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kingshmegland
Barock Project - Gold 9.0 Big Moon Safari vibes from this. I love the happy, harmonized vocals and the pretty piano. The solos are melodic and interesting and I'm a huge fan of the synth and the instrumental stuff in the middle and the overall vibe of this song. The buildup at the end is... whoa. Killer song! [+1 BP]
Barock Project - Happy To See You 8.6 Mood music. This one in particular I found most enjoyment listening to at night or in the morning. I think I liked Gold just the littlest bit more than this, but this is still a great song. I've heard other groups that sound similar to this, but these guys stand out from the crowd.
Barock Project - Promises 8.4 This might not have hit quite as hard as the other two songs from this artist, but this was a mighty strong triple threat from Barock Project. These were consistently great. Sounds like the players have chemistry, chops, and a gift for songwriting. Definitely on my short list for post-roulette exploration - nothing uninteresting here, only really good music.
Current Score: 67.82 [+7 BP]
Round 9 Score: 26.00 [+1 BP]
Average: 8.66~
Movement: 9 spaces
NEW CURRENT SCORE: 76.42 [+8 BP]
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Sacul
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy 9.1 Damn near hit a bullseye with this one. Strings, an awesome drum beat (can't think of the term for this kind of beat), the singer has a beautiful voice and I like the little sprinkling of piano near the end. Massively enjoyable, I love how chill this is. [+1 BP]
Morcheeba - The Sea 9.5 What a nice tune to kick back and chill out to. Pretty sure I've heard music just like this at more than one stoner's pad while waiting for them to hurry up and sell me some weed. This is essentially the soundtrack to my own personal Pineapple Express. No, seriously, this is really freaking good. Playlist material for sure. [+1 BP]
Portishead - Glory Box 9.3 I see you're taking the Nekov challenge, which is to blow my mind with three songs in a row. Nicely done. Yeah, dude, all playlist material here - super relaxing song. This has kind of a dirty vibe thanks to the guitar, but it's still calming and I love it. Give me a reason to not love this. Looks like you just shot up in the ranks this round. [+1 BP]
Current Score: 68.20 [+10 BP]
Round 9 Score: 27.90 [+3 BP]
Average: 9.30
Movement: 9 spaces
NEW CURRENT SCORE: 77.50 [+13 BP]
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Stadler
Rainbow - Fire Dance 10/10 DAMN dude!! This does basically everything my all-time favorite metal bands do so well, and immediately put smiles on my face from the first few seconds to the last. I've rewritten this three or four times because it's always too long, so essentially, this just fucking ROCKS. It reminds me of Stratovarius in a big big way, well before Timo Tolkki was on the scene, but I can hear so much that influenced him here and it's the essence of what I love about metal. They sound heavy as hell without ever once losing the sense of melody, and even when there's an avalanche of notes, they still communicate melodic ideas which is what the absolute best metal musicians do imo (Dream Theater, Dragonforce, Luca Turilli, Stratovarius etc.). Catchy patterns everywhere both rhythmically and melodically. This is just a fucking home run dude, what a belter with the vocals too, talk about course correction... I even checked out a few more songs from this album and I'm super impressed. This writeup was way too long, again, but it's a well deserved 10. [+1 BP]
Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (From The Shell) 8.5 Not bad. It's certainly catchy. This definitely doesn't sound like something from 1980, it sounds like it's from the 90s to me. You mentioned they were being called the "next Beatles" which I couldn't possibly disagree with more, but this is a nice little number. Not a whole lot else to say, it's pretty average.
The Outfield - Everytime You Cry 9.0 Stadler, the greatest pure pop song of all time is Toto's Africa, so... you know... correct yourself.
No, this is really, really good. It sounds 80s but in a really good way - no cheap synths here. Silky smooth vocals indeed, love those backing vox in the chorus. I love the drum sound too. Really nice number, my man, never heard of this before but it's playlist material for sure. [+1 BP]
Current Score: 67.55 [+7 BP]
Round 9 Score: 27.50 [+2 BP]
Average: 9.16~
Movement: 9 spaces
NEW CURRENT SCORE: 76.71 [+9 BP]