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Three more songs to end the day. An odd number, but with this, we officially reach the next tier! ...And I kinda need a minute to sort through everything currently tied at exactly 70 points, so a short break would be quite nice on my end anyway.

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#270: Warak - Demolished Soon (2:38):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqZUkdrX8lc

Nominator: DoctorJimmy [10/24 Remaining]

Initial Score: 73.30
Revised Score: 68.44
Final Score: 69.528

(First Reaction: Chiptune swing pop feels like an unusual combination of genres, but this song actually works incredibly well and was a real treat to come across.)

!Feels more like the high end of "I like this" tier than low "I really like this" tier, but it's still an unexpected delight and a fun way to shake up the nomination list.

[Final Thoughts: A song that is always an unexpected treat.]

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#269: Efterklang - Modern Drift (4:53):
https://open.spotify.com/track/60WIrEOVESSiwBoYy9WIMC?si=whc_x3KlSEG4IxbKXazLlw

Nominator: Jesse Custer [11/29 Remaining]

Initial Score: 56.29
Revised Score: 56.29
Final Score: 56.29 [Upgraded to 58.4007] [Upgraded to 63.686] [Upgraded to 65.7437] [Upgraded to 69.57]

(First Reaction: I wish to hear another song by this artist. Right now, in fact.

*proceeds to click around the album for a bit*

Ah, "Alike"--I think that's the song I was looking for. [I don't know the band, but I was positive that they would have something I'd be very drawn towards and this feels like the hypothetical song I was hunting for.[ I'm not really glomping onto Modern Drift like I should, I feel like it's missing one lyric for me to become overly fixated on. Alike definitely has one:

The calming voice that kept me safe
It may be stupid, but it is true

The flood is gone and the trouble stays

Nevermind why I'm drawn to that part of the song, the important thing is that I am drawn to it... I'm not completely enamored with the song, but I think Alike is probably in the mid-70s. Modern Drift is a fine song and I apparently like whoever this is (they kinda remind me of Sufjan Stevens, but not really--"they remind me of the way the nominated Sufjan Stevens song made me feel a few years ago", now that's an accurate--if wordy--sentence) since I don't exactly go hunting for more songs from just any artist that gets nominated, but it's missing that one hook which I find in Alike.

...still, Modern Drift has to end up on the positive side of the score equations because I do like it some amount.)

!I'm not super into this song, but it showcases enough potential that I enjoy it a fair amount & it inspires me to check out more of their work.

[Final Thoughts: I'm' afraid I don't have anything to really say about the song that was actually nominated here. I kinda like it and it's rather pleasing, with a performance that says "this is an artist that almost assuredly has a song that I completely love somewhere in their discography", but this isn't quite that performance.]

[Later" A minor boost to raise this up somewhat.]

[Later: Okay, now I like this.[

[Later: And a few extra points.]

[Later: Had this stuck in my head lately, so a few more points.]

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#268: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Sad But True (4:30):
https://youtu.be/LeeWwY2IpcM

Nominator: Snake [11/32 Remaining]

Initial Score: 45.74
Revised Score: 44.04
Final Score: 45.74 [Upgraded to 52.48] [Upgraded to 52.6092] [Upgraded to 52.71] [Upgraded to 56.39] [Upgraded to 61.13] [Upgraded to 64.433] [Upgraded to 69.78]

(First Reaction: Huh. I love the idea of the song and the vagueness of the lyrics leaves the song open to any number of interpretations, most of which work really well for me. Unfortunately, the song itself feels a bit dull to me... which isn't his fault, it's certainly not any more enthralling when Metallica performed it. It just comes off almost a bit mononotous and lacking a strong hook to really pull me in, but there's a great story here & I dig the idea of country covers of metal songs. Not really something I'd go back to often, but I appreciate you taking a chance on it.)

Very nice lyrics that can apply to just about anything and I kinda dig all of the interpretations. Religion, depression, drugs, life in general, the past & future, it means whatever you need it to mean and I think that's impressive. There's a fine line between lyrics that are open to a variety of interpretations and lyrics that are just incomprehensible, and this song quite splendidly accomplishes what it wanted to. I'm just not entirely sold on either the original performance or this country version of it.

I'm not entirely sure what I want from the song, but looking around, I think the St. Vincent version is the closest to whatever it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0K9xypNQVU

The slight distorrtion on her vocals give it a vaguely alien quality, making it feel like a Venom symbiote type song. That's a fun darkness and not one that's easy to achieve musically, so I find it fairly intriguing.... I'd say the St. Vincent is probably a 60 point song? It's still not quite what I'm after, but it's fun and mysterious in a way other versions aren't.

...oh hey, that's probably it! The lyrics are vague and mysterious, but none of the other artists try to convey a sense of mystery in the music itself. There's a bit of a disconnect between lyric and performance, and I wish the song itself did something abnormal--create the sense of "you don't quite understand what the song is even doing" to complement the lyrics.

[Final Thoughts: St. Vincent >> Jason Isbell >>> Metallica.]

[Later: Actually I think I'm leaning a bit positive on this track right now. I was set to eliminate this, but it's getting a *slight* boost to the next level. Not an overwhelmingly large boost, but enough to clearly say that "yeah, this isn't a bad countrified version of the song".]

[Still Later: Giving this a few more extra points because I feel like it.]

[More Later: Ditto.]

[And Later: I'm starting to kinda like this one, actually.]

[And Also Later: This song is definitely growing on me. Going to move it up a tier.]

[And And And: A few more points to this one.]

[And And And And And And And: ...Going to try 69 points for this.]

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Ding!

And that's it! We've reached the tier of things I really like. It's been a long journey, but we're here. I shall take Monday off and we'll resume with the new tier, in a brand new topic because this one is getting a bit full. (I was going to wait until the top 250, but this milestone probably works out better).