New Battle!!!
Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
New Bodhum ~ New Bodhum -Aggressive Mix-
New Battle is reasonably good. I've never been a huge fan of this style of Xenoblade song where it usually just fails to get the blood pumping and offers little else. The piano is nice here though. Don't care much for the CRYMACHINA song. I don't like the vocals at all and the song would be much better without them, but even without them it's struggling to break "fine". And actually when the vocals go away I don't really like the part that replaces it either.
Donk main title is surprisingly fun although possibly a bit repetitive by the end. I don't think the vocalist is great unfortunately, but the actual composition I like a lot and the song is very catchy overall, especially the backing synth. I've always liked the Suite, but am not really sure how to explain why. Just a nice pleasant listen though that never feels like a chore to me despite its runtime. The climax at the end is nice, but overall this is more of a vibes song for me.
I'm not sure what to say about Live and Learn. It's not like there's anything wrong with it, but there's other styles of music I like more, and even as far as 2000's alt rock goes it doesn't feel particularly noteworthy. The guitar solo is probably my favorite part. New Bodhum is cool--lots of neat synth and percussion sounds. Not the biggest fan of the vocals, but it's a small component and there's a lot else cool going on.
Nurburgring Suite > New Battle > New Bodhum > Main Title > Live and Learn > FightFirst...
I didn't do guru this year but
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can be in my sig anyways.