L9 Darkness Fish 8 Osgood 8

[rayge]

A Lora Logic - Martian Man

B Laura Veirs – The Lookout

[bungo the mungo]

veirs was harmless enough. nothing interesting. same can be said about logic, except it was a TAD more interesting.

A

[DayoRemix]

Veirs does absolutely nothing for me..Really enjoyed the Logic track..Light and bouncy..Sounds like some of the stuff Rachel Aggs (Sacred Paws, Shopping etc..)plays around with in her bands..Shocked I hadn't heard it before..Vote A

[osgood]

A is very nice, original and uplifting, an excellent find. Pity about the unnecessary instrumental section at the end.

Pity also that it's paired against a highlight of one of my faves albums of the last few years. Nothing earthshaking or terribly original, simply a good, in fact very good, song.

B

[toomanyhatz]

Once again I'm finding both hard to connect with. Don't make me say 'wheelhouse' again! (Whoops, too late.)

I guess A stands apart from its ilk a tiny bit more.

[Sneelock]

A is pretty gimmicky. I love gimmicky!
A

[oh oooh]

B

was just a touch more accessible and likeable and nice and compact and that's what got my vote here

[fearlessfreap]

Ah, new wave -- I'm starting to miss it.
B is the sort of music that reminds me of cold oatmeal
A

[Half Machine Lipschitz]

There's just too much stuff like B - the sort of thing that gets DiamondDog all horned up. Generic indie-film soundtrack dreck.

A is QUIRKY. Sometimes I need quirky.

A

[DarknessFish]

This is a lovely warm and summery slice of post-punk. Really like the rolling percussion and exotic sounding guitar, and the vocals are charm personified. Kinda The Fates meets Bow Wow Wow, a really playful, inventive sun-soaked slice of pop.

Never heard of Laura Viers before, but this is also a nicely pleasant slice of pop. Reminds me of Julia Holter at her more playful and poptastic (Everytime Boots, for example). Light hearted fluff, and who doesn't like a good fluffing every now and then?

Both are so good, they earn a heartfelt abstain from me.

[Deleted]

A's from a time when indie bands or records ( not that we really called it indie back then) didn't recognise musical boundaries...African HiLife? Sure we'll have a go! The amateurish enthusiasm conveyed really is quite infectious. I was less keen on the trilling 'jolly hockey sticks' vocal (also a thing of the time,see Girls At Our Best), but I can forgive it that because the whole thing worked so well.

B has a lovely vibe and marries a traditional song approach with some atmospheric touches in the arrangement. It's the kind of modest thing that tends not to do well in the cup and I feel a little sorry for it so I'm giving it a vote.

B

Really enjoyable tie.

[blue]

B, loved the voice.

[fange]

Good match. Like both as pleasant slices of pop, sunning themselves on the window sills of my wheelhouse. May just be B; i played it twice coz it seemed to end too soon.


B

[neige]

Yeah, excellent match.

I like the quirkiness of A, but B is simply a great song. I also felt compelled to play it a second time.

[morgan]

Liked both but b is a better song

B