what the fuck are these songs even about

beetles and eggs

>caring about lyrics
Literally the least important part of an album, only plebs fucking care about lyrics

Cherries

the same stuff most songs are about - love and related topics
the lyrics are pretty good despite being buried at the bottom in the mixing and being slapped with 100 layers of reverb

>>73841097
t. illiterate brainlet

>>73841108
t. turbopleb with a superiority complex

IIRC a lot of them are about her baby

>>73841108
he's right in this case. it's like asking what a sigur ros album is about.

>>73841157
im of the opinion of if an album's primary draw is specifically it's lyrics, it's a mediocre album at best. IT would require some incredibly raw or philosophical songwriting to change that

>>73841054

opiate buzzes and digital effects boxes ?

i dont know OP i gave their discography a good try and didnt get it either

>>73841194
I like the music a lot, I'm just mildly aggravated by how the lyrics come up just short of being evocative.

>>73841054
her kid and robin are a lot of it

>>73841181
I think it depends on the genre, for instance Bob Dylan's word-play is just as important as the folk standard he's singing over in his early work.

The lyrical content of the vocals here however are simply not supposed to be what your ear is focused on.

>>73841275
Folk typically tends to be my exception to the rule, usually because the writing takes it a keenly poetic edge, but you're right, it does depend on genre, but as a general rule of thumb I worry about the lyrics when listening to an album last, unless it's clear they're an important aspect

>>73841054
lazy days and blues and bells and bills and aches and pains

iceblinks

again I ask, why does /mu/ suddenly have an interest in Cocteau Twins? for years they were mentioned once in a blue moon. now I see 4-5 mentions per day.

>>73842222
THOSE QUADS MUST BE WHY I'M THINKING OF LAS VEGAS
DIGITS OR LAS VEGAS

>>73842222
they've always been mentioned in shoegays threads. dunno if there's actually a spike in popularity or not.

having a baby

>>73842222
Some random album gets recommended, People listen to it, It gets more and more mentions, momentum builds up, then most people get tired of the album and it fades back to irrelevance. This is the usual scenario unless the album gets so much hype that it ends up becoming a meme.

>>73841054
The only album that got a message across without understanding the lyrics.
The pain in those vocals is real. That band was in hell at that period.

She had a child with junkie lead guitarist dad. Boy that must have felt horrible.

>>73841097
The lyrics carry her melodies further. But those melodies can stand on their own.

>>73842222
The fuck, /mu/ has fawned over shoegaze and dream pop since the dawn of time.

>>73842222
One of the most underrated bands in history.

She sounds like a fucking goddess. I don't even know how she manages to make those weird melodies and textural things with her voice.

On the one hand, it's a bit like the Celtic equivalent of "Mongol throat singing".
On the other, it is far more beautiful but also far more painful. It's a bit like keening.