20 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 15 Nathan Micay - Fangs 12 Eli Mich - You Were Different 10 Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 08 Uuhai - Khar Khulz 07 Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 06 Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 05 Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 04 Brodka - Game Change 03 Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 02 Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 01 MOTHICA - SENSITIVE
20 points: Winter - the lonely girl 15 points: Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 12 points: Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 10 points: Nathan Micay - Fangs 8 points: Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 7 points: Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 6 points: Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 5 points: Devon Welsh - Vampires 4 points: MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 3 points: Eli Mich - You Were Different 2 points: Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 1 point: Spanish Love Songs - Haunted
03 Y'all Starlight:Surfing - Lifetime tags: chillwave, 2012, vibes, australian, dope, vapor live instruments, I struggled to find tags scrobbles: 40.1k
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There were so many bops in this contest! Good luck everyone
+20 Las eras - Nadie lo conoce +15 Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove +12 Calva Louise - Over The Threshold +10 Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger +8 Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly +7 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel +6 Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light +5 Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos +4 Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers +3 Eli Mich - You Were Different +2 Spanish Love Songs - Haunted +1 Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 07:01 PM
01 | 27 | Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 02 | 25 | Nathan Micay - Fangs 03 | 23 | Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 04 | 22 | Dobbo: Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 05 | 20 | Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 06 | 20 | Winter - the lonely girl 07 | 18 | Eli Mich - You Were Different 08 | 15 | Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 09 | 15 | Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 10 | 15 | Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine
11 | 13 | Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 12 | 11 | Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 13 | 08 | Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 14 | 08 | Uuhai - Khar Khulz 15 | 07 | Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 16 | 06 | Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 17 | 06 | lewistgreen: Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 18 | 05 | Devon Welsh - Vampires 19 | 05 | MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 20 | 04 | Brodka - Game Change
00 | Anna Moss - Penis Envy 00 | Bambina - If I Can't Have Love (God Then Please Just Give Me Money) 00 | CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 00 | Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 00 | Ha Vay - Moon Girl 00 | Infected Rain - Judgemental Trap 00 | Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 00 | Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 00 | Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 00 | Portico Quartet - Next Stop 00 | Y'all Starlight: Surfing - Lifetime 00 | Tapir! - My God 00 | The Bad Dreamers - Who You Run To 00 | Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 07:11 PM
04 Aaron:Nu Pagadi - Dying Words tags: German TV program Popstars, 2005, top lied, meister leistung, immer noch mega, 4 coole Charaktere in 1 band scrobbles: 24.3K
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Here are my points!
Unknown Pleasures XXXIII → Voting
20: 18 Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 15: 05 Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 12: 21 MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 10: 23 Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 08: 03 Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 07: 04 Brodka - Game Change 06: 12 Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 05: 08 Uuhai - Khar Khulz 04: 30 Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 03: 24 CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 02: 16 Infected Rain - Judgemental Trap 01: 31 Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light
05 uhsting:Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul tags: jazz fusion, bass, India, drumbreak, jazz rock, Mumbai, 2023, guitarist, Top 10 Bassists in the 21st century, energetic, jamming scrobbles: 2.2k
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hi kath,
you THOUGHT i was behind young forever, didn't you?
here are my votes:
20 points: 11 Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 15 points: 34 Portico Quartet - Next Stop 12 points: 29 Eli Mich - You Were Different 10 points: 20 Nathan Micay - Fangs 8 points: 03 Giolì & Assia - Young Forever (ofc duh) 7 points: 21 MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 6 points: 14 Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 5 points: 12 Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 4 points: 24 CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 3 points: 17 Ha Vay - Moon Girl 2 points: 19 Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 1 point: 05 Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For
Comms: 08 Uuhai - Khar Khulz 35 Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home 18 Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 09 Tapir! - My God
bye x
uhsting
06 Brer:Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos tags: an affront to our heritage, progressive metal, THREE MONTHS TO THE GUTTER!!!!!, black theatrical metal, Glasgow, 2022, hostile, brutal, inspired by postmodern and utilitarian architectural structures, hauntological in nature scrobbles: 74.3K
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hope you all enjoyed some socialist black metal x (just a slight change in vibe from wanting to send the Winter song)
20 Portico Quartet - Next Stop 15 Nightbus - Exposed To Some Light 12 Winter - the lonely girl
10 Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 8 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 7 CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 6 Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 5 Las Eras - Nadie Lo Conoce 4 Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 3 Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 2 Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song For Richard) (20 points for the video tho) 1 Calva Louise - Over The Threshold
these ones will also make my 2024 playlist, lots of good stuff here:
Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake Nathan Micay - Fangs (Club Mix) Spanish Love Songs - Haunted Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive Freak Heat Waves and Cindy Lee - In A Moment Divine
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 07:12 PM
Not the site being slow while I'm trying to do this
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 07:14 PM
01 | 44 | Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 02 | 38 | Dobbo: Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 03 | 35 | Brer: Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 04 | 35 | Nathan Micay - Fangs 05 | 35 | Portico Quartet - Next Stop 06 | 35 | Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 07 | 32 | Winter - the lonely girl 08 | 30 | Eli Mich - You Were Different 09 | 26 | Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 10 | 25 | Las eras - Nadie lo conoce
11 | 24 | Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 12 | 24 | MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 13 | 22 | lewistgreen: Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 14 | 19 | Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 15 | 16 | Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 16 | 15 | Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 17 | 14 | CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 18 | 13 | Uuhai - Khar Khulz 19 | 12 | Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 20 | 12 | Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard)
21 | 11 | Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 22 | 11 | Brodka - Game Change 23 | 08 | Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 24 | 05 | Devon Welsh - Vampires 25 | 04 | Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 26 | 03 | Ha Vay - Moon Girl 27 | 03 | Spanish Love Songs - Haunted 28 | 02 | Infected Rain - Judgemental Trap 29 | 02 | Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 30 | 02 | Aaron: Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 31 | 01 | Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake
00 | Anna Moss - Penis Envy 00 | Bambina - If I Can't Have Love (God Then Please Just Give Me Money) 00 | Y'all Starlight: Surfing - Lifetime 00 | Tapir! - My God 00 | The Bad Dreamers - Who You Run To 00 | Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home
Posted by: Aaron. 24th February 2024, 07:17 PM
I’m a flop!
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 07:23 PM
07 gooddelta:CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams tags: indie rock, 2023, Sheffield, echoey rhythm guitar riffs, staccato drums, elongated words, electric atmosphere, tempo change, nice song scrobbles: 1.5K
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20 Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 15 Tapir! - My God 12 Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 10 Winter - the lonely girl 8 Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home 7 Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 6 Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 5 Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 4 Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 3 Surfing - Lifetime 2 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 1 Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove
08 Suedehead2:Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove tags: hazy guitar, 2023, deep-sea bass-churn, shoegaze, Los Angeles, jangle, baggy, soaring, grey-skied kaleidoscopic pop, scrobbles: 31.2K
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20 Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 15 Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 12 Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 10 Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 8 Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 7 Nathan Micay - Fangs 6 Devon Welsh - Vampires 5 Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 4 Brodka - Game Change 3 Uuhai - Khar Khulz 2 Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 1 Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For
09 King Rollo:Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still tags: progressive rock, 2021, London, story of Drax from Guardians of the Galaxy 2, thrilling sonic landscape, spoken word, Quirky instrumentation, choral vocals scrobbles: 11.6K
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Thanks to Kath for hosting. My 20 points have to go to the song passionately lamenting the state of the nation's tower blocks. That was a great discovery.
20pts - Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 15 - Portico Quartet - Next Stop 12 - Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 10 - Spanish Love Songs - Haunted 8 - Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 7 - Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 6 - Devon Welsh - Vampires 5 - Tapir! - My God 4 - Cruz - Disco Colour Beams 3 - Brodka - Game Change 2 - Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 1 - Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 07:25 PM
01 | 55 | Brer: Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 02 | 50 | Portico Quartet - Next Stop 03 | 44 | Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 04 | 43 | Dobbo: Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 05 | 42 | Nathan Micay - Fangs 06 | 42 | Winter - the lonely girl 07 | 39 | Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 08 | 39 | Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 09 | 37 | Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 10 | 36 | King Rollo: Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still
11 | 36 | Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 12 | 35 | Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 13 | 31 | Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 14 | 30 | Eli Mich - You Were Different 15 | 29 | lewistgreen: Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 16 | 24 | MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 17 | 22 | uhsting: Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 18 | 21 | Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 19 | 20 | Suedehead2: Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 20 | 20 | Tapir! - My God
21 | 18 | Brodka - Game Change 22 | 18 | gooddelta: CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 23 | 17 | Devon Welsh - Vampires 24 | 16 | Uuhai - Khar Khulz 25 | 15 | Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 26 | 15 | Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 27 | 13 | Spanish Love Songs - Haunted 28 | 08 | Aaron: Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 29 | 08 | Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home 30 | 05 | Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 31 | 03 | Ha Vay - Moon Girl 32 | 03 | Y'all Starlight: Surfing - Lifetime 33 | 02 | Infected Rain - Judgemental Trap 34 | 01 | Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake
00 | Anna Moss - Penis Envy 00 | Bambina - If I Can't Have Love (God Then Please Just Give Me Money) 00 | The Bad Dreamers - Who You Run To
Posted by: Chez Wombat 24th February 2024, 07:25 PM
Aquarian and Ashenspire were big highlights, the latter in particular with it's intensity
(edit: and Frost*!)
Posted by: King Rollo 24th February 2024, 07:29 PM
Thanks to Suedehead for the 20 points and everyone else who has voted for Frost* so far.
Posted by: uhsting 24th February 2024, 07:31 PM
Not me tricking y'all thinking I was behind Gìoli & Assia Anyways thanks for all the points so far! The top 2 is purrrrrfect
Posted by: dhwe 24th February 2024, 07:32 PM
I can't wait to find out who sent the muse cover
Posted by: Jade 24th February 2024, 07:32 PM
Stanning the scoreboard cat
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 07:34 PM
10 jimwatts:Calva Louise - Over The Threshold tags: Dystopian cybertech, cyberpunk, Manchester, 2023, EBM, industrial, Blade Runner/Matrix/Alien vibes, New Order-esque drums scrobbles: 6.4K
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Hope the high-budget video didn't detract from many votes for Calva Louise - props to the anonymous StellarHamster whose only contribution to the Synctube session I saw was to opine that it was "style over substance". I had considered sending the audio youtube link instead, but that seemed a bit of a waste.
I gave my 20 points to Leww last time and may well be doing so again as I found 'Young Forever' in his chart, and was set to chart it myself before I noticed it was an entry here:
+20 Giolì & Assia - Young Forever +15 Ha Vay - Moon Girl +12 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel +10 Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light +8 Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive +7 Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos +6 Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) +5 Brodka - Game Change +4 Las eras - Nadie lo conoce +3 CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams +2 Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger +1 Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly
11 Riser:The Bad Dreamers - Who You Run To tags: vocal-driven synthwave, retro electro, Los Angeles, 2017, retrowave, radio friendly, 80s style, heartfelt vocal hooks, handsome synth melodies scrobbles: 64.4K
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20 Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 15 Eli Mich - You Were Different 12 Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 10 Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 08 Spanish Love Songs - Haunted 07 Nathan Micay - Fangs 06 Bambina - If I Can't Have Love (God Then Please Just Give Me Money) 05 Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 04 Winter - the lonely girl 03 Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 02 Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 01 CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams
12 blacksquare:Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine tags: cindy lee mood hut extended multiverse, 2023, Canada, cinematic synth house, dub, magical, beautiful, WOWOWOW!!, I don’t want to fall in love again, Cindy, but i did scrobbles: 23.5k
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20 Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake 15 Winter - the lonely girl 12 Nathan Micay - Fangs 10 Portico Quartet - Next Stop 08 Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 07 Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 06 Brodka - Game Change 05 Surfing - Lifetime 04 Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 03 Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 02 Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 01 Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly
Posted by: Severin 24th February 2024, 07:35 PM
Ah so Suedehead sent Drab Majesty. Did you go see them at CHALK the other week?
Posted by: Severin 24th February 2024, 07:36 PM
QUOTE(dhwe @ Feb 24 2024, 07:32 PM)
I can't wait to find out who sent the muse cover
Seconded
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 07:37 PM
01 | 62 | Brer: Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 02 | 61 | Nathan Micay - Fangs 03 | 61 | Winter - the lonely girl 04 | 60 | Portico Quartet - Next Stop 05 | 56 | Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 06 | 53 | Dobbo: Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 07 | 51 | lewistgreen: Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 08 | 49 | jimwatts: Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 09 | 49 | Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 10 | 49 | Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel
11 | 45 | Eli Mich - You Were Different 12 | 42 | uhsting: Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 13 | 42 | Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 14 | 41 | Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 15 | 39 | Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 16 | 36 | King Rollo: Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 17 | 29 | Brodka - Game Change 18 | 27 | Suedehead2: Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 19 | 24 | MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 20 | 22 | gooddelta: CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams
21 | 21 | Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 22 | 21 | Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake 23 | 21 | Spanish Love Songs - Haunted 24 | 20 | Tapir! - My God 25 | 18 | Ha Vay - Moon Girl 26 | 18 | Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 27 | 17 | Devon Welsh - Vampires 28 | 17 | Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 29 | 16 | Uuhai - Khar Khulz 30 | 15 | blacksquare: Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 31 | 10 | Aaron: Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 32 | 08 | Y'all Starlight: Surfing - Lifetime 33 | 08 | Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home 34 | 06 | Bambina - If I Can't Have Love (God Then Please Just Give Me Money) 35 | 02 | Infected Rain - Judgemental Trap
00 | Anna Moss - Penis Envy 00 | Riser: The Bad Dreamers - Who You Run To
Posted by: Severin 24th February 2024, 07:38 PM
Calva Louise are great but they've changed so much since their early stuff it's almost like a different band
Posted by: uhsting 24th February 2024, 07:38 PM
omggg 20 points from Riser
Posted by: jimwatts 24th February 2024, 07:41 PM
Out so can't post much but yay for a fast start, thanks for the points so far especially Nate for a bronze and Aaron for a gold!
Posted by: Y'all Starlight 24th February 2024, 07:44 PM
It looks like another UP flop for me oop
Thanks Rich + blacksquare for the points!
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 07:46 PM
13 Chez Wombat:Portico Quartet - Next Stop tags: modern jazz, high drum, London, modern percussion, 2021, rhythmically dense, hypnotic groove, off-kilter 7/8 drum and bass groove, explosion of energy, musical waterfall, freeform elegance scrobbles: 22.1K
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20; Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 15; Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 12; Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 10; Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 08; Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 07; Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 06; Nathan Micay – Fangs 05; Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 04; Surfing – Lifetime 03; Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 02; Winter - the lonely girl 01; Calva Louise - Over The Threshold
Commiserations (in particular):
xx Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove xx Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul xx CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams xx Eli Mich - You Were Different xx Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine xx Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake
14 Ansel:Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive tags: dream pop, love is the pain of truly being alive, late night car ride vibes, London, 2020, genre-blending, multi-fidelity, atmospheric soundscape scrobbles: 43.7K
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20 Tapir! - My God 15 Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 12 Uuhai - Khar Khulz 10 Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 08 Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 07 Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 06 Eli Mich - You Were Different 05 Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 04 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 03 Portico Quartet - Next Stop 02 Nathan Micay - Fangs 01 Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake
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15 dandy*:Nathan Micay - Fangs tags: electronic, raving cat, tech trance, himbo canadian trance bf, experimental house, bwana, 2023, haunted library record for the large language age, driving, head bobbing, big smile jam, musical storytelling scrobbles: 2.4K
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Hey Kath! Sorry for leaving this so late but I've found this has been really difficult to vote in... I'm not sure I've got a clear favourite but I pretty much like everything that was entered. I've had a final listen through today and settled on these as being my votes... just sending them before I change my mind again!
20 Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 15 Ha Vay - Moon Girl 12 Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 10 Brodka - Game Change 08 Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 07 Portico Quartet - Next Stop 06 Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 05 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 04 Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 03 Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 02 CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 01 Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul
Thanks for hosting <3
D*
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 07:48 PM
01 | 82 | Brer: Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 02 | 73 | Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 03 | 70 | Chez Wombat: Portico Quartet - Next Stop 04 | 69 | dandy*: Nathan Micay - Fangs 05 | 68 | lewistgreen: Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 06 | 67 | Dobbo: Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 07 | 66 | Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 08 | 63 | Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 09 | 63 | Winter - the lonely girl 10 | 61 | Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard)
11 | 52 | Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 12 | 51 | Eli Mich - You Were Different 13 | 50 | jimwatts: Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 14 | 50 | uhsting: Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 15 | 49 | Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 16 | 46 | King Rollo: Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 17 | 40 | Tapir! - My God 18 | 39 | Brodka - Game Change 19 | 35 | blacksquare: Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 20 | 33 | Ha Vay - Moon Girl
21 | 28 | Uuhai - Khar Khulz 22 | 27 | Suedehead2: Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 23 | 25 | Ansel: Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 24 | 24 | gooddelta: CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 25 | 24 | MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 26 | 22 | Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake 27 | 21 | Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 28 | 21 | Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 29 | 21 | Spanish Love Songs - Haunted 30 | 17 | Devon Welsh - Vampires 31 | 12 | Y'all Starlight: Surfing - Lifetime 32 | 10 | Aaron: Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 33 | 08 | Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home 34 | 06 | Bambina - If I Can't Have Love (God Then Please Just Give Me Money) 35 | 02 | Infected Rain - Judgemental Trap
00 | Anna Moss - Penis Envy 00 | Riser: The Bad Dreamers - Who You Run To
Posted by: jimwatts 24th February 2024, 07:54 PM
Ah well my top 10 run was good while it lasted. Love to see "New Order-esque drums" among its tags, that's a win for me every time!
Would be happy with an Ashenspire win!
Posted by: Chez Wombat 24th February 2024, 07:59 PM
Thank you for this great start! Especially the 20 swap with Bre *.* This was an old potential and it came up on shuffle while out walking and thought it fit the bill nicely.
Posted by: awardinary 24th February 2024, 08:00 PM
20 Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 15 Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 12 Uuhai - Khar Khulz 10 Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 08 Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 07 Spanish Love Songs - Haunted 06 Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 05 MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 04 CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 03 Ha Vay - Moon Girl 02 Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 01 Giolì & Assia - Young Forever
17 Doctor Blind:Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) tags: supergroup, shoegaze, post-rock, dream pop, alternative rock, Slowdive band member, Editors band member, Mogwai band member, 2016, titanic track, Giant cats, lasers, twinned boy-girl vocals, surging guitars, cat scrobbles: 98.4K
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Hey// Here are my (almost late!) votes - thanks for the hostings Kath.
20 Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 15 Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 12 Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 10 Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake 08 Eli Mich - You Were Different 07 Portico Quartet - Next Stop 06 Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 05 Nathan Micay - Fangs 04 Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 03 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 02 Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 01 Winter - the lonely girl
18 k👠th:Winter - the lonely girl tags: shoegaze, trippy, 2024, trip hop, dream pop, Los Angeles, tasteful 90s nostalgia, spoken word, verticalization, inspired by the movie Thirteen, sadness, angst, isolation scrobbles: 7.3K
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20 Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake 15 Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 12 Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 10 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 08 Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 07 Nathan Micay - Fangs 06 Portico Quartet - Next Stop 05 Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 04 Eli Mich - You Were Different 03 Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 02 Ha Vay - Moon Girl 01 Brodka - Game Change
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 08:02 PM
01 | 97 | Dobbo: Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 02 | 86 | Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 03 | 83 | Chez Wombat: Portico Quartet - Next Stop 04 | 82 | Brer: Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 05 | 81 | dandy*: Nathan Micay - Fangs 06 | 78 | lewistgreen: Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 07 | 77 | Doctor Blind: Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 08 | 67 | Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 09 | 65 | jimwatts: Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 10 | 64 | k👠th: Winter - the lonely girl
11 | 63 | Eli Mich - You Were Different 12 | 63 | Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 13 | 54 | Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 14 | 52 | Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake 15 | 51 | blacksquare: Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 16 | 50 | uhsting: Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 17 | 49 | Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 18 | 49 | King Rollo: Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 19 | 46 | Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 20 | 45 | Suedehead2: Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove
21 | 41 | Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 22 | 40 | Brodka - Game Change 23 | 40 | Tapir! - My God 24 | 40 | Uuhai - Khar Khulz 25 | 38 | Ha Vay - Moon Girl 26 | 31 | Ansel: Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 27 | 29 | MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 28 | 28 | gooddelta: CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 29 | 28 | Spanish Love Songs - Haunted 30 | 17 | Devon Welsh - Vampires 31 | 12 | Y'all Starlight: Surfing - Lifetime 32 | 12 | Aaron: Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 33 | 08 | Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home 34 | 06 | Bambina - If I Can't Have Love (God Then Please Just Give Me Money) 35 | 02 | Severin: Infected Rain - Judgemental Trap
00 | Anna Moss - Penis Envy 00 | Riser: The Bad Dreamers - Who You Run To
Posted by: jimwatts 24th February 2024, 08:05 PM
Oh thank you Severin for the silver! I'd never heard of Calva Louise before finding this song, but have been impressed with some of their earlier stuff since!
Posted by: gooddelta 24th February 2024, 08:06 PM
Thanks for the points for Cruz so far, I see it appearing in quite a few votes, although usually in the low points.
They really remind me of bands like The View or Arctic Monkeys (but with less clever lyrics), so their style of music feels quite nostalgic to me.
Hope my favourite can hang onto the top 10! Thought Frost* would be a lot higher!
Posted by: King Rollo 24th February 2024, 08:11 PM
I thought the * in the name of Frost* would have been enough for dandy* to give them some points.
Posted by: Cody Scobell 24th February 2024, 08:12 PM
really interesting results, rooting for my faves to pop in higher, notably Aquarian and Nathan Micay from what has been revealed!
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 08:15 PM
19 FrankLuck:Eli Mich - You Were Different tags: vibrant, atmospheric, 2024, stuttering vocals, rhythmic breaks, poignant essence, encapsulating the human condition in a changing world, Bonobo vibes scrobbles: 177
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Hey Kath,
20 Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 15 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 12 Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 10 Infected Rain - Judgemental Trap 08 Brodka - Game Change 07 Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 06 Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 05 Nathan Micay - Fangs 04 Spanish Love Songs - Haunted 03 Uuhai - Khar Khulz 02 Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 01 MOTHICA - SENSITIVE
tbh I'm not sure how unknow 'You Were Different' is, I nearly spat my drink when I heard it as one of the bjsc postcards. Still, me to finish top half somehow please <3
20 seven:Spanish Love Songs - Haunted tags: alternative emo, dreamo, Los Angeles, 2023, percussive acoustic guitar, peak adult emo, summery, nostalgic, a quirky view into a bar, nobody breaks and rebuilds your heart like Spanish Love Songs, I'm so ready to cry in my office scrobbles: 137.9k
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20 Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 15 Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 12 Tapir! - My God 10 Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 8 Surfing - Lifetime 7 Portico Quartet - Next Stop 6 Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 5 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 4 Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 3 The Bad Dreamers - Who You Run To 2 Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 1 Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers
Honourable mentions: MOTHICA, Winter, Aquarian, Minor Victories, Nathan Micay
21 J00prstar:Ha Vay - Moon Girl tags: alternative pop, indie pop, French, 2023, freedom, wildness, longing for acceptance, captivating melody, vivid imagery and metaphors, soulful vocals, the concept of distance and unattainability scrobbles: 44.6k
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an eclectic mix this time around. thanks for hosting & I hope Ha Vay managed to grab some fans :3
+20 spanish love songs +15 giofi and asaka mothica bambina nu pagadi lil ugly mane quiet houses the bd dreamers tapir surren tweek winter drab majesty
Posted by: uhsting 24th February 2024, 08:16 PM
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I nearly spat my drink when I heard it as one of the bjsc postcards.
I-
Posted by: Brer 24th February 2024, 08:16 PM
Ooops sorry I missed the start of this, I was out for a meal with the famalam and then went for a run on the treadmill as soon as I got home but here for the rest of it!
Catching up to find myself having been midweek #1 although quite understandably with nearly 75% of my points coming from only 3 people, thanks very much to Chez, Rollo and uhsting for the trio of gold medals + Dobbo for further double digit pointage and Jim and Nate for my other points so far! (and now knocked off #1 after the triple snub in the latest batch of votes but I had no delusions it was going to last much longer anyway )
I was definitely going for standing out here but had no idea if it'd be standing out in a good way for anyone with it being a bit on the harsh side so am glad that risk seems to be paying off decently so far *.* I actually found this song from the same YouTube video where I found my BJSC 161 entry (Re-TROS), comprising 100 random songs submitted by the YouTuber Lyzette G's audience I don't often pay much attention to lyrics when I listen to songs for the first time (if ever) but I found the lyrics of 'The Law Of Asbestos' pretty immediately gut punching. And the headbanging black metal instrumental helped too. x
I see all of my top 4 are unmasked already, and great to see them all in the top 10 so far - doing a 20 swap with Chez oh my an excellent bit of modern jazz there. I Googled Nightbus and saw an article describing their sound as like The xx remixing Joy Division so like of course that's a fave for me. And Kath herself unveiled as the person who stole Winter from me gah! (Although I'm now kind of glad my hand was forced to send something a bit more out there so people could hear that as well as 'the lonely girl' which is still a brilliant spoken word/shoegaze blend, I half expected that to get my 20 by default so was pleasantly surprised there were 2 songs I liked even more). Then Dobbo's entry was a banger as well and a well deserved winner at this stage, I think there's a good chance either that or Surren Tweek will end up on top.
Was wrong about Rich being the one who sent Winter but still really enjoyed your actual entry too (definitely hearing the Arctic Monkeys vibes) so a shame that one isn't doing better so far. Frost* being Rollo was fairly predictable but a good prog rock pick. Always happy to hear more Drab Majesty even though I kind of feel they're a bit too well known on here for Unknown Pleasures at this point (though I hadn't heard this song before tbf). Doctor Blind delivering one of the best music videos of all tarm *.* (the song was good too). And finally from my votes that have been unveiled already, the music video also slightly overshadowed the song for Jim's entry but again still managed to sneak in, thought that one might have been Jade's entry.
sorry for the ramble xx (and I see we have 3 more votes while I was typing this up - thank you Savan for another silver <3)
Posted by: Brer 24th February 2024, 08:18 PM
PS forced to stan the cat in the scoreboard graphic + having a chuckle reading some of these song tags x
Posted by: Y'all Starlight 24th February 2024, 08:18 PM
ooh, thanks for the points Chez + Seven!
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 08:20 PM
01 | 109 | Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 02 | 97 | Brer: Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 03 | 97 | Dobbo: Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 04 | 97 | Doctor Blind: Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 05 | 94 | Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 06 | 90 | Chez Wombat: Portico Quartet - Next Stop 07 | 86 | dandy*: Nathan Micay - Fangs 08 | 78 | lewistgreen: Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 09 | 75 | Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 10 | 73 | jimwatts: Calva Louise - Over The Threshold
11 | 69 | Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 12 | 66 | k👠th: Winter - the lonely girl 13 | 63 | FrankLuck: Eli Mich - You Were Different 14 | 60 | uhsting: Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 15 | 58 | Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 16 | 57 | blacksquare: Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 17 | 56 | Tapir! - My God 18 | 52 | Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake 19 | 52 | seven: Spanish Love Songs - Haunted 20 | 50 | Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers
21 | 49 | King Rollo: Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 22 | 48 | Brodka - Game Change 23 | 46 | Suedehead2: Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 24 | 43 | Uuhai - Khar Khulz 25 | 42 | MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 26 | 41 | Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 27 | 38 | J00prstar: Ha Vay - Moon Girl 28 | 31 | Ansel: Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 29 | 28 | gooddelta: CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 30 | 27 | Aaron: Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 31 | 20 | Y'all Starlight: Surfing - Lifetime 32 | 17 | Devon Welsh - Vampires 33 | 16 | Bambina - If I Can't Have Love (God Then Please Just Give Me Money) 34 | 12 | Severin: Infected Rain - Judgemental Trap 35 | 08 | Riser: The Bad Dreamers - Who You Run To 36 | 08 | Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home
00 | Anna Moss - Penis Envy
Posted by: Severin 24th February 2024, 08:20 PM
QUOTE(jimwatts @ Feb 24 2024, 08:05 PM)
Oh thank you Severin for the silver! I'd never heard of Calva Louise before finding this song, but have been impressed with some of their earlier stuff since!
Yeah I'm a big fan of theirs. Def worth seeing live too
I did start a thread on them in here years ago but everybody ignored it
22 danG:Anna Moss - Penis Envy tags: New Orleans, bedroom pop, existential r&b, 2023, jazzy, soulful, deceiving song title, vintage vocals, bad ass bassline, this one is such a gem, such a precious, precious GEM scrobbles: 261
23 !!!:Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly tags: dream pop, shoegaze, 2021, fuzzy guitar, neo-psychedelia, trip-hop, that clink sound is ELITE, shatter my relief like porcelainnnnnnn, 2021, its like beck downtuned on acid scrobbles: 468.1K
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+20: ashenspire - the law of asbestos +15: uuhai - khar khulz +12: drab majesty - the skin and the glove +10: mohini dey - introverted soul +8: portico quartet - next stop +7: tapir! - my god +6: birdeatsbaby - muscle museum +5: freak heat waves - in a moment divine +4: winter - the lonely girl +3: minor victories - scattered ashes (song for richard) +2: rival consoles - dreamer’s wake +1: las eras - nadie lo conoce
24 WhoOdyssey:Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers tags: acoustic emo, folk, alternative emo, 2024, New York, booming drums, soaring horns, bombastic, anthemic, perfect car crash between emo, country, americana and punk scrobbles: 22.3k
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+20: Spanish Love Songs - Haunted +15: 18 Calva Louise - Over The Threshold +12: 27 Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove +10: 14 Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger +8: 02 Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly +7: 30 Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive +6: Surfing - Lifetime +5: 35 Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home +4: 10 Devon Welsh - Vampires +3: 05 Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For +2: 21 MOTHICA - SENSITIVE +1: 26 The Bad Dreamers - Who You Run To
Posted by: Brer 24th February 2024, 08:28 PM
A fourth gold *.* thank you !!! <3 (I don't keep track but would not be surprised if this is already the most golds I've ever got in UP)
I think the Lil Ugly Mane song would probably be a grower for me so apols if it missed out for me due to my bad time management meaning I couldn't fit in a second listen. That and 'Penis Envy' both definitely contenders for the songs that least matched the expectations set up by the artist name/title x
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 08:28 PM
01 | 117 | Brer: Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 02 | 114 | Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 03 | 109 | Dobbo: Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 04 | 108 | jimwatts: Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 05 | 102 | Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 06 | 100 | Doctor Blind: Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 07 | 98 | Chez Wombat: Portico Quartet - Next Stop 08 | 96 | dandy*: Nathan Micay - Fangs 09 | 83 | !!!: Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 10 | 78 | lewistgreen: Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light
11 | 74 | Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 12 | 72 | seven: Spanish Love Songs - Haunted 13 | 72 | Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 14 | 70 | Suedehead2: Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 15 | 70 | uhsting: Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 16 | 70 | Uuhai - Khar Khulz 17 | 70 | k👠th: Winter - the lonely girl 18 | 69 | FrankLuck: Eli Mich - You Were Different 19 | 67 | Tapir! - My God 20 | 63 | blacksquare: Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine
21 | 54 | Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake 22 | 50 | WhoOdyssey: Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 23 | 49 | King Rollo: Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 24 | 48 | Brodka - Game Change 25 | 47 | Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 26 | 44 | MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 27 | 38 | J00prstar: Ha Vay - Moon Girl 28 | 38 | Ansel: Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 29 | 28 | gooddelta: CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 30 | 27 | Aaron: Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 31 | 26 | Y'all Starlight: Surfing - Lifetime 32 | 21 | Devon Welsh - Vampires 33 | 19 | Bambina - If I Can't Have Love (God Then Please Just Give Me Money) 34 | 19 | Severin: Infected Rain - Judgemental Trap 35 | 13 | Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home 36 | 09 | Riser: The Bad Dreamers - Who You Run To
00 | danG: Anna Moss - Penis Envy
Posted by: dhwe 24th February 2024, 08:29 PM
ooh aaron west was my highlight! reminded me so much of los campesinos
Posted by: Y'all Starlight 24th February 2024, 08:32 PM
Thanks Whoddy!
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 08:34 PM
I'm have to take a quick break guys x
Posted by: Brer 24th February 2024, 08:36 PM
a break to let me bask in the glory of being midweek #1 for a bit longer x
Posted by: Cody Scobell 24th February 2024, 08:38 PM
wait how did you determine the tags for each song?
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 08:45 PM
QUOTE(Cody Scobell @ Feb 24 2024, 10:38 PM)
wait how did you determine the tags for each song?
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 08:46 PM
25 Travis:MOTHICA - SENSITIVE tags: yandex music, indie pop, American, 2022, wanted to make the most upbeat and aggressive song about being an introvert, metal guitar with a driving dance bass , prosthetic make-up like a blowfish scrobbles: 122k
26 dhwe:Devon Welsh - Vampires tags: pop rock, alternative, 2018, Wisconsin, spiritual, pop punk, thanks for the good tunes, bud, former Majical Cloudz front man, wandering guitar line, a town eager to feast on its inhabitants scrobbles: 10.1k
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+20: aaron west and the roaring twenties – in lie of flowers — I love los campesinos and this reminds me so much of them. makes sense bc they apparently have like twenty members and have a whole horn and string section so the similarities are there +15: minor victories – scattered ashes (song for Richard) +12: winter – the lonely girl +10: ha vay – moon girl +8: nathan micay – fangs (club mix) +7: tapir! – my god +6: drab majesty – the skin and the glove +5: rival consoles – dreamer's wake +4: quiet houses – what my heart is for +3: aquarian – death, taxes, and hanger +2: ashenspire – the law of asbestos +1: birdeatsbaby – muscle museum — not a muse cover!
commisserations: spanish love songs bambina the bad dreamers lil ugly mane surfing las eras calva louise
27 Cody:Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel tags: breakcore, dnb, very few scrobbles, Asian, raving cat, obscure, mega flop, flop season, total underperformance, time to return to the recording booth scrobbles: 31
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20 POINTS | Eli Mich - You Were Different 15 POINTS | MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 12 POINTS | Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 10 POINTS | Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 8 POINTS | Uuhai - Khar Khulz 7 POINTS | Nathan Micay - Fangs 6 POINTS | Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 5 POINTS | Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 4 POINTS | Brodka - Game Change 3 POINTS | Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 2 POINTS | Surfing - Lifetime 1 POINTS | Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 08:47 PM
01 | 130 | Dobbo: Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 02 | 123 | dandy*: Nathan Micay - Fangs 03 | 122 | Brer: Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 04 | 119 | Cody: Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 05 | 115 | Doctor Blind: Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 06 | 114 | jimwatts: Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 07 | 114 | Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 08 | 98 | Chez Wombat: Portico Quartet - Next Stop 09 | 89 | FrankLuck: Eli Mich - You Were Different 10 | 88 | lewistgreen: Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light
11 | 83 | !!!: Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 12 | 82 | k👠th: Winter - the lonely girl 13 | 80 | Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 14 | 78 | Uuhai - Khar Khulz 15 | 76 | Suedehead2: Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 16 | 76 | Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 17 | 74 | Tapir! - My God 18 | 73 | seven: Spanish Love Songs - Haunted 19 | 70 | WhoOdyssey: Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 20 | 70 | uhsting: Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul
21 | 68 | Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 22 | 66 | blacksquare: Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 23 | 62 | Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake 24 | 59 | Travis: MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 25 | 52 | Brodka - Game Change 26 | 49 | King Rollo: Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 27 | 48 | J00prstar: Ha Vay - Moon Girl 28 | 43 | Ansel: Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 29 | 34 | Bambina - If I Can't Have Love (God Then Please Just Give Me Money) 30 | 32 | gooddelta: CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 31 | 28 | Y'all Starlight: Surfing - Lifetime 32 | 27 | Aaron: Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 33 | 26 | Severin: Infected Rain - Judgemental Trap 34 | 21 | dhwe: Devon Welsh - Vampires 35 | 13 | Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home 36 | 09 | Riser: The Bad Dreamers - Who You Run To
00 | danG: Anna Moss - Penis Envy
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 24th February 2024, 08:50 PM
Thanks for the top points dhwe!
Posted by: jimwatts 24th February 2024, 08:51 PM
Thank you Dan for another gold and Whoddy for another silver! Dan's entry was just outside my votes, shame to see it still on 0
Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 24th February 2024, 08:51 PM
Good to see it nicely poised at the top, rooting for some but won't say which to spoil votes.
Nice to see the worst song is where it belongs
Posted by: Cody Scobell 24th February 2024, 08:52 PM
have we ever had a situation where a song in UP didn’t get a single point from anyone? I know it’s a possibility to get zero or less if they don’t vote but I don’t think the former has ever happened
Posted by: Brer 24th February 2024, 08:52 PM
Gracias Travis and dhwe :3 (also yay that dhwe did actually vote! quite a feat to get a full house of votes from such a big contest)
I was kind of expecting Surren Tweek to be Iz but perhaps he is not quite fully typecasting himself as the breakcore guy just yet x (great find Cody)
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 08:57 PM
28 Cow P:Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home tags: dream pop, indie pop, 2016, imported by drip.feed, Indonesian indie, first love, melancholic romanticism emotive vocals, rich instrumentation scrobbles: 280.2k
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Hi Kath!
Here are my votes:
+20 19 Nu Pagadi - Dying Words +15 08 Uuhai - Khar Khulz +12 05 Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For +10 12 Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers +8 15 Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum +7 10 Devon Welsh - Vampires +6 04 Brodka - Game Change +5 23 Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) +4 11 Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos +3 32 Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still +2 24 CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams +1 13 Anna Moss - Penis Envy
29 Qween:Bambina - If I Can't Have Love (God Then Please Just Give Me Money) tags: indie pop, 2024, pop music never dies, vulnerable sense of humour, an exciting voice in the Los Angeles music scene, long song title, thank u 4 sharing scrobbles: 1.2k
30 Jade:Las eras - Nadie lo conoce tags: coldwave, like being trapped in a Gaspar Noé film, gloomy, minimal synth, darkwave, Argentina, 2019, somber and gelid synthscapes, fast-paced nocturnal, soft buzzing pads weep over a grim tale about a man throwing up and passing out scrobbles: 3.4k
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20 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 15 Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 12 Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 10 Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 8 Winter - the lonely girl 7 Nathan Micay - Fangs 6 Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 5 Portico Quartet - Next Stop 4 Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 3 Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 2 Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 1 Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive
xx Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos xx Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light xx Eli Mich - You Were Different
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 08:58 PM
01 | 142 | Dobbo: Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 02 | 139 | Cody: Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 03 | 135 | Doctor Blind: Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 04 | 130 | dandy*: Nathan Micay - Fangs 05 | 126 | Brer: Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 06 | 124 | jimwatts: Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 07 | 117 | Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 08 | 105 | Chez Wombat: Portico Quartet - Next Stop 09 | 93 | Uuhai - Khar Khulz 10 | 92 | lewistgreen: Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light
11 | 91 | k👠th: Winter - the lonely girl 12 | 89 | FrankLuck: Eli Mich - You Were Different 13 | 88 | Suedehead2: Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 14 | 88 | Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 15 | 85 | !!!: Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 16 | 80 | WhoOdyssey: Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 17 | 80 | Jade: Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 18 | 79 | Travis: MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 19 | 76 | Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 20 | 74 | Tapir! - My God
21 | 73 | seven: Spanish Love Songs - Haunted 22 | 70 | Brodka - Game Change 23 | 70 | blacksquare: Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 24 | 70 | uhsting: Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 25 | 67 | King Rollo: Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 26 | 62 | Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake 27 | 54 | Ansel: Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 28 | 48 | J00prstar: Ha Vay - Moon Girl 29 | 47 | Aaron: Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 30 | 34 | Qween: Bambina - If I Can't Have Love (God Then Please Just Give Me Money) 31 | 34 | gooddelta: CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 32 | 28 | dhwe: Devon Welsh - Vampires 33 | 28 | Y'all Starlight: Surfing - Lifetime 34 | 26 | Severin: Infected Rain - Judgemental Trap 35 | 21 | Cow P: Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home 36 | 16 | danG: Anna Moss - Penis Envy 37 | 09 | Riser: The Bad Dreamers - Who You Run To
Posted by: Jade 24th February 2024, 09:01 PM
soft buzzing pads weep over a grim tale about a man throwing up and passing out
omg... this
thanks for the points so far, especially Nate for top marks
Posted by: Brer 24th February 2024, 09:04 PM
Thanks Cow
Jade coming through with the dark Spanish bop we luh to see (I did think it'd be that if not Calva Louise x) - so close to another mealworm, maybe I'd have sneaked in if not for ha having a headache when listening
Cat video song in the top 3 now *.*
Based on the songs yet to be unveiled I can't see myself getting many more points so I think I'll be lucky to stay top 10 x
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 09:08 PM
31 Iz 🧊:Uuhai - Khar Khulz tags: Mongolia, metal, 2024, throatsinging, awesome clean choreography, MongolRock, like a Mongolian "Let There Be Rock", HOO-RA!! scrobbles: 405
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20 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 15 Brodka - Game Change 12 Infected Rain - Judgemental Trap 10 Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 08 Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 07 Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 06 Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 05 Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 04 Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home 03 Spanish Love Songs - Haunted 02 Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 01 Surfing - Lifetime
32 RabbitFurCoat:Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For tags: dream pop gem, indie pop gem, 2024, Edinburgh duo, fuzzy electronics, swelling guitars and drums, ethereal vocals, melodic directness, the sense of openness is very Scottish, very Celtic scrobbles: 1.7k
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20 Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 15 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 12 Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 10 CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 08 Eli Mich - You Were Different 07 Nathan Micay - Fangs 06 Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 05 Surfing - Lifetime 04 Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 03 Devon Welsh - Vampires 02 Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 01 Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) - 00 Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 00 Bambina - If I Can't Have Love (God Then Please Just Give Me Money) 00 Brodka - Game Change
33 ✖ leww ✖:Giolì & Assia - Young Forever tags: electronica, Italian duo, depicting life’s transience, violins, church bells, an auditory metaphor for the fleeting nature of life, an enthralling merge of the slow and dramatic world with the powerful, electronic one scrobbles: 5.1k
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20 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 15 Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 12 Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 10 Nathan Micay - Fangs 08 Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 07 Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 06 Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 05 Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 04 Portico Quartet - Next Stop 03 Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake 02 Eli Mich - You Were Different 01 Nu Pagadi - Dying Words
Commiserations: 00 Bambina - If I Can't Have Love (God Then Please Just Give Me Money) 00 Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 00 Ha Vay - Moon Girl 00 The Bad Dreamers - Who You Run To 00 Winter - the lonely girl
Posted by: lewistgreen 24th February 2024, 09:09 PM
Brer being our biggest supporter so far, who'd have thunk it
Posted by: Brer 24th February 2024, 09:09 PM
Cody really coming to win 3 of the last 5 contests x
A nice dream pop entry from RFC, not necessarily the most distinct song from the genre but still good enough for a few points!
Posted by: Chez Wombat 24th February 2024, 09:10 PM
Minor Victories and Sullen Tweek were big highlights too, the latter sounds just like the type of breakcore I'd find on a late night YouTube trawl x#
Yay for passing 100
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 09:10 PM
01 | 194 | Cody: Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 02 | 157 | Dobbo: Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 03 | 147 | Doctor Blind: Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 04 | 147 | dandy*: Nathan Micay - Fangs 05 | 126 | Brer: Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 06 | 126 | jimwatts: Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 07 | 117 | ✖ leww ✖: Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 08 | 109 | Chez Wombat: Portico Quartet - Next Stop 09 | 104 | lewistgreen: Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 10 | 103 | Suedehead2: Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove
11 | 103 | King Rollo: Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 12 | 99 | FrankLuck: Eli Mich - You Were Different 13 | 97 | !!!: Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 14 | 93 | Iz 🧊 Uuhai - Khar Khulz 15 | 91 | k👠th: Winter - the lonely girl 16 | 88 | Jade: Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 17 | 88 | RabbitFurCoat: Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 18 | 86 | Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 19 | 85 | Brodka - Game Change 20 | 80 | WhoOdyssey: Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers
21 | 79 | Travis: MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 22 | 77 | uhsting: Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 23 | 76 | seven: Spanish Love Songs - Haunted 24 | 74 | Tapir! - My God 25 | 70 | blacksquare: Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 26 | 65 | Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake 27 | 61 | Ansel: Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 28 | 48 | J00prstar: Ha Vay - Moon Girl 29 | 48 | Aaron: Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 30 | 44 | gooddelta: CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 31 | 38 | Severin: Infected Rain - Judgemental Trap 32 | 34 | Qween: Bambina - If I Can't Have Love (God Then Please Just Give Me Money) 33 | 34 | Y'all Starlight: Surfing - Lifetime 34 | 31 | dhwe: Devon Welsh - Vampires 35 | 25 | Cow P: Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home 36 | 16 | danG: Anna Moss - Penis Envy 37 | 09 | Riser: The Bad Dreamers - Who You Run To
Posted by: Cody Scobell 24th February 2024, 09:12 PM
girl WHAT
Posted by: Jade 24th February 2024, 09:13 PM
My favourite currently winning just remembered it was #1 in the running order so the contest apparently peaked straight away. Yay my silver (Doctor B's) in the top 3 too!
(thanks Iz + RFC <3)
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 09:17 PM
34 All★bySmashMouth:Tapir! - My God tags: indie pop, indie folk, South London, a folk-spun purr with a magical, amorphous nostalgia, 2022, thanks be to God, an abundance of esotericism and eccentricity, a sense of joie de vivre scrobbles: 32.5k
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20 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 15 Nathan Micay - Fangs 12 Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 10 Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 08 Nu Pagadi - Dying Words 07 Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still 06 Uuhai - Khar Khulz 05 Eli Mich - You Were Different 04 Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 03 Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 02 Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 01 Surfing - Lifetime
35 Addy!:Brodka - Game Change tags: Polish pop idol, written by Jessica Winter, artistic statement, thought-provoking, enticing vocals, gender roles in society, reproductive rights in Poland, scrobbles: 166.7k
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20 Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 15 Eli Mich - You Were Different 12 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 10 Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 08 Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake 07 Nathan Micay - Fangs 06 Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 05 Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 04 Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 03 MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 02 Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 01 Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul
Posted by: King Rollo 24th February 2024, 09:18 PM
Thanks RabbitFurCoat for the 20 points.
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 09:20 PM
36 awardinary:Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum tags: dark cabaret, punk cabaret, violin, Brighton, 2015, Muse cover, alternative rock, orchestral rock, what can be better than cake and Muse? scrobbles: 1.9k
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+20 Death, Taxes & Hanger – Aquarian +15 Fallen Angel – Surren Tweek +12 Dreamer's Wake – Rival Consoles +10 In Lieu Of Flowers – Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties +8 Fangs – Nathan Micay +7 Who You Run To – The Bad Dreamers +6 Young Forever – Giolì & Assia +5 Nadie lo conoce – Las eras +4 Truly Being Alive – Night Tapes +3 In a Moment Divine – Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee +2 Moon Girl – Ha Vay +1 You Were Different – Eli Mich
37 p a v:Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake tags: IDM, ambient, experimental, electronic, Leicester musician, making synthesisers sound human and atmospheric, harmonised low level voices mix with a low throbbing synth drone to create a taut ambience full of possibility scrobbles: 453.8k
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20 Uuhai - Khar Khulz 15 Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 12 Nathan Micay - Fangs 10 Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 08 Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine 07 Ha Vay - Moon Girl 06 Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 05 Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 04 Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 03 Eli Mich - You Were Different 02 Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 01 Nu Pagadi - Dying Words
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 09:21 PM
01 | 256 | Cody: Surren Tweek - Fallen Angel 02 | 197 | Dobbo: Aquarian - Death, Taxes & Hanger 03 | 189 | dandy*: Nathan Micay - Fangs 04 | 153 | jimwatts: Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 05 | 152 | Doctor Blind: Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard) 06 | 147 | ✖ leww ✖: Giolì & Assia - Young Forever 07 | 126 | Brer: Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos 08 | 123 | FrankLuck: Eli Mich - You Were Different 09 | 119 | Iz 🧊 Uuhai - Khar Khulz 10 | 110 | King Rollo: Frost* - The Boy Who Stood Still
11 | 109 | Chez Wombat: Portico Quartet - Next Stop 12 | 108 | lewistgreen: Nightbus - Exposed to Some Light 13 | 104 | Jade: Las eras - Nadie lo conoce 14 | 103 | Suedehead2: Drab Majesty - The Skin And The Glove 15 | 97 | !!!: Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly 16 | 96 | awardinary: Birdeatsbaby - Muscle Museum 17 | 91 | k👠th: Winter - the lonely girl 18 | 90 | WhoOdyssey: Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers 19 | 88 | RabbitFurCoat: Quiet Houses - What My Heart Is For 20 | 85 | Addy! Brodka - Game Change (13 votes)
21 | 85 | p a v: Rival Consoles - Dreamer's Wake (12 votes, 2x20) 22 | 85 | blacksquare: Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee - In a Moment Divine (12 votes, 1x20) 23 | 82 | Travis: MOTHICA - SENSITIVE 24 | 78 | uhsting: Mohini Dey - Introverted Soul 25 | 76 | seven: Spanish Love Songs - Haunted 26 | 74 | All★bySmashMouth: Tapir! - My God 27 | 65 | Ansel: Night Tapes - Truly Being Alive 28 | 57 | Aaron: Nu Pagadi - Dying Words (10 votes) 29 | 57 | J00prstar: Ha Vay - Moon Girl (8 votes) 30 | 44 | gooddelta: CRUZ - Disco Colour Beams 31 | 38 | Severin: Infected Rain - Judgemental Trap 32 | 35 | Y'all Starlight: Surfing - Lifetime 33 | 34 | Qween: Bambina - If I Can't Have Love (God Then Please Just Give Me Money) 34 | 31 | dhwe: Devon Welsh - Vampires 35 | 25 | Cow P: Vira Talisa - Walking Back Home 36 | 16 | Riser: The Bad Dreamers - Who You Run To (4 votes) 37 | 16 | danG: Anna Moss - Penis Envy (2 votes)
Posted by: gooddelta 24th February 2024, 09:22 PM
The ten was a real boost from RFC <3 what a disaster though, bottom ten is my calling in UP of late!
Gosh at Cody’s score, but a very solid track! Very well done - and good to see my fave from Leww safely top ten, Lana vibes <3
Thanks Kath for wonderful hosting!
Posted by: Y'all Starlight 24th February 2024, 09:24 PM
Congrats Cody What a fantastic entry indeed! Thanks for the great hosting as always Kath!
Wow Cody what a triumphant win *.* congrats, thrilled that my favourite did so well <3 happy with 13th for my own song too - thanks for the last minute boost Wardy and Pavel
Gracias for a fabulous hosting job, Kath
Posted by: J00prstar 24th February 2024, 09:32 PM
congrats to Cody & thanks to Kath for the gorge hosting <3
Posted by: k👠th 24th February 2024, 09:34 PM
Thanks for following along guys and well done Cody! A really great and obscure breakcore banger. I changed the voting order around a bit to not make the results boring
Posted by: Chez Wombat 24th February 2024, 09:34 PM
Argh Cody, stop being so good at this!! I naturally can't complain at my 15 winning, the fact it was the very first track and stuck with me through the listenthrough (and many others) for that long says a lot!
Ooft, I'm very pleased to do that well, but missing the top 10 by one point when I was there for the whole reveal does sting just a tad I'm very pleased those that did like this seemed to like it a lot though, especially in a packed edition like this, it's a wonderful building track and I'm glad I remembered it's existence in time for this x
Very pleased to see my top 3 all in the top 10 and most of my votes did pretty decently, though Truly Being Alive deserved a bit higher than that </3
Thanks for the wonderful hosting, Kath, I'm gonna wonder forever where you got those tags from x
Posted by: uhsting 24th February 2024, 09:34 PM
Cody winning Unknown Pleasures again Well done Kath for hosting! Great to see Chez and Bre doing fairly well though would like to see the former getting more points x Both of them are great discoveries
I'm really glad the entry found a couple of avid fans despite not getting a lot of votes. 24th is not too shabby but I think I will keep on sending some experiment shit to this contest because that's what the contest is for (or at least defined by me anyway )
Posted by: Severin 24th February 2024, 09:36 PM
Ah so it awardinary who put BEB in. I must admit I was rather suprised to see them pop up, especially as I'd entered Mishkin in a previous competition on here (can't recall exactly which one). If you're after any news, unreleased stuff or info, hit me up.
Btw they've just sigend to a label and re-branded themselves as Crimson Veil for new material.
Posted by: Cody Scobell 24th February 2024, 09:36 PM
Hang on I just got back from a jog lemme internalize this for a sec
Posted by: Severin 24th February 2024, 09:39 PM
Congrats again Cody and well done Kath on the hosting.
Also I thoroughly expected to come last with my entry but glad a few liked it enough for points. Cheers
Posted by: awardinary 24th February 2024, 09:39 PM
QUOTE(Severin @ Feb 24 2024, 09:36 PM)
Ah so it awardinary who put BEB in. I must admit I was rather suprised to see them pop up, especially as I'd entered Mishkin in a previous competition on here (can't recall exactly which one). If you're after any news, unreleased stuff or info, hit me up.
Btw they've just sigend to a label and re-branded themselves as Crimson Veil for new material.
Ngl I tried very hard to withdraw my entry from the contest after a backlash of fiery comments during the listenthrough. I regret being so cheap and sorry for any I offended.
Posted by: King Rollo 24th February 2024, 09:40 PM
Congratulations Cody on another Unknown Pleasures win and thanks to Kath for an excellent results presentation.
I'm happy that Frost* just sneaked into a top 10 position. Thanks to everyone who gave them points.
Posted by: p a v 24th February 2024, 09:43 PM
Kathcakes and blacksquare recognizing what real tea truly is <333
Posted by: p a v 24th February 2024, 09:44 PM
QUOTE(Cody Scobell @ Feb 25 2024, 12:36 AM)
Hang on I just got back from a jog lemme internalize this for a sec
So when are you going to start complaining that it wasn’t enough points and that you were still robbed? xox
Posted by: lewistgreen 24th February 2024, 09:46 PM
QUOTE(awardinary @ Feb 24 2024, 09:39 PM)
Ngl I tried very hard to withdraw my entry from the contest after a backlash of fiery comments during the listenthrough. I regret being so cheap and sorry for any I offended.
Would we call an unknown cover version of a Top 30 single from 24 years ago cheap? Perhaps on this forum we would but let's be honest here only a handful of people would've clocked it and known who it was. I certainly had no clue and if it was an issue then it should've been vetoed. However, as many of us will have experience of on this site, vetting a song contest for every entry is difficult and things do slip through the cracks before anyone says "it's not in the spirit of the contest". It was a discovery for me!
Posted by: Cody Scobell 24th February 2024, 09:50 PM
I've never heard of that particular Muse song so I can safely say it was a discovery for me
Posted by: dandy* 24th February 2024, 10:11 PM
Well done Cody!
Congratulations on winning! I did think it may be the winner when it was decent and also first in the listings - for some reason I think UP always favours songs that are in the first part of the draw.
Very happy with third, especially as I was unsure what to send and left everything very last minute. I desperately need to find some new songs this year now as I'm raiding last year for both this and BJSC at the moment.
Posted by: jimwatts 24th February 2024, 10:12 PM
Congratulations Cody can see why that was a standout for so many including myself - my bronze medallist winning just like last time!
Thank you for all the points including Addy for 10 and All★bySmashMouth for a second bronze, wow at getting two of each medal and finishing in the top 5 my third 4th place in a Buzzjack song contest, beating my only previous UP finish by a mere 20 places! Now we need Calva Louise to follow Artemas into having a chart hit
Thank you Kath for the excellent hosting love the tags!
Posted by: Brer 24th February 2024, 10:13 PM
Not a single point from the last 7 voters but still only falling from 5th to 7th *.* very happy with that and consider me shocked to have finished a fair bit higher than Winter eep! I did confirm Ashenspire first but then felt like wimping out and tried switching to Winter as a 'safer' option haha (and then didn't really have time to look for another entry after that was blocked so just went back to my original choice). I honestly thought that one might be a contender to win so 17th feels a bit disappointing but still not too awful I guess, thanks Kath for blocking me from another anonymous midtable result I suppose!
I think Surren Tweek is probably the one I'd have predicted to win going into the results if I made a prediction but not sure I saw it having such a huge lead - can't say it's undeserved though as it was in my top 5 so a fab winner, Cody winning every other edition of Unknown Pleasures of late! I voted for 4 of the top 5 and the other one was still among my commiserations that'll be added to my 2024 playlist anyway so all good stuff up there. Also happy to see Frost* in the top 10 although oh nooo that my top 2 ended up in 11th and 12th after both being in the top 10 for much of the results oops! Voted for Las Eras and Drab Majesty too so a few of my faves all lining up just outside the top 10 there but glad they all passed 100 points at least.
Almost all of my votes finished in the top half so not a lot to complain about, the one really disappointing underperformance aside from Winter is CRUZ (though still a few more songs I had as commiserations that were in the bottom half as well).
Thanks for the hosting Kath, great edition both quality and presentation wise hopefully we don't have to wait until 2025 for the next one
Posted by: dhwe 24th February 2024, 10:15 PM
QUOTE(awardinary @ Feb 24 2024, 04:39 PM)
Ngl I tried very hard to withdraw my entry from the contest after a backlash of fiery comments during the listenthrough. I regret being so cheap and sorry for any I offended.
nah don't apologize when you have nothing to apologize for. I personally didn't care either way whether or not it was cheap, I just got caught off-guard by a muse cover showing up in the contest. people can have their opinions but imo if it's allowed by the mods then it's fair game.
Posted by: Brer 24th February 2024, 10:19 PM
(I also am pretty sure I have never heard the original Muse song - it only has 40 million streams on Spotify, only the third highest on that album, certainly nowhere near being one of their most well-known songs)
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 24th February 2024, 10:20 PM
It passed me by when checking, I'd never heard of it!
Posted by: dhwe 24th February 2024, 10:22 PM
(my repressed 13 year old muse fan self is showing)
Posted by: Chez Wombat 24th February 2024, 10:30 PM
Covers in UP are fine as long as they're obscure, which this seems to be and it is hardly Muse's most well known song. I personally found this one stayed too close to the original for me to enjoy it as much, but that's subjective and nothing to be sorry about!
Posted by: Iz 🧊 24th February 2024, 10:50 PM
Can't say any better than one's 20 winning, excellent song Cody and well done, great result all around. Though Infected Rain deserved way better than what they got, that's far too low </3
As for myself, you see I was convinced I was on to a flop, I sent the best Mongolian throat singing ridiculousness I could find on impulse to get in on the Otyken coattails and it somehow really paid out some dividends, I thought it would be hella divisive. Thank you to everyone for somehow getting it into the top 10, very pleased with that.
'Muscle Museum' was really quite a nice surprise as I went along in the listenthrough, I love the original, the best off of Muse's first album and it's an inventive choice of cover, which got it the points.
QUOTE(Brer @ Feb 24 2024, 08:52 PM)
I was kind of expecting Surren Tweek to be Iz but perhaps he is not quite fully typecasting himself as the breakcore guy just yet x (great find Cody)
did get a bit of entry envy I must admit, but I always fall short of winning with my breakcore hits, anyway more breakcore soon when I get back to typecasting myself
Posted by: Cody Scobell 24th February 2024, 11:19 PM
okay it’s been a bit since the full results were posted so…
Honestly…….. I wasn’t expecting this to be anywhere close to a win, nor was I really aiming for it as I was extremely stumped for the past few days of confirmations being open. I got inspired by some breakcore (my mind went to Nyteout rather than Sewerslvt) and one YouTube trawl and Dead By Daylight session later I ran into this I’m really shocked that y’all loved it so much but also really please thanks so much for the votes!
Great to see most of my top 5 make it pretty high (other than MOTHICA, thought that one was robbed </3), props to Frank for the Eli Mich discovery, that was one of the highlights of the entire contest and definitely woke me up during the session *,*
Thanks Kath for hosting and for all the Dua meme gifs!
Posted by: gooddelta 24th February 2024, 11:36 PM
Also Wardy, people can get a bit heated on listenthroughs, and then others sometimes join in and it looks like a pile on, but ultimately, clearly the Muse cover was a decent discovery for numerous people as it finished in a respectable position. I wasn't there so don't know exactly how much criticism it got exactly but whatever 3 or 4 people might say on a listenthrough won't necessarily represent what the other 30 odd people may think of it. A cover of a non top 20 hit from nearly 25 years ago - albeit by a successful band - is not really as cheap as it's made out to be imo. Club Bizarre and BJSC both had far cheaper stuff this month.
Posted by: FrankLuck 25th February 2024, 08:10 AM
QUOTE(awardinary @ Feb 24 2024, 10:39 PM)
Ngl I tried very hard to withdraw my entry from the contest after a backlash of fiery comments during the listenthrough. I regret being so cheap and sorry for any I offended.
I'm sorry Wardy for the harsh comments, I was blunt, but I didn't intend to make you feel bad at all. It was one of those cases when you think just because you (and your friends/age group at home) know something very well then everyone will know it, not taking into account that I'm older than most of the people in these contests and live(d) in a different country with a different music scene. I couldn't list more than 5 Muse songs, but I've heard 'Muscle Museum' loads of times - but I get that it is not as 'evergreen' for the audience as it is in my head.
Congrats Cody, great entry again! Nearly got my 20 too, switched my top 2 in the last second (not that 'Fallen Angel' needed 5 more points, hehe).
I'm very happy with 8th, I'm glad that a couple of you enjoyed 'You Were Different'!
Posted by: All★bySmashMouth 25th February 2024, 09:07 AM
All I can say is I actually scored top marks on a winning song. Not usual for me to do!
Also, it's not any participant's fault that their submissions weren't vetoed. I never knew Birdeatsbaby before so it is something new to me in some way.
Posted by: Severin 25th February 2024, 09:26 AM
QUOTE(awardinary @ Feb 24 2024, 09:39 PM)
Ngl I tried very hard to withdraw my entry from the contest after a backlash of fiery comments during the listenthrough. I regret being so cheap and sorry for any I offended.
It's allowed in the rules so not your fault to be fair.
Also, can I ask where/how you first came across them? I think they'd be interested.
Posted by: ✖ leww ✖ 25th February 2024, 09:48 AM
I thought the winning song was Iz in my mind too, fantastic song! TYVM at Top 10, wasn't expecting that <3
Posted by: Suedehead2 25th February 2024, 11:06 AM
QUOTE(Severin @ Feb 24 2024, 07:35 PM)
Ah so Suedehead sent Drab Majesty. Did you go see them at CHALK the other week?
Sadly not
Posted by: blacksquare 25th February 2024, 12:33 PM
Congrats to Cody and thanks to Kath for hosting! My main takeaway from this was how more (if not all) videos should have giant cats in them.
I hoped 'In a Moment Divine' would have connected with more people but I'm happy I chose a song I love. BJSC has fried my brain a little with these contests. *.*
Posted by: Riser 25th February 2024, 07:48 PM
Eek, that's probably the worst I've ever misjudged sending an entry in UP Not that I regret it because I love the song, but I definitely expected more than 4 votes!
Congrats Cody, what an amazing run you're having here! Yay for three of my votes making the top 10 (Nathan Micay, Calva Louise and Eli Mich). Kind of surprised to have given Mohini Dey more than a quarter of its points, but a brilliant entry nonetheless. I'd have liked to see CRUZ higher too even if I only gave it 1 point.
Great job hosting, Kath, thank you! Definitely looking forward to the next edition so I can swiftly avenge missing last place on a tiebreak!
Posted by: Dobbo 26th February 2024, 10:43 AM
Many congrats Cody, what an incredible piece of music. I remember listening to the playlist for the first time and thinking "so track 1, this is gonna be tough to beat" and wasn't it ever! Certainly didn't expect my own entry to be the one that pushed it the closest however (albeit not all that close in the end ) shocked and delighted that so many of you enjoyed this piece I've had tucked away on my potentials for a few years now. But even I will say I preferred the winning song to my own!
Sharing the top 3 with my 2 faves (and my entire top 5 finishing in the top 10), results couldn't have gone much better thanks to Kath for running!
Posted by: Doctor Blind 26th February 2024, 05:09 PM
Absolutely loving the breakbeat 1-2 <3
Fantastic discoveries all round and a great edition - thanks for the superb hosting Kath. Thanks to those who voted for Minor Victories!