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Arms and Sleepers – Twentynine Palms: 9I really dig how subtle this starts, with some gorgeous minimalistic piano. The man’s and woman’s voice work super well together. There’s just so much I love in this song, the melancholic atmosphere, the subtle crescendo in the first minute, those cool electric sounds, the way they break it down and build it up again halfway through, the transition into that beautiful last part. This song already stood at first listen, but still managed to grow on me a lot. Already looking forward to digging into this band’s discography.
The Mayan Factor – Warflower: 8.5Love the vibe the guitars create. I dig the singer, both his voice and the melodies, especially on the chorus.The guitars on this song immediately grip me, despite mostly playing a pretty simple motive over and over again. The singer is what really carries this song though, I love how he starts quite subtle and keeps adding more grit. The composition is maybe a bit stretched out but I still pretty great, I dig the bridge-y part and the small break-down before the last chorus.
Public Service Broadcasting – The Pit: 8.25Beautiful atmospheres, love how it conveys intensity and urgency in the last part.This song is a great example of how to use spoken word effectively, it’s not as sometimes is done: let’s put some sample over this instrumental part. To the contrary, I feel every spoken word part here is a crucial part of the composition, whether it leads into a new section or adds intensity. Coupled with a nice build-up I can definitely say I really enjoyed this song!
Shlohmo – Buried: 8Well this starts weird! Curious to hear where it’s heading. Absolutely love how all these different sounds work together.First of all, the sound design here is just stellar, I don’t really know anything that sounds similar and that is I think mostly because of the sounds they use. The build-ups/composition here are great. Maybe a slight complaint is that despite being 7 minutes, there’s only really one melody. However that does kinda work as in it makes the song somewhat meditative. I’m hoping more songs by this band will surprise me like this!
Kiev – Tube Orms: 7.75I like how it picks up from the slow mood about halfway. That’s a tasty bass riff.Nice slow, slightly melancholic, vibes at the start. Dig the transition at about 2 minutes in and that bass riff starting at about 2:30 remains still keeps my head bobbing. I was expecting a bit more of a climax at the end, due to the kind of washed out vibes it never manages to grip me completely.
VOLA – Still: 7.75Immediately dig this more than your previous submission! Some cool keyboards in the outro.I like the way this song starts, the way the different instrumentals come in sequentially isn’t super unique but it’s done well here. The vocals in the chorus are really nice too. Despite my initial impression I would say the keyboards here are the part I started caring least for. Still it’s a really solid song, and a good reminder I should check out this band!
Amy Shark – Drive You Mad 7.5Loove the minimal beat, maybe inspired by Lorde - 400 Lux? On first listen the chorus doesn’t really stand out or stick, but that might definitely change with successive listens.The electronic sound that fades in and out during the whole song is pretty cool, but it’s almost the same as 400 Lux, though twice as fast. Doesn’t take away that I really dig the atmosphere in this song. On a whole this song doesn’t stand out that much though, the lyrics for one are pretty straightforward.
Slushii – Sapient Dream: 7.25Are you sending me vaporwave haha? It’s definitely very chill and happy.My opinion on this hasn’t changed that much, it feels like a pretty light-hearted song. It doesn’t move me but I do enjoy listening to it. It’s not as interesting/unique as songs by similar chill sounding artists, like Tycho for instance. The production is great though!
Astrosaur – Poyekhali: 6.75There’s definitely some cool instrumental stuff going on but on first listen it just kinda happens without me really getting into it. This probably needs a bit more time to completely digest though.About 6 listens in and unfortunately I still can’t say anything in this song really stuck. Doesn’t take away that it still makes for an enjoyable listen. I would say it starts me a bit too abrupt for me (maybe I’m just not that much into this high energy moods lately). I do really enjoy the chuggy section at around 1 minute as well as that melody a minute later.
Chilidish Gambino 19.10: 6That’s a cool funky beat! I’m not so sold by the vocals yet.The production on this started to actually kind of annoy to me, it sounds very loud (especially the drums) and kind of flat/undynamic. I do dig the overall vibe somewhat, it’s nice and funky. Still not a big fan of the vocal melodies here. Sorry…
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Final thoughtsDefinitely a stronger round than last round, with the average score being almost half a point higher this time around. Overall the scoreboard shifted quite a bit, though both Tomislav and Puppies_on_acid remained in the top three. Don't despair if you're not at the top now though, two people score more than two points higher this round compared to the first one. Anyway I am really enjoying listening the song so far and I'm really looking forward to what y'all send
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Round 2 Scoreboard:Sacul 9
Tomislav 8.5
HOF 8.25
Puppies_on_Acid 8
Nekov 7.75
Elite 7.75
Cyril: 7.5
Kattelox 7.25
Romdrums 6.75
Train of Gambino 6
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Total scores:Tomislav 16.75
Puppies_on_acid: 16.5
Cyril: 16.25
Sacul: 16
Kattelox 14.5
Romdrums 14
Hof 14.25
Nekov 14.25
Elite 13.25
Train of Naught 13
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