The $5.98 TAC EP Roulette V.4 Final Results

[jingle.boy]

I've listened to Katts, Evermind's, Kade's, and partway thru Stads'. So far, mine is the best them. 

[Lethean]

So far Elite has taken the top spot for me.  Elite, the Ulver song you sent TAC is way better than the one you sent me. 

Did I send you a track from The Marriage of Heaven & Hell? that was a bad idea! Ulver are an amazing band.

Yes, it was like plates 17-20 and it was really really long.

[Lethean]

I've listened to Katts, Evermind's, Kade's, and partway thru Stads'. So far, mine is the best them. 

Well mine is totally the best, but I'm not counting it.

If you've listened to Kattelox's already, he clearly broke the rules.

I think I'm like 2 hours into yours...

[Lethean]

Only EP I've managed to listen to is Lethean's... The first half sounds like Katatonia. The Ayreon songs are the best parts, of course. The Diabolical Masquerade tracks are really neat but painfully short.... Long Distance Calling is generally good stuff from what I've heard and that track is no exception. Pretty cool sounding EP for sure. The Devonian track is half cool (riffs, drumming, clean vox) half torturous (shouting, harsh vox ). I couldn't understand a lot of the lyrics so I don't know how well it really tied in to the story, but the story itself was entertaining with a great Stadler joke in there. I give it a Jonas EP/10.

Nice score.

MP3s are tagged with lyrics if you don't believe me that they fit.

That Long Distance Calling track is clearly the best thing they've ever done...

[TAC]

Guess some damn letters and solve this hangman!!!

Romdrums


1. sleepmakeswaves -Our Days Were Polar
2. sleepmakeswaves-Worlds Away
3. Klone-The Drifter
4. To_ndra-_oland
5. Tides From Nebula-Dopamine
6. God is an Astronaut-_et__ Memoria
7. pg.lost - Off the Beaten Path
8. To_ndra-K_n_ston _a__s
9. Tides From Nebula—Traversing
10. sleepmakeswaves-  Midnight Sun
11. sleepmakeswaves- Something Like Avalanches
12. Tides From Nebula -Home

EPMORTAKHD

[romdrums]

N
 

[Elite]

So far Elite has taken the top spot for me.  Elite, the Ulver song you sent TAC is way better than the one you sent me. 

Did I send you a track from The Marriage of Heaven & Hell? that was a bad idea! Ulver are an amazing band.

Yes, it was like plates 17-20 and it was really really long.

But that track is fantastic as well

[Lethean]

God is an Astronaut

[Lethean]

So far Elite has taken the top spot for me.  Elite, the Ulver song you sent TAC is way better than the one you sent me. 

Did I send you a track from The Marriage of Heaven & Hell? that was a bad idea! Ulver are an amazing band.

Yes, it was like plates 17-20 and it was really really long.

But that track is fantastic as well

Well, I don't know that that's how I'd describe it...  but I liked pretty much everything else you sent me.

[Lethean]

Traversing?

Something Memoria

D

[Lethean]

Toundra?

Kingston

[The Walrus]

Toundra - Kingston Falls and GIAA is Vetus Memoria. Let me do my hangman!! 

[TAC]

Romdrums


1. sleepmakeswaves -Our Days Were Polar
2. sleepmakeswaves-Worlds Away
3. Klone-The Drifter
4. Toundra-Voland
5. Tides From Nebula-Dopamine
6. God is an Astronaut- Memoria
7. pg.lost - Off the Beaten Path
8. Toundra-Kingston Falls
9. Tides From Nebula—Traversing
10. sleepmakeswaves-  Midnight Sun
11. sleepmakeswaves- Something Like Avalanches
12. Tides From Nebula -Home

[TAC]

The Search For Home

Link: https://open.spotify.com/user/cim0fz1fl7m0d500icaxggmea/playlist/0ZoXCN3UorR3cWrlpy6YyQ?si=sWT9HAjYTc6LkUgsfAUxSw


Our Days Were Polar
Our story begins on a cold day in Indiana.  Our hero has just sat down at his cubicle for another day’s work.  He’s been distracted lately, and not entirely focused on his work.  He zones out at his desk,  and when he comes to, he realizes that he’s Worlds Away, in Melbourne, Australia.  Exhilarated by his change in scenery, he explores the city center, and then makes his way to the Mornington Peninsula, traveling down the coast to Portsea, where he looks out on the Southern Ocean, imagining himself at the edge of the world.  Another sudden change finds him overlooking the Millau Viaduct in France, where he wonders how he’s drifting to all of these strange places.

An amazing place
A sound engraved in stone
Hear the right tone
And let it go in space

Getting into the stride
One lasting moment with the clouds
Enjoying the elements
From the wilderness into shade and light

Leave well enough alone
Comforted by this silence
A place that will forever
Be etched in my remembrance

A wandering mind
Walking among mirages
On a reverse sky the boiling horizon
Forgetting how the world was so loud

Leave well enough alone
Comforted by this silence
A place that will forever
Be etched in my remembrance

Leave well enough alone
Comforted by this silence
A place that will forever
Be etched in my remembrance

“I’ve visited all these places in Google Earth,” he realizes.  Hmm….

Voland.  As he figures out what’s going on, he decides to test his theory, and ends up in the Altai Mountains in Central Asia.  Inspired by the natural beauty he’d otherwise never get to see, he finds himself at peace and inspired.   He next finds himself in Tokyo, a jarring change and a bit overwhelming.  The bright lights and constant movement around him overloads his Dopamine uptake, and before he’s completely overcome, the scenery changes again to the Mogollon Rim in Arizona (Vetus Memoria).  The abrupt change allows him to refocus and regain control of his situation.  He then travels into Nevada, enjoying being Off the Beaten Path.

Kingston Falls. He then finds himself on a beach on Lake Michigan, a place where he used to go as a teenager.  Stirring up feelings of nostalgia, he begins to think about all the places he’s called home, and if they ever really were home.  He thinks of his family, and how he lost his center as his family moved around and eventually broke apart.  As the song builds, so do his emotions, and he finds himself swirling in anger, sadness, confusion, and depression.  He regains focus to find himself traveling in the Canadian Rockies, Traversing not only long stretches of highway, but also his emotional state.   He finally stops in the Alaskan Wilderness.  At the summer solstice, he takes in the Midnight Sun, and realizes what he must do.  His moment of clarity is interrupted as he notices an ever increasing rumbling noise, and looks around only to find that all of this simulation, or whatever it is that has allowed him to take this journey, is beginning to fall in on him, in a way he can only describe as Something Like Avalanches. The swirling chaos grows and grows, until he finds himself suddenly back at his desk at work.  The end of the work day has come.  He looks around, wondering if anyone noticed what had happened to him.  As he adjusts to his surroundings again, he finds himself at peace.  He focuses on the picture of his wife and young son at his desk, and realizes that, as long as he is with them, he will be Home. 

[The Walrus]

Honestly I like how succinct this one is compared to almost all the other submissions, it actually helps it stand out. Or I'm just showing bias cause this is a post-rock filled EP and I'm actually psyched to check it out cause there's a lot of goodness in here that I already know. Cool stuff romdrums.

[Elite]

Ah, The Drifter by Klone. A song I left off my EP (but still there in the ‘story’).

[TAC]

And lastly...

Kattelox

1. E___ - __ _ _____ _e __e_e ___ __e
2. ____e__e ___ ___e ______e  - _____ E_e
3. _____ _e____ - _ _____ __'_ _____ __ ____ _____
4. ___e_ _______e - _______
5. E_p_______ __ ___ ___ - __e ____ ___e__ _e _e_e ____e
6. _e_____ ___e_ - ___e _e_____
7. ____e__e ___ ___e ______e  - ____e __ ___
8. ____e__e ___ ___e ______e - ___ ____ ___ _e__e_ ___
9. E___ - _ _____ _e_e____ ______e
10. E___ - ______ _____


EP

[The Walrus]

Hey Mr. I'm Too Good For Facebook But Can Text King  Let me run this one!

[Crow]

R

Explosions in the Sky

[TAC]

Hey Mr. I'm Too Good For Facebook But Can Text King  Let me run this one!

I'd text you too, Mr I'm Too Good For TAC but can Facebook King.




Go for it. I have to do writeups.

[Lethean]

K

[The Walrus]

@TAC:

Kattelox

1. E___ - __ _ _____ _e __ere ___ _re
2. ___re__e _ ___e ______e  - ___r__ E_e
3. R____ _e____ - _ ____k __'_ _____ __ R___ _____
4. K__e_ ____r__e - R______
5. Explosions in the Sky - __e ____ ___e__ _e _ere ____e
6. _e___r_ ___e_ - ___e _e_____
7. ___re__e _ ___e ______e  - ___ke __ ___
8. ___re__e _ ___e ______e - ___ ____ ___ _e__e_ ___
9. E___ - _ _____ _e_er ___ ______e
10. E___ - ______ __r__


PERK

[Lethean]

Honestly I like how succinct this one is compared to almost all the other submissions, it actually helps it stand out. Or I'm just showing bias cause this is a post-rock filled EP and I'm actually psyched to check it out cause there's a lot of goodness in here that I already know. Cool stuff romdrums.

Or maybe you're biased because your album is also succinct - I think you said 44 minutes?

[The Walrus]

That too. 

[TAC]

That too. 

'Bless you.

[jingle.boy]

Enya

[TAC]

I've listened to Katts,

On Stalkify?

[The Walrus]

Kattelox

1. Enya - I_ I _____ _e __ere ___ Are
2. ___re__e a__ ___e _a__i_e  - __ir__ E_e
3. Ra___ _e__a_ - I __i_k I_'_ __i__ __ Rai_ ___a_
4. Ka_e_ ____ra_e - Rai____
5. Explosions in the Sky - __e ____ ___e__ _e _ere A___e
6. _e__ar_ ___e_ - ___e _ea_i__
7. ___re__e a__ ___e _a__i_e  - __ake I_ ___
8. ___re__e a__ ___e _a__i_e - A__ __i_ A__ _ea_e_ ___
9. Enya - I _____ _e_er _a_ ______e
10. Enya - _a___a _aria


AEPRKI
Actively Evil People's Republic of Kattelox I

[romdrums]

A

[jingle.boy]

I've listened to Katts,

On Stalkify?

Hey!  If he was gonna cheat and rhyme off my bands, I'm not above replicating that behaviour.

[Lethean]

Enya

Now you're both cheating... No points for them! Er, something like that...

[Stadler]

Gimme an A I, please.

(how freaky that Romdrums guessed my letter as I was typing it!)

[The Walrus]

Updated above.

[TAC]

L for Lucy

[Lethean]

Romdrums, there's a Kingston Lake in Michigan but not falls, that I know of.  Did you make that up?  Just curious since I was assuming most of the places are real.