Good evening everyone, and welcome to the results of the 15th Nuggets contest.

 

The votes have been counted and verified, and we have a winner.

 

Join me in approx. 15 minutes when I will begin presenting them. Each vote will be posted within its own post, with an updated leaderboard after every second one. Votes will be presented in the order I have decided upon.

 

A reminder of the songs in contention:

 

01 ★ Tides From Nebula - The Sweetest Way To Die

02 ★ Jadu Heart - I Shimmer

03 ★ zzzahara - Bulletproof (feat. Mareux)

04 ★ GIYA - Foggy Hearts

05 ★ Heartworms - Consistent Dedication

06 ★ Camp Cope - Running With The Hurricane

07 ★ Russian Circles - Betrayal

08 ★ Sun's Signature - Golden Air

09 ★ Christian Meier - Carreteras Mojadas

10 ★ Boys and Ivy - Toronto

11 ★ NYTT Land - Dark Country. Ritual

12 ★ Slowdive - Star Roving

13 ★ ARXX - Call Me Crazy

14 ★ Ron Gallo - Young Lady, You're Scaring Me

15 ★ Darkside - Heart

16 ★ Miranda Sex Garden - Sunshine (Abrasion Mix)

17 ★ The Gathering - Saturnine

18 ★ Great Grandpa - Bloom

19 ★ Fabienne Delsol - Laisse tomber les filles

20 ★ Deerhunter - He Would Have Laughed

21 ★ Nouns - SENTAI QUARRY

22 ★ Ted Poley & Tony Harnell - Escape From The City

23 ★ Knife Bride - Grenade

24 ★ Armenia - Pimpinella (feat. Francesca Collavini)

25 ★ The Heart Throbs - Dreamtime

26 ★ Ekkstacy - I Just Want To Hide My Face

27 ★ Pain of Salvation - Accelerator

28 ★ La Rappresentante di Lista - Diva

29 ★ Soft Blade - Ruchey

Edited December 12, 20222 yr by RabbitFurCoat

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Vote 1

Entrant: Y'all Startlight

Entry: Ekkstacy - I Just Want To Hide My Face

 

 

12 I Shimmer

10 Heart

8 Grenade

7 Ruchey

6 Call Me Crazy

5 Young Lady You're scaring me

4 Foggy Hearts

3 Bulletproof

2 Golden Air

1 Diva

Vote 2

Entrant: Bjork

Entry: The Heart Throbs - Dreamtime

 

 

12 - GIYA - Foggy hearts

10 - LRDL - Diva

8 - Boys & Ivy - Toronto

7 - ARXX - Call me crazy

6 - Great Grandpa - Bloom

5 - Deerhunter - He would have laughed

4 - EKKSTACY - I just want to hide my face

3 - The Gathering - Saturnine

2 - Jadu Heart - I Simmer

1 - Slowdive- Star roving

 

Fantastic top 3, three great discoveries

 

LEADERBOARD #1

01 16 ★ GIYA - Foggy Hearts

02 14 ★ Jadu Heart - I Shimmer

03 13 ★ ARXX - Call Me Crazy

04 11 ★ La Rappresentante di Lista - Diva

05 10 ★ Darkside - Heart

06 08 ★ Boys and Ivy - Toronto

07 08 ★ Knife Bride - Grenade

08 07 ★ Soft Blade - Ruchey

09 06 ★ Great Grandpa - Bloom

10 05 ★ Ron Gallo - Young Lady, You're Scaring Me

 

11 05 ★ Deerhunter - He Would Have Laughed

12 04 ★ Ekkstacy - I Just Want To Hide My Face (entrant: Y'all Starlight)

13 03 ★ zzzahara - Bulletproof (feat. Mareux)

14 03 ★ The Gathering - Saturnine

15 02 ★ Sun's Signature - Golden Air

16 01 ★ Slowdive - Star Roving

 

Yet to score:

★ Armenia - Pimpinella (feat. Francesca Collavini)

★ Camp Cope - Running With The Hurricane

★ Christian Meier - Carreteras Mojadas

★ Fabienne Delsol - Laisse tomber les filles

★ The Heart Throbs - Dreamtime (entrant: Bjork)

★ Heartworms - Consistent Dedication

★ Miranda Sex Garden - Sunshine (Abrasion Mix)

★ Nouns - SENTAI QUARRY

★ NYTT Land - Dark Country. Ritual

★ Pain of Salvation - Accelerator

★ Russian Circles - Betrayal

★ Ted Poley & Tony Harnell - Escape From The City

★ Tides From Nebula - The Sweetest Way To Die

 

Both of our first voters voted for each others' 12 pointers, so GIYA and Jadu Heart begin in the lead.

 

Ekkstacy song was OK but at two minutes long, it was over too soon.

Dreamtime was good, just outside my points.

Off 0 already. Thanks!

I had a few potentials for this but I decided to boost the group w the lowest profile so I hope you enjoyed!

Vote 3

Entrant: RabbitFurCoat

Entry: GIYA - Foggy hearts

 

 

On Wednesday afternoon at Glastonbury Festival I was doing some exploring and came across a rather beautiful voice singing on one of the bandstands, and sat down to watch her and her acoustic guitar with about 40 others. It was all very good but one song stood out, I worked out who it was, GIYA, and followed her on Spotify and it wasn't long before Foggy Hearts was released an appeared on my Release Radar and was instantly recognisable as that standout. I suspect I account for at least 1% of its ~4100 Spotify streams.

 

 

12 Miranda Sex Garden

10 Slowdive

8 Heartworms

7 Soft Blade

6 ARXX

5 Knife Bride

4 Fabienne Delsol

3 Darkside

2 Russian Circles

1 The Heart Throbs

 

12 to my top discovery, 10 to a song I've loved for years and 8 to a current favourite. Ron Gallo and Tides from Nebula unlucky to miss out.

Edited December 12, 20222 yr by RabbitFurCoat

The Heart Throbs track was one I already knew and I bought when it came out many years ago

Vote 4

Entrant: Jade

Entry: Heartworms - Consistent Dedication

 

 

12 ★ Sun's Signature - Golden Air

10 ★ Deerhunter - He Would Have Laughed

08 ★ Slowdive - Star Roving

07 ★ Jadu Heart - I Shimmer

06 ★ Ekkstacy - I Just Want To Hide My Face

05 ★ Miranda Sex Garden - Sunshine (Abrasion Mix)

04 ★ Darkside - Heart

03 ★ Boys and Ivy - Toronto

02 ★ Russian Circles - Betrayal

01 ★ Soft Blade - Ruchey

 

LEADERBOARD #2

01 21 ★ Jadu Heart - I Shimmer

02 19 ★ Slowdive - Star Roving

03 19 ★ ARXX - Call Me Crazy

04 17 ★ Darkside - Heart

05 17 ★ Miranda Sex Garden - Sunshine (Abrasion Mix)

06 16 ★ GIYA - Foggy Hearts (entrant: RabbitFurCoat)

07 15 ★ Soft Blade - Ruchey

08 15 ★ Deerhunter - He Would Have Laughed

09 14 ★ Sun's Signature - Golden Air

10 13 ★ Knife Bride - Grenade

 

11 11 ★ Boys and Ivy - Toronto

12 11 ★ La Rappresentante di Lista - Diva

13 10 ★ Ekkstacy - I Just Want To Hide My Face (entrant: Y'all Starlight)

14 08 ★ Heartworms - Consistent Dedication (entrant: Jade)

15 06 ★ Great Grandpa - Bloom

16 05 ★ Ron Gallo - Young Lady, You're Scaring Me

17 04 ★ Russian Circles - Betrayal

18 04 ★ Fabienne Delsol - Laisse tomber les filles

19 03 ★ zzzahara - Bulletproof (feat. Mareux)

20 03 ★ The Gathering - Saturnine

 

21 01 ★ The Heart Throbs - Dreamtime (entrant: Bjork)

 

Yet to score:

★ Armenia - Pimpinella (feat. Francesca Collavini)

★ Camp Cope - Running With The Hurricane

★ Christian Meier - Carreteras Mojadas

★ Nouns - SENTAI QUARRY

★ NYTT Land - Dark Country. Ritual

★ Pain of Salvation - Accelerator

★ Ted Poley & Tony Harnell - Escape From The City

★ Tides From Nebula - The Sweetest Way To Die

 

Jadu Heart climb up to the top, but it remains very close with the top 4 all receiving points from 3/4 voters. Miranda Sex Garden straight into the top 5 picking up its first points.

 

 

Heartworms was a good one.

Vote 5

Entrant: All★bySmashMouth

Entry: The Gathering - Saturnine

 

 

12, Tides From Nebula - The Sweetest Way To Die

10, Miranda Sex Garden - Sunshine (Abrasion Mix)

8, Ted Poley & Tony Harnell - Escape From The City

7, Deerhunter - He Would Have Laughed

6, Knife Bride - Grenade

5, La Rappresentante di Lista - Diva

4, zzzahara - Bulletproof (feat. Mareux)

3, Sun's Signature - Golden Air

2, Darkside - Heart

1, Heartworms - Consistent Dedication

 

 

Love Heartworms - one of the highlights of Great Escape and one of my favourite singles of the year

all a really good selection here

 

Heartworms was definitely one I was hoping to find more from, certainly looked good live but a shame it was their only available release!

Vote 6

Entrant: WhoOdyssey

Entry: Camp Cope - Running With The Hurricane

 

 

+12: 01 ★ Tides From Nebula - The Sweetest Way To Die

+10: 20 ★ Deerhunter - He Would Have Laughed

+08: 23 ★ Knife Bride - Grenade

+07: 05 ★ Heartworms - Consistent Dedication

+06: 27 ★ Pain of Salvation - Accelerator

+05: 16 ★ Miranda Sex Garden - Sunshine (Abrasion Mix)

+04: 04 ★ GIYA - Foggy Hearts

+03: 18 ★ Great Grandpa - Bloom

+02: 26 ★ Ekkstacy - I Just Want To Hide My Face

+01: 17 ★ The Gathering - Saturnine

 

LEADERBOARD #3

01 32 ★ Miranda Sex Garden - Sunshine (Abrasion Mix)

02 32 ★ Deerhunter - He Would Have Laughed

03 27 ★ Knife Bride - Grenade

04 24 ★ Tides From Nebula - The Sweetest Way To Die

05 21 ★ Jadu Heart - I Shimmer

06 20 ★ GIYA - Foggy Hearts (entrant: RabbitFurCoat)

07 19 ★ Darkside - Heart

08 19 ★ Slowdive - Star Roving

09 19 ★ ARXX - Call Me Crazy

10 17 ★ Sun's Signature - Golden Air

 

11 16 ★ Heartworms - Consistent Dedication (entrant: Jade)

12 16 ★ La Rappresentante di Lista - Diva

13 15 ★ Soft Blade - Ruchey

14 12 ★ Ekkstacy - I Just Want To Hide My Face (entrant: Y'all Starlight)

15 11 ★ Boys and Ivy - Toronto

16 09 ★ Great Grandpa - Bloom

17 08 ★ Ted Poley & Tony Harnell - Escape From The City

18 07 ★ zzzahara - Bulletproof (feat. Mareux)

19 06 ★ Pain of Salvation - Accelerator

20 05 ★ Ron Gallo - Young Lady, You're Scaring Me

 

21 04 ★ The Gathering - Saturnine (entrant: All★bySmashMouth)

22 04 ★ Russian Circles - Betrayal

23 04 ★ Fabienne Delsol - Laisse tomber les filles

24 01 ★ The Heart Throbs - Dreamtime (entrant: Bjork)

 

Yet to score:

★ Armenia - Pimpinella (feat. Francesca Collavini)

★ Camp Cope - Running With The Hurricane (entrant: WhoOdyssey)

★ Christian Meier - Carreteras Mojadas

★ Nouns - SENTAI QUARRY

★ NYTT Land - Dark Country. Ritual

 

 

Two similar sets of votes with 4 songs appearing in both top 5s. Miranda Sex Garden and Deerhunter are joint at the top, the former ahead on countback. A double 12 gets Tides from Nebula off the mark in style and goes straight into the top 5.

 

Heartworms was definitely one I was hoping to find more from, certainly looked good live but a shame it was their only available release!

There's another single too. What Can I Do came out in Nov 2020 as well. Seem to remember a video too

Vote 7

Entrant: gooddelta

Entry: Miranda Sex Garden - Sunshine (Abrasion Mix)

 

 

12 ★ Camp Cope - Running With The Hurricane

10 ★ Fabienne Delsol - Laisse tomber les filles

8 ★ Great Grandpa - Bloom

7 ★ Christian Meier - Carreteras Mojadas

6 ★ Ted Poley & Tony Harnell - Escape From The City

5 ★ Jadu Heart - I Shimmer

4 ★ Armenia - Pimpinella (feat. Francesca Collavini)

3 ★ zzzahara - Bulletproof (feat. Mareux)

2 ★ Sun's Signature - Golden Air

1 ★ ARXX - Call Me Crazy

 

That was an interesting mix of classical singers and guitars.