The National and Bon Iver featuring Taylor Swift

[crash_davis 23038]

I know this thread will get shit on but interested to hear your manly opinions of Taylor Swift's folklore and evermore albums. evermore just dropped last night.

I heard her old stuff just because I have daughters. In case you didn't know, teenage girls love TS. However, with folklore, her sound and style definitely changed. Aaron Dessner of the National worked with her on folklore. Many of the songs stylistically had the imprints of The National songs. Justin Vernon of Bon Iver also contributed. folklore was definitely TS growing up and evolving from her teenage girl angst pop stuff.

evermore completes that transformation. Most of the album sound like The National and Bon Iver songs. Match those songs stylistically with TS's great writing skills and evermore is a damn honest, dare I saw really good album. I don't listen to any of her old stuff but evermore is good shit.

You may commence with the jokes...

 

TS with the National

TS with Justin Vernon, from evermore

from folklore

 

Edited December 11, 2020 by crash_davis

[C-Man 26535]

I thoroughly enjoyed Folklore, though I haven't really gone back to it since listening a handful of times after it first came out. I love The National and really like Bon Iver. Thanks for the heads-up on this.

[UncleSonny 6455]

I liked Folklore a lot. I also have a young daughter and it was a great compromise album to put on the last few months. Listening to the new one now, it does sound like a National album, especially because 'I am easy to find' had so many tracks featuring female vocalists. Wonder what the chances are they can get Swift to return the favor and jump on a track on their next album. 

Relatedly, I guess I have to admit to myself that Jack Antonoff is a pretty great producer. I passionately hate Fun and every time I see him I get full body douche chills but the guy seemingly has some serious talent when working with other artists. 

[crash_davis 23038]

Up until the last two albums, this is the song that made me really think, "Damn, you ain't singing only about teenage angst shit no more." Before False God, Dress was other indication that she was a woman, had woman needs, and wasn't afraid to express them now. On False God, I remember hearing "the altar is my hips" line and immediately looking at my daughters to see if they understood it. That's the epiphany that TS is all growed up. I think she's been trending towards making this more adult shit for a couple of years. Really like how different this song was from most all of her previous stuff. Saxophone, on a TS song. 

 

[Tom 2959]

I've been liking Taylor Swift unapologetically since the 1989 album. 

The National have been my favorite band since TWFM.  My only complaint about this new album of Swift's is that Matt only has one duet with her.

[Red Five 40109]

I liked Folklore a lot. After one listen to Evermore, think I like it more. 

[usmc0331horn 919]

I liked Folklore a lot better and have listened to it many times. I'll have to give Evermore a few more listens to figure it out.

[TommyGufano 6021]

She's great; won't catch any shit from me

 

[jimmyjazz 45055]

I don't think I own any of her albums, but I've liked a lot of what I've heard in the last decade or so.  The production on her music is stellar.  It's just really fun to listen to.

[South Austin 51410]

Didn’t appreciate Taylor Swift until Ryan Adams covered the entirety of the 1989 album and I really listened to the lyrics. She’s a damn good songwriter, and I’m a fan of her last two albums. 

And it’s a great way to musically bond with your teenage daughter without cringing over some sophomoric pop drivel.

[TwiceHorn 30715]

Dammit, you guys are gonna make me listen to Taylor Swift, arentcha?

I have seen similar things said about both albums.

[HenryJames 64901]

Pics of teenage daughters not showing up for some reason.

[Henry Hill 3156]

[hullabelew 3697]

Never heard of song off Folklore.  Hell, never heard of the album but like all that was posted above.  Will have to listen more. Thanks for posting this.   I never thought Liz Rose got the credit for those early songs she deserved and according to a couple of people I know, it really wasn't much of a co-write situation.  

[Mole 4265]

I force myself to keep up with musical trends so I don’t get calcified ears. I tried listening to her new album but found it really boring. It’s really well executed, but I thought it was painfully uninteresting.