March 17, 20223 yr Author 07 BRER ◼ Hangman's Chair ‘Loner'' AKHuh134pyQ Why ‘Loner’? I discovered Hangman's Chair via their feature on 'God Says' by Perturbator (from his fantastic album 'Lustful Sacraments' from last year, an all-killer no-filler selection of gloomy synth jams), was curious to hear how they sounded on their own so checked out 'Loner' after it popped up in my YouTube subscription feed and I pretty much immediately fell in love with it from the first few seconds, all about that goth / post-punk guitar tone which is pretty much a cheat code for me (the band seem to be primarily described as 'doom metal' but that guitar riff wouldn't sound out of place on a song by The Cure). Of course the rest of the song is also good stuff, it's all very melancholic and overdramatic particularly with the vocals in the verses but in the best way possible x Votes 12 BRUIT ≤ ‘The Machine Is Burning (Live)’ 10 Cellar Darling ‘DANCE’ 08 And So I Watch You From Afar ‘7 Billion People All Alive At Once’ 07 MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Ftp’ 06 Mishkin Fitzgerald ‘Seraphim’ 05 God Is An Astronaut ‘Forever Lost’ 04 Nocturna ‘New Evil’ 03 Esti Kornél ‘Utánad’ 02 Crumb ‘BNR’ 01 Ana Sanz ‘Sigo’ speaking of cheat codes, I am a simple song contest voter, you send a post-rock song, I give it high points. I was already really into this one from the understated first 4 minutes being a strange mix of slightly unnerving but also somehow relaxing (I've had a song with a pretty similar vibe as a song contest potential before), but then it kicks up a gear and never looks back, really makes every second of those 10 and a half minutes worth it with that spectacular build *.* also have to love how many different instruments are included from the standard guitars and drums to the strings and of course the massive organ outro. Definitely made for an epic closing track to this edition ~ (and needs to be played very loud xx). This commentary from Brer is what I really enjoy about contests like this — I find the why almost as interesting as the songs themselves. I love reading what it is about a particular piece of music that people really love or resonate with. BRUIT ≤ with the absolutely epic 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)' are the first act to receive twelve points twice — although, strangely, they haven't received any other points so far. MASTER BOOT RECORD beginning to potentially pull away from the very close pack? ◼◼◼ Scoreboard 01 35 MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Ftp' DOBBO 02 30 Nocturna 'New Evil' 03 28 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave' 04 28 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter' 05 27 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands' 06 24 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)' 07 23 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost’ CHEZ WOMBAT 08 20 Cellar Darling 'DANCE' 09 19 TORRES 'Thirstier' 10 18 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once' 11 18 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//' 12 16 Ana Sanz ‘Sigo' ANSEL 13 14 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo' 14 13 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)’ KATH 15 13 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim' 16 13 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost’ AWARDINARY 17 10 Falling In Reverse 'ZOMBIFIED' 18 10 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)' 19 09 Esti Kornél 'Utánad' 20 07 Breichiau Hir ‘Mwynhau' PETEFROMLEEDS 21 07 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild' 22 07 Crumb 'BNR' 23 05 Hangman's Chair ‘Loner' Brer 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'
March 17, 20223 yr This commentary from Brer is what I really enjoy about contests like this — I find the why almost as interesting as the songs themselves. I love reading what it is about a particular piece of music that people really love or resonate with. You're going to be disappointed by mine after that !
March 17, 20223 yr Well at least the fans of BRUIT ≤ so far have been big fans, more of those soon please! MASTER BOOT RECORD is a great leader at this stage ofc x Thanks Chez and Wardy for the few points so far - ngl when I found this song I thought it gave me potential big hit vibes so it is a liiiittle bit disappointing to be stranded right near the bottom on single figures so far oops but still early days I suppose!
March 17, 20223 yr Author 08 JUAN CARLOS ◼ Zen ‘Desaparecer' bCQuBVSeNTI Votes 12 And So I Watch You from Afar ‘7 Billion People all Alive at Once’ 10 BRUIT ≤ ‘The Machine Is Burning (Live)’ 08 God Is an Astronaut ‘Forever Lost’ 07 Cellar Darling ‘DANCE’ 06 Maria Rodés ‘Seguramente Fui Yo’ 05 MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Ftp’ 04 KennyHoopla ‘how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway’ 03 Crumb ‘BNR’ 02 Ana Sanz ‘Sigo’ 01 Gang of Youths ‘in the wake of your leave’ ‘Desaparecer' has the dubious honour of being at the bottom of the scoreboard (so far) but these things can change drastically very quickly... Clearly people either loved or hated 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)' with votes of 12/12/10 — doesn't matter though, the love has propelled it into second place. ◼◼◼ Scoreboard 01 40 MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Ftp' DOBBO 02 34 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)' 03 31 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost’ CHEZ WOMBAT 04 30 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once' 05 30 Nocturna 'New Evil' 06 29 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave' 07 28 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter' 08 27 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands' 09 27 Cellar Darling 'DANCE' 10 22 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//' 11 20 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo' 12 19 TORRES 'Thirstier' 13 18 Ana Sanz ‘Sigo' ANSEL 14 13 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)’ KATH 15 13 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim' 16 13 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost’ AWARDINARY 17 10 Crumb 'BNR' 18 10 Falling In Reverse 'ZOMBIFIED' 19 10 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)' 20 09 Esti Kornél 'Utánad' 21 07 Breichiau Hir ‘Mwynhau' PETEFROMLEEDS 22 07 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild' 23 05 Hangman's Chair ‘Loner' BRER 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' JUAN CARLOS Edited March 17, 20223 yr by blacksquare
March 17, 20223 yr Dobbo leading is a very good thing to see right now. Thanks for some unexpected points at the early stages, I’m glad Pool had some fans.
March 17, 20223 yr Sigo being Ansel's entry is a surprise ngl :o Oh, interesting! I thought it was quite a standard entry for me tbh :lol: Ty to all Sigo voters so far, especially the 10-pointer from Kath!
March 17, 20223 yr I gave commiserations in my PM to The Hotelier, KennyHoopla, TORRES and Gang Of Youths btw - I see that part got cut off when being edited to include the commentary! Yass for a third medal position for BRUIT ≤ *.* love to see ASIWYFA flying up to the top 5 in the last couple of votes too!
March 17, 20223 yr Author 09 BJORK ◼ Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands’ Pyue2N1XZ0M Why ‘Atlas Hands’? I chose my entry, Benjamin Francis Leftwhich, cos he's a super talented singer-songwriter, great voice and crazy talented guitar skills. Votes 12 KennyHoopla ‘How will I rest in peace’ 10 Pool ‘Everything is not yet lost’ 08 Gang of Youths ‘in the wake of your leave’ 07 Mishkin Fitzgerald ‘Seraphin’ 06 Torres ‘Thirstier’ 05 BNR ‘Crumb’ 04 And so I watch you from Afar - ‘7 billion people’ 03 nicebeatzprod ‘Can't get you out of my’ 02 Valtra ‘Will you be’ 01 Hangman's chair ‘Loner’ I love how uplifting and anthemic ‘How will I rest in peace’ is, reminds me of Bloc Party both in melody and in lyrics too Another set of votes — another different twelve-pointer. It seems like Bjork struggled a little with the heavier Nuggets choices this time, although I do think it's been a pretty strong group of songs. ◼ Scoreboard 01 40 MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Ftp' DOBBO 02 37 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave' 03 34 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once' 04 34 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)' 05 34 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//' 06 31 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost’ CHEZ WOMBAT 07 30 Nocturna 'New Evil' 08 28 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter' 09 27 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands’ BJORK 10 27 Cellar Darling 'DANCE' 11 25 TORRES 'Thirstier' 12 23 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost’ AWARDINARY 13 20 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo' 14 20 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim' 15 18 Ana Sanz ‘Sigo' ANSEL 16 15 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)’ KATH 17 15 Crumb 'BNR' 18 13 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)' 19 10 Falling In Reverse 'ZOMBIFIED' 20 9 Esti Kornél 'Utánad' 21 7 Breichiau Hir ‘Mwynhau' PETEFROMLEEDS 22 7 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild' 23 6 Hangman's Chair ‘Loner' Brer 24 5 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun' 25 3 The Hotelier 'Among the Wildflowers' 26 2 Origami Angel 'Noah Fence' 27 2 Zen ‘Desaparecer' JUAN CARLOS
March 17, 20223 yr Author I see that part got cut off when being edited to include the commentary! You've reminded me that I was supposed to add those back in — oops. I was too busy getting distracted in your soliloquy x
March 17, 20223 yr Thanks for the point Bjork. Benjamin was just outside my commiserations, was a lovely song although felt like it should have been at least a minute or so longer!
March 17, 20223 yr But Bjork! Benjamin Francis Leftwhich is signed to The 1975’s label, and they only make music for 12 year olds :o
March 17, 20223 yr Thank you for the very generous points so far *. :heart: MASTER BOOT RECORD would certainly be a great winner.
March 17, 20223 yr But Bjork! Benjamin Francis Leftwhich is signed to The 1975’s label, and they only make music for 12 year olds :o
March 17, 20223 yr Author You're going to be disappointed by mine after that ! 10 J00prstar ◼ RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter' MK0pJeAjQHk Why 'Invincible Fighter'? I chose this partly because I was curious if anyone would guess it was me! I actually really enjoy this subgenre of asian anime theme-esque influenced music that I think of as gaming music, and every now and then I come across a new artist that does it really well! I believe this one is also an anime theme but I haven't seen the show. Votes 12 gang of youths 10 origami angel 08 nocturna 07 baltra 06 voxeaa 05 seraphim 04 kennyhoopla 03 torres 02 god is an astronaut 01 crumb My brain wasn't working when I was trying to decode this PM — I genuinely spent a little too long trying to find voxeaa and seraphim on the spreadsheet. Anyway! Gang of Youths leap into first place with their second twelve points of the night. Sorry Dobbo, 40 is looking very comfortable :( ◼◼◼ Scoreboard 01 49 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave' 02 40 MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Ftp' DOBBO 03 38 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//' 04 38 Nocturna 'New Evil' 05 34 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once' 06 34 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)' 07 33 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost’ CHEZ WOMBAT 08 28 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter’ J00prstar 09 28 TORRES 'Thirstier' 10 27 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands’ BJORK 11 27 Cellar Darling 'DANCE' 12 25 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim' 13 23 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost’ AWARDINARY 14 22 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)’ KATH 15 20 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo' 16 19 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)' 17 18 Ana Sanz ‘Sigo' ANSEL 18 16 Crumb 'BNR' 19 12 Origami Angel 'Noah Fence' 20 10 Falling In Reverse 'ZOMBIFIED' 21 09 Esti Kornél 'Utánad' 22 07 Breichiau Hir ‘Mwynhau' PETEFROMLEEDS 23 07 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild' 24 06 Hangman's Chair ‘Loner' Brer 25 05 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun' 26 03 The Hotelier 'Among the Wildflowers' 27 02 Zen ‘Desaparecer' JUAN CARLOS Edited March 17, 20223 yr by blacksquare
March 17, 20223 yr Yass I actually was going to send this by them but I thought it was maybe a little less accessible: hRlEhnJbOO8 I actually did find this one from the anime theme. It's a good anime in potential but I found it a bit creepy/pervy which put me off unfortunately -_-
March 17, 20223 yr PS sorry blacksquare I was voting just based on how they showed up on spotify and I was a bit out of it when I actually got to sending the votes! Next time message me if there's anything I've made a mess of!
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