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#2. Pelican Canyon
Artist: Du Blonde & Samuel T. Herring
Nominator: mcflubbin (2/5)
Time: 3:46
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkbaF3nnM9g
Initial Rankings: Batch 3 - 1/15 (A) & Rubric 1
FLUX: Even

"w i l d f i r e" - First listen note

I'm fairly sure I'm a straight ace, but there's absolutely something in the way Herring growls out "wildfire" that does sparks something in my brain. It's a gorgeous song with two gorgeous voices coming together to play something beautiful. I don't know what it's about. The lyrics and tune feel like they could be down with "After the Storm" and "Cactus in the Valley" for all that I mentioned about simplicity and emptiness, but it doesn't. I know there... there are some feelings I've locked away regarding old age, a grandparent with dementia, a mother in her advanced years fighting cancer and retirement and the loss of her strength and vitality, and it's a shame to see the eyes of such golden souls grow dim... So I leant far less into those thoughts since January and just enjoy the music and voices and beautiful guitar and question my lacking sexuality at the hands of the wildfire.

@mcflubbin

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#1. Miami
Artist: Caroline Rose
Nominator: mcflubbin (1/5)
Time: 4:37
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mqVCCy2np0
Initial Rankings: Batch 3 - 2/15 (A) & Rubric 2
FLUX: Even

"I try not to comment on videos, but absolutely beautiful video" - First listen note

<3

Every verse could probably use a comment. Every verse hits something, somewhere in me, and I can't express any of it. I wil lsay that the hardest, hardest line every single time is with, "Well you know your father and I are in the last stage of our lives," and I don't really want to say more on it. This is a tough song, and emotional, and I've smelt someone cutting onions more on this than all other songs combined (yes, including all the Rodrigo). It's the best song, it's the best video, it's a better reality punch to the face than "That Funny Feeling," it's just gorgeous and wonderful and sad and heartfelt and heartbreaking and tough. It's tough. It's a tough song. I love it so much.

*NEW* 5th Place: mcflubbin
#95. Brigitte Calls Me Baby, "Eddie My Love"
#94. Genesis Owusu, "Leaving the Light"
#28. Yard Act, "Dream Job"
#2. Du Blonde & Samuel T. Herring, "Pelican Canyon"
#1. Caroline Rose, "Miami"
Average Score: 44
Total Score: 220

*big hugs*

*just big hugs*