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| Round 2: Inverted Umbrella Competition
2 are out and 22 are still in. The deadline to get your round 2 songs in is 5pm EST November 5th! | | 1 |  | Gazelle Twin
Black Dog
The rules are the same as last round:
1.Link a song via YouTube, Spotify, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, DailyMotion, Vimeo... or whatever you like as long as I don't have to download something.
2.This round is [synthpop/industrial]. While anything from either genre is acceptable, I've been most interested in where the two genres intersect. IE: EBM, darkwave, electro-industrial. Industrial metal and electropop probably aren't good directions.
3. Aim to impress me with what you pick, since I'm rating these.
4. If I know the song already, I'll tell you to pick something new, otherwise, you're good.
5. I'm going to start each new round every Sunday night (EST,) so if you're late, you're out. My 1-2 least favorite recs will be eliminated each round (1 if we don't get a lot of people and 2 if we do.)
***Winner of the competition can recommend me whatever 2 albums they want and I'll listen to them no matter the album as long as it's possible to find and as long as neither exceeds 3 hours.*** | | 2 |  | She-Devils
She-Devils
budgie: "Come"
Very pretty and surfy. I like her voice, it’s very nostalgic and sleepy sounding. Simple and maybe even unassuming, but that’s somehow a strength.
4.3/5 (SAFE) | | 3 |  | Bumblebees
Paper Boat
CugnoBrasso: "Older"
Heavy MGMT energy here, but with more rhythm, so actually maybe Foster the People then haha. I don’t really find this interesting at all, unfortunately. Maybe a bit generic?
2.8/5 (SAFE) | | 4 |  | Lone
Lemurian
pizzamachine: “Cali Drought”
Very lo-fi hip hop beats so far. No vocals. This reminds me a it of Black Moth Super Rainbow or even like a more simplistic Boards of Canada. Can’t say I’m really digging it, but maybe if it had vocals, I’d like it more.
3/5 (SAFE) | | 5 |  | Late of the Pier
Fantasy Black Channel
Mort.: “Broken”
Not really that psychedelic pop. Almost more dance punk? I’ll be kind and count it since I guess the synths are almost psychedelic. Can’t say I’m super engaged by this though. Wait okay, this ending is trippy. Pretty good ending, very glitchy. Not super into most of this though.
3/5 (SAFE) | | 6 |  | Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
Shyga! The Sunlight Mound
AsleepInTheBack: “Mundungus”
Not too into that guitar texture and the shredding isn’t my thing. I wanted pop honestly -that’s the mood I set my brain up for. My best advice to everyone is to follow the prompt closely cuz it’ll match my mood lol. Still fits the theme, but not in a way I enjoy. This is whatever. Too much fuzz and rawk, not enough reverb or backmasking or pretty soundscapes.
2.5/5 (ELIMINATED!) | | 7 |  | The Millennium
Begin
JohnnyoftheWell: “It Won't Always Be the Same”
Ooh pretty harmonies. And I like the acoustic guitar. Feels kinda sunshine pop even, which I’m mixed on. But I do like this.
3.6/5 (SAFE) | | 8 |  | Jellyfish
Spilt Milk
Kompys2000: “Russian Hill”
Emotional and wish pretty strings. Pretty orchestrals strings are usually a fantastic thing! Maybe always? At least for psychedelia. Oooh and flute. County twang in the background works too. Is that acoustic bass guitar? Interesting song for sure! I’m digging it.
4.5/5 (SAFE) | | 9 |  | Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
SlothcoreSam: “Confide in Me”
More pretty strings, but they’re also serious sounding. A tirp hop beat? Hmmm. Sounds more like Arabic folk mixed with trip hop. But it’s good, so I’m not too bothered. I might subtract 0.5 for not giving be any REAL psychedelic feel. Yell at me if you must, but please don’t stretch the definitione too much.
3.6/5 -0.5 = 3.1/5 (SAFE) | | 10 |  | The Dukes Of Stratosphear
Chips from the Chocolate Fireball
Porcupinetheater: “Little Lighthouse”
Oh yeah, XTC’s side project. Very 80s psych. Has the Lennon-McCartney harmonies. Really wears that influence on its sleeve. Good, but not amazing.
3.4/5 (SAFE) | | 11 |  | Crumb (USA-NY)
Jinx
Trifolium: “Nina”
I’m already a Crumb fan, but lucky for you I haven’t heard Jinx! Secretly a smart avenue to go by picking an already approved artist haha. Good drums for sure. Her voice rules and it’s chill, but in a memorable way.
3.9/5 (SAFE) | | 12 |  | Evan Geesman
Newagesewage
PotsyTater: “English"
Definitely hits that hypnagogic pop thing that modern psych-pop drifts too. Electronic chill beat driven stuff. His voice is soulful and the atmosphere is loungy, but the kind you sink into the couch with. Maybe a bit more stripped back than I tend to love within this genre though.
3.3/5 (SAFE) | | 13 |  | Moon Diagrams
Lifetime of Love
someone: “End of Heartache”
This also hits that hypnagogic pop category, so yeah it’s psych pop, just a modern interpretation. I like the slacker vocals and the catchy piano. In fact, a lot of this works. Does that rest of thi sound nothing like this? Because the album is labeled ambient techno haha. Good shit though, regardless. Spooky outro!
4.1/5 (SAFE) | | 14 |  | Various Artists (Rock)
Rough Guide To Psychedelic Cambodia
ffs: “Phaem Nas Snaeha” (by Pan Ron)
This is badass. I already love this one other Cambodian psych rock song and this one track is just as cool. It’s catchy, cute, fun, colorful! I wouldn’t change a thing!
4.7/5 (SAFE) | | 15 |  | Simon Dupree And The Big Sound
Part Of My Past (The Simon Dupree And The Big Sou
protokute: “Kites”
Bright plinky piano and nostalgic 60s style vocals. Good start. Sensual too actually. I like this. Could be better, but I don’t know how haha. Maybe a little better production? Still good.
3.9/5 (SAFE) | | 16 |  | Dogbowl
Cyclops Nuclear Submarine Captain
GhandhiLion: “South American Eye”
Pretty guitar, and very 90s indie. Simple, but effective to say the least.
3.7/5 (SAFE) | | 17 |  | Moses Gunn Collective
Mercy Mountain
Conmaniac: “Shalala”
I like the production. Modern, but still has a bit of old school to it. It’s a bit empty sounding for my taste, but decent all the same.
3.3/5 (SAFE) | | 18 |  | Super Furry Animals
Rings Around the World
BitterJalapenoJr: “Sidewalk Serfer Girl”
Sounds like a trippy Blur song. The guitar pickups are okay, and the vocals are good. I’m mixed on it this honestly, but it isn’t bad.
3.4/5 (SAFE) | | 19 |  | Yves Tumor
Heaven To A Tortured Mind
BlazingBlitzer: “Kerosene!”
Good drums, good atmophere. I don’t like the male vocals. The female vocals are decent. More interested than anything I remember from Safe in the Hands of Love, but the voice kills it for me.
2.9/5 (SAFE) | | 20 |  | DJ Harvey
The Sound of Mercury Rising
CamiloG: “Magnificent Moon”
Sounds like a clubbier version of a Camel instrumental haha. The vocals, I suppose are pretty typical of modern psych pop. Maybe moe nu-disco, but it’s close enough. That being said, I don’t really get much from this. Kind of long for what it is, but I can do long. I suppose it’ growing on me a bit.
3.4/5 (SAFE) | | 21 |  | Connan Mockasin
Forever Dolphin Love
fogza: “Please Turn Me into the Snat”
Finally some cool vocal modulation! Good drums too. Very English-quirky if you know what I mean. It’s intense, but also kind of goofy. Does fogza know my taste, interesting? This is like bang on.
4.9/5 (ROUND WINNER! [+0.5 will be added to his next round score]) | | 22 |  | Mansun
Six
MoM: “Fall Out”
I’m sorry, nutcracker music as a beat? Why? Oh thank god it’s gone. This went from awful to pretty okay. Didn’t wow me once it dropped the nutcracker BS though.
2.7/5 (ELIMINATED!) | | 23 |  | Snowmine
Laminate Pet Animal
JeffereyPiggletein: “The Hill”
Vocals sound like Panda Bear. Good use of atmosphere even if it’s a tad generic. Wait, those string samples or whatever were very good. Not bad. It definitely found itself by the end despite a slow start.
3.6/5 (SAFE) | | 24 |  | Jacco Gardner
Cabinet of Curiosities
Pangea: “The Ballad of Little Jane”
This guy thinks he’s Syd Barett haha. First song with a mellotron, wow that’s surprising that it took this long. Pretty, cute, and I like the vocals!
4/5 (SAFE) | | 25 |  | Pepe Deluxe
Queen of the Wave
Havey: “Go Supersonic”
Reminds me of 60s female led psych-pop, but sped the fuck up. And now it’s extra poppy. The strings are cool, but not as lush as they could be. Almost feel power poppish? Good, but not amazing. Theremin creepy vibes are always a good thing, do it up outro!
3.5/5 (SAFE) | |
ArsMoriendi
10.29.23 | fogza won the round, but anyone who got a 4+ did well
Sorry AsleepInTheBack and MoM maybe next year...
| Mort.
10.29.23 | https://open.spotify.com/track/2VtqoN1hRIL4Qe1ojSFS0d?si=mPPNeDVsQs2Lo42sl10Ljw | budgie
10.29.23 | curse u fogza curse u to the pit | budgie
10.29.23 | https://fm84.bandcamp.com/track/running-in-the-night-feat-ollie-wride | SlothcoreSam
10.29.23 | Let me know if you've heard this one.
Tweaker featuring Jennifer Charles - Crude Sunlight
https://open.spotify.com/track/2GSdjBWsyyeFWhqX1HCoYe?si=INrkq_fuS5OI-Y5Kybg1cg | ArsMoriendi
10.30.23 | I have not, all 3 songs this round are not songs I know | protokute
10.30.23 | I strongly recommend the Millennium - Begin album, it's truly a Psychedelic/Sunshine Pop masterpiece and one of my favorite things ever.
Also, really glad that you dug my rec! (I ended up changing it to Orange Bicycle - Hyacinth Threads later, guess you had already added Kites to your playlist, before seeing it) | ArsMoriendi
10.30.23 | Listening to "Hyacinth Threads" right now and it's also good
I think I would've also given it a 3.9 give or take .1 or so, so the swap wouldn't have changed much. Good band | protokute
10.30.23 | Nice! | ffs
10.30.23 | pleased you enjoyed, whats the other cambodian psych song you like? very fascinating and tragic scene | porcupinetheater
10.30.23 | I’m a go with Einsturzende Neubauten - Yü-Gang (Futter Mein Ego) off Halber Mensch
I’ll find a link to it when I get back home but didn’t want that song sniped!
Edit here's the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H2bYIEAFsU | ArsMoriendi
10.30.23 | @ffs: Jam 10 Kai Theit from the same compilation | ffs
10.30.23 | oh thats a good one
my rec is boy harsher - pain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPLwPRhHw0M | Havey
10.30.23 | "Golpe de Amistad"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjQ97pESALI
such a crucial cut... | Kompys2000
10.30.23 | Aw nice knew you'd like the Brian Wilsoniness of Russian Hill
Your limited interest in metal, hip-hop, and noise makes me think leaning more towards synthpop than industrial is the move here... Let's say Bent Knee - Queer Gods for now? Might change it if something more ars-y occurs to me
| fogza
10.30.23 | "Does fogza know my taste, interesting"
Lmao I did think you'd like the vocal but I was unsure about everything else. Pretty sure I'll crash out in about 2 more rounds | Pangea
10.30.23 | Might still change this later but lets go for this for now
Blanck Mass - House vs. House
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Duye2nfAzcu6v56raOnYZ?si=WLZ1TApoTt2RpuMNAPwIiQ
| someone
10.30.23 | "the album is labeled ambient techno haha"
yeah it's a quirky lil electrambient piece, this song comes out of nowhere on the tracklist | someone
10.30.23 | Oppenheimer Analysis - Devil's Dancers (off New Mexico)
https://youtu.be/LjTi2szUdF4?si=LUHLO9yhu2iyO89p | protokute
10.30.23 | this round is gonna be tough for me... definitely not a genre/style I'm familiar with | JohnnyoftheWell
10.30.23 | Otay:onii - Overlap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77xsjzTJUe0 | ArsMoriendi
10.31.23 | @protokute: All you gotta do is not pick the 2nd or 1st worst song, so no stress if you phone it in with something that's like a guaranteed mid-tier that’d be good enough right? | PotsyTater
10.31.23 | PVA - Comfort Eating
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Ga1jDKhuAiZIk2bnh9ODX?si=bGi0ZdzPR9Ofbgrv5rlmTg | BlazinBlitzer
11.01.23 | Magdalena Bay - You Lose
https://open.spotify.com/track/0tP8FKhJsar5y4JcOH4Rjp?si=cac77dd70c04408c | fogza
11.01.23 | Skinny Puppy - VX Gas Attack
https://youtu.be/_pgZEUW8pGc | ArsMoriendi
11.02.23 | Cool just waitin on:
CugnoBrasso
pizzamachine
Kompys2000
Trifolium
protokute
GhandhiLion
Conmaniac
BitterJalapenoJr
CamiloG
JeffereyPiggletein
No rush though, deadline's not til Sunday at 5pm EST | Trifolium
11.03.23 | Ooooooh difficult theme for me, but I think I'm going to place my bets on a fave from my early years:
Doctor Steel - Lament for a Toy Factory (from The Dr. Steel Collection)
https://youtu.be/Wwtu5d_Fxk0?feature=shared | Kompys2000
11.04.23 | Ars I will henceforth be changing my rec to Out Hud - Old Nude
https://youtu.be/_he001SSarA?si=aS2nQdQz7E-61p2z | pizzamachine
11.04.23 | Sorry I’m late(ish):
https://youtu.be/Sn8-fdj7_sg?feature=shared | ArsMoriendi
11.04.23 | You're not late, I just wanna make sure people don't forget like Potsy did last year ;P | GhandhiLion
11.04.23 | https://youtu.be/gZfNo30VwNw?si=PyybsQDvES0E-gzo | protokute
11.04.23 | Guys, please add the name of your songs along the links, so we could know if anyone has rec'd the same thing already | protokute
11.04.23 | Actually had a lot of fun digging into this genre...
Front 242 - Headhunter v3.0
(https://open.spotify.com/track/0cQyA8Rf1Tso2y9ZifoIqu?si=7588b1791947480c)
Also, was really surprised finding out that a classic Brazilian "funk" song samples the massive bass from this
| Conmaniac
11.04.23 | Hey sorry I haven’t submitted yet! I’ll try to in a lil bit… | ArsMoriendi
11.04.23 | Alright! The deadline is Sunday (IE tomorrow) 5pm EST!
Only waitin' on:
CugnoBrasso
Conmaniac
BitterJalapenoJr
CamiloG
JeffereyPiggletein (if he got banned somehow, any Park alt will do I guess) | Conmaniac
11.04.23 | https://open.spotify.com/track/4VikOud5ZmdmHH6h7uQeDB?si=t9MYdqZpSiu1D9qnnfmo4Q
didn’t see this in ur ratings but lmk if u already know it! I think it fits the crossover of genres… | ArsMoriendi
11.04.23 | I'm technically a millennial by 1 year, so hopefully I can manage
...JESUS 17 minutes of harsh noise? | protokute
11.04.23 | @Con
loved that guitar... and bass obviously | Conmaniac
11.04.23 | Oh you listened? Hell yeah it’s such a solid track thanks for peeping it as well! Bassline def a highlight | parsungjoon
11.04.23 | Umm, sowing nuked my account ifg
Anyways we’ll see if arse can handle giga millennial brain fuzz gymnastic synapse hmmm lfg | JohnnyoftheWell
11.04.23 | ...lfg!!!? | parsungjoon
11.04.23 | Ifg!! | JohnnyoftheWell
11.04.23 | don't call me -_- -_- | BitterJalapenoJr
11.05.23 | https://open.spotify.com/track/17I97bDgzf5GrFzpG8GV8H?si=MhjOaVF1Qh2i9htNma82BA | ArsMoriendi
11.05.23 | Awesome! Only CugnoBrasso and CamiloG still need to rec
If they’re not in by 5pm EST today, the competition with continue without them | CugnoBrasso
11.05.23 | Yoooooooooo sorry I was abroad and I just came back!
Focker by Late of the Pier! | ArsMoriendi
11.05.23 | And with only 2 hours and 18 mins to spare!
This link works, right?
https://open.spotify.com/track/5mH97y084CYVImVpLLZPog?si=7f40eb976a0f48c9 | CugnoBrasso
11.05.23 | Ohh was it psychedelic pop? Whoopsie I misread | ArsMoriendi
11.05.23 | Psychedelic pop was round 1, which you picked a fitting song ("Older" by Bumblebees)
This is round 2, synthpop/industrial which you picked "Focker" by Late of the Pier, I believe? | budgie
11.05.23 | ars did i DIE? | CugnoBrasso
11.05.23 | Oh crap I just noticed that Mort also picked LotP wtf | ArsMoriendi
11.05.23 | @Cugno: he picked it for the psychedelic pop round haha, which barely fit that genre if I'm being honest
@budgie: you'll find out at 5 EST. Gotta give CamiloG some time, plus I gotta go shopping for food n stuff anywayyy | budgie
11.05.23 | oh pick me up some guava kombucha | CugnoBrasso
11.05.23 | Yeah I just thought it was a weird coincidence. Well, then you already know what to expect, kinda... | ArsMoriendi
11.05.23 | Starting to listen to them now, all is locked in
CamiloG didn't make it so he's auto-eliminated, bottom 2 songs will be eliminated sooon :D | CamiloG
11.06.23 | Im so sad, i was travelling and I just saw I missed the deadline :( |
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