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Post by rankingted on May 5, 2019 21:31:28 GMT
I didn't initially know what to make of B but I did enjoy it. I like Emiliana Torrini, also Icelandic, and this sounded a bit like her more pastoral efforts. Really nice pick. A is fine for what it is bit I'm going for ...
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Post by fearlessfreap on May 6, 2019 17:10:44 GMT
I appreciate the sentiment of A
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Post by Sneelock on May 7, 2019 3:51:12 GMT
Therefore I’ll take A since it swings and I’m a lazy bastard. Geriatric genericism? Oh my, yes!
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Post by Reactionary Rage on May 8, 2019 12:09:21 GMT
Can we actually get back to picking some great records please?
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on May 8, 2019 12:57:04 GMT
B
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Post by alejandro on May 8, 2019 13:53:59 GMT
A's titular statement is enough for me to vote for B (actually B's the first track so far this round that genuinely intrigues me, I'll check the album out).
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Post by countmachuki on May 8, 2019 14:54:35 GMT
A
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Post by rayge on May 8, 2019 15:06:45 GMT
A Confession time: there was a problem with A's entry for this round, so I picked this piece of cheese off the punishment buffet to get the round up in time. At least it lets us know how to pronounce googamooga, I thought, but no-one will vote for this. Then I heard some of the other entries... Anyways, it isn't bad as a bit of fifties fun, but just for bringing the thrifty Danish Drone to the table, marked down to 3 / 10
B It's very pretty, and easily the least objectionable record I've ever heard from out of Iceland, but there isn't much new or distinctive about it, really. Maybe it has subteleties that will be revealed on further listens, but unfortunately, like all the entries in this cup, it's not going to get any. Um, 4.5 / 10
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2019 16:34:50 GMT
I thought that A was a joke.
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Post by DarknessFish on May 8, 2019 20:06:52 GMT
I thought that A was a joke. The whole cup is a sick fucking joke. /bitter
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Listening to long jazz tracks
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Post by fange on May 9, 2019 1:08:37 GMT
Oh calm the farm - the Icelandic bird is still gonna win by the looks of it. (rofl)
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Post by oleandermedian on May 10, 2019 9:52:01 GMT
A was surprisingly good.
B is ekki tiltækt.
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Post by driftin on May 10, 2019 15:42:01 GMT
I already loved Olof Arnalds but putting her up against something that Jive Bunny would proudly dig back up is just plain unfair.
Big fat B
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Post by Inspector Norse on May 11, 2019 10:44:59 GMT
A is ten-a-penny '50s stuff. Lively but of absolutely no interest whatsoever beyond that. I do like weird folk and have a high tolerance level for googly-eyed mysticism and spending hours examining interesting patterns in leaves and recording your album in a dingly dell but some of this stuff passes beyond twee and makes me want to rip the wings off fairies.
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Post by rayge on May 11, 2019 13:01:34 GMT
a 10 oleander median b 11 darkness fish
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