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Dude-with-acoustic-guitar songs are at great risk of falling on the boring side of the 5 mark, which is precisely where this one lands. It's not powerful enough to evoke any emotion that really overcomes the boredom. Doesn't sound BAD, but not anything I particularly care about.

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07-02-2017 , 10:30 PM

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The Seeking - How Did You Know?

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Spends most of its lifetime as pretty generic emo-rock. The last minute or so where there's that growling underneath the main vocal track completely ruins it. Shame.

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07-02-2017 , 10:33 PM

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Youth Lagoon - Posters

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The first two minutes are nothing but the Youth Lagoon guy yelling at me from the other end of the tunnel. It barely qualifies as a song. The final minute and a half or so are nice enough, but nothing stellar. I'm fine with a song overcoming a weak start but if the weak start is over half the song...

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07-02-2017 , 10:37 PM

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Finger Eleven - Paralyzer

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What year is it?

I have literally no feelings about this song one way or the other. I'm so jaded to it.

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07-02-2017 , 10:41 PM

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Sergei Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije//Romance

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Pleasant, but boring. Builds a little eventually but not much, and a VERY slow starter.

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07-02-2017 , 10:43 PM

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Les Friction - Who Will Save You Now?

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Kinda cool but not particularly exciting. Can't decide if I like his voice or not. I lean yes, I think, but I've heard better.

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07-02-2017 , 10:47 PM

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Michael Guy Bowman feat. Nick Smalley - How Do I Live (Bunny in the Box version)

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Weak first half, gets pretty fun near the end. Averages out around here, I think.

Side note: at least shubaka sent me GOOD Homestuck music.

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07-02-2017 , 10:51 PM

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Relient K - Mood Rings

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Not a huge fan of the vocal stylings of Relient K, which knocks a decent instrumental down a few pegs. Something about the lyrics just doesn't resonate with me, either. Idk tbh fam

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07-02-2017 , 10:53 PM

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Princess Chelsea - Caution Repetitive

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Name doesn't lie, lol. Still, something about it works. A nice, chill groove. Inobtrusive in a good way. I can chill to this.

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07-02-2017 , 10:56 PM

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Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls - Maralinga

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Solid, but there's not quite enough here to push it higher than this. His voice is pretty good but not stellar. The guitar is nice but not quite at the level of "impressive". The song just sorta chills. It's sort of got a storyteller-ish vibe to it, I can see why you like it Adam.

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07-02-2017 , 10:59 PM

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Chas and Dave - Rabbit

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Objectively this song isn't particularly good, but it's a lot of fun. Bouncy, whimsical, and pretty fun to listen to. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

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07-02-2017 , 11:01 PM

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Tycho - Awake

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I can chill to this song. I can't do a ton else to this song, but I can chill to it. A decent background track without a ton to distinguish it. Pretty decent beat, I'll give it that.

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07-02-2017 , 11:05 PM

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A Picture of Her - 1992

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Does some really cool mathy stuff. Did not expect this out of you. The drum is particularly cool. Guitar is nothing special but pretty solid.

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07-02-2017 , 11:09 PM

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Dear Evan Hansen - Sincerely, Me

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Not my FAVORITE musically but the lyrics are pretty great. Might have to look into this musical tbh. The music itself has that cheesy Broadway tone to it that's kind of a turnoff sometimes, which keeps this from scoring higher.

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07-02-2017 , 11:11 PM

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SBTRKT - Hold On (feat. Sampha)

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A grower. The more I listen to it, the cooler I wind up thinking it is. Pretty unique sound across the board, from the vocals to the backing. Strong groove.

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07-02-2017 , 11:15 PM

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Dredg - Tanbark

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Has some very cool rhythms and would probably score higher if not for a few rocky patches. Vocalist doesn't really affect the score either way, I think - he's certainly there. Back half of the song is stronger than the front end.

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07-02-2017 , 11:17 PM

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Hamilton - You'll Be Back

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Can't believe you sent me one of the friggin' King George songs. Not that I dislike them, it's just... come on, man. This musical's got some killer raps and you send me the token white guy.

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07-02-2017 , 11:21 PM

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Logh - All the Trees

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I dig the atmosphere of these songs, and all the tones happening in it work well for me. No single element that really stands out, it's just a nice cohesive song.

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07-02-2017 , 11:24 PM

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Paramore - crushcrushcrush

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Because at heart, I'm really just an edgy teenage girl.

This isn't my favorite Paramore song - not quite energetic enough for me, I prefer their faster stuff - but it's still a solid jam.

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07-02-2017 , 11:27 PM

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Grizfolk - Way Back When

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I've been digging the whole indie-folk vibe more recently, so this reaches me at a good time. As far as that genre goes, it's a pretty solid song, though it falls just a little short of being something I'd want to listen to on the regular. Still a good pick.

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07-02-2017 , 11:30 PM

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****POST: The Key of Awesome - Electronic Wuss

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I'm ALWAYS down to **** on Owl City.

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07-02-2017 , 11:35 PM

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Beth Hart Band - Run

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I really dig these vocals - the tone, the cadence, everything about them. The rest of the song is nothing special but they carry super hard.

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07-02-2017 , 11:39 PM

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Dream Theater - Dystopian Overture

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Not gonna lie I triplechecked like 3 times to make sure this was your submission. Where the hell did you pull this out of LMAO.

Dream Theater is a cool band. I dig em. This isn't my FAVORITE song by them, but it's a pretty damn good one. Great solos.

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07-02-2017 , 11:45 PM

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IDIOTAPE - 080509

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Another surprising submission-submitter combo. Thought I wasn't going to like this at fist, then I did. The driving nature of the track won me over. Would be better without those weird intermittent squeaks. Cool track.

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07-02-2017 , 11:53 PM

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JT Bruce - Inventions

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As usual, you have delivered me some hella cool guitar work. That alone is pretty much enough to carry this song up to this spot, even if the song doesn't really have a ton beyond that.

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