Hot Take/ Musical Confession Thread!

gaporter said:
This thread from Sharon Van Etten popped up on my Twitter feed and personally I think more artists (at least, those whose work tends to be more album-oriented) should follow her lead. In most cases I think I prefer getting the album all at once than being drip-fed single after single to the point where once the album comes out I've already heard damn near half the record (looking at you, the Smile). Not only does it take pressure off of one or two songs (taken out of context from the album itself, at that) to sell you on the project, but especially in the age of streaming where everyone has a new album as soon as it comes out, singles sometimes feel superfluous. Because where the purpose of a single used to be similar to a movie trailer (give you an idea of what's in store and whether or not it's something you will personally enjoy), nowadays people can listen to new records as soon as they drop at no extra cost to the monthly rate they already pay, so even if the album ends up not appealing to them, it's not like it set them back monetarily like it would have fifteen years ago. I don't know, I find the conversation interesting. Thoughts?
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I mean my time is still valuable. Singles make me think about listening to something I might not have otherwise. The majority of the music biz is single focused currently, while we the voracious music nerds tend to still be album oriented, but the most popular songs on just about every artist tells you that this just isn't the case for the majority of music consumers.

I appreciate the sentiment from SVE and it is an attitude I take to a lot of artists that I dig, but really it just shows that she is a relic.
 
Lee Newman said:
I mean my time is still valuable. Singles make me think about listening to something I might not have otherwise. The majority of the music biz is single focused currently, while we the voracious music nerds tend to still be album oriented, but the most popular songs on just about every artist tells you that this just isn't the case for the majority of music consumers.

I appreciate the sentiment from SVE and it is an attitude I take to a lot of artists that I dig, but really it just shows that she is a relic.
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I wouldn't necessarily call her a relic....maybe more of a conceptual artist (i.e. not necessarily meant for mass consumption). She knows her audience and is catering to them receiving an artistic vision in whole. SVE isn't exactly for most of the music biz.
 
Lee Newman said:
I mean my time is still valuable. Singles make me think about listening to something I might not have otherwise. The majority of the music biz is single focused currently, while we the voracious music nerds tend to still be album oriented, but the most popular songs on just about every artist tells you that this just isn't the case for the majority of music consumers.

I appreciate the sentiment from SVE and it is an attitude I take to a lot of artists that I dig, but really it just shows that she is a relic.
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I actually disagree. The single is a relic that died with the rise of downloading circa 2000-2006. What we have now is a music culture that’s more focussed around individual tracks and where albums are often dismantled into their component parts much to the chagrin of the more artsy minded artists. I think this is a nice strike back to say, this whole thing is my peice of art and id like you to enjoy it as a whole, not just a part of it divorced from the whole. It will work for some artists and not for others. Much like track based artists often have awkward and slightly stilted feeling albums that read more of a greatest hits of that period in their life rather than a piece in itself. It’s all good.
 
Viking Dan said:
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Two seemingly conflicting statements I believe to be true:

1) Billie Eilish is one of the most unique and intriguing voices in pop music in several years.

2) Her style is also very easy to poorly imitate and the copycat Billie songs I've heard so far are some of the most dull and cynical attempts to ride a trend I've ever seen.

Seriously, I really hope that knock-offs of songs from Happier Than Ever that get big on TikTok doesn't become the dominant sound of the 2020s.
 
gaporter said:
Two seemingly conflicting statements I believe to be true:

1) Billie Eilish is one of the most unique and intriguing voices in pop music in several years.

2) Her style is also very easy to poorly imitate and the copycat Billie songs I've heard so far are some of the most dull and cynical attempts to ride a trend I've ever seen.

Seriously, I really hope that knock-offs of songs from Happier Than Ever that get big on TikTok doesn't become the dominant sound of the 2020s.
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Nirvana > Bush > Creed > Nickleback.

We’ve been here before. Get ready for some rough years.
 
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