Initially, I loved the first five songs and thought everything else was really average. Now, I love every song especially Old Money, Pretty When You Cry, The Other Woman, Sad Girl, Cruel World, and Brooklyn Baby. I dont know if it'll take BTD's place as BTD holds a very special place in my heart and has been my favourite album for two and a half years. But, UV is amazing. I dont understand the hate UV is getting, just like I didn't get the hate for BTD when it was first released.
Side note: I dont know why people insist that the "GP" think Lana is an edm artist. In my experience, even people who barely know anything about Lana know that she isn't an EDM artist.
Is Lana referring to her parent's wealth in Old Money? I wanna know
If it's a song about her parents, who knows, then she opposes the wealth (not the uber-wealth, what her haters suggest) to her longing in the hookline, recognition of her father who sent her away.
It's interesting to see that her father is now many times for her there on tour.
she didnt say the person it was about was at the top either, just successful, and success has different levels and meanings to people. Here in atrl most think someone "successful" has or equals beyonce, rihanna, katy, gaga, lorde etc levels of fame
Question: Does anyone have any recommendations for music similar to Ultraviolence?
I'll argue that The Black Keys and even some classic alternative rock albums like The Bends are a decent place to start. The latter has a similar atmosphere, lots of reverb, and cacophonous and emotion-filled crescendos.
I can't really think of much that features a similar female vocalist, especially not with the choral effects heard in songs like Pretty When You Cry or Shades of Cool. Perhaps St. Vincent.
I'll argue that The Black Keys and even some classic alternative rock albums like The Bends are a decent place to start. The latter has a similar atmosphere, lots of reverb, and cacophonous and emotion-filled crescendos.
I can't really think of much that features a similar female vocalist, especially not with the choral effects heard in songs like Pretty When You Cry or Shades of Cool. Perhaps St. Vincent.
The Bends (Radiohead) is a very good suggestion.
I wanna also mention This Mortal Coil*, early P.J Harvey and obviously Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville.
*the legendary Song To The Sirens was a hit of that project- This leads us to Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Kirstin Hersh** etc.
''Kirstin Hersh
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Hersh's solo songwriting style focuses some of the relationship subject matter on her family. While Hersh's work reflects her personal experience, she has said that she writes from a point of view outside of her personality. Stating that "songwriting is about shutting up instead of talking", Hersh has said that songs that appeal to her are those that "say things that I don't know yet and tell stories I may not have lived yet".
The New York Times pointed to Hersh's explorations of "rage, aggression and mental chaos" as evidence that there were at least a few female rock music artists by the early 1990s pushing against gender role boundaries to express "more than simply vulnerability or defiance" in their work.
I'll argue that The Black Keys and even some classic alternative rock albums like The Bends are a decent place to start. The latter has a similar atmosphere, lots of reverb, and cacophonous and emotion-filled crescendos.
I can't really think of much that features a similar female vocalist, especially not with the choral effects heard in songs like Pretty When You Cry or Shades of Cool. Perhaps St. Vincent.
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Originally posted by rbautz
The Bends (Radiohead) is a very good suggestion.
I wanna also mention This Mortal Coil, early P.J Harvey and obviously Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville.
Thank you guys for your recommendations, I'll check them out
I listened to Exile in Guyville yesterday, I liked it, but UV >>>>
