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01 CHEZ WOMBAT ◼ God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost'

 

 

Why ‘Forever Lost’?

I really liked the build-up and gradual ascent from quiet piano to harsh guitars and the mood is complemented beautifully by the video. I admittedly didn't link to this as there are some scenes that are quite hard to watch (namely the chicken battery farm which honestly contributed to me becoming vegetarian x), but a few of you saw it at the listen through anyway and the reactions weren't too strong so maybe I overreacted :kink: linked

if you're curious x

 

Votes

12 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)'

10 MASTER BOOT RECORD 'Ftp'

08 Cellar Darling 'DANCE'

07 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim'

06 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once'

05 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter'

04 Crumb 'BNR'

03 Ana Sanz 'Sigo'

02 Hangman's Chair 'Loner'

01 Benjamin Francis Leftwich 'Atlas Hands'

 

For 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)', the build-up from a quiet, orchestral ambience to a bursting guitar-led wall of sound as it builds to its crescendo was just beautiful to witness, I love music that takes you on a journey and this really does (and particular claps for doing this all live!), thank you to whoever sent it, it's one of my favourite Nuggets entries <3

 

Songs will join the scoreboard when they have received at least one point — hopefully, we’ll be avoiding nul points tonight.

 

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Scoreboard

01 12 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)'

02 10 MASTER BOOT RECORD 'Ftp'

03 08 Cellar Darling 'DANCE'

04 07 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim'

05 06 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once'

06 05 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter'

07 04 Crumb 'BNR'

08 03 Ana Sanz 'Sigo'

09 02 Hangman's Chair 'Loner'

10 01 Benjamin Francis Leftwich 'Atlas Hands'

 

God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost' CHEZ WOMBAT

cmon change my fortune in these

02 DOBBO ◼ ​MASTER BOOT RECORD 'Ftp'

 

 

Why ‘Ftp’?

I discovered the artist when searching for synthwave acts for Club Bizarre vol. 11 but ultimately held back my fave song from them (I had heard at the time) for BJSC 124. Some time after I went through some of their other songs I hadn't heard before and this one (plus another called ANSI.SYS (go check that out one if you liked Ftp)) stood out to me the most. I like the blend of fast rock and synthwave, a subgenre I've very much gotten into a lot over the past couple of years.

 

Votes

12 Nocturna 'New Evil'

10 Falling In Reverse 'ZOMBIFIED'

08 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)'

07 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild'

06 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter'

05 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun'

04 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//'

03 TORRES 'Thirstier'

02 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)'

01 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost'

 

‘New Evil’ stood out to me the most and I've had it in my head for a while after.

 

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Scoreboard

01 12 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)'

02 12 Nocturna 'New Evil'

03 11 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter'

04 10 Falling In Reverse 'ZOMBIFIED'

05 10 MASTER BOOT RECORD 'Ftp’ DOBBO

06 08 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)'

07 08 Cellar Darling 'DANCE'

08 07 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild'

09 07 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim'

10 06 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once'

11 05 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun'

12 04 Crumb 'BNR'

13 04 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//'

14 03 Ana Sanz 'Sigo'

15 03 TORRES 'Thirstier'

16 02 Hangman's Chair 'Loner'

17 02 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)'

18 01 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands'

19 01 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost'

 

God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost' CHEZ WOMBAT

 

I remember having a similar unsure feeling about the music video for 'EMPIRE' by Kids Of The Apocalypse in BJSC which also had some disturbing scenes, sometimes such things fit the mood of a song well though. That God Is An Astronaut song took a while to properly get going for me but I was quite into it by the end!

 

Ahh at MASTER BOOT RECORD just being Dobbo again, makes sense I suppose! This song didn't blow me away quite as much as BAYAREA.BMP but still another banger, am sure it should do well for them again.

There were a lot of good songs towards the end and Forever Lost was one of them.

pretty much everything off the mark in 2!

03 PETEFROMLEEDS ◼ Breichiau Hir 'Mwynhau'

 

 

Why ‘Mwynhau’?

It's a song I thought fit the theme quite well, and Welsh-language music in general feels quite underrepresented so I thought I'd give it some love here!

 

Votes

12 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave'

10 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands'

08 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//'

07 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost'

06 Esti Kornél 'Utánad'

05 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)'

04 TORRES 'Thirstier'

03 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo'

02 Ana Sanz 'Sigo'

01 Crumb 'BNR'

 

‘in the wake of your leave’: I always love songs which have a non-traditional 'flow' if that makes sense - both the verses and chorus for this one are just one long melody which works so well and really endears me to the track!

 

I'll be honest, I thought Gang of Youths would be a little too known currently for this contest (especially with a veto being infinitely less so, but rules are rules!). It's a great song though, and one I expected to do well as soon as I heard it.

 

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Scoreboard

01 13 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)'

02 12 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)'

03 12 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave'

04 12 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//'

05 12 Nocturna 'New Evil'

06 11 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands'

07 11 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter'

08 10 Falling In Reverse 'ZOMBIFIED'

09 10 MASTER BOOT RECORD 'Ftp'

10 08 Cellar Darling 'DANCE'

11 08 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost'

12 07 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild'

13 07 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim'

14 07 TORRES 'Thirstier'

15 06 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once'

16 06 Esti Kornél 'Utánad'

17 05 Ana Sanz 'Sigo'

18 05 Crumb 'BNR'

19 05 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun'

20 03 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo'

21 02 Hangman's Chair 'Loner'

22 02 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)'

 

God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost' CHEZ WOMBAT

Breichiau Hir 'Mwynhau' PETEFROMLEEDS

Edited March 17, 20224 yr by blacksquare

Ooh that's an early reveal. Probably quite a predictable one what with post-rock sound and planet themed video but it was a really wonderful find I've been sitting on for a while now. Hope some of you can enjoy it x

 

And yes, BRUIT would be an absolutely wonderful winner, stormer of a track <3333

 

Breichiau Hir was great, hopefully they can pick up some points soon!

Wait, how did I not recognize Master Boot Record from BJSC!!!

 

Whoops, I didn't save my votes so I hope they're revealed early to remind me of them!

Breichiau Hir sounded a bit like a Welsh version of Biffy Clyro, definitely an interesting entry and cool to hear another song in the Welsh language (following that one ANi GLASS song from BJSC and that's about it that I can think of x), I liked the chorus a lot more than the verses though.

04 KATH ◼ Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)'

 

 

Votes

12 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost'

10 Ana Sanz 'Sigo'

08 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)'

07 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands'

06 MASTER BOOT RECORD 'Ftp'

05 TORRES 'Thirstier'

04 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once'

03 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo'

02 Zen 'Desaparecer'

01 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost'

 

Kath was not available to comment... and with that, 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)' drops from first place. Four songs in, four different twelve-pointers. Does anyone want to take a stab at guessing how many songs were awarded with at least one 12? (I know the answer)

 

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Scoreboard

01 18 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands'

02 16 MASTER BOOT RECORD 'Ftp' DOBBO

03 15 Ana Sanz 'Sigo'

04 13 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)' KATH

05 12 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)'

06 12 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave'

07 12 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost' CHEZ WOMBAT

08 12 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//'

09 12 Nocturna 'New Evil'

10 12 TORRES 'Thirstier'

11 11 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter'

12 10 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once'

13 10 Falling In Reverse 'ZOMBIFIED'

14 10 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)'

15 09 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost'

16 08 Cellar Darling 'DANCE'

17 07 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild'

18 07 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim'

19 06 Esti Kornél 'Utánad'

20 06 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo'

21 05 Crumb 'BNR'

22 05 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun'

23 02 Hangman's Chair 'Loner'

24 02 Zen 'Desaparecer'

 

Breichiau Hir 'Mwynhau' PETEFROMLEEDS

 

Caught up! Looks very close so far!

05 ANSEL ◼ Ana Sanz 'Sigo''

 

 

Why ‘Sigo’?

I can't remember how I found this song now - I think it just came on my Spotify after a playlist finished - but I really liked the breezy, soaring feel of the chorus and the little production details like the sound of a car engine starting up in the background. Hopefully some of you enjoyed it too!

 

Votes

12 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter'

10 Nocturna 'New Evil'

08 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo'

07 Breichiau Hir 'Mwynhau'

06 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave'

05 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//'

04 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost'

03 The Hotelier 'Among the Wildflowers'

02 Origami Angel 'Noah Fence'

01 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands'

 

‘Invincible Fighter’ just sounded like a massive banger to me, I loved the energy and had to give it my 12 points!'

 

That is now every song with at least one vote — no nul points tonight!

 

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Scoreboard

01 23 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter'

02 22 Nocturna 'New Evil'

03 19 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands'

04 18 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave'

05 17 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//'

06 16 MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Ftp' DOBBO

07 15 Ana Sanz ‘Sigo' ANSEL

08 14 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo'

09 13 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)’ KATH

10 13 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost'

11 12 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)'

12 12 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost’ CHEZ WOMBAT

13 12 TORRES 'Thirstier'

14 10 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once'

15 10 Falling In Reverse 'ZOMBIFIED'

16 10 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)'

17 08 Cellar Darling 'DANCE'

18 07 Breichiau Hir ‘Mwynhau' PETEFROMLEEDS

19 07 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild'

20 07 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim'

21 06 Esti Kornél 'Utánad'

22 05 Crumb 'BNR'

23 05 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun'

24 03 The Hotelier 'Among the Wildflowers'

25 02 Hangman's Chair 'Loner'

26 02 Origami Angel 'Noah Fence'

27 02 Zen 'Desaparecer'

'Sigo' was my fave of the 3 Spanish songs here!

All caught up now! Some great entries revealed so far, especially God Is an Astronaut *.*

06 AWARDINARY ◼ Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost’

 

 

Votes

12 MASTER BOOT RECORD – Ftp

10 Gang of Youths – in the wake of your leave

08 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich – Atlas Hands

07 TORRES – Thirstier

06 God Is an Astronaut – Forever Lost

05 RAISE A SUILEN – Invincible Fighter

04 Nocturna – New Evil

03 Hangman's Chair – Loner

02 Cellar Darling – DANCE

01 KennyHoopla – how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//

 

I found ‘Ftp’ was more unique than the rest and not something I was expecting to hear, so a pleasant surprise.

 

The sixth song, the sixth twelve-pointer — and now a three-way lead. Are Nuggets contests always this close? Unfortunately for Awardinary, their original choice was vetoed. However, Pool seem to be doing quite well and are just outside of the top ten.

 

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Scoreboard

01 28 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave'

02 28 MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Ftp' DOBBO

03 28 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter'

04 27 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands'

05 26 Nocturna 'New Evil'

06 19 TORRES 'Thirstier'

07 18 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost’ CHEZ WOMBAT

08 18 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//'

09 15 Ana Sanz ‘Sigo' ANSEL

10 14 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo'

11 13 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)’ KATH

12 13 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost’ AWARDINARY

13 12 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)'

14 10 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once'

15 10 Cellar Darling 'DANCE'

16 10 Falling In Reverse 'ZOMBIFIED'

17 10 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)'

18 07 Breichiau Hir ‘Mwynhau' PETEFROMLEEDS

19 07 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild'

20 07 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim'

21 06 Esti Kornél 'Utánad'

22 05 Crumb 'BNR'

23 05 Hangman's Chair 'Loner'

24 05 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun'

25 03 The Hotelier 'Among the Wildflowers'

26 02 Origami Angel 'Noah Fence'

27 02 Zen 'Desaparecer'

Oh I quite liked 'Will You Be?', the riff almost sounds like a loop of the Smashing Pumpkins' '1979', or maybe it actually is...

 

Glad to see every song with points already!

ok I'm not doing too badly AND so are the ones I liked whattt

Sigo being Ansel's entry is a surprise ngl :o