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[fraybentos1]

1 hour ago, Ddiamondd said:

Is it different when you wake up on one side of bed in the Southern Hemisphere? It's reversed right? Very hard to wrap my little head around, some might say bordering on impossible.

Fs, is there any need to take it so personally haha it wasn't aimed at you mate...

Besides, having Christmas in summer is fucking mental.

[CaledonianGonzo]

8 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Dua does seem to be the only pop girl outright giving bangers right now.

[Haan]

43 minutes ago, Baggins7 said:

Serious Midsommar vibes from the vid. Don’t mind the tune though

Aye I felt like the music vid was creepy, but seeing that press release/statement it seems like it's not?? So the song is actually an unironic "everything is great if you just get rid of your phone and join us on the beach"? Kinda odd but we'll see how the rest of the album goes. Before I read the statement I was thinking it was going to be a concept album about a cult haha 

[Hugh Jass]

41 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

Fs, is there any need to take it so personally haha it wasn't aimed at you mate...

Besides, having Christmas in summer is fucking mental.

THEIR TOILETS FLUSH THE WRONG WAY!!

[Matt42]

35 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

*major pop girl. Sorry Jessie

[jparx]

2 minutes ago, Haan said:

Aye I felt like the music vid was creepy, but seeing that press release/statement it seems like it's not?? So the song is actually an unironic "everything is great if you just get rid of your phone and join us on the beach"? Kinda odd but we'll see how the rest of the album goes. Before I read the statement I was thinking it was going to be a concept album about a cult haha 

Tbh I still think this will be part of a concept album, and the irony of it will be revealed with more of the singles. I think the press release may well end up being part of it as well.

[Zacko]

Not what I expected, but I guess the jury is out now. All to play for with whatever the next single/the rest of the album is like. 

GIVE US A BANGER!!

[fraybentos1]

3 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

THEIR TOILETS FLUSH THE WRONG WAY!!

They do in Rand McNally too

[discgoesmic]

I really like this track. It's not a massive banger, but it punctuates better things coming after over a year of misery. It's chilled and positive. Reminds me of Harmony Hall by Vampire Weekend.

[jparx]

8 minutes ago, discgoesmic said:

I really like this track. It's not a massive banger, but it punctuates better things coming after over a year of misery. It's chilled and positive. Reminds me of Harmony Hall by Vampire Weekend.

Great shout.

I’m really enjoying it too and I’m not sure the fact it’s not a traditional banger really matters? I really thought she would and should have dropped a total belter for the first single, so I was disappointed at first, but now it’s had chance to simmer i like it a lot and I’m here for the ride, whatever form it takes.

Edited June 11, 2021 by jparx

[Hugh Jass]

39 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

They do in Rand McNally too

That’s the least of their problems, you gotta keep an eye on the hamburgers.

[discgoesmic]

Just now, jparx said:

Great shout.

I’m really enjoying it too and I’m not sure the fact it’s not a traditional banger really matters? I really thought she would and should have dropped a total belter for the first single, so I was disappointed at first, but now it’s had chance to simmer i like it a lot and I’m here for the ride, whatever form it takes.

Doesn't matter to me at all - I totally agree, you'd think after 4 years it would be a stadium filler. But somehow with so much going on at the moment am I ready for a massive high adrenaline track? It might come down to how i'm feeling generally at the moment. Mellow seems to suit me at the moment.

I'm just imagining hearing it live next year at the big G or somewhere else and it makes me happy 😀 It certainly gets better the more you listen.

[jparx]

7 minutes ago, discgoesmic said:

Doesn't matter to me at all - I totally agree, you'd think after 4 years it would be a stadium filler. But somehow with so much going on at the moment am I ready for a massive high adrenaline track? It might come down to how i'm feeling generally at the moment. Mellow seems to suit me at the moment.

I'm just imagining hearing it live next year at the big G or somewhere else and it makes me happy 😀 It certainly gets better the more you listen.

Yeah, much like Harmony Hall showed in 2019, it’s a perfect Pyramid sub type vibe. Sunset, cider in hand...perfect vibes. And then she drops Supercut straight after and it goes off 🤙

[Tartan_Glasto]

It's not the type of lead single that's going to get too much attention but I like it. 

It's defo feels like an extension of Melodrama rather than something totally new. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

The Beach Boys are cancelled for advising everyone to go to the beach.

[discgoesmic]

28 minutes ago, jparx said:

Yeah, much like Harmony Hall showed in 2019, it’s a perfect Pyramid sub type vibe. Sunset, cider in hand...perfect vibes. And then she drops Supercut straight after and it goes off 🤙

Harmony Hall was magical in 2019 wasn't it? Can't wait to get back to the farm

[ghostdancer1]

Shit song, and that statement makes her seem, yet again, like an utterly dreadful arsehole.

[jyoung]

As someone who writes press releases for a living, I literally couldn't care less about what the press release says.

It is after all, the record that I will be listening to on a warm summers day, rather than reading the press release.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Just now, jyoung said:

As someone who writes press releases for a living, I literally couldn't care less about what the press release says.

It is after all, the record that I will be listening to on a warm summers day, rather than reading the press release.

Aren't you doing yourself out of a job, there...?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, jyoung said:

As someone who writes press releases for a living, I literally couldn't care less about what the press release says.

It is after all, the record that I will be listening to on a warm summers day, rather than reading the press release.

I used to love The Beatles until I chanced upon Derek Taylor's drivel - not listened to them since.

[Andy0808 v5]

Tune is alright.

I’ll see how the press release reads with a cider in my hand whilst sat in the sun.

[CaledonianGonzo]

People going on about cider in their hands need to get with the programme:

[jparx]

I'll wager a tenner to Water Aid that the press release, and this single, is part of a concept record and will be dripping with irony and satire in the context of the record.

And if not, it's a really good tune either way.

[jyoung]

Also, are we actually referencing a press release or the newsletter mail out? If we're talking about the newsletter then sorry folks but that ain't even a press release.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, jparx said:

I'll wager a tenner to Water Aid that the press release, and this single, is part of a concept record and will be dripping with irony and satire in the context of the record.

And if not, it's a really good tune either way.

I'm not so sure. The sad girl market is fairly saturated at the minute and I'm not surprised she's taken a left turn.