Nostalgia zip frank ocean

But just piecing together all the levels to do it at the level, the quality of records I wanted to make… But, it was a process I appreciate so much. That's what this record felt like. I was just trying to make a record with the shit that I wanted to express. The shit that I wanted to get off my chest. It doesn't matter what the details of it are. He continued, "you gotta make sure the listener is listening to you, so if you put it into a song, often times, if the song is striking enough, then you can really deliver the story most effectively while keeping the ear of the listener the whole time.

I guess it all starts with the stories for me. But you have fun with the imagery, and for me the whole concept that everything has to be Like, nobody gets upset with a director when a director's film isn't about his life. People think that with a recording artist that shit has to be like a fucking play by play of their whole life, but it's not. It's imagery, and a little bit of satire. The album begins with a melodic cover of "Strawberry Swing" by English alternative rock band Coldplay.

Connor O'Neill of The Miscellany News writes that the cover begins the album with "so much atmosphere you almost melt into it" and then "spreads you over an apocalyptic swan song".

The song ends abruptly with the rude sound of an alarm clock, followed by the "nightmarish" song "Novacane". It has been called a love song of sorts, with influence taken from alternative hip hop group The Pharcyde.

Lyrically the track explores a narrative in which the singer meets a girl attempting to pay her way through dental school by working in porn. Ocean meets the girl at Coachella, a musical festival which takes place in Indio, California. Ocean serves as the protagonist in the song, in love with a girl "so gone on drugs that Ocean, wanting to be close to her, has no choice but to get gone on those same drugs".

The pair get high using dental local anesthetics. Ocean serves as an unreliable narrator. This is reported to give the album a more nostalgic feel; the record is "held together by tiny interludes named after s video games in which the unmistakable sounds of a cassette player rewinding, fast-forwarding, and stopping are heard".

On the track "We All Try", Ocean speaks out against homophobia. According to The Guardian, "Odd Future's frequent use of the word 'faggot' unsettled liberal stomachs", and that "Ocean was brave enough to stand alone once more, declaring on 'We All Try': 'I believe that marriage isn't between a man and woman, but between love and love'. Pitchfork Media wrote that "in a skit called "Bitches Talkin", the ladies tell him to cut it out with the damn Radiohead, while "Optimistic" is playing in the background; in 'Songs 4 Women', he obliges—he's an indie kid when it comes to alienation but a pragmatist when it comes to sex.

The song offers a self-effacing perspective, with a numbed, restrained delivery. Lyrically the track expresses a narrative where he tries to arrange an after-school meeting in his dad's empty house and brags about harmonizing to Otis, Isley and Marvin. He laments that his woman doesn't listen to him or his music: "It's like she never heard of me. The mixtape also contains several references to American director Stanley Kubrick and his films, most notably Eyes Wide Shut.

Nicole Kidman's adulterous soliloquy from the film can be heard during the song "Lovecrimes", adding a sense of manic dread. Following that is the track "There Will Be Tears". The song has been described as emotional in nature, containing a glitchy beat sampled from Mr Hudson, with heavily synthesised vocals. The song is a grim escape fantasy describing a murder suicide, which "has the singer driving his car to the shore, his trunk 'bleeding' with 'broken hearts'.

The track expresses an extended tale of a shotgun marriage and subsequent divorce. User icon An illustration of a person's head and chest. Sign up Log in. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book.

Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Strawberry Swing. There Will Be Tears. The guy has been surrounded with a lot of controversy since his blog post, talking about his sexuality.

But really, who cares about that? This album is the thing which matters and it hit the internet yesterday night during Jimmy Fallon. Enjoy this fine download. Thinking of You, Lost, and Forrest Gump are the only notable tracks in my opinion. Swim Good and Novacaine are really the only standout songs on there and practically everything else was just him singing over a well known instrumental.