It’s always exciting when a major artist completely upends expectations, and that’s what Post Malone succinctly does with the latest track from his upcoming Hollywood’s Bleeding album. The Song That Can Slide Effortlessly Onto Your End-Of-Summer Labor Day Playlist: The entire project is worth close study and feverish discussion, but Tool newbies should try “7empest” on for size: the guitar solo that swoops in a little before the five-minute mark is the type of thrill that fans have waited over a decade to experience again.Įvery Lana Del Rey Song, Ranked: Critic's List Fear Innoculum rewards patience in terms of sheer size - 86 minutes of new music, with over half of the songs extending beyond the 10-minute mark - but also with vital, expertly built rock passages, with Maynard James Keenan’s voice remaining an indispensable harbinger of intensity and Danny Carey reminding everyone why he must be included in the best-drummers-alive discussion. There are long-awaited new albums, and then there’s what Tool fans just went through: 13 years since the last full-length from the art-metal auteurs, with various shows and side projects in between. The Album That Hard-Rock Devotees Will Be Poring Over For Years: Del Rey has never been more in control, and her narrative has not only torched the cynics, but also surprised those who never saw her as an all-timer.
It’s an album for troubled times in America, but it’s also soothing in its nostalgic pangs (“Give me Hallmark / One dream, one life, one lover,” she sings on “Venice Bitch”) and frank in its discussion of power dynamics. Norman Fucking Rockwell! is the sound of unadulterated ambition, as Del Rey takes her uncanny lyrical observations and vocal yearning, pairs them with Jack Antonoff’s measured song construction, and shoots for the moon.
She has been an undisputed star for some time, and could coast by for years on the smoky timbre of her voice if she really wanted, but Del Rey absolutely refuses to settle. Norman F**king Rockwell will arrive in 2019.The Album In Which an Established Star Levels Up, Again:Įarlier in her career, Lana Del Rey overcame skepticism and outright dismissiveness by putting a premium on songwriting, atmosphere and authenticity of aesthetic. “Like, why do you do this to us? Can you make a three-minute normal pop song? I was like, ‘Well, end of summer, some people just wanna drive around for 10 minutes get lost in some electric guitar.’” Are you kidding me? It’s called ‘Venice B***h’.” CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)Īppearing on Beats 1 Radio last month, Rey said of the song: “I played it for my managers and I was like, ‘Yeah I think this is the single I want to put out.’ And they were like, ‘It’s 10-minutes long. Lana Del Rey got a look at the new iPad after a special event at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. The song, which is 10 minutes long, was a follow up to the recently-released “Mariners Apartment Complex”. She also belted out her recent single “Venice B***h”, which she said she’d just call “Venice” for the sake of the “no swearing” rule. RELATED: Lana Del Rey Threatens To ‘F**k Up’ Azealia Banks
Lana Del Rey debuted a new song and got an iPad Pro demo at the Apple Event