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#700: Xtruist - Core of Apeiron (2:49):
https://youtu.be/tWsl8kt0iU8

Nominator: NFUN: [26/31 Remaining]

Initial Score: 51.04
Revised Score: 53.718
Final Score: 53.70 [Upgraded to....uhh... 53.7002?[

(First Reaction: It's fine? I don't have much reaction to it, but it's a step or two above songs I don't care about at all, so that's definitely on the positive half of the scoring system.)

I'm having a hard time pinning this song down, as I still can't quite parse what the song is doing or what theme I'm supposed to be associating it with. The opening notes convey an ancient temple type setting and I got really excited for that type of ambient instrumental type thing... then the song goes all zippy-zappy electric for a bit before trying to be "futuristic fighting game" and "ancient temple" at the same time. I wouldn't compare the music to Mortal Kombat, but MK is the closest guess I can come up with for what type of feeling this song is going for.

*looks up the game*

Oh, futuristic combat racing game like Wipeout, 'ey? Yeah, I could picture racing to this song. The song's still a bit more "fighting" than I like from my instrumentals, but it's pretty neat.

[Final Thoughts: I don't know. It is fairly neat and I have positive feelings towards it, but not nearly strong enough feelings to leap it into the next tier.]

[EDiT: Moved this above Tourbilion but forgot to actually increase the score after moving it. Fixed-ish now.[

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#699: Reena Esmail - TaReKiTa [1:54]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKK1YKfcGAw

Nominator: cakophon [17/20 Remaining]

Initial Score: 50.00
Revised Score: 50.00
Final Score: 50.186 [Upgraded to 50.37] [Upgraded to 53.02] [Upgraded to 53.71]

(First Reaction: I'm not entirely sure that I actually had a reaction to this at all. In theory, it's a bit interesting to hear another language's onomatopoeia and I don't have anything against acapella music specifically, but this song didn't really register as anything....)

I still don't have any appreciable reaction to this song, which is almost interesting. You would think I'd have a generic "I still don't usually care for non-lyric vocalizations, so an entire song of them is a bit rough for me", or "I don't care for songs focusing on percussion, so I'm oddly glad that we're just using a choir that mimics the sound of a type of drum", or some completely deranged tangent about choirs or singing animals or something. But this... I don't know, I don't particularly like or dislike this. I'm aware that it's conceptually interesting, but not on a level where I'd say I feel positively towards it. I'm' aware that it's doing things I don't traditionally like, but I don't mind them either. The song just kinda is? Which feels like a very cruel review, but... uhh... yeah?

[Final Thoughts: A unique vocal experience that, inexplicably, I kinda enjoy this time around. I'm not often into non-lyric vocalizations so an entire song of them wouldn't be my first choice, but this isn't bad. I kinda wish it were longer--I guess I appreciate the song knowing when it's over instead of continuing aimlessly, but a sub-two minute runtime doesn't feel like enough time to properly appreciate what they're going for.

Definitely unique though, so that's neat and this is getting a slight bump to the positive scores.]

[Later: I don't know what I'm doing, so I'm moving all three songs that were scheduled to be eliminated up to a three-way tie with 53.01 points and will revisit them later.]

[Still Later: Giving this a minor boost. Over one of the songs it was tied with and a few other upcoming songs, though not a very drastic increase.]

[Finally Later: This is the second of the three songs that were briefly tied. Miguel the Sniper [#708], TaReKiTa [#699], and one more song yet to be revealed.]

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