Friday, February 27, 2009

Tori Amos - Abnormally Attracted to Sin (Spoilers!)

The album is totally different from anything else that she has ever done. Tori has gone electro. Lots of drumlines and weird sounds and synths. One song is totally disco ("DeleteDeleteDelete"), which is the song that my friend provided additional programming on. This is, to put it simply, an "electro-pop record, very fresh and very modern but focusing on deeply emotional songwriting and intricate synthesizer melodies." Anyway, my friend was at Martian Studios when this was getting mastered over the past few days and got to listen to a spin of the record in complete form. He said that he was really surprised by it and mentioned that the production values are incredible. The album is done but the artwork and the visualettes are still in the final stages. UPDATE: He texted me a brief description of each song based on his initial listen.

01. Infringement
"80's style pop, really groovy and chic with a really loud synthesizer...heavy beats on the chorus and a really catchy bridge."

02. Air Raids
"synthpop...the melody of the synthesizer is really gorgeous and the chorus has lots of layered vocals...it sounds really airy..."

03. Losing the Girl
"piano pop...the melody is happy and the chorus sounds upbeat but the lyrics are sad."

04. We Grew Up Together
"disco ballad! favorite song so far! sounds like something from 'confessions on a dancefloor!' love the chorus!"

05. How to Destroy Matter
"pure electronica. great track, the bassline on the chorus is extremely loud and i can totally imagine blasting this one in the car...really good lyrics."

06. Vox
"industrial...like a birth child of zero point and datura..."

07. Nanotechs and Biology
"techno! lots of bleeps and sounds and a really fast beat! awesome lyrics!"

08. Deciphering the Formula
"indie pop...has a dreamy kind of feel to it...kind of like something asobi seksu would record."

09. Artificial Blue
"electro-pop...really melodious and the synths are awesome...very pretty, but not a ballad. hard to describe."

10. The Suburban Chronicles
"70's style pop...like something that nancy sinatra would do...different and cool!"

11. Luna Base
"synthrock...really into this one, it sounds like the killers or innerpartysystem..."

12. Taking Pictures of Monsters
"indie rock...the guitars are really melodious and the piano sounds complex...probably the most mellow track so far."

13. Eidolon
"whoa! new fave! this is total dance pop with lots of synths and a really, really, really good beat! it sounds like a lady gaga song! crazy! could this be the first single?"

14. Only Yesterday
"60's style pop...sounds hauntingly similar to the mamas and the papas...love the lyrics...really pretty..."

15. What Jacob Said
"electro rock. sounds like hotel on steroids. the bridge is really long and really trippy and cool."

16. DeleteDeleteDelete
"disco! the track i worked on...yeah, it sounds like blondie meets css meets scissor sisters...really great and unlike anything tori has done!"

17. Long Division
"piano rock ballad...really long and the lyrics are cool...her vocals are really soaring on the chorus...the drums sound especially nice and there is a cool ambient vibe to this track. a nice end to the album."

6 comments:

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  2. You don't really have to reveal your sources at the time of such small news about the album but I have a feeling your source may be unreliable and not trustworthy. I don't dismiss the possibility of Tori taking this direction but as of lately, we have been receiving VERY little information about the album and she has truly remain tight-lipped on this (god knows why. we're dying for news!) and so have her crew members.

    So I'm not calling it a fake yet but as I have said, with the way she's handling this, I have valid reasons to consider the possibility that it could be fake. So for now, bask in the spotlight because it may be whisked away from you if it turns out to be fake.

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  3. Trust Me. The record could be much more ''dance'' than you think.

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