Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future (March 22, 2024) • Page 4

just found out Once a Bunch is the Japanese bonus track on here, I'm gonna need to hear that expeditiously

 

Ah damn didn’t realize “Donut Seam” was “Swim”. Very nice, lovely song.

 

Moving on to this after giving Waxahatchee another listen.

For fucks sake, Real House is an opener.

 

This album is really great, it really does feel like you're sitting round a campfire with her

 

That really sums it up. It's a delightful listen. Not my AOTY but it's good.

 

First song is legit too sad for me to think I’ll go back to it often. Great album though. I am wildly impressed by this version of Vampire Empire, it’s awesome and completely justifies the existence of two official versions.

 

When I saw Big Thief in Indy they played it and Adrianne said it was a companion piece/sequel to “Mythological Beauty”.

 

Wow I’m going to give myself a pat on the back cuz I actually had that thought while looking at the lyrics. Speaking of which…

When I was seven
I saw the first film that made me scared
And I thought of this whole world ending
I thought of dying unprepared

We moved into a real house
A wild field behind it
I wanted to be an inventor
Collected scraps to make a portal
I wanted so much for magic to be real

So many dreams of flying
Rising high over the crowd
And they go “oh man, look at her go”
And I'd go

that whole section fucking rules

 

interesting, I always thought Sim Swarm felt like the sequel to Mythological Beauty

 

I dig big thief well enough but I’m not a huge fan or anything like that, but this album is something else

 

The violin and piano arpeggios against her vocal melody on "Evol" is killing me tonight.

 

Finally put the Waxahatchee record down for long enough to get to this. After a few spins, yeah, no surprise this is really really good

 

I've kinda stayed away from Adrianne Lenker and Big Thief after trying out Dragon New Warm Mountain and thinking it was fine, might just need to revisit, and the whole Israel business but it seems like they're gotten better about that recently so might as well try with this new one.

This is very pleasant but also heartbreaking

 

Gorgeous record

 

Real House, Sadness as a Gift, Evol, Cell Phone Says, Donut Seam, and Ruined are all like S tier Adrianne. I'm totally obsessed with this album right now.

 

I couldn't put my finger on why the "braiding willow branches" melody sounded so familiar in Real House. Just figured it out though: really reminds me of the 'chorus' from Ravens by Mount Erie. Really similar melody on that short part.

 

God damn this is incredible

 

need that Japan bonus track more than I need air

 

same, especially since it’s named after me

 

been seeing people ask for that everywhere haha. i feel like people usually don't even know japanese bonus tracks even exist. guess this song is pretty popular

 

Yea it’s banger.

 

it's potentially one of her best songs, the live cut I heard anyway

 

The stuff about dying dogs on “Real House” is wild. I’m sure many people have the same experience. First time I saw my dad cry was when our first family dog died. Second time was when we were older and all came home to put our second family dog down, the exact same way Adrianne described.

(my dad called me as I wrote this post).

 

i still haven't had a chance to hear this whole thing, but i checked out real house last night and oh my god. what an absolutely unbelievable song.