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Pitchfork
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Remember this holiday weekend as the three days when Lana Del Rey controlled the music news cycle. First, she sang at Kanye's wedding festivities. Then, she released "Shades of Cool". And last night in Vancouver, she unveiled the title track to her forthcoming album Ultraviolence.
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Stereogum
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Lana Del Rey spent Friday night serenading America’s Favorite Newlyweds with three songs, including “Summertime Sadness” and “Young And Beautiful.” Those two hits were co-written and produced by Rick Nowels, and LDR has paired with the songwriter again on her latest single “Shades Of Cool.” It’s a gloomy, jazzy waltz with a big chorus — major James Bond trad-pop vibes — and it’s the third track on the Dan Auerbach-produced Ultraviolence. Listen below.
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Complex
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Lana Del Rey's highly-anticipated album, Ultraviolence, is nearing it's release date, and tonight we get some more new music from her. "Shades of Cool" marks the second song that we have heard from the album, with the very popular song, "West Coast," being the other.
This record showcases Lana's vocal range, as she is singing over some chilling production. With the album due out on June 17, this song is just another peek into what the full body of work will sound like.
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Pretty Much Amazing
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Just in time for your sordid May-September love affair, here’s a new neo-Julee Cruise ballad from Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence, “Shades of Cool.” Close your eyes and stop imagining girl belting it out at the Kimye wedding, but rather in the kind of gloomy, David Lynch-ian Americana of a dark saloon in a mostly-forgotten town somewhere off an interstate highway, and we guarantee chills – Lana sings about a guy who drives a Chevy Malibu and loves his drugs calling for her, seemingly across a vast plain illuminated only by fading headlights… Basically, we can’t wait for the ten-minute art-film video. Check it out below; remember, Ultraviolence is out June 13th.
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It’s been a hectic weekend for Lana Del Rey. On Saturday she was in Florence, as a surprise gift to Kim Kardashian from Kanye West during their pre-wedding celebrations. No video has surfaced from the performance yet, but Pitchfork reports that one of the three songs she played was “Summertime Sadness.” Then, the next night she was in Vancouver for a concert, where she unveiled a brand new song, the title track from her forthcoming album, Ultraviolence. The song follows Lana’s blueprint for success, a slowly burning ballad that rests on her sonorous vocals. If that’s not enough LDR news for you, earlier today, we previewed another new song called “Shades of Cool.” Check out a video of Lana’s Vancouver performance below; Ultraviolence, which is shaping up to be quite the album, drops on June 13th.
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Gigwise
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The new song is a typically downbeat number, containing a swooping falsetto chorus, which becomes almost choral over minimalist violins before messy electric guitars undercut it with a jagged precision.
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Fuse.tv
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Ultraviolence is set for a June 13 release date, and "Shades Of Cool" is the latest offering from her hotly anticipated, Dan Auerbach-produced sophomore album. Thankfully, LDR's less about Benedrylchugcore this time around and more into dark, bluesy, all-so-mysterious lounge stylings straight out off a film noir soundtrack.
Alongside "West Coast," "Shades Of Cool" makes for a promising preview to Lana's latest endeavor. Listen to the track in full; we wouldn't be surprised if a killer video follows it up in a little bit.
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PLEASE let be for the official album too!