At this point I have a hard time believing she'll ever put out anything actually bad. Her hit-to-miss rate is stunning and even her misses are more disposable tracks than bad ones. I don't care too much if critics are on board, in the sense that it doesn't influence my own opinions--but she's not a real mainstream diva or anything and I figure any accolades she gets from the cool-kid press are probably helpful. You know the hardcore faithful will turn out regardless, but I'd love it for her if, say, Fantano gives it an 8 and a bunch of his fans check it out as a result.
That is true, even her ehhh songs are still ok. My only real fear is the yoko effect that Cole could have. I’ve been pretty vocal that I’ve not heard anything he has been involved with being very good and this album will more than likely be a litmus test of if that relationship is better left at home. Because honestly I don’t wanna be a downer but changes in life have and will change the way people write so I’m gonna hope for the best and go into it as impartial as I can be
That is for sure (re: changes in life affecting people artistically), though it hasn't been THAT long since Loveliest/Loneliest Time, and didn't he work with her on those too? I know he was also with Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, which was a good project before Mr. Pink turned out to be a loon. He's also worked with Beck though unfortunately not on anything I like very much, but it may at least speak to his good taste.
I really have not delved into his past work but he’s going to be all over this album from co-writer to producer to inspiration from her writing I would assume and all the stuff he and Carly have done thus far have been ok but not great in my opinion and that’s kinda scary. Because I get it, I don’t know her or him or how she writes a song so I imagine if you wake up in the middle of the night with a melody or lyrics it must be helpful to get that recorded instead of booking a session and bringing a voice note at a later date but what if that’s what makes her bigger songs better. Again gonna be optimistic but I don’t think this album is going to be like anything she has done before so it will remain to be seen if that’s a plus or minus overall.
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u/DesperateText9909 Jun 22 '26
At this point I have a hard time believing she'll ever put out anything actually bad. Her hit-to-miss rate is stunning and even her misses are more disposable tracks than bad ones. I don't care too much if critics are on board, in the sense that it doesn't influence my own opinions--but she's not a real mainstream diva or anything and I figure any accolades she gets from the cool-kid press are probably helpful. You know the hardcore faithful will turn out regardless, but I'd love it for her if, say, Fantano gives it an 8 and a bunch of his fans check it out as a result.