#last night in the bittersweet

[fallimentiquotidiani]

I never told you, I loved you

I never told you, I loved you

When I looked into your acid eyes

Into your acid eyes

I never told you, I loved you

I never told you, I loved you

And I looked into your acid eyes

You did the damage when you walked in the room

You started whistling my favourite tune

You did the damage, yeah, it's done from the start

It's like you swallowed my heart

It's like you swallowed my heart

Oh, I

I never told you, I loved you

I never told you, I loved you

And I looked into your acid eyes

Into your acid eyes

I never told you, I loved you

I never told you, I loved you

And I looked into your acid eyes

Into your acid eyes

And we were gone

Up into outer space, my mind was on

I played guitar while you painted the romance

You moved so fast

We'd never last

And now you're gone

Away to Mexico, my mind is on

She's in my car while you're asking him to dance

I should have asked

I never asked

So baby, now

I never told you, I loved you

I never told you, I loved you

And I looked into your acid eyes

Into your acid eyes

I never told you, I loved you

I never told you, I loved you

And I looked into your acid eyes

Those shadows met me shaking in the hollow hour

As my memories were melting in the sun

Yeah, the memories are melting on the broken flowers

And the cicadas sang the chorus like they were singing for us

Those shadows met me shaking in the hollow hour

As my memories were melting in the sun

Yeah, the memories are melting on the broken flowers

And the cicadas sang the chorus, they sang on, and on, and on, and on

Ooh

I never told you, I loved you

I never told you, I loved you

And I looked into your acid eyes

Into your acid eyes

I never told you, I loved you

I never told you, I loved you

And I looked into your acid eyes

Into your acid eyes

Into your acid eyes

Into your acid eyes

Into your acid eyes

Into your acid eyes

#Acid eyes #Paolo nutini #Last night in the bittersweet

[sirgawin]

Paolo Nutini - Last Night in the Bittersweet (2022)

#paolo nutini #last night in the bittersweet #edits #so glad he's back <3

[nostalgiccbloom]

#paolo nutini #audio #music #last night in the bittersweet #julianne

[newmusickarl]

Top 50 Albums of 2022

17. Last Night In The Bittersweet by Paolo Nutini

I must admit I had completely forgotten all about Paolo Nutini’s existence.

Eight years since the Scottish singer-songwriter last released an album, that was long enough for him to fade out of my memory altogether. That’s not for disliking his music either – although I really wasn’t keen on his debut These Streets, there were plenty of moments on his subsequent releases (Sunny Side Up and Caustic Love) that I played a lot at the time. However, in today’s current climate of hypersonic music release schedules, taking eight years out is a big risk as there’s no guarantee you’ll be able to get back the same spot that you left behind. Thankfully for Paolo though, just a few songs were all it took to instantly remind me of why he was always such a heralded songwriter.

Whilst his last two records saw him evolve from his soul-pop origins to explore more diverse sonic landscapes, bringing in elements of jazz, country and R&B, Paolo takes things even further on his magnificent fourth album, Last Night In The Bittersweet. Across the album’s expansive sixteen track odyssey that clocks in well over an hour, he bounces between those previously deployed stylistic traits, but also throws in a few new ones as well – most notably new wave, indie rock and ambient electronica. It all makes for a dazzling, eclectic and richly textured listen.

The first part of the record in particular is simply one of the best opening six track runs I heard in the whole of 2022. Opener Afterneath begins ominously before Paolo’s vocal screeches engulf the space, carrying with them strong shades of Zeppelin-era Robert Plant. From there the track rumbles on like a freeform jam session, overlaid with Paolo’s hypnotic spoken verse and snippets of 1993 classic crime film True Romance (which Tarantino even gets a songwriting credit for here). It’s a startling beginning to the record, as Paolo then brings things back to more familiar territory with stunning soulful rock track Radio (which you can hear above), with its glistening guitars and spine-tingling, repeated cries of ��I want love.”

Lead single Through The Echoes is up next, an exquisitely crafted, stripped back love song where Paolo’s heartfelt vocals are the star of the show. Acid Eyes then might be my favourite from the record, with its instantly memorable refrain and jangly melancholic guitars, sounding a bit like Because of the Times-era Kings of Leon. Stranded Words may be branded as an interlude but is a great track itself, with Paolo’s Celtic tones speaking softly in a hymnal-like way over some quiet synths. Subsequent track Lose It then rounds off this incredible opening run, entering from the other end of the spectrum as a raucous guitar-driven rock track but with a tinge of gospel thrown in too.

However, it’s not just the opening section where this album radiates out the speakers, there are plenty of gems lurking in the latter half of the record too. Everywhere starts off quiet and subdued before erupting into a huge crescendo of soaring guitar riffs and soulful cries. Children of The Stars is then a wonderfully mesmeric and bluesy number whilst Desperation is a pulsating Strokes-esque jittery rock track, which culminates in probably the album’s finest guitar passage. The album then eventually draws to a close with epic penultimate track and seven-minute-long ballad Take Me Take Mine. Once your ears have wandered through its labyrinth of spacey synths and dreamy guitars, Dylan-inspired acoustic track Writer then ends the record on a heartfelt and reflective note.

You almost get the sense this was Paolo’s lockdown project, with him passing the time by just having fun with his instruments and exploring these different sounds. The album art for Last Night In The Bittersweet is Paolo sat in a room with an array of instruments around him and that really is the record’s whole vibe - like you’re sat in a room with him as he’s playing you this eclectic range of songs. Whilst I still think it may be a touch too long, on the 12 or 13 tracks where it does hit, you’ll be completely swept away by the raw brilliance of Paolo’s vocal and songwriting talents.

Best tracks: Radio, Acid Eyes, Through The Echoes

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[mrsitchyfeet]

I could not seem to find A way out of my worried mind

#paolo nutini #lose it #love this tune #last night in the bittersweet #rock #alternative #music #song #lyrics

[i-zabelaus]

yesssssssssss

#paolo nutini #live #new album #last night in the bittersweet #2022 #favourite ones

[cantquitu]

That Paolo album is *chefs kiss* love it

It's amazing, I keep going back to it.

#last night in the bittersweet #paolo nutini

[fluttytheflutt]

this movie messed me up 💖💕

#quickie doodle I did immediately after finishing the movie last night #pls check it out its so silly & bittersweet #rlly glad it got nominated for an Oscar it deserved it #i love them #robot dreams #robot dreams fanart #robdog #robot and dog #mi amigo robot #mon ami robot

[belwoodmusic]

Album Review: Paolo Nutini - Last Night In The Bittersweet

Album Review: Paolo Nutini – Last Night In The Bittersweet

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#last night in the bittersweet #music #music review #Paolo Nutini

[lunapaper]

Album Review: 'Last Night in the Bittersweet' - Paolo Nutini

Paolo Nutini really is the Carmen Sandiego of the music world. Just where in the world was he all these years? 

The truth isn’t really as dramatic or mysterious as you might think: He travelled, gave random performances in random bars and clubs, wrote, listened to a lot of records during the pandemic, had his heart broken… 

‘The realities of doing this and the whole experience doesn’t feel entirely natural to me,’ Nutini told Rolling Stone. ‘I’m not the most extroverted person, but when you’re on a stage you find yourself opening yourself up in that way. The more vulnerable the better, too, when you’re trying to give your audience a piece of you and you’re hoping to get something back. Once that ends, I’ve always had to recalibrate my fucking brain.’ 

And now, the Scottish singer returns to remind us why he’s in a class of his own on fourth album, Last Night in the Bittersweet, traversing incredibly vast sonic terrain while trying to make sense of the past eight years. 

‘Afterneath’ kicks off the record with a wild howl in the darkness, a killer cut of Zepplin-fuelled post-punk that delivers seductively menacing threats while sampling audio snippets from Quentin Tarantino’s 1993 film, True Romance (‘I look back and I'm amazed/That my thoughts were so clear and true/That three words went through my mind endlessly/Repeating themselves like a broken record/You're so cool’). It’s sex and vengeance all rolled into one and, wow, I wanna listen to it over and over again. 

Nutini’s thick Scottish drawl also shines through on interlude ‘Stranded Words,’ evoking the feel of a traditional Celtic paean, and the grimy, Krautrock-inspired ‘Lose It.’ ‘I could not seem to find/A way out of my worried mind,’ he admits while backed by a rousing choir, pounding the pulpit like some sort of rambling beatnik preacher before reaching a state of transcendence. 

‘Desperation’ longs for escape, with a breezy, infectious energy that channels the bewitching majesty of Fleetwood Mac. ‘Petrified in Love’ is the kind of Beatles-esque, paisley-printed joy born to soundtrack an offbeat romcom montage (a compliment, I swear). ‘Children of the Stars’ is acid-tinged psychedelia that praises a ‘woman of wonder’ who moves restlessly and carefree. 

Yet Last Night in the Bittersweet is very much indebted to the agonies and ecstasies of love, much more dreamy-eyed and introspective in comparison to the longing and lust of Caustic Love. 

‘I want love, I want love,’ Nutini sighs on the late-night coastal rock of ‘Radio,’ riding that bassy, smooth FM kind of groove. He declares himself a ‘hopeless romantic’ on the phenomenal ‘Heart Filled Up,’ a Radiohead-style slow burn that just builds and builds until it explodes into a stunning, synth-fuelled aurora, adding hints of whimsy with piping horns and celestial bleeps. 

‘Acid Eyes,’ meanwhile, sees the singer pining for a lover who’s moved to Mexico, conjuring up a vivid slideshow full of buzzing cicadas and memories melting on broken flowers. A brooding post-rock lament, the track was originally intended as a duet with Danielle Haim, but Nutini was too ‘anxious’ to ask, which is strangely endearing. 

The ghostly post-rock of ‘Shine a Light’ has him laying content in another’s arms, unable to speak or think. On the country-dusted ‘Abigail,’ he’s envisioning domestic bliss, the sort that’ll make any girl listening wish it was them. 

The record is raw, anxious and unpredictable, but Nutini’s penchant for old-school soul still remains.  

Recent single ‘Through the Echoes’ already feels like a timeless classic, a pandemic-era ballad that combines the yearning soul of Otis Redding with the classic rock reverence of Creedence Clearwater Revival. ‘Everywhere’ recalls big band showstoppers like ‘One Day’ and ‘No Other Way’ from 2009’s Sunny Side Up, Nutini basically tearing his heart out to give us one of his best vocal performances yet. 

Last Night in the Bittersweet ends with a trifecta of gut-wrenching ballads, bringing plenty of romantic regret to the fore. 

The string-laced, Lennon-esque’ heartbreaker ‘Julianne’ bids farewell to an old love, making peace in a soft haze of swirling psychedelics. ‘Take Me, Take Mine’ is sweeping lounge jazz, Nutini’s voice so achingly tender at times, that it threatens to break as he begs a lover to take his peace of mind in place of their own.  

‘Writer,’ however, is a rich, varied summation of the past eight years. ‘And I wanna thank you, for all that its cost you,’ he sings over weathered guitar, ‘For being the most beautiful part of my life,’ before bidding ‘thank you, good luck and goodnight,’ emerging from the experience weary, but much more clear-eyed and hopeful. 

From anyone else, Last Night in the Bittersweet would be too long, too bloated and too experimental.  

But in Nutini’s hands, it’s a sprawling magnum opus. It takes a couple of listens for it to truly sink in, but when it does, it’s truly euphoric.  

Produced alongside longtime collaborators Dani Castelar and Gavin Fitzjohn, the singer expands his oeuvre in new and charmingly batshit ways, which helps to give the record a raw, analogue feel, as if it were all performed live in the studio. The storytelling is goddamn poetry, turning existential crises and romantic confessions into gold spun hooks; the arrangements truly sublime as Nutini & co. build walls upon walls of sound. 

Although still criminally underrated, Nutini is at a rather enviable point in his career, able to present a record as diverse as this to his label and not be at the mercy of algorithms or trends; producing tracks that already sound timeless. Even his social media presence is limited to just promo stuff. In a sea of disposable pop, he’s a truly old-school act. 

Hope we don’t have to wait another eight years for the next album… 

- Bianca B. 

#music #paolo nutini #last night in the bittersweet #new #reviews #albums #Bianca B

[rikkivoid]

winter kiss

#bakudeku #LAST NIGHT i had a dream that bkdk went on a first date and it was so cute #it made me wanna write a fic BUT IDK HOW JFHDJHF #SO I WILL JUST TALK ABOUT IT HERE #(also i rlly wanted to draw deku in fluffy warm clothes) #ANYWAY the concept of deku asking bkg on a date and them both just indulging in a moment of normalcy that's just.. simple and tender.. #MAKES ME RLLY EMOTIONAL #bc they never really get the chance to just be normal teenagers #and the world they live in has become so dangerous and so chaotic #SO BOTH OF THEM GO ON THIS DATE and they have a nice time #but it's bittersweet too because they know they might not get another moment like this #bc they never know what tomorrow will bring #SO IT'S A HAPPY MOMENT but one that is fleeting #like snow :) #ANYWAY if u read all of that thank u JFHJFHF #rikkivoid #mystuff

[lizardthelizard]

Thinking about nano!Rimmer again, and, like...

Do you think that Lister ever causally mentioned something to Rimmer when they were in the cell together -just a small 'hey. remember when..?', something along those lines- and that question was followed by an indignant 'what the hell are you talking about?' from Rimmer, before both of them awkwardly simultaneously come to the realisation that Lister was referencing something wholly specific to holo!Rimmer?

Do you think that they just sit there in silence for a beat as Lister starts thinking about holo!Rimmer and about Ace and about whether or not he'll ever cross paths with him again or not? About whether or not holo!Rimmer is even 'alive' still or whether he's already passed the mantle onto the next Ace Rimmer?

Do you think that nano!Rimmer feels this loneliness all of a sudden? This inadequacy, this feeling of coming second to himself? Do you think that a part of him almost feels jealous in the exact same way that holo!Rimmer did when he saw how well Ace and Lister were getting on?

#red dwarf #arnold rimmer #I know that...like....we ALL prefer holo!Rimmer to nano!Rimmer because of COURSE #but idk nano!Rimmer has been on my mind lately #he brings a different type of angst to the table you know? #and it's so bittersweet!! because on the one hand you've got him feeling separate from the group #(because they know him better than he knows them) #but on the other hand? BECAUSE they're still treating him like holo!Rimmer in a lot of ways and BECAUSE they're welcoming him into the grou #he suddenly ends up being more loved than he ever has been in his life #sorry started writing this at 2am last night so blame that for any incoherence

[a-crystalclearsquid]

little jason

#alex does art #jason todd #i watched under the red hood properly last night and this is what i got #honestly #the last scene in that movie is what killed me #they had no reason to be that bittersweet :’)

[autiwara]

Genuinely feel crazy whenever I get a new hyperfixation but it is what it is I can't wait to go back to uni and try my damnest not to bring yakuza up into every single conversation with my friends and then fail miserably every time and then feel bad about it at home! 👍

#art #sketch #fanart #majima goro #goro majima #majima #yakuza #rgg #ryu ga gotoku #rgg fanart #finished y5 last night and I loved it but majimas story was uhhh.... what the hell actually #starting 6 today and then I'll be all caught up on yakuza lore rip its kinda bittersweet

[skullzy20]

Was listening to rabbit hole on repeat like an insane person and next thing I knew I doodled him

#my art #digital art #bittersweet sentence #na-hun bss #doodles #studio investigrave #< gonna use that for general tagging for everything on my blog actually #It was that and a mix of bubble pop electric and to my crush<3 #also I used a new brush I made for this too if you cant tell :] #there's so little bss content on here which is kinda insane to me #especially of na-hun !! #I have a few nitpicks abt this but its ok bc doodles are doodles #I also um. did the sketch of this @ 2am last night so HSHCHSHF

[ikealamps]

will borgen, i’m free any time your are, PLEASE

#will borgen #my god WILL #MY GOD #kraken lb #last night was very bittersweet :((((( #seattle kraken #fuck will looks so good okay #**