Lovely piece! Saya’s quickly become my favorite musician. I had a similar experience with QWERTY II — took me a good week to fully digest and “get” what I was listening to. DIPAD33 / W.I.D.F.U is probably also my favorite track, the outro has me floating EVERY TIME. That said, MAVIS BEACON at times takes that spot. Oddly enough, the first track is also my least favorite, but I still love it, which says something about the strength of the record.
As an aside, I was at the Saya Gray listening party in NYC for her debut album and it certainly is a more accessible record, but she does a great job of weaving in some of that experimental DNA throughout, so those of us who fw the weird sonics still have something to eat on. It’s a sad world if this record doesn’t broaden the conversation around her work.
Looking forward to your thoughts on it + favorite songs. By the way, she’s selling the vinyl at the events so I copped it early. Have had the album on repeat since Saturday.
Lovely piece! Saya’s quickly become my favorite musician. I had a similar experience with QWERTY II — took me a good week to fully digest and “get” what I was listening to. DIPAD33 / W.I.D.F.U is probably also my favorite track, the outro has me floating EVERY TIME. That said, MAVIS BEACON at times takes that spot. Oddly enough, the first track is also my least favorite, but I still love it, which says something about the strength of the record.
As an aside, I was at the Saya Gray listening party in NYC for her debut album and it certainly is a more accessible record, but she does a great job of weaving in some of that experimental DNA throughout, so those of us who fw the weird sonics still have something to eat on. It’s a sad world if this record doesn’t broaden the conversation around her work.
looks like we have a lot in common! thanks for sharing. I’m headed to the listening party tonight in Toronto, look forward to reporting back 🫡
Looking forward to your thoughts on it + favorite songs. By the way, she’s selling the vinyl at the events so I copped it early. Have had the album on repeat since Saturday.