Round 8 Early Impressions:1: SoundscapeMN - Eldren - They're not kidding about the title, are they? I was not anticipating that ending.
2: There some interesting textural parts here, but I'm not sure there's enough memorable melodic content for me.
3: I'm impressed at this artist's stylistic range, but years later, the vocals still aren't doing much for me.
4: Evermind - Peter Heppner - I dig the vibe, but I wonder if it's a bit too sparse and simple.
5: Buddyhunter1 - IAMTHEKIDYOUKNOWWHATIMEAN - Yep, I see what you mean about the similarity. It actually does a few things better than my song, though a few others not as well.
6: Crow - GUNSHIP - Wow, the layers, the dynamics, the [redacted], easily your best entry yet. I don't know why I hadn't already listened to this dozens of times before.
7: I'm not sure the last minute or two are enough payoff. It's on the subtle side for me, and it seemed to drag before the drums entered.
8: Nachtmerrie - Kosheen - This is pretty straightforward, but really hits some nostalgic vibes for me, even though I don't think I've heard it before.
9: It seems like you probably read my writeup from last round and tried to fix what didn't work from the last song, but I'm not sure the different balance of elements worked on this one either. It probably feels like trying to play Wac-A-Mole.
10: I love when opposite styles meet together, such as this being almost industrial pop, and what a fantastic arrangement of percussive elements.
11: TAC - Innellea - You used the Spotify similar artist radio station trick you threatened to do in an earlier round, didn't you? :-)
12: HOF - Anthonie Tonnon - This might be too happy for me, and I'm not sure I'm sold on the melody, but the last minute unexpectedly picks up steam, and the last half-minute definitely helps.
13: Tomislav95 - Archive - It became surprisingly more energetic in the last couple minutes, but the vocals there might be a bit repetitive, and despite the theme of this round, live drums might have suited it better.
14: Puppies_On_Acid - Slushii - I'm not sure whether this is a chopped up vocal sample or a synth patch, but it's a pretty intriguing sound.
15: That's some seriously cool-sounding bass thump. I think this is the best thing you've sent yet.
16: This feels like an extended intro to another song, and though [redacted] certainly helps out, this might be too minimalistic for me.
17: ariich - Feed Me - I've always been surprised how rare true synth solos are in electronic music, so I'm glad to find one here.
18: soupytwist - Bring Me The Horizon - I wasn't sure what to expect based on this artist's early work, so I was pleasantly surprised that something useful came out of the acquisition last week.
But honestly I'm ready for results.
Yeah, been way too swamped the last few days making preparations for a trip to make much progress on them, so they're still a ways out. I've listened to everything a fair amount, have a pretty decent idea of the scores and orders now, but I need time to get to the writeups. I always have the last resort option if at some point things are taking way too long to just drop scores and a couple sentence writeups, but I don't want to have to go to that just yet.
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