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#34
#69
Party
El Perro del Mar
6.394
9 (2) soratami @Maki | 8.25 @Oleander
3 (2) @Phonetics Girl @dontkillmyvibe | 4.5 @Epic Chocolat
In second to last place is a song that was actually not in the bottom two until the very end of the voting period, but received lower scores than the song now in third last place from the last five voters, and so its fate was sealed. It's one of the only three songs across both rates not to have received any 10s (as for the other two, one is from the indie pop rate and another is from the indie rock one, and neither are getting eliminated quite soon), and also the last one not to have a 6.5+ average.
El Perro del Mar ("The Dog of the Sea" in Spanish) is the artistic name of Swedish singer-songwriter Sarah Assbring (the surname might explain the need for an artistic name nn), and Party is taken from her self-titled debut album, released in 2006. I think Party is a fantastic song which definitely didn't deserve to be eliminated this early, but I do get it might be a bit too slow/miserable-sounding for some people. That said, El Perro Del Mar is a pretty multifaceted artist who didn't stick to the the depressive retro pop sound of her earlier work through her whole career, moving on to, for example, a much more upbeat, dancier sound somewhere along the lines of Saint Etienne in 2012's Pale Fire, and her most recent album, KoKoro, released in 2016, consisting of breezy indie pop songs built with traditional Japanese instruments. The two songs below are taken from each of these two albums, and I definitely recommend giving them a listen (and the albums as well, if you like them).
@daninternational (5) “Reminds me a bit of the Queer music rate, this kind of shoegazey female stuff doesn't bring me much” Leave @Trouble in Paradise/@Cutlery alone.
@DominoDancing (7.5) “Has the makings of a really good song, but somehow doesn't really go anywhere.”
@DJHazey (8) “Very compelling whenever a singer uses a tone that clashes with the the spirit of words they’re singing. It’s very spooky in this instance. So it’s not exactly a favorite, but interesting enough that I can’t quite let it go without a decent score and add to my new discoveries list.”
@berserkboi (8) “Very sad party vibes, relatable content!”
@Maki (9) “This is so depressive for a song with this title... I love it!”
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#34
#69
Party
El Perro del Mar
6.394
9 (2) soratami @Maki | 8.25 @Oleander
3 (2) @Phonetics Girl @dontkillmyvibe | 4.5 @Epic Chocolat
In second to last place is a song that was actually not in the bottom two until the very end of the voting period, but received lower scores than the song now in third last place from the last five voters, and so its fate was sealed. It's one of the only three songs across both rates not to have received any 10s (as for the other two, one is from the indie pop rate and another is from the indie rock one, and neither are getting eliminated quite soon), and also the last one not to have a 6.5+ average.
El Perro del Mar ("The Dog of the Sea" in Spanish) is the artistic name of Swedish singer-songwriter Sarah Assbring (the surname might explain the need for an artistic name nn), and Party is taken from her self-titled debut album, released in 2006. I think Party is a fantastic song which definitely didn't deserve to be eliminated this early, but I do get it might be a bit too slow/miserable-sounding for some people. That said, El Perro Del Mar is a pretty multifaceted artist who didn't stick to the the depressive retro pop sound of her earlier work through her whole career, moving on to, for example, a much more upbeat, dancier sound somewhere along the lines of Saint Etienne in 2012's Pale Fire, and her most recent album, KoKoro, released in 2016, consisting of breezy indie pop songs built with traditional Japanese instruments. The two songs below are taken from each of these two albums, and I definitely recommend giving them a listen (and the albums as well, if you like them).
@daninternational (5) “Reminds me a bit of the Queer music rate, this kind of shoegazey female stuff doesn't bring me much” Leave @Trouble in Paradise/@Cutlery alone.
@DominoDancing (7.5) “Has the makings of a really good song, but somehow doesn't really go anywhere.”
@DJHazey (8) “Very compelling whenever a singer uses a tone that clashes with the the spirit of words they’re singing. It’s very spooky in this instance. So it’s not exactly a favorite, but interesting enough that I can’t quite let it go without a decent score and add to my new discoveries list.”
@berserkboi (8) “Very sad party vibes, relatable content!”
@Maki (9) “This is so depressive for a song with this title... I love it!”
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