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Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 15th February 2016, 07:07 AM

01 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1J8t-4MpiE
02 - https://soundcloud.com/chelseaeffect/good-enough
03 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOucrAFX810
04 - https://soundcloud.com/living-hour/seagull-2
05 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TicX8IcImtE
06 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO9rjVLRtC8
07 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C216ZRVOM5A
08 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4efGQgC5pd4
09 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we6YN_83Hj8
10 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOxrb5WjcXs
11 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KKuHOuHLTU
12 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKdMrNT3JSU
13 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qXPPHhs6nk
14 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrlEdNh8W8I
15 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnSA7haCoBo
16 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bx-aOiOex8
17 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NgUWRNqlkM
18 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhrqbcufZXo
19 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6jWIHtD-cs
20 - https://soundcloud.com/tinush/epiphany
21 - http://youtu.be/OC3zACEUs34
22 - https://soundcloud.com/richardcaddock/preview-alive-to-explore
23 - https://soundcloud.com/maorasun/mao-ra-sun-with-rivrs-ready
24 - https://soundcloud.com/robbiemillermusic/the-pain
25 - https://soundcloud.com/moth-equals/cordiform
26 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sybAwuQataM
27 - https://soundcloud.com/therealtai/tai-le-shuuk-unicorn-kannibalen-records
28 - https://soundcloud.com/childcare/omega-grey-1
29 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ5GvIQkjKc
30 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXkK0iEx-pg


Rules:
- You must not reveal which entry is your own
- Do not vote for your own entry
- If you do not vote your entry will be deducted 20 points
- Anyone can vote, even if you have not sent an entry
- Votes must be PM'd to myself using the following points:

20 (favourite)
15
12
10
08
07
06
05
04
03
02
01

You have until 20:00 on Tuesday, March 1st to vote

You can find mp3 versions of entries http://www72.zippyshare.com/v/sx6bza4A/file.html and http://www72.zippyshare.com/v/v4ilGaLI/file.html

Posted by: Mattias 15th February 2016, 08:03 AM

Oh, excited about this! Looking forward to hearing what people have to offer.

Posted by: Iz~ 15th February 2016, 12:43 PM

Yes, good to see this starting. Hopefully some good discoveries here, I'm interested to see how my one does this time too. Very few artists I've even heard of which is always good.

Posted by: #psychic7 15th February 2016, 01:40 PM

Yay for nu UP!

A few I recognise, most notably Jessy Lanza (I was considering that for BJSC, but it had a Pitchfork review and a few other blogs so I didn't want to risk the mods booting my ass out again), and I've liked that Childcare track for a while

Posted by: Cody Slayberry 15th February 2016, 02:56 PM

Nice to see Louis The Child here! I actually thought that might appear on BJSC before UP.

Posted by: ♦ ketalina ♦ 15th February 2016, 03:20 PM

i'd put MONEY on it that Lafawndah is Pav if he's entered

Posted by: 💯 15th February 2016, 04:18 PM

don't mind me, i am just wondering whether the person who sent a f***ING 66MB .WAV FILE HAS LOST THEIR SENSE OF REALITY

Posted by: 💯 15th February 2016, 04:26 PM

http://www8.zippyshare.com/v/rO0a82cx/file.html

you're welcome

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 15th February 2016, 07:05 PM

It's a free download on its Soundcloud link. I didn't realise it was so big until I was grouping them into two halves to upload them all last night, by which time I couldn't be bothered to find a different version.

Posted by: 152chris 15th February 2016, 08:50 PM

yay ! just know jessy, lafawndah and the acid (all of whom have been bjsc rejects of mine at one point lol) so i am hyyyped

Posted by: Jacob Alan 16th February 2016, 11:55 PM

Great to see this up - checked out a few and when I get a chance (back to my PC) I'll start listening through properly.

Posted by: popchartfreak 17th February 2016, 07:29 PM

flicked through these, seems the most edgy UP I've been in so far. I think it's fair to say none of them will be making the streaming charts anytime soon..

which can only be a good thing.

Posted by: Mart!n 17th February 2016, 08:00 PM

Fuuny thing, I can't even remember what I sent I just hope I don't vote for myself have to dig around later, yeah... you can all laugh it off, mind you I do have a lot of personal issues at the moment, with someone very close to me very ill.

Posted by: popchartfreak 17th February 2016, 10:43 PM

Hope things work out for you mart!n sorryto hear you have problems, i know what its like.

I'm sure i will send points for your entry even if neither of us know what it is - i usually like yours whether i know it or not

Posted by: JSG 18th February 2016, 12:21 PM

It does seem everyone has taken a different approach to UP this month but this is definitely my least favourite edition so far.

Posted by: Mart!n 28th February 2016, 05:51 PM

Ugh.... I've forgotten all about this. I have to speed through it tonight

Posted by: popchartfreak 28th February 2016, 08:31 PM

oops! me too. have to send tomorrow night unless there is an extension..

Posted by: Iz~ 28th February 2016, 09:46 PM

You know, we don't need to do any more song contests, we can close them all down. I don't think we're going to be able to top 'Unicorn'.

( )

Posted by: 152chris 28th February 2016, 10:02 PM

one absolutely awful song always manages to sneak in to this contest but this takes it ALL.

my face when it came on shuffle i wanted to die

Posted by: 152chris 28th February 2016, 10:02 PM

other than that i luv this contest !

Posted by: Iz~ 28th February 2016, 10:06 PM

I... had a similar experience. It just kept GOING beyond the point of sanity. Debating whether to give it points for the audacity of it all.

But yeah, this is sounding a pretty great edition otherwise.

Posted by: Mattias 28th February 2016, 10:28 PM

I think I kinda liked 'Unicorn'? I'm gonna re-listen to some of the songs anyway now to arrange my votes so shall see

Edit: Listening now, I'm not so sure what to think of it anymore, you guys influenced me

Posted by: Cody Slayberry 28th February 2016, 10:45 PM

I listened to "Unicorn" and HOLY F*CK I WAS GIVEN A RUSH

Posted by: HarryEzra 28th February 2016, 10:48 PM

Sent some votes in and omg my 20 pointer is *.*

Really good contest

Posted by: Chez Wombat 28th February 2016, 10:49 PM

Totally forgot about this oops, but will definitely listen/vote tomorrow if there isn't an extension.

Posted by: Mattias 28th February 2016, 11:30 PM

Voted. Pretty pleased with the overall quality, good first participation for me

(I don't have as much faith in my own song now as I did )

Posted by: 💯 29th February 2016, 05:57 AM

I don't think the person who sent it is even going to regret their decision to send it after such backfiring teas

It's indeed f***ing atrocious

(I did not send it)

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 29th February 2016, 07:24 PM

30 entries and I've had 7 votes sent to me so far.

I'll try and get reminders out tonight however I can't see another 22 sending me them in 24 and a bit hours!

Posted by: Iz~ 29th February 2016, 07:30 PM

I will be voting tomorrow evening after another listen through I think. Hopefully just a lot of people are leaving it to the last day as our normal lazy bunch.

Posted by: popchartfreak 29th February 2016, 07:40 PM

voting shortly as I'm out tomorrow night at cinema.

Unicorn is hilarious. Very curious to see who sent it....

Posted by: ℒ𝓲𝓷⻤ 29th February 2016, 07:40 PM

I will vote tonight!!

Posted by: ░░░░ 29th February 2016, 07:45 PM

on the basis of those numbers can we have a week's extension pls

Posted by: Bré 29th February 2016, 07:54 PM

I'll be voting in this tomorrow ~

Posted by: 💯 29th February 2016, 08:17 PM

It will be the same in a week.

I say just extend for a couple of days. I am planning on voting tomorrow as well.

Posted by: ░░░░ 29th February 2016, 08:37 PM

we have this disagreement every time...

unlike bjsc there is no great rush and these songs deserve a few listens rather than one rushed listen and vote. many times in the past the deadline has been extended and significantly more votes have come in.

Posted by: FrankLuck 29th February 2016, 08:41 PM

I'll finalize my votes tomorrow, too. I have a terrible toothache, I can do useful things (like ranking UP entries) when the painkiller kicks in - so it goes kinda slowly.

Posted by: 💯 29th February 2016, 08:46 PM

People will still put off voting because a week seems like a lot. Maybe 5 will use this opportunity but not the majority

two days is enough for a few thoughtful listening sessions imo

Posted by: Mart!n 29th February 2016, 08:48 PM

I would welcome an extension, I don't really want to base my final score on one listen.

Posted by: JSG 29th February 2016, 10:48 PM

I'm not being funny here but Yall have already had two weeks to vote. That is most definitely plenty of time and if you haven't voted with all that time to do so then tough tittieS.

Posted by: Jacob Alan 29th February 2016, 10:56 PM

Ughh still on my first listen through, wish there was more time. Picking out favourites though already. Making notes so I don't forget.

Pretty good contest actually.

I guess, I just have a lot of new stuff to listen through, I've been away a fair bit (including 12th - 19th Feb) + this month has been so busy for me, 2 weeks isn't that much compared to the submission stage tbf.

Posted by: JSG 29th February 2016, 11:10 PM

Sorry it wasn't aimed at you on particular. It was aimed at everyone that entered and then forgot about it

Posted by: Jacob Alan 29th February 2016, 11:19 PM

Haha, no worries yeah I get that, I was just feeling slightly guilty about it despite all those reasons, wanted to get to know them all better. I will get a vote in on time though, I've only got 2 songs to go before I've heard them all and I've been keeping a note of highlights and I'll re listen to them.

Posted by: Jacob Alan 1st March 2016, 01:05 AM

Voted! Tough call (especially for ones that *just* missed out) but I ordered them, somehow. Got some real gems in there.

Posted by: Chez Wombat 1st March 2016, 01:07 AM

Unicorn *_____* I cannot decide if that's utterly amazing or woeful, but...it grabbed my attention? I cannot think who would send something like that...

Not the strongest edition, quite a lot of songs blended into each other (as is the case quite a lot), but a few gems here. Will send my votes tomorrow, hopefully before the deadline.

Posted by: ░░░░ 1st March 2016, 03:20 AM

a 62 song edition bjsc has just ended, not all of us have time to listen to 80+ songs in a week (and that is just one listen when you obviously need more). as moderator of this forum i want dates of UP to fall around a deadline which doesn't clash with bjsc and allows proper time to listen.

if martin is fine with it an extension will go ahead as it benefits UP as opposed to taking away from it, also based on those current voting numbers also...

Posted by: Mart!n 1st March 2016, 09:29 AM

To be honest I've hardly been online the past fortnight as I had family commitments due to ill health, I also address this in one of the BJSC threads on Saturday, that I won't be able to view the final. Some mods are aware of my situation. I can't really vote on just one listen, that defeats the object, I'm prepared to suffer a deduction whatever the mods decide, family come first over an online competition game. I even PMed Mark over this thru PM.

Posted by: FrankLuck 1st March 2016, 09:35 AM

Partly true, but BJSC started only a few days after these entries were revealed, which means BJSC was prio 1 for nearly 2 weeks (as there are no extensions there). I did listen to all the UP entries the same day the post came out, but it was quite a while ago... so the 'two weeks' is actually 3-4 days with a huge gap.

Posted by: Cal 1st March 2016, 06:47 PM

Is there an extension on this? I've listened to these a few times but would like another listen. BJSC was priority over the last week or so, so apologies if I sound needy.

Posted by: ℒ𝓲𝓷⻤ 1st March 2016, 06:55 PM

Honestly, an extension would be brilliant for me too and usually I'm good at voting on time in these kind of things but this past fortnight has been hectic af for me, I wasn't even able to access my laptop for a week, so it's not that I'm being lazy and putting off voting, I just haven't had the time, my BJSC semi and final votes were both last minute which I hated so just having the weekend to sort it out and listen to the songs properly would be fab, rather than me rushing my votes an hour before the deadline

*edit* I've now voted, didn't take as long as I thought to order them

Posted by: Leonardo 2nd March 2016, 12:12 AM

Eep, hoping there's an extension and will vote tomorrow I've listened to them twice but that was ages ago. I actually heard one playing in ASDA today much to my surprise, not that unknown after all.

Posted by: FrankLuck 4th March 2016, 07:46 PM

Ok, I have no idea if there was an extension or not, I've just voted. I usually suck at predictions, but Unicorn Cordiform sounds like a winner to me.

Posted by: 152chris 5th March 2016, 04:29 PM

i will vote tonight ! (i hope)

Posted by: 152chris 5th March 2016, 11:22 PM

i lied i'm sorry

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 6th March 2016, 06:40 PM

Ok unexpected busy last week, about 10 votes still to come in. Deadline now 20:00 tomorrow night, results will follow.

Posted by: jsg2013 7th March 2016, 04:59 PM

Deadline tonight at 8? Plus results tonight? Or tomorrow the results?

Posted by: B-rye 7th March 2016, 07:12 PM

I'm in the process of voting now, hopefully should just about squeeze it in before 8 ~

One of these songs is possibly my 2nd least favourite thing in any of the contests I've entered. (Nothing will ever be as horrible as 'Love You In Chains', but this is close).

Posted by: SevenSeize 7th March 2016, 07:47 PM

My votes are in

Posted by: B-rye 7th March 2016, 08:01 PM

Votes in as well. Timely ~

This was really not a great edition at all, I was voting for a couple of songs I didn't really care for at all. Good top 5 though.