Noah Gundersen - Lover (August 23, 2019) Album • Page 10

You haven't heard any of my top three songs yet.

 

Anybody heard of any early exclusive album streams?

 

I feel like pre-release album streams have died a quick but quiet death over the course of the past year or so. NPR used to get 3-6 a week. I think they've had about 3-6 all summer.

 

I always thought it was cool seeing which site picked up which stream. Ah well!

 

I loved them. I'm kind of bummed they stopped happening. I'd give stuff a shot off Billboard streams that I'm sure I never would have listened to or discovered otherwise.

 

I remember I discovered a ton through NPR and WSJs "Speakeasy" column.

 

I get that the end of leaks/the importance of first-week streaming numbers probably steered labels away from it, but it seems like such an obvious and powerful discovery tool. There was something exciting about seeing a pre-release stream even from an artist you already love that I don't think you get when it just pops up on Spotify/Apple Music on release day.

 

Ill just cross my fingers that my vinyl bundle preorder arrives early. I remember Carry The Ghost showed up the Monday before.

 

Mine shipped!! No delivery date yet though

 

Mine shipped too! AND he's doing a surprise listening party in Denver tonight, playing the whole album! I'm gonna try to go!

 

Looking through my videos, I noticed I captured a few minutes of “Audrey Hepburn” last year in Nashville

 

I wasn’t ready for “Out or Time” or “Older”.

 

How was it? Hope there was a decent turnout

 

For sure! There was probably around 100 or so of us, it got a bit delayed due to rain. It was a real chill time, he just played the record and we were outside listening to it. I don’t want to hyperbolize after one listen, but I think he nailed it with this record. It’s much more cohesive than the last one, a good mix of what he does best while still taking some risks.

I’m glad I got to hear it now because there is another record called Lover that is probably gonna take up a lot of my attention on Friday. But I can’t wait to come back to this and dig into the lyrics.

 

I'm still not always ready for those, tbh. The only ones I ever skip.

 

I hate that I missed the limited swirl vinyl. I can’t stop listening to Lose You

 

You didn’t like them?

 

I do not like "Older." "Out of Time" is fine, but sounds too much like a White Noise song to me. Doesn't help that those two bookend my favorite song on the record.

 

Ha! I feel like we like a lot of similar artists for completely different reasons. I loved White Noise, so I was drawn to some of the similar sounds. AH was completely unremarkable to me.

I’m excited to listen again and see how much I agree with my first impression.

 

Yeah, White Noise is by far my least favorite Noah album, ha. I think it played against a lot of his strengths. "Out of Time" sounds so much like a few songs on that record that I just don't really think it needed to be on this record.

"Older" is just a sound I don't think really works for him.

"Audrey Hepburn" is, I think, the most interesting song on the record lyrically.

 

Apparently this is out there

 

Watermelon good god

 

Can confirm.