Music Video of the OMG NEW JOANNA NEWSOM ALBUM!
So, Joanna Newsom released her third album last week, which I got immediately. It’s a sprawling three-disk LP, over two hours solid of music. I’ve been listening to it on and off (although haven’t had a chance to really sit down with it). Frankly, I’m still not quite sure what I think of it all. Too much to process, and weirdly, the fact that she chilled her voice out a little, and found a middle ground between just the harp on Milk-Eyed Mender, and a total baroque orchestra for Ys. People who hated her before because of her vocals and relative inaccessibility might…well, hate her less on this one, as both aspects of her are taken down a notch. But frankly, I liked both those things. So I’m having a hard time adjusting, I think. Still, it that has been the case with each of her albums so far, and both wound up being, for me, damn near perfect records.
Anyway, two highlights from my first-pass listening:
Joanna Newsom – Does Not Suffice
Joanna Newsom – Good Intentions Paving Company
I’m pretty sure that you don’t want to hear my take on this, so out of deference to you I will refrain from pointing our that the Lollipop Guild appears to be missing one of its members.
Comment by James — 3/1/2010 @ 7:03 pm
Been listening to it for a solid week, and those two songs are still my favorite.
I just haven’t been hooked by the rest like I was for the other two albums, although as I said both did take awhile to grow on me. Don’t get me wrong, it’s very nice, and like Ys, built as much on moments as tracks. But still, it’s missing some kind of hook for me.
I’m thinking this is my third favorite LP from her, out of three. Still pretty good, but not quite as genius as the other two.
Comment by Brad — 3/5/2010 @ 5:49 pm