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Shingai - Echoes of You (2020)

Tags: pop, 2020s, shingai

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  1. [5]
    kfwyre
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    Shingai was the lead singer of the Noisettes, if anyone here was into them. I just found out she put out a solo album last year, and it's splendid. I genuinely wasn't sure which track I should...

    Shingai was the lead singer of the Noisettes, if anyone here was into them. I just found out she put out a solo album last year, and it's splendid. I genuinely wasn't sure which track I should link, as they're all so good in different ways.

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    1. [4]
      cfabbro
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      I knew she looked/sounded familiar! I was just about to do some digging to figure out where I might know her from, but decided to check the comments first instead. Neat. I didn't realize she had a...

      I knew she looked/sounded familiar! I was just about to do some digging to figure out where I might know her from, but decided to check the comments first instead. Neat. I didn't realize she had a solo album either, and will definitely be checking it out now, so thanks for sharing this.

      p.s. Shingai - Too Bold - https://album.link/i/1535168096

      And speaking of the Noisettes, my favorite cover of theirs, for good measure:
      Noisettes - When You Were Young (The Killers cover)

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        kfwyre
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        Glad to know I'm not alone! I loved the Noisettes (especially their second album Wild Young Hearts), but I feel like they were completely and undeservedly overlooked. Her voice and her vocal...

        Glad to know I'm not alone! I loved the Noisettes (especially their second album Wild Young Hearts), but I feel like they were completely and undeservedly overlooked. Her voice and her vocal delivery are absolutely incredible. Case in point: my favorite from them is Shingai's genuinely nervewracking live performance of "Atticus".

        Also that album link is missing Bandcamp!

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        1. [2]
          cfabbro
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          TBH, the Noisette's albums were pretty hit or miss for me, but damn, that Atticus performance was great. After listening to it, Shingai's solo album was also a bit hit or miss for me too,...

          TBH, the Noisette's albums were pretty hit or miss for me, but damn, that Atticus performance was great.

          After listening to it, Shingai's solo album was also a bit hit or miss for me too, unfortunately. I enjoyed Echoes Of You (which is why I was so hopeful for the album after listening to your submission), Too Bold, Ghost Town, and Afterglow. However all the other tracks fell really flat for me for some reason. :(

          As for Songlink/Odesli, unfortunately they're not able to automatically provide Bandcamp links like they can for pretty much every other service, due to Bandcamp not having a public API, and its private API basically being useless. They can manually add Bandcamp links upon request from the artist though, which is why some albums have them listed.

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          1. kfwyre
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            Ah, sorry it didn’t grab you. I just checked, and I thumbs-upped almost every single track on the album save the intro, interlude, and outro. For me it’s absolutely sublime.

            Ah, sorry it didn’t grab you. I just checked, and I thumbs-upped almost every single track on the album save the intro, interlude, and outro. For me it’s absolutely sublime.

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