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FKA Twigs - LP1

Constantino_chr [Edit] [Delete] 39 replies 11:48, 13 August '14

Let's not beat around the bush here, this album is fucking amazing. Layered, colourful, soulful, mesmerizing and insanely sexy; all boxes are ticked. It's like the lovechild of Homogenic and Aaliyah with a touch of Portishead thrown in for good measure.

I tried to summerise my thoughts in this review: http://iplugtoyou.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/fka-twigs-lp1-review.html

What do you think of the album/Twigs in general?

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  • really like all her basic slow jams like water me, two weeks etc.

    don't like any of the weird skronky tracks on the album though. think it's cos her vocals are too melancholic/watery and it doesn't work

    shrewbie | 13 Aug '14, 12:11 | X
  • it is good

    I like it

    ethricdouble | 13 Aug '14, 12:34 | X
    sunstroke_house and umlaut_ampersand this'd this
  • sounds pretty dull to me

    legz_akimbo | 13 Aug '14, 12:55 | X
    LOLpop this'd this
  • Jo Whiley has been banging on about it on her bloody show

    which always makes me suspicious, but it actually sounds alright

    funkycow | 13 Aug '14, 13:10 | X
    • interesting

      Think Whiley "discovered" Twigs because Ed Harcourt played one of her tracks when he was on the show back in January. Interesting.

      sean @funkycow | 13 Aug '14, 13:36 | X
      • Another point scored for DiS then!

        funkycow @sean | 13 Aug '14, 14:22 | X
      • ...but sean, the video for water me went viral

        georgiabeth @sean | 13 Aug '14, 16:29 | X
  • Yeah, she's cool.

    Great image. Good at vogueing. I think her music isn't amazing, but it's good.

    Think she might be this years LDR.

    jigglypuff | 13 Aug '14, 14:19 | X
    • Good point

      though I don't expect the same backlash, she'd probably hex them or something...

      Constantino_chr @jigglypuff | 13 Aug '14, 14:49 | X
  • Its alright.

    I like her voice and the production style, I just wish some of the songs were better.

    Also, lamest, most boring album title of all time. Its the title equivalent of that Hard-Fi album cover.

    aactv | 13 Aug '14, 15:08 | X
    • Not really

      Lots of artists have self-titled debuts plus there's Autechre's LP5 and stuff like that.

      kiyonemakibi @aactv | 13 Aug '14, 15:49 | X
      • I kinda understand self-titled albums

        As they're normally used as a statement saying: "This is who we are". But albums that are just like LP1 etc are just boring non-entities of titles. Even if they are following on from similarly titled EP's.

        aactv @kiyonemakibi | 13 Aug '14, 16:43 | X
    • ...

      following on from ep1 and ep2

      georgiabeth @aactv | 13 Aug '14, 16:22 | X
  • Wooow

    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ba7GsufAUCo/U-tnyK_GSJI/AAAAAAAADdM/GN8dBMuSBtw/s1600/fka.jpg

    cronenberg | 13 Aug '14, 15:43 | X
  • Nailed on for the Mercury prize

    If it's entered

    safebruv | 13 Aug '14, 16:18 | X
    • hope not

      fucking thing's cursed

      ethricdouble @safebruv | 13 Aug '14, 16:30 | X
      • Not really

        kiyonemakibi @ethricdouble | 13 Aug '14, 17:03 | X
    • people said that about disclosure

      georgiabeth @safebruv | 13 Aug '14, 16:30 | X
  • Up to 'Two Weeks'

    Totally sold.

    pichaelmarker | 13 Aug '14, 16:31 | X
  • don't think anything lives up to two weeks

    but still liking the album

    got tickets early for her october gig at hackney empire

    cloud | 13 Aug '14, 17:13 | X
    ohsubvertedworld this'd this
    • two weeks is the most immediate

      and the poppiest by some distance, but there's far better stuff on there

      ethricdouble @cloud | 14 Aug '14, 14:02 | X
  • Kicks and Pendulum are better than Two Weeks IMO

    Constantino_chr | 13 Aug '14, 17:43 | X
  • New dates:

    Tickets for the tour go on general sale at 9am on Friday 15 August, but UK tickets are available on pre-sale now. For more information and tickets, click here. Full European tour dates are below.

    FKA Twigs will play:

    October 2nd The Dome, Brighton, UK
    October 3rd The Library, Birmingham, UK
    October 4th R.N.C.M Theatre, Manchester, UK
    October 6th Oran Mor, Glasgow, UK
    October 8th Hackney Empire, London, UK
    October 9th Trinity, Bristol, UK
    October 14th La Maronquinerie, Paris, France
    October 15th Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam, Holland
    October 16th Ab Box, Brussels, Belgium
    October 17th Buergerhaus Stollwerk, Cologne, Germany
    October 19th VEGA, Copenhagen, Denmark
    October 20th Mojo, Hamburg, Germany
    October 21st Kesselhaus, Berlin, Germany
    October 22nd Basen, Warsaw, Poland

    OllieH | 14 Aug '14, 11:15 | X
  • only just found out she's british

    which surprised me, cos she's good

    alcxxk | 14 Aug '14, 11:17 | X
    sunstroke_house this'd this
    • from Gloucestershire

      who'd have thought it

      j0hn @alcxxk | 14 Aug '14, 11:38 | X
  • XL recordings

    have invested a lot in her, i like the sound but lyrically i think it's suspect to talk about sex through the majority of the album. maybe it won't go mainstream enough to reach a younger audience but still, the lyrics of the album are getting alot of PR

    dispatchwood | 14 Aug '14, 11:52 | X
    • 'i think it's suspect to talk about sex through the majority of the album'

      why shouldn't she? most music is about sex and realtionships

      georgiabeth @dispatchwood | 14 Aug '14, 14:30 | X
      nice_squirrel and Poke this'd this
      • Agreed

        It's not exactly 2 Live Crew. Disarmingly honest lyrics about desire, sex, masochism and hurt. I think that's a massive part of her appeal and it comes across as in no way sordid.

        Poke @georgiabeth | 14 Aug '14, 14:35 | X
        mroc this'd this
  • Why I want to see her live:

    http://vt.tumblr.com/tumblr_n9z3e5JZHX1qc7osl.mp4#_=_

    I mean WOW.

    Constantino_chr | 14 Aug '14, 14:00 | X
    • jesus

      so good

      alcxxk @Constantino_chr | 14 Aug '14, 14:30 | X
    • she needs to do a video with leiomy

      georgiabeth @Constantino_chr | 14 Aug '14, 14:36 | X
    • Body music

      She is also a good dancer and is quite evident the idea that she makes music that is so pleasant to our ears and our brain as to other parts of our body.

      cronenberg @Constantino_chr | 14 Aug '14, 16:22 | X
  • LP1 is pretty good

    But I prefer EP2. 'Water Me' is an incredible track. Saw her play at Heaven recently and as the above video proves, she's pretty mesmerizing live. Not sure anyone has brought together the cocktail of ingredients that she has.

    Poke | 14 Aug '14, 14:29 | X
    • Agreed

      There's nothing on the album to match the likes of 'Water Me' and 'Papi Pacify'. The production is great and I do enjoy it, but very few of the songs stick for me. And i'm not a massive RnB fan, so those sort of leanings are less interesting for me.

      It's good stuff, but I was hoping for more, I think.

      bruised_blood @Poke | 15 Aug '14, 10:45 | X
  • she's reportedly been on the receiving end of racist abuse by upset Twilight fans

    because she's dating robert pattinson
    http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/09/29/robert-pattinson-fka-twigs-racism-twitter_n_5898934.html
    literally unbelievable

    ethricdouble | 29 Sep '14, 16:57 | X
  • "Figure 8" (live)

    http://youtu.be/KUKK5LCxRhw

    cronenberg | 31 Jan '15, 23:56 | X
  • EP3 on the way

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNbFc-fa-ww

    cronenberg | 24 Mar '15, 11:48 | X
  • New EP (which includes Figure 8) is out

    http://www.stereogum.com/1823901/fka-twigs-drops-surprise-m3ll155x-ep-17-minute-video/mp3s/

    kiyonemakibi | 13 Aug '15, 20:28 | X
  • A new song

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tq0HzgDcNc

    kiyonemakibi | 18 Feb '16, 20:41 | X
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