09 PM
The crowd jumping up and down with Lorde while the instrumental part of 'Ribs' a few minutes in was blasting through the venue was peak euphoria tbh
Posted by: Bjork 3rd June 2022, 08:40 AM
it's funny that she has like an A setlist and a B setlist, and it's just 3 changes but much prefer one to the other
Posted by: Bjork 4th June 2022, 08:52 AM
Posted by: Rough_edges 16th June 2022, 09:16 AM
Is there any other similar sounding albums? Really love this album perfect for sunbathing
Posted by: Vülker 18th June 2022, 11:10 AM
I saw the Tour last night in Verona and it was just MAGICAL.
EVERY song just SHONE so bright, and the setting couldn't be more akin to the sound of the album being in a (very hot evening) in a Medieval castle. I will never forget last night. My boyfriend also proposed (earlier in the day) so it was an all kind of emotions day.
She also sang Writer in The Dark and she put the microphone to us on the second chorus so that we could sing WITH her! Gotta love a redemption queen.
Basically if you can go and see this Tour, do NOT hesitate!
Posted by: dannjohn 20th June 2022, 10:36 AM
i'm seeing her in Ali Pali next week and excited as it's the first ever show i'm seeing there (also annoying because I lived LITERALLY behind Ali Pali for 3 years and there was never anything good on).
Posted by: Brer 20th June 2022, 02:13 PM
QUOTE(Vülker @ Jun 18 2022, 12:10 PM)
I saw the Tour last night in Verona and it was just MAGICAL.
EVERY song just SHONE so bright, and the setting couldn't be more akin to the sound of the album being in a (very hot evening) in a Medieval castle. I will never forget last night. My boyfriend also proposed (earlier in the day) so it was an all kind of emotions day.
She also sang Writer in The Dark and she put the microphone to us on the second chorus so that we could sing WITH her! Gotta love a redemption queen.
Basically if you can go and see this Tour, do NOT hesitate!
Wow congratulations, what a day! *.*
I was kind of disappointed to not get shushed tbh
Posted by: dandy* 20th June 2022, 02:29 PM
Awwwww congratulations Vülker, that’s so nice to read
Posted by: Rough_edges 21st June 2022, 06:26 PM
Posted by: Rough_edges 21st June 2022, 06:27 PM
Hope we get a video to fallen fruit, absolutely gorgeous that song
Posted by: Skankhunt43 21st June 2022, 06:33 PM
Truly atrocious album.
Posted by: Josh! 21st June 2022, 08:03 PM
QUOTE(Rough_edges @ Jun 21 2022, 07:27 PM)
Hope we get a video to fallen fruit, absolutely gorgeous that song
We already got that six months ago, haha.
Posted by: blacksquare 22nd June 2022, 09:36 AM
Very interesting email she sent yesterday about the album itself and the reaction to it:
QUOTE
It’s been a year since I announced the release of Solar Power. I can honestly say it has been the year with the highest highs and lowest lows I think I’ve ever experienced. It took people awhile to get the album — I still get emails every day from people who are just coming around to it now! — and that response was really confounding and at times painful to sit with at first. I learnt a ton about myself and how I’m perceived by making and releasing this album, and I feel significantly more connected and alive in my art practice and life than pretty much ever before. Sounds dry but it’s true!!! It’s been interesting as the year has progressed taking in works of art (movies, albums, TV shows, visual art) made in and around the pandemic, and feeling like most of them have a greater degree of interiority than others made by that artist before. You already know about my belief that artists work to metabolise collective feeling, and it makes sense to me that when the collective feeling of the past few years has consisted of long stretches of isolation, vulnerability, abject terror and existential questioning, those feelings would be reflected in the art of the times. I was sitting with a friend recently drinking chai at a country house in England, she’s an artist too, and we got on to the topic of the album somehow. She said, it’s clearly one of those works that gets made between peaks, the kind that’s necessary for makers sometimes, no less precious, in fact, there can’t be peaks at all without such works. I think this is true of the record. I needed to go low, to roll a neon ball through tall grass and see what happened. Playing songs from SP live each night in what is undoubtedly my best live show ever is also an incredible feeling — it all makes sense there, both to you and me, in a new and vivid way. And thanks to SP, I’ve been able to work through some big personal stuff that was making it pretty difficult for me to do stuff like travel or play shows without getting completely overwhelmed. I used to sit alone in my hotel room on show days, binge watching Bake Off, Ambien and Vitamin D on the bedside, my skin pale, my stomach knotted in fear. These days, I’m out the door in every city, walking for miles, eating gelato after dark, finding tiny wine bars, trying on vintage clothes down secret streets, laughing with friends, and playing better and better shows for you as a result. So yeah. Thankyou for all of it.
I know I called it the most disappointing project ever just a few weeks ago but I do have a newfound appreciation after seeing her live twice recently. It'll always sting when I think about what it could have been, though.
Posted by: Steve201 22nd June 2022, 01:04 PM
After listening to single three and therefore the album again I really enjoy it now!
Posted by: dannjohn 22nd June 2022, 03:03 PM
i've always been v. forward thinking with my tastes... this album is just IT.
Posted by: Jade 19th August 2022, 10:58 PM
There is a video for my favourite album track now - which also stars her brother:
Posted by: Bjork 23rd August 2022, 09:30 AM
Lorde said she's already working on Album 4 <3
Posted by: Klumzee 23rd August 2022, 09:44 AM
Finally getting into Oceanic Feeling! Even seen it live and it didn’t click. Just feeling the need for some inner peace like this track brings more than ever. Perfect for late summer!
)
) but on a first listenthrough this album is... a substantial step down from her other 2 (as I expected) but still quite good, assuming some of the tracks do grow on me a bit I think it's ending up being a little bit better than I was expecting it to be after the underwhelming lead single and fairly lukewarm reviews it's had so far.
I thought the album would have some legs tbh - hopefully it settles down over the next few weeks, for me it’s by far her best album.
I haven't listened to the 'Solar Power' bonus tracks yet as I didn't want to rely on a randomer uploading them to YouTube although I probably would have done that eventually if they looked like they were never going to be given a proper digital release).
