all the other songs are just giving me flashbacks to the recent Clairo album too much

I feel like you could swap the two singers and put them on each others album and it would still work

The Clairo album however has much more impact emotionally

This just feels like a pff

Exactly

But honestly I think that album would have been incredible still but it definitely woulda been his most mixed reception album, whatever he drops next probably still will be but u never know w frank

same lol was gonna write that in there

But I think a lot of people viewed DHL especially in a similar way to Lordes singles for this like oh it’s a cool song I guess but not the direction I want at all kinda thing

That emotional baggage sketch is cringe

yep, those can be some my favorite types of records. i think where we get it f***ed up sometimes is thinking just because someone is gone for 3+ years that they've been working on one album the whole time.

artists can fall back from their craft and live their regular lives. concepts are conceived and scrapped. tracks are worked on, forgotten about, rehashed, reworked. that four year "hiatus" can really result to one year in a studio actually putting a project together.

I think this is a strong record overall.

Not without its problems. Mostly I find the sequencing to be weirdly jarring, and some songs don't quite lead into each other very well. Not entirely a smooth listen, which I felt was the intent.

But holy s***, some of these songs are unreal. The vocals are undeniably stellar, and the arrangements and musicality is so loose and relaxed. Almost improvisational in nature. Loved so much of what I heard. It doesn't surprise me that she seeked out drummers who worked on early Fiona Apple albums.

Overall, a fine first listen, and even though she gave us plenty of time to prepare for what this album is, I think many aren't really interested in the sound, which is understandable. But so much of what I love about Lorde is here in spades.

nah

DHL one of my favorite Frank songs at this point honestly

If you like slow acoustic songs than you’ll love it

If you don’t then you’re on your own

Good thing I didn’t listen to Clairo then

don't want that california love

Yeah that’s something I bring up a lot w frank too

Some artist are not always in album mode just bc they havent dropped an album in 4 years doesnt mean they’ve been working on an album for 4 years

That’s when Frank went DownHilL

DHL is a f***ing classic man

me either, or the path

The best song

I feel like people love In My Room though???

Like a lot???

idk there def was gonna be a similar enough discourse initially, but would come around to it. idk if solar power is gonna be that though

Dear April justice

first listen on blonded was amazing I loved it initially

hate it on such a good song too

That song is legit incredible

He can’t get away w putting the OG on an album now that that exists

Nah s*** is buns but u always have terrible opinions on pop music