The new album ‘Blood’ is sublime, huge and drifting, intimate & precise
There’s one incongruous track on it though, a sort of disco pastiche that sounds like an over-produced Donna Summer track and really doesn’t fit among the fine strings & dulcimers of the rest of the album.
Listening closely to the lyrics though it would seem that this track is a kind of fuck you to being asked by the label/her a&r/manager to produce a radio friendly pop hit single. The track’s called Poor Fake and there’s a spoken word bit where she says
As I stare into its frame, slowly approaching
At first glance, this is the finest painting I’ve ever laid eyes on
As they all say, it truly is one of a kind
I lift my magnifying glass to its smooth lines
Taking a closer look, inspection is key
What do we have here? Could this be a forgery?
and the chorus
Listen
Is this real or just a poor fake?
Listen
Is this real or just a poor fake?
One time at Field Day I arrived to see a Kelsey Lu. I didn’t know her very well but knew she collaborated with cool people (OPN?)
Another girl turned up and we waited for KL. Unfortunately it turned out she was cancelled and the girl relayed her disappointment to me. I then walked away.
Thanks to @BodyInTheThames for making this thread and @paulo13 for bumping it today. Had seen her mentioned on DiS before but for some reason hadn’t checked her out. Is the new one as good Shades of Blue? What a song and what a video!
It’s definitely my album of the year to this point, and I’m struggling to think of anything that will top it. It reminds me of that time when Portishead, Tricky and Massive Attack were releasing impeccable albums one after another - it very much has that feel about it. Very strong.
Hmm maybe someone announced it too early or something? She’s playing the Club to Club festival in Italy the weekend before so presumably she’s in Europe that week