#alt-pop

[haveyouheardthisband]

#Art Pop #Indietronica #Alt-Pop #Indie Pop #Trip Hop #Chamber Pop #2000s #2010s #Belgium #Australia #poll #Spotify

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Tracklist:

I Forgot That You Existed • Cruel Summer • Lover • The Man • The Archer • I Think He Knows • Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince • Paper Rings • Cornelia Street • Death By A Thousand Cuts • London Boy • Soon You'll Get Better • False God • You Need To Calm Down • Afterglow • Me! • It's Nice To Have A Friend • Daylight

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#hyltta-polls #polls #artist: taylor swift #language: english #decade: 2010s #Synthpop #Electropop #Alt-Pop #Dance-Pop #Singer-Songwriter

[pacificwanderer]

If you think I'm pretty, lay your hands on me

Know you can't stop thinkin' 'bout it

I know that you're shitty and you're bad for me

But I can't stop thinkin' 'bout it

#songs #lyrics #artemas #alt-pop #ben hoelo inspo #Spotify

[thoughtswordsaction]

Charlotte Sands Releases Long-Awaited Debut Album 'can we start over?'     ​ 

Photo by Dillon Jordan Breakout pop/rock star Charlotte Sands released her long-awaited debut album can we start over?, available to stream on all DSPs worldwide. The album is the culmination of years of unprecedented independent success, and showcases a dynamic and eclectic work of songwriting art. The record effortlessly weaves its way in and out of rock and pop, highlighted by a subtle homage…

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#ALT-POP #ALTERNATIVE #CHARLOTTE SANDS #INDIE #INDIE ROCK #NEWS

[luuurien]

Garrett Atterberry - Vectrex

(Electropop, Synthpop, Alt-Pop)

Garrett Atterberry’s third full length pulls out every trick he has, breakbeats and psychedelic rap and dramatic balladry all part of Vectrex’s brilliant formula. It’s a colorful, bold, and lovingly overstuffed album that makes the most of his maximalist production and greater confidence as a vocalist.

☆☆☆☆½

Garrett Atterberry’s music is a combination of luxurious pop and a messy interior world, his sound the result of endless self-teaching and a constant pursuit of connection. It’s what made the best moments of his sophomore album Fairchild Channel F, surprise turns into pop rock and industrial dance-pop and atmospheric indie folk surprising but always delightful despite how far off course they veered, his wonderfully layered production and subtle vocals the throughline for it all. In the last two years, though, he’s further refined his style while holding onto all its distinctive qualities, his third and latest album Vectrex a loving overstuffed album that makes the most of his maximalist production and greater confidence as a vocalist, still jumping between genres and placing every texture he can fit in there but tightening the hooks and committing to a cohesive atmosphere even if he’s focused on playful hyperpop or brooding pop rap. It feels much longer than its 37 minute runtime because of how much is going on, pulling you into Atterberry’s world and balancing out weighty pop songs with slow jams and atmospheric electronica until there’s few other pop albums this year able to match its addictive formula. Vectrex knows what makes good pop stick and fuses it with his impossibly detailed production - it’s easy to see why it sticks the landing.

Atterberry’s writing and tone haven’t changed much, still painting in broad strokes with lyrics focused on heartbreak and mental instability, but it’s the triumphant tone and reinforced core of the music he uses to hold Vectrex together. Lead single Waste builds on its industrial percussion and buzzing pads with swirling vocoders that makes its anxious pining thick and overwhelming, later released in the warmth of The Road Home and Flatline Hotline’s final plea for understanding, the outline of Vectrex’s narrative found in the push-and-pull between waiting on connection and all the hope and anger between those few moments of release. The album’s first half is a killer six-track run, going from Sunshine (Like a Butterfly)’s apocalyptic electropop into the explosive back-to-back synthpop of Executioner and Heart Racer into the murky pop rap cut Mayday and Remains’ gorgeous drum and bass, culminating in the fiery centerpiece Light for a finale of jersey club drums and gospel harmonies - spreading the album out track by track might seem straightforward, but it outlines how Atterberry’s music can change in an instant, always pushing the boundaries of what can fit into his wiry electronica. There’s dozens of things to point out in any song here, be it Heart Racer’s panning arcade synths or the vocal sampling in New Vortex fully revealed in the outro, Vectrex filled with all these little things that make the full experience so fulfilling, sitting squarely in the sound and energy of homemade pop and operating on the idea that being able to make music on your own time should result in the fullest sound possible. Atterberry’s got as much time as he desires to pull off his vision, and Vectrex reaps the highest possible rewards from that.

All this detail can come at a cost to clarity, which is where the few rough spots of Vectrex reveal themselves. Vocal harmonies can feel unevenly balanced due to Atterberry’s lower voice and the digital effects needed to add those higher octaves, Sunshine (Like a Butterfly)’s chorus noticeably muddy between the thick chord layers and electric guitars and noisy drumming, while the undeniably lovely The Road Home is mixed quieter to fit in Atterberry’s dark bass voice, leading guest vocalist TaylorMae to stick out in her verse - none of these little things are enough to cause any major issues, but Atterberry’s fine tuning of the production for himself can leave features and certain instrumentation exposed much more than the rest, the monumental force of his music still tailored foremost to him. That’s not to say there aren’t fantastic features: hyperpop darling saoirse dream makes an appearance on the penultimate Flatline Hotline with a short and sweet verse atop its breakbeat drumming and thick piano chords; That Guy Veezy drops one of his strongest verses to date on the trippy final half of Mayday; shoegazer Divine Intentions layers their voice in hyperpop voice filters for the ear candy chorus of Heart Racer; but these features are given distinct sections where the production can be brought down to their level, whereas TaylorMae or The Arizon don’t fit in nearly as tight in their respective tracks. Regardless, Vectrex's uncompromising nature and passionate energy takes it all the way to the finish line, Atterberry’s quest for a steady path diverging across twelve lovely songs that make it clear how powerful he is with a specific and singular goal in mind.

A ton of ideas in just 37 minutes, Vectrex makes good on its promises, not a moment going to waste as Atterberry creates synthpop as catchy as it is adventurous. He never loses sight of what makes his music tick, even when drifting off into drum and bass or moody piano ballads, always daring to add one more level to his music and see how he can twist and turn it to fit somewhere in the mix. There’s no telling where he might go, but when he does reveal it the results are always electrifying - how many other albums would be so ambitious as to include a romantic dream pop cut between two of its heaviest electronic songs? It’s a joy from start to finish, cataloging the emotional waves of an uneven relationship and the loneliness that comes with every moment. His writing may speak of insecurity and confusion, but his music undoubtedly is not: Vectrex knows what it wants to be, and Atterberry materializes its every wish. He may still be doing it all on his own, but it’s tough to imagine him doing it any other way, Vectrex’s galactic pop achieved completely on his own terms. It’s a lot, and that’s exactly how he pulls you in.

#garrett atterberry #vectrex #fairchild collective #alternative r&b #alt-pop #dance #dance pop #edm #electronic #electropop #hip hop #indie pop #pop #r&b #synthpop #2023 #9/10 #album review #album reviews #new music #music review #music reviews #music recs #2023 albums #luuurien

[blood-powered-radio]

Content Warning: Explicit Language

Candi Carpenter - Nervous System

from the album Demonology (Part 1), 2023

Another song with a fantastic video! A friend sent me this, said it reminded them of me and I would like it, they were Very correct 🧠

Video Warning - Mild Flashing Effects

#halloween #music #music video #video #mad science #cannibalism #alternative #indie #2020s #candi carpenter #nervous system #demonology #alt-pop #pop

[nineteenfiftysix]

PinkPantheress - Capable Of Love (Heaven Knows, 2023)

#pinkpantheress #heaven knows #alt-pop #2-step #breakbeat #warner music

[rhythmicwizard]

#music #tunes #joesef #indie soul #alternative pop #alt-pop

[tornbluefoamcouch]

Artista: Arlo Parks Álbum: Collapsed In Sunbeans Ano: 2021 Faixas/Tempo: 12/39min Estilo: Bedroom Pop/Neo-Soul/Alt-Pop Data de Execução: 30/08/2023 Nota: 7,0 Melhor Música: Eugene

#arlo parks #collapsed in sunbeans #2021 #bedroom pop #neo-soul #alt-pop #eugene #Youtube

[reckonslepoisson]

Fishmonger, Underscores (2021)

Underscores’ hyperpop feels more like bedroom pop or normal indie/emo, just with added restlessness and hyperactivity. While the most interesting ideas on Fishmonger are actually quite attention grabbing, I can’t say I’m enthralled by all of it.

Pick: ‘Dry land 2001’

#fishmonger #underscores #indie #indie rock #indie pop #hyperpop #alternative R&B #alt-pop #emo #pop rock #2021 #music #review #music review

[imafailxre]

Ayyy check my new song ‘Insomnia’ on Spotify! YouTube or Soundcloud 

#insomnia #bedroom pop #R&B #Music #Song #Original music #lgbt #gwlg #can't sleep #anxiety #lofi pop #alt-pop #alt r&b #ariana grande #restless #night drive #vibes #gay #musician #singer #indie r&b #indie

[haveyouheardthisband]

#indie pop #pop rock #alt-pop #2010s #2020s #usa #poll

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Tracklist:

De Selby (Part 1) • De Selby (Part 2) • First Time • Francesca • I, Carrion (Icarian) • Eat Your Young • Damage Gets Done • Who We Are • Son of Nyx • All Things End • To Someone From A Warm Climate (Uiscefhuaraithe) • Butchered Tongue • Anything But • Abstract (Psychopomp) • Unknown / Nth • First Light

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#hyltta-polls #polls #artist: hozier #language: irish #language: english #decade: 2020s #Singer-Songwriter #Pop Soul #Pop Rock #Chamber Pop #Alt-Pop

[ebb---andletgo]

the only thing that i refuse to forget is when you said i was the fuckin’ best.

pretty great, dir. (?) fickle friends, 2020.

#fickle friends #pretty great #are we gonna be all right? #fickle friends gifs #pretty great gifs #are we gonna be all right? gifs #fickle friends music video #pretty great music video #are we gonna be all right? music video #indie rock gifs #indie rock music video #indie pop gifs #indie pop music video #indie rock #indie pop #alternative pop #alt-pop #lesbian #sapphic #wlw #party aesthetic #house party aesthetic #disco ball #colored lights #flashing tw #flashing image warning #flash warning #girls into girls #music recs #aesthetic inspiration

[safety-pin-punk]

19 for the ask game!

19. Song You Just Found: Upgrade by TWIN XL

#mail tag #ask game #alt-pop #twin xl #twin xl upgrade

[luuurien]

Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time

(Dance-Pop, Contemporary R&B, Synthpop)

Carly Rae Jepsen’s companion album to last year’s The Loneliest Time ends up her most experimental, putting down her usual synthpop for songs that fizz with IDM beats and French house grooves and funk basslines. The Loveliest Time may not be her most consistent, but it’s by far her most surprising.

☆☆☆☆

Right from the start, The Loveliest Time places itself as Carly Rae Jepsen’s strangest album. Far from the anthemic synthpop she usually kicks her albums off with, Anything to Be With You is a dry, playful sunshine pop cut, a honking baritone saxophone and bouncy drum groove opening the album with a lighter atmosphere than ever before. It’s a strange but wonderful way to be introduced to her latest collection of outtakes and B-sides that are much stranger than her offerings from EMOTION or Dedicated, more like the excitement of a fresh start rather than simply more of a good thing. It’s hard to imagine these songs being slotted somewhere on last year’s The Loneliest Time, but all these songs are great regardless, making up her most diverse project yet where synth leads and dance grooves don’t always reign supreme, drifting into the worlds of IDM and funk-pop and expanding her sound without letting go of the bubblegum melodies her voice works best with. It’s more scattered in feeling than her other albums, lacking the thematic cohesion or onslaught of hooks her 2010’s releases prided themselves on, but The Loveliest Time’s slower pace and matured palette plays a different game entirely, seeking to contemplate and fantasize about romance more than it dives head first into it.

The album’s best moments are its most sensitive ones, where the softer beats and lighter instrumentation make way for a new kind of storytelling in her starry-eyed pop. After Last Night’s icy synth leads and scattered drum programming splits the difference between glittery IDM and Jepsen’s moody R&B cuts, Rostam Batmanglij’s sugar-coated production exactly what she needs for this romantic dreaming, while the glossy nu-disco of Shy Boy and Come Over replace her usual yearning with direct calls to action usually reserved for her most intense tracks, the fluttering guitar leads in the latter track the most intense part of the song as she makes her intimate moments as meaningful as the biggest gestures within her songs. It does make the heavier songs on offer feel unusually overpowering - Kamikaze’s fiery synthwave feels especially out of place situated between the breezy opener and After Last Night, and Stadium Love’s throaty belts and noisy synths clash too harshly with the warmth of all eleven tracks that precede it - but The Loveliest Time uses these contrasts to its advantage, expanding on the bits of soft rock and organic ‘90s R&B responsible for some of her last album’s strongest moments with the funk-pop jam Aeroplane or Kollage’s reflective downtempo, working her usual lyrical themes of breakups and hopeless romanticism into instrumentals who don’t require nearly as much intensity to get the same feelings across more effectively than ever before. It won’t knock you off your feet like Cut to the Feeling or sink you into a vibe like Too Much, but The Loveliest Time fully owns its brand of relaxed dance-pop where being a little left-of-center supports her new musical goals.

It does bring to the surface some of the strongest songs in her discography, particularly in the album’s magnificent second half. Psychedelic Switch’s blissed-out French house finds itself right at the heart of a new love Jepsen can’t get enough of, four-on-the-floor kicks and disco strings and flickering guitar loops pushing her music to a hypnotic, full-body high worn beautifully by her lively voice. Put It to Rest makes fantastic use of its darker atmosphere and snaggletoothed breakbeats as Jepsen lets go of situations and people she hadn’t handled with the most grace, taking ownership of what she’d lost and letting grief hang over her music more than ever before, putting the sentimentality of Shadow and After Last Night’s into context as part of Jepsen’s effort to let go of past hangups and push herself back into the light. The Loveliest Time is extroverted and willing to get a little weird with things, handling the artificiality of So Right and Come Over’s shuffling nu-disco with a commitment to her heart that overcomes just how gummy and bright the beats are, never so sweet to where it becomes a purely joyous experience as Jepsen contemplates how always seeking out romance puts her in precarious but wonderful positions, putting solid pop songcraft underneath songs foremost about Jepsen’s honest emotions. Her foundation hasn’t changed, and that’s inarguably a good thing.

While the wide range of feelings and production styles make it a little too clear it’s a collection of outtakes at times, the strength of The Loveliest Time’s songs nonetheless prevails. She scales every feeling here from sheer ecstasy to romantic defeat with the same confidence as usual, the flexibility of this being an outtakes album allowing her to add in new ideas and sounds without bending them to whatever the feel of her latest album is, The Loveliest Time going from careful and introspective to maddeningly euphoric in the blink of an eye and all the better for it. It’s easily her best B-side collection yet, matching the highs of EMOTION: SIDE B and the surprise left turns of Dedicated Side B and adding some new flavors of bubbly dance pop along the way. The Loveliest Time may be the strangest album she’s put out to date, and just through that it becomes one of her most thrilling and dynamic listens, promising even more electrifying anthems and oddball electropop with the same level of ingenuity and sincerity she’s always had. It may surprise more than usual, but Carly Rae Jepsen is as lovely to listen to as ever.

#carly rae jepsen #the loveliest time #interscope #alternative r&b #alt-pop #contemporary r&b #dance pop #electronic #electropop #funk #nu-disco #pop #r&b #synthpop #2023 #8/10 #album review #album reviews #new music #new albums #music recs #luuurien