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Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:58 pm**

1st Place

Eminem - Rap God

Jesus the sheer *density* of words is insane. How many words per second does he average?!

This is such an overwhelmingly strong fit for this category my brain can't even keep up with everything that's happening in these lines. I catch more clever bits every time I listen or read through the lyrics. It's a lot. I think this has to be the winner.
9.3

Submitted by: Texas Cloverleaf

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:05 pm**

Good thinking [mention]Texas Cloverleaf[/mention]. Our strategies were similar.

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:08 pm**

ROUND FIVE

5. Aeolus - Blow me away with a song featuring a wind instrument.

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:11 pm**

10th Place

Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston

Fun pick. Is the accordion the only "wind" instrument here? I suppose that counts though. Certainly a catchy tune, though I'm not the biggest fan of their vocal style.
7.0

Submitted by: Texas Cloverleaf

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:13 pm**

9th Place

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Outset Island

Very solidly in the realm of video game music. The melody carries a bit of nostalgia but overall it's not terribly interesting.
7.2

Submitted by: iaafr

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:15 pm**

8th Place

Bic Runga - Listening for the Weather

Pretty vocals and nice harmonica interlude. Doesn't stick with me much but it's a pleasant listen.
7.4

Submitted by: JaggedJimmyJay

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:19 pm**

7th Place

Super Danganronpa 2 OST - Ikoroshia

This is a straight up jam! I'm digging it. It's very approachable and engaging both as jazz and as soundtrack.
7.9

Submitted by: Dragon D. Luffy

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:24 pm**

6th Place

Homestuck - The Lyrist

The overall sound of this is really cool. The beginning feels like something out of some kind of dark atmospheric puzzle game I would play lol. Like most of the Homestuck music I've heard so far it gets a little bit confusing to me as it gets going, but overall I find it quite pleasant.
8.1

Submitted by: sprityo

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:28 pm**

5th Place

Ayreon - Day Eighteen: Realization

Wow this is actually really pretty. I'm very impressed. I said earlier that I thought Ayreon lacked variety but this track proves me wrong and then some. There's a lot of different sounds here and I'm loving it.
8.9

Submitted by: speedchuck

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:35 pm**

4th Place

San Fermin - Emily

I keep meaning to get into this band, seems pretty up my alley. I love the instrumentation here, and the guy's voice.
9.0

Submitted by: Keldeo

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:38 pm**

Podium: Epignosis, Sloonei, Turnip Head

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:38 pm**

Keldeo's lead seems to be growing.

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:40 pm**

3rd Place

Matthew Good - Zero Orchestra

Oooh this is good stuff. His vocal style reminds me a lot of the guy from Young the Giant, oddly enough. The sax is awesome and the overall jazzy-but-still-rocky feel of this is fantastic. This is a really solid tune.
9.1

Submitted by: Turnip Head

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:44 pm**

2nd Place

Destroyer - Suicide Demo for Kara Walker

Wow, I love it. Beautifully dark intro, and his voice is fantastic. The clarinet/sax(?? not sure sorry I'm a string player

) at the end is incredible. Love this. Will have to check out more of this artist.
9.3

Submitted by: Sloonei

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:53 pm**

1st Place

King Crimson - I Talk To The Wind

It's so soft and soothing. The flute is certainly the dominant feature in this track so it's a clear category choice, and it's so gorgeous I could listen over and over so it wins on that score as well.
9.5

Submitted by: Epignosis

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:05 pm**

ROUND SIX

6. Circe - Bewitch me with a song about an animal or at least has an animal in the title.

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:06 pm**

10th Place

Homestuck - Horschestra

Lol this is goofy. Okay. The repeated neigh gets pretty annoying and the music is just ok. Can't say I particularly care for it.
6.4

Submitted by: sprityo

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:09 pm**

9th Place

Angra - Hunters and Prey

Fine, pretty cool sounding with some fun Latinx character to the sound, but overall nothing amazingly special that stands out about it imo.
6.6

Submitted by: Dragon D. Luffy

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:15 pm**

8th Place

Au Revoir Simone - Lark

I ended up not really enjoying this is as much as I originally thought I would. I found myself kind of bored by it actually. I liked the string bits, as I pretty much reliably always do, and the beat was fine, but I wasn't that into it overall. Nice voice though.
7.2

Submitted by: Sloonei

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:20 pm**

7th Place

Sunny Levine - Love Rhino

Is that an order? Okay, okay, I'll love rhino. Jeez. *Hears chorus* Oh never mind, it's a noun phrase. "I'm a love rhino." Wtf does that mean hahahaha. Whatever it means this is a pretty solid indie pop track, if a bit repetitive. I like it well enough.
7.7

Submitted by: Turnip Head

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:25 pm**

6th Place

Pink Floyd - Dogs

Heh, of course. A classic, though not my personal favorite. I feel like it ticks all the standard Pink Floyd boxes while still lacking in some je-ne-sais-quoi factor that would make it as remarkable as some of their more popular tracks. And maybe I'm just not sophisticated or patient enough to be a real prog head, but it just drags on for so long lol.
8.1

Submitted by: Epignosis

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:43 pm**

5th Place

Marina & the Diamonds - Hermit the Frog

Hi Jay. :P I do love this album. Everything she does is so catchy and fun. (Ftr she's officially just MARINA now but I'm crediting the name from the time this was released.) Not among my very favorite tracks of hers, but it's good.
8.3

Submitted by: JaggedJimmyJay

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:49 pm**

4th Place

Beck - Paper Tiger

Never could get into Beck, mostly since he's so mumbly in a way that I find offputting. But aside from the vocals, this is musically very cool; again I'm a sucker for strings. Actually reminds me a lot of the orchestrated parts from Radiohead's latest album.
8.6

Submitted by: iaafr

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:50 pm**

Podium is Keldeo, speedchuck, Texas Cloverleaf

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:52 pm**

3rd Place

Haken - Cockroach King

Ooooh these vocal layers in the beginning are really cool. Interesting track that takes a handful of unexpected turns -- each instrumental section is stranger than the last, haha. I'm intrigued by this and may check out the album.
8.9

Submitted by: Texas Cloverleaf

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:00 am**

2nd Place

Alan Parsons Project - The Raven

Very cool. Kind of weird in that it's an adaptation of a poem but it completely changes the words, haha. It works though. Nice and spooky for October.
9.1

Submitted by: speedchuck

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:05 am**

1st Place

Skysketch - Fox Wedding

Damn this is awesome! Really unique and captivating sound. Wow. I'm really into this right off the bat, and it builds in intensity in a really incredible way. Soooo cool. Thank you for showing me this.
9.6

Submitted by: Keldeo

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:25 am**

Standings through Round 6

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:27 am**

keldeo just dunked on us all.

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:32 am**

Hanging in there.

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2019 4:43 am**

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:32 am Hanging in there.

not me

lets hope i can make some comeback points next round of listening

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2019 4:55 am**

oh yea my last 4 are my strongest songs so im banking on it

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:23 pm**

Keldeo's animal submission was getting lots of raves in the discord.

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2019 4:16 pm**

I listened to that album straight after we wrapped up. It was solid all the way through.

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2019 5:58 pm**

Yeah I will definitely check that out!!! Meanwhile I'm spending the afternoon on San Fermin's discography and I might be obsessed.

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2019 6:39 pm**

I’d like to report that Modern Vampires of the City is also the bee’s knees. Vampire Weekend were always on that vague list of “bands I should probably check out” but I never got around to it til now.

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2019 6:47 pm**

Yes that album is fantastic. Their others are also all quite good but I believe that's their best.

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:22 pm**

Haha, I actually discovered San Fermin through another recent walrus, so I'm happy to have passed them along.

Thanks for the reveal, nutella!

Posted: **Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:06 pm**

So d'ya think we'll be back on Thursday again?

Posted: **Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:55 pm**

I think I'll try to make sure I'm here for the whole thing this time.

Posted: **Tue Oct 29, 2019 7:12 pm**

I just realized that sprityo had to have submitted something "seductive" from homestuck.

Posted: **Wed Oct 30, 2019 2:45 am**

sorry guys I've been super busy this week and might not be ready for 7+8 until a bit later-- also this thursday is halloween and I thought some people might have other plans anyway (or you're just nerds like me and don't

). Maybe I'll shoot for Saturday afternoon or something? I'll let you know

Posted: **Wed Oct 30, 2019 7:34 am**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 7:12 pm I just realized that sprityo had to have submitted something "seductive" from homestuck.

Posted: **Wed Oct 30, 2019 8:26 am**

I like our weekly time even if we skip a week, but would not be opposed to changing the time if others want to

Posted: **Wed Oct 30, 2019 2:59 pm**

i would enjoy participating next round

been fun going through these.

Posted: **Fri Nov 01, 2019 9:07 pm**

What’s the forecast?

Posted: **Fri Nov 01, 2019 9:24 pm**

I'm still behind, will maybe just shoot for next Thursday like what TH said

Posted: **Fri Nov 01, 2019 10:02 pm**

do what you gotta do. thursdays work

Posted: **Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:40 pm**

Confirming that I will reveal rounds 7 and 8 this Thursday at the usual time!

Posted: **Tue Nov 05, 2019 5:09 pm**

sooper dooper

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