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LISTEN V. RATE: The Official GRIMES Rate (WINNER REVEALED!)
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#67
HALLWAYS
4.972222222
My Score: 5
(@japanbonustrack: 10) HIGHEST V. LOWEST (@Cutlery: 0)
You know those dreams where you're moving slow as molasses and you can't seem to EVER get to your destination? Yeah, that's this song. Listening it again, I think I might have been a tad generous, but my score is also pretty close to the average. Like many of these types of Grimes songs, I can appreciate the oppressive, alien atmosphere and I kinda like the weird beeps and blips, but this just feels so melodically unfocused and meandering, almost as if she was coming up with it on the spot. And did we really need that fake out ending. Like, who asked for more of this?
caladan (7) eventually reached his destination with this song: "I hated it at first but after some listens I started to understand what's the deal with this weird song." Xanax also gives it a 7 and has an interesting theory: "I always try to decode the lyrics of this one. Yet I can only distinguish "Fantasy“ being repeated over and over again. A slight nod to queen Mariah?" Of all the songs to sneak a Mariah nod into, tho. Maybe Trouble in Paradise (3) is also getting Mariah teas because he notes the vocal enthusiasm: "Another unnecessary Halfaxa track. Grimes feeling herself in these vocals and not much else happening." happiestgirl (2) wishes she would feel herself in the vocals a bit less: "I hate these little weird wailing noises she's doing."
A lot of you complained about how long these hallways are:
Mirwais Ahmadzaï (5): "Definitely a bit long… One of the songs that contributes to Halfaxa’s bloated feel."
constantino (6): "There are some really excellent moments to be found in this song and I love the overall ~vibe~, but it’s way to fucking long. Claire, sis, edit!"
HappyBirthday (3): "It feels like there’s a fakeout ending, but then it just keeps on going…"
We'll end with Cutlery (0), for whom the evil has been defeated: "Personally, my least fave song by Claire. It sounds super disjointed, thrown together at random, unpleasant, Frankenstein’d and uninspired as hell. I get that she was messing around with many of the shorter tracks I'm the album and the many sounds she explores in it, but I have never ever come to find any enjoyment while listening to this unnecessary six-minute snoozefest monstrosity. The worst offense is around the 4:30 mark when you believe the lives of your ears have been spared, when suddenly those useless screeches come back for another minute or so of sonical torture and emotional fatigue."
It's all over now, sis, and it's going to be okay.
YouTube Comments Section
Countess Boochie Flagrante: Not gonna lie, my cat perks up when he hears this. Maybe cats like Grimes :)
steve gallagher: halfaxa is the most beautiful album to listen to in candlelight with a good bottle of your choice. 58 minutse of haunting tripped out music.
arieljako72: i've always loved grimes but i think she is a satanic worshipper. she said many times she isn't against illuminati and in the cover of her album there is a horus' eye. sshe's also a tatoo with a triangle and a eye within it. ,....
HALLWAYS
4.972222222
My Score: 5
(@japanbonustrack: 10) HIGHEST V. LOWEST (@Cutlery: 0)
You know those dreams where you're moving slow as molasses and you can't seem to EVER get to your destination? Yeah, that's this song. Listening it again, I think I might have been a tad generous, but my score is also pretty close to the average. Like many of these types of Grimes songs, I can appreciate the oppressive, alien atmosphere and I kinda like the weird beeps and blips, but this just feels so melodically unfocused and meandering, almost as if she was coming up with it on the spot. And did we really need that fake out ending. Like, who asked for more of this?
caladan (7) eventually reached his destination with this song: "I hated it at first but after some listens I started to understand what's the deal with this weird song." Xanax also gives it a 7 and has an interesting theory: "I always try to decode the lyrics of this one. Yet I can only distinguish "Fantasy“ being repeated over and over again. A slight nod to queen Mariah?" Of all the songs to sneak a Mariah nod into, tho. Maybe Trouble in Paradise (3) is also getting Mariah teas because he notes the vocal enthusiasm: "Another unnecessary Halfaxa track. Grimes feeling herself in these vocals and not much else happening." happiestgirl (2) wishes she would feel herself in the vocals a bit less: "I hate these little weird wailing noises she's doing."
A lot of you complained about how long these hallways are:
Mirwais Ahmadzaï (5): "Definitely a bit long… One of the songs that contributes to Halfaxa’s bloated feel."
constantino (6): "There are some really excellent moments to be found in this song and I love the overall ~vibe~, but it’s way to fucking long. Claire, sis, edit!"
HappyBirthday (3): "It feels like there’s a fakeout ending, but then it just keeps on going…"
We'll end with Cutlery (0), for whom the evil has been defeated: "Personally, my least fave song by Claire. It sounds super disjointed, thrown together at random, unpleasant, Frankenstein’d and uninspired as hell. I get that she was messing around with many of the shorter tracks I'm the album and the many sounds she explores in it, but I have never ever come to find any enjoyment while listening to this unnecessary six-minute snoozefest monstrosity. The worst offense is around the 4:30 mark when you believe the lives of your ears have been spared, when suddenly those useless screeches come back for another minute or so of sonical torture and emotional fatigue."
It's all over now, sis, and it's going to be okay.
YouTube Comments Section
Countess Boochie Flagrante: Not gonna lie, my cat perks up when he hears this. Maybe cats like Grimes :)
steve gallagher: halfaxa is the most beautiful album to listen to in candlelight with a good bottle of your choice. 58 minutse of haunting tripped out music.
arieljako72: i've always loved grimes but i think she is a satanic worshipper. she said many times she isn't against illuminati and in the cover of her album there is a horus' eye. sshe's also a tatoo with a triangle and a eye within it. ,....
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#66
CHRISTMAS SONG II (GRINCH)
5
My Score: 3
(@Cutlery: 9) HIGHEST V. LOWEST (@Xanax: 0)
It's Christmas time again and Grimes is once more single-handedly waging the War on Christmas with another lowkey shitty Christmas song. I actually stan the War on Christmas, but this song is a series of choices. That being said, I was a tad too harsh. I wish I would have given it another point, if only to express that this is more enjoyable than its coma-inducing predecessor. But to be real: I kinda hate "lolz just fucking around" tracks and Jay Worthy just doesn't have the range for something comedic. This song would have worked better with a campier rapper with more personality. Weirdly enough, Jay sounds better than Grimes. The chorus is pretty painful and the thrift store production does nothing to make up for it. Grimes says that it's not mix or mastered, but it's also not interesting, even with the alleged Peanuts sample.
The "lol just playing" vibe weirdly works for Sanctuary (7), who says, "This is like an SNL Digital Short, but I love it dddd." I agree with the dddd part. For caladan (7), the humor hit its mark: "The funniest Xmas songs I've heard." happiestgirl giveth with one hand and taketh with the other (4): "This is kind of funny but low-key annoying." constantino gives a rationale for his 7.5 that is doing the most but is also weirdly logical: "nn this bops. I would probably score this higher if it wasn’t May." Cutlery is feeling the Christmas cheer because he gives this mess a generous as fuck 9 and says: "Grimes barely appears in the choruses of this short Christmas number, but that's about enough to make it nearly perfect. Part I can't and will NEVER." Considering one of his rather...controversial Art Angels scores, I can't help but feel a bit attacked by this. HappyBirthday must not care about Jesus' s birthday because he gives it 3 measly points and then throws some pitch-black shade: "If a friend came up with this I’d be laughing my head off and loving it." Satyress (5) is "not feeling it much" while Mirwais Ahmadzaï (6.5) suspects that a classic cartoon might be involved: "Does this sample, like, the Peanuts theme song or something? It’s a fun, festive moment of whatever but not essential by any means. The video is cute." You know what's not cute? Inflicting this upon innocent and unsuspecting roommates, as Trouble in Paradise (7.5) did: "The two Christmas songs makes me want Grimes to produce a rap album cause that would be amazing. The chorus is hilarious, “I’m the grinch motherfucker!” My roomate who has dealt with me listening to Grimes for a month straight finally said “This song is weird” to this one, so well done!"
We'll end with Untouchable Ace (7.5), who simply asks: "Peanuts?"
YouTube Comments Section
Grimes: happy holidayz first off this song contains swearing so it might not be all ages. Anyway - i like to periodically release songs since my album is taking so long and i make a lot of songs that i wouldn’t put on an album but i nonetheless enjoy so thats what this is. me and my step bro jay worthy make an annual christmas song with our siblings in order to avoid obligatory dinner. this is NOT a single from the upcoming album, not a serious piece of art in any capacity and not an official grimes release also —made this song in prob less than 2 hours so please excuse my terrible production, + it is not mixed or mastered.
CHRISTMAS SONG II (GRINCH)
5
My Score: 3
(@Cutlery: 9) HIGHEST V. LOWEST (@Xanax: 0)
It's Christmas time again and Grimes is once more single-handedly waging the War on Christmas with another lowkey shitty Christmas song. I actually stan the War on Christmas, but this song is a series of choices. That being said, I was a tad too harsh. I wish I would have given it another point, if only to express that this is more enjoyable than its coma-inducing predecessor. But to be real: I kinda hate "lolz just fucking around" tracks and Jay Worthy just doesn't have the range for something comedic. This song would have worked better with a campier rapper with more personality. Weirdly enough, Jay sounds better than Grimes. The chorus is pretty painful and the thrift store production does nothing to make up for it. Grimes says that it's not mix or mastered, but it's also not interesting, even with the alleged Peanuts sample.
The "lol just playing" vibe weirdly works for Sanctuary (7), who says, "This is like an SNL Digital Short, but I love it dddd." I agree with the dddd part. For caladan (7), the humor hit its mark: "The funniest Xmas songs I've heard." happiestgirl giveth with one hand and taketh with the other (4): "This is kind of funny but low-key annoying." constantino gives a rationale for his 7.5 that is doing the most but is also weirdly logical: "nn this bops. I would probably score this higher if it wasn’t May." Cutlery is feeling the Christmas cheer because he gives this mess a generous as fuck 9 and says: "Grimes barely appears in the choruses of this short Christmas number, but that's about enough to make it nearly perfect. Part I can't and will NEVER." Considering one of his rather...controversial Art Angels scores, I can't help but feel a bit attacked by this. HappyBirthday must not care about Jesus' s birthday because he gives it 3 measly points and then throws some pitch-black shade: "If a friend came up with this I’d be laughing my head off and loving it." Satyress (5) is "not feeling it much" while Mirwais Ahmadzaï (6.5) suspects that a classic cartoon might be involved: "Does this sample, like, the Peanuts theme song or something? It’s a fun, festive moment of whatever but not essential by any means. The video is cute." You know what's not cute? Inflicting this upon innocent and unsuspecting roommates, as Trouble in Paradise (7.5) did: "The two Christmas songs makes me want Grimes to produce a rap album cause that would be amazing. The chorus is hilarious, “I’m the grinch motherfucker!” My roomate who has dealt with me listening to Grimes for a month straight finally said “This song is weird” to this one, so well done!"
We'll end with Untouchable Ace (7.5), who simply asks: "Peanuts?"
YouTube Comments Section
Grimes: happy holidayz first off this song contains swearing so it might not be all ages. Anyway - i like to periodically release songs since my album is taking so long and i make a lot of songs that i wouldn’t put on an album but i nonetheless enjoy so thats what this is. me and my step bro jay worthy make an annual christmas song with our siblings in order to avoid obligatory dinner. this is NOT a single from the upcoming album, not a serious piece of art in any capacity and not an official grimes release also —made this song in prob less than 2 hours so please excuse my terrible production, + it is not mixed or mastered.
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He/Him
U know this won't be true until we get to a... certain fan favorite
Grinch deserved better, but I can understand how y'all found the other 2 dudes featuring in it being unbearable seaux...
EDIT: I'm a generous king so u r damn right there sis dd
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Also am I the only one not seeing this attachment?#67
Hmmm. Are you seeing the other one okay?
The pic links are broken.
All of them or just the ones in today's eliminations?
