August 12, 20213 yr If I remember it well, their last album opened with 50K, which is huge, even if their sales dropped by 50% they would still do well. Looking at Kanye West, Jesus is King opened with 19K, with similar sales for Ye (18K).
August 12, 20213 yr Cannot wait for this! ‘In the car outside’ sounds stunning! Have ordered the vinyl and CD with a signed card from Brandon, only 34 with postage. Edited August 12, 20213 yr by Sean.
August 12, 20213 yr Brandon talking bout working with Phoebe Bridgers: “She knocked us out with a couple beautiful covers, “Read My Mind” and “Human.” She’s been on my radar since I first heard “Funeral” years ago, and you just know there’s something special about her. It was nice to know that she was also a fan of ours. It just kind of came together naturally. It was fast. It was during the middle [of the pandemic], everyone was wearing masks. I don’t think we ever really saw her face. She came into the studio, she went into a darkly lit live room. She had already gotten really familiar with the song, did a couple takes, and then that was it. She disappeared into the Los Angeles night. [Laughs]
August 14, 20213 yr Actually cannot get over how good this album is! Perfection. Cody is my current favourite!
August 15, 20213 yr pitchfork review, positive but bad score... https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-ki...essure-machine/
August 15, 20213 yr Just listening at breakfast here and it’s quite nice, a lot slower and no obvious commercial singles. Really like the Phoebe Bridgers track and ‘In Another Life’, ‘Cody’ and ‘Quiet Town’ all highlights to begin with!
August 16, 20213 yr Yeh I assume it does t even have an preorders? I thought pre-orders were added on day 1, unfortunately? I remember ITM had *huge* numbers on the monday mids (40k maybe) because of all the pre orders for the pre sale tickets then the final figure was 50k.
August 16, 20213 yr After reading the mids it seems they have but would have been low considering it’s preorder wasn’t out long, it seems the shop orders haven’t been totally dispatched!
August 17, 20213 yr Did anyone preorder the album on their site? Still hasn’t been dispatched for me.
August 19, 20213 yr I got the album from HMV and now had chance to listen. First time I was a bit underwhelmed, but I think when you listen all the way through in one go its a much better listen. Really liking some tracks - Quiet Town, Cody, In The Car Outside - but there really isn't a bad track. Was unsure about the stories at the start of each song, but again better when listened as a whole body of work - the one before Runaway Horses is really quite sad. All in all, really liking this.
August 19, 20213 yr Author There is also a version on streaming without the stories before the tracks, but I quite like them!
August 20, 20213 yr Number 6 debut in Ireland this week, apart from Sawdust (#13) its their lowest peaking album here.
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