Taylor Swift - evermore

[RJN]

it's her SWEET ESCAPE!

I want to hear her version of Wind It Up and Yummy

Anyway...

08 Willow
09 Champagne Problems
09 Gold Rush
08 Tis The Damn Season

Not as good as its amazing name, but nice CONCEPT (coming back to your hometown and seeing an old fling)

 

[RJN]

The production on Tolerate It is reminiscent of a crackling fire so thats kind of wintery

 

[Jark]

tolerate it is SUCH a Taylor Swift song

I wait by the door like I'm just a kid
Use my best colours for your portrait
Lay the table with fancy shit
And watch you tolerate it

lyrically there's a LOT of self-deprecation going on across folklore and evermore.

08 willow
09 champagne problems
07 gold rush
08 'tis the damn season
08 tolerate it

 

[Jark]

no body, no crime is a future 10 I reckon. nice (moderate) change of pace and a welcome injection of dark humour...

08 willow
09 champagne problems
07 gold rush
08 'tis the damn season
08 tolerate it
09 no body, no crime

good thing este's sister's gonna swear she was with me
good thing his mistress took out a big life insurance policy

 

[RJN]

08 Willow
09 Champagne Problems
09 Gold Rush
08 Tis The Damn Season
08 Tolerate It
10 No Body, No Crime

WTF at this song, but also . Each listen I'm wowed by another lyric.

In the scheme of country songs about murder with no body found, it is no Goodbye Earl by the Dixie Chicks (an 11)

 

[octophone]

Noting that the CD will be in the UK shops next Friday rather than in a few weeks time. I'm going to hold off, I think.

 

[RJN]

Noting that the CD will be in the UK shops next Friday rather than in a few weeks time. I'm going to hold off, I think.

Perfect timing for her fans to stream it this week and then ask for it for Christmas

 

[Jark]

I don't know if I'll remember how it goes in 30 minutes but happiness is quite lovely. it really is a perfectly consistent record - no nu-di-tys or spanish lessons here.

08 willow
09 champagne problems
07 gold rush
08 'tis the damn season
08 tolerate it
09 no body, no crime
08 happiness

there'll be happiness after you
but there was happiness because of you, too
both of these things can be true
there was happiness...

 

[RJN]

08 Willow
09 Champagne Problems
09 Gold Rush
08 Tis The Damn Season
08 Tolerate It
10 No Body, No Crime
06.5 Happiness

Not really hitting me yet, but the melody just sounds like it will UNVEIL itself after several listens. The lyrics are a little clunky here

 

[POP!]

Can’t stop playing “Gold Rush”, hate how it abruptly ends!

 

[Jark]

I think maybe if there's a "problem" with this record it's that the production is almost TOO uniform. it makes several tracks feel too similar to the last - some brass or keyboard higher in the mix would be appreciated here and there, or some electronica bubbling away underneath the piano and guitars.

 

[RJN]

I think maybe if there's a "problem" with this record it's that the production is almost TOO uniform. it makes several tracks feel too similar to the last - some brass or keyboard higher in the mix would be appreciated here and there, or some electronica bubbling away underneath the piano and guitars.

Agreed, and I think thats why the (slightly I guess) different production in Tolerate It was a nice change

 

[Jark]

some of the mad detective swifties are claiming Dorothea is about Selena Gomez. there's EVIDENCE apparently, but perhaps someone else can read it FOR ME.

08 willow
09 champagne problems
07 gold rush
08 'tis the damn season
08 tolerate it
09 no body, no crime
08 happiness
08 dorothea

 

[POP!]

“Tis the Damn Season” is like an endless chill on my spine omg.

“We could call it even
Even though I’m leaving...”

 

[RJN]

08 Willow
09 Champagne Problems
09 Gold Rush
08 Tis The Damn Season
08 Tolerate It
10 No Body, No Crime
06.5 Happiness
07 Dorothea

This is really starting to blend. I poured myself a glass of wine to see if that helps

 

[RJN]

Matt Berninger has one of my favorite voice's in the world

 

[Jark]

also starting to blend for me, to borrow your very diplomatic phrasing. coney island just finished and I've forgotten how it went

I'm not sure how much I rate MATT'S VOX either. sorry hun!

08 willow
09 champagne problems
07 gold rush
08 'tis the damn season
08 tolerate it
09 no body, no crime
08 happiness
08 dorothea
07 coney island

 

[RJN]

This probably wasn't his best performance tbh but the way he sounds on some The National songs is haunting. Do you listen to them?

 

[RJN]

Ivy has a discernible melody, so thats a nice change from the past few

 

[POP!]

“Tolerate it” is one the strongest lyrics on the album. Still trying to connect with the melody though.

 

[Jark]

This probably wasn't his best performance tbh but the way he sounds on some The National songs is haunting. Do you listen to them?

I discovered a few songs from I Am Easy to Find having never even heard of them before Folklore I liked Rylan and Hairpin Turns

 

[Jark]

I like the way cowboy like me leans slightly more into country as it goes on. it has a really nice groove, mellow but warm and inviting.

08 willow
09 champagne problems
07 gold rush
08 'tis the damn season
08 tolerate it
09 no body, no crime
08 happiness
08 dorothea
07 coney island
07 ivy
08 cowboy like me

 

[RJN]

I discovered a few songs from I Am Easy to Find having never even heard of them before Folklore I liked Rylan and Hairpin Turns

Rylan is a good one! Listen to the song Conversation 16 if you want something good and bleak

 

[Jark]

now that we're on track 12 - even though it does have quite a welcome injection of PACE and energy - I'm kind of GAGGING to listen to CRUEL SUMMER and GETAWAY CAR *queues*

08 willow
09 champagne problems
07 gold rush
08 'tis the damn season
08 tolerate it
09 no body, no crime
08 happiness
08 dorothea
07 coney island
07 ivy
08 cowboy like me
08 long album not short

 

[RJN]

08 long album not short

08 Willow
09 Champagne Problems
09 Gold Rush
08 Tis The Damn Season
08 Tolerate It
10 No Body, No Crime
06 Happiness
06 Dorothea
06 Coney Island
08 Ivy
06 Cowboy Like Me
07 Long Story Short

I have NOTHING to say about these songs, which is convenient as nobody but @Jark is even reading/listening

 

[Jark]

yeah, that's the thing - as perfectly lovely as they ALL are (and they are - folklore has a couple I actively want to skip when playing through, this doesn't), many of the songs really do just function as background music. and I don't ever treat music as background music. it should always have a reason to be FOREGROUND!

08 willow
09 champagne problems
07 gold rush
08 'tis the damn season
08 tolerate it
09 no body, no crime
08 happiness
08 dorothea
07 coney island
07 ivy
08 cowboy like me
08 long story short
07 marjorie
07 closure

 

[RJN]

What is the accent she is doing in Closure? It has interesting production

 

[Tisch]

OH I FORGOT

Also Jark I NEVER get your @ notifications. Do you edit me in as an afterthought? :emoji_disappointed_relieved::emoji_disappointed_relieved::emoji_disappointed_relieved:

 

[Jark]

08 willow
09 champagne problems
07 gold rush
08 'tis the damn season
08 tolerate it
09 no body, no crime
08 happiness
08 dorothea
07 coney island
07 ivy
08 cowboy like me
08 long album not short
09 evermore

how sweet of her to end the record on such a high note for us. she works really well with Bon Iver.

TOP 3
no body, no crime
champagne probems
evermore

I think I will add those and maybe one or two more over time to my best of Tay-Tay playlist, so that's not a bad result.

 

[Jark]

OH I FORGOT

Also Jark I NEVER get your @ notifications. Do you edit me in as an afterthought? :emoji_disappointed_relieved::emoji_disappointed_relieved::emoji_disappointed_relieved:

darling don't come at me with that "I don't get notified" SHIT. I know you just ignore me.

 

[RJN]

08 Willow
09 Champagne Problems
09 Gold Rush
08 Tis The Damn Season
08 Tolerate It
10 No Body, No Crime
06 Happiness
06 Dorothea
06 Coney Island
08 Ivy
06 Cowboy Like Me
07 Long Story Short
07 Marjorie
09 Closer
09 evermore

Well we finished it! There are some good songs, and I'm sure some will reveal themselves with time. It was just kind of a slog for some reason

 

[Tisch]

darling don't come at me with that "I don't get notified" SHIT. I know you just ignore me.

Whatever babe. When I see your posts in future I'm just going to mouth fuck you forever.

See I even have to make references to the old album because of you

 

[Jark]

very rude of you to fly in the face of Taylor's artistic choices by using caps @RJN.

 

[RJN]

I might even change them in my iTunes

 

[POP!]

“Dorthea” is “Betty” if “Betty” was that bitch.

 

[vespertine]

@POP! @RJN @jivafox @vespertine @Dark Carnival @lolly @Tisch @Iguana @joanne @octophone @KindaCool @OutSynk @Ag

EVERMORE SYNC LISTEN :emoji_warning: 10 MINUTE WARNING

Somehow it's not in keeping with the mariachi band blaring outside my window, have fun without me.

 

[OutSynk]

it really is a perfectly consistent record - no nu-di-tys or spanish lessons here.

 

[OutSynk]

Sure would have HELPED it seems.

 

[jivafox]

I had it on on my way into town today and thought “oh it is a bit samey “ but then realised I’d just had the first track on REPEAT.

 

[RJN]

I had it on on my way into town today and thought “oh it is a bit samey “ but then realised I’d just had the first track on REPEAT.

My high school boyfriend was showing me some song and I felt like it was too avant-garde and cool for me to get, but actually he had just not plugged the headphones in and it was the sound of feedback