Let's get to our next one then?
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#49 - Abbey
7.333
High scores: 9.5 (@aux), 9 (@Phonetics Girl, @DinahLee, @Coochi, @pop3blow2, @Trinu 3.0)
Low scores: 4 (@Cutlery), 5 (@Euphoria, @LE0Night)
fatyoshi's score: 6
Leaderboard trajectory:
5 voters - #59
10 voters - #47 (+12)
Final placement - #49 (-2)
Abbey is the next one out as we say goodbye to yet another Lush track. This one originally saw a much worse placement early in (at its lowest point being #59) with the first set of voters but mostly improved until it settled here. It's a bit surprising to see this place over a few tracks that had one or two 10s but this did have a ton of 9s (in addition to the 9.5).
I can see why this one might have been a bit more challenging for some. This forgoes some of the mainstays of this album's material (the piano focus, in particular) instead choosing to begin with an acapella vocal performance with increasingly building harmonies. It can be a bit of a Theatrical or even quirky moment and we know how polarizing reactions can be in those cases. I had a difficult time with the sound of the track, myself.
Abbey sees Mitski contemplating a hunger. What that hunger refers to is as always debatable and up to one's intention. Is it about being unsure about yourself as a person or what you want for your life, is it another disguised track about her music career,was she waiting for her food to be finished at McDonald's and it was taking forever? All completely valid interpretations. Personally as someone who hasn't (yet, at least) dabbled in creating music, I lean towards it being a hunger for purpose or direction in life but it might be different from person to person and that's great.
I'll leave us for the day with the two bits of commentary the track received.
Remorque with a 7 said "Though her delivery kinda stays the same for the entire song, I'm absolutely here for that production build-up."
Cutlery with a 4 said "This acapella choir of one is not my cup of tea. And the few melodies that are present throughout aren’t awfully memorable for me either."
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Tomorrow we'll shift gears slightly and eliminate a track from one of our two untouched sections. I wonder which one it will be.
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#49 - Abbey
7.333
High scores: 9.5 (@aux), 9 (@Phonetics Girl, @DinahLee, @Coochi, @pop3blow2, @Trinu 3.0)
Low scores: 4 (@Cutlery), 5 (@Euphoria, @LE0Night)
fatyoshi's score: 6
Leaderboard trajectory:
5 voters - #59
10 voters - #47 (+12)
Final placement - #49 (-2)
Abbey is the next one out as we say goodbye to yet another Lush track. This one originally saw a much worse placement early in (at its lowest point being #59) with the first set of voters but mostly improved until it settled here. It's a bit surprising to see this place over a few tracks that had one or two 10s but this did have a ton of 9s (in addition to the 9.5).
I can see why this one might have been a bit more challenging for some. This forgoes some of the mainstays of this album's material (the piano focus, in particular) instead choosing to begin with an acapella vocal performance with increasingly building harmonies. It can be a bit of a Theatrical or even quirky moment and we know how polarizing reactions can be in those cases. I had a difficult time with the sound of the track, myself.
Abbey sees Mitski contemplating a hunger. What that hunger refers to is as always debatable and up to one's intention. Is it about being unsure about yourself as a person or what you want for your life, is it another disguised track about her music career,
I'll leave us for the day with the two bits of commentary the track received.
Remorque with a 7 said "Though her delivery kinda stays the same for the entire song, I'm absolutely here for that production build-up."
Cutlery with a 4 said "This acapella choir of one is not my cup of tea. And the few melodies that are present throughout aren’t awfully memorable for me either."
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Tomorrow we'll shift gears slightly and eliminate a track from one of our two untouched sections. I wonder which one it will be.