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Real Pain: 2020s Female Indie Rock & Folk Rate (Winner Revealed!)


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20. Indigo De Souza - Bad Dream

Average: 8.0

 

10 - Touch It, MP2K

3 - prezli

 

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19. Wolf Alice - The Beach II

Average: 8.0

 

11 - @greento

10 - none!

9 - MP2K

4 - prezli

 

Tie was broken due to an 11 btw! Kind of surprised at the fact that there were no other 10s.

 

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Bad Dream is legendary... the wail... she was going thru it

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Woah all 8+ now all these songs ateee

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18. Beabadoobee - Emo Song

Average: 8.075

 

10 - Touch It, MP2K, K$Ellie

5 - Sanguine

4.5 - prezli

 

Mixed among the indie rock forward songs are nostalgic-fuelled slower numbers.

This track is fairly straight-forward but honest in it's simplicity.

 

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17. Snail Mail - Ben Franklin

Average: 8.09

 

10 - Sanguine

7 - Green Tea, Ellie, prezli

 

Down to one song! Despite "Valentine" being the lead and getting all the glory and acclaim, these days I prefer the rhythmic build of "Ben Franklin", it also seems to work even better with her breathy vocal delivery (which can at other times be a drawback.)

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I regret not giving Ben Franklin a 10 in retrospect! But I did my rates at the beginning which was like two months ago :fan: 

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Ben Franklin her best song yup

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Next up will be our first full album elimination of the rate. 

 

Indigo/Snail/Soccer/Clairo each have 2 or fewer songs :dancehall: 

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16. Indigo De Souza - Darker Than Death

Average: 8.10

 

11 - @greento @minho

10 - Sanguine, Hikari

6 - Ellie

3 - prezli

 

This is pure grimy '90s dipped grungy rock and I live for it.

 

15. Indigo De Souza - Hold U

Average: 8.15

 

10 - MP2K

5 - diogo

 

Supposedly this one had a brief moment on Tik Tok? Good for her! Likely due to the fact that it embraces more of an indie pop/bedroom pop style that is perfect for quirky outfit vlogs or whatever. I find it fascinating that this ended up as the highest from her album among the raters.

 

Sadly, Indigo is the first artist to lose all songs in the rate. Due to a smaller than expected voter base, a couple of people not liking the album did leave a bigger impact than usual :dancehall: I do hope that at least some of you walk away from this rate having new appreciation for this album though. Fun fact it was my AOTY of 2021!

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Rigged omg ASYT is the best album here :coffee2: Darker Than Death is incredible

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14. Beabadoobee - Together

Average: 8.25

 

11 - @Green Tea Is Green

10 - Touch It, K$Ellie

5 - Sanguine

 

It's all in that chorus honestly. The Hole influence is super strong.

 

13. Beabadoobee - Charlie Brown

Average: 8.4

 

11 - @K$Ellie

10 - Touch It

6 - prezli

 

The chorus is so scream-worthy, anthem!!!

 

12. Beabadoobee - Dye it Red

Average: 8.45

 

10 - Sanguine, minho

6 - prezli

 

This pop-rock fuelled track sees bea embrace her individuality and declare that there's no point in abiding by anyone else's idea of who she should be.

It's a banger!  

 

1-2-3 punch! All of these songs are pretty great examples of how this album captured the influence of her inspirations but brought them into a new light.

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Dye It Red and Charlie Brown both hard

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One of these will leave us at #11 but otherwise this is our top ten,

looks like we're getting closer and closer to the winner reveal - will it be what you think?

 

Care
Worth It

Sorry

 

Circle the Drain

 

Valentine

 

Delicious Things
Lipstick on the Glass
Smile

How Can I Make It OK?
Play the Greatest Hits

 

N/A

 

Amoeba

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"Valentine" and "Amoeba" kind of sticking it out despite the early reveal drags is pretty inspirational

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11. Wolf Alice - Play the Greatest Hits

Average: 8.675

 

10 - Sanguine, K$ellie

7.5 - MP2K

7.25 - Hikari

 

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10.  Clairo - Amoeba

Average: 8.75

 

11 - @K$Ellie

10 - Touch It, MP2K, Hikari, diogo

3 - prezli

 

In spite of it all she managed a song in the top ten. Funny how it's the one that sounds closest to her debut!

 

Sling has been eliminated.

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Amoeba top ten sneak

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9. Wolf Alice - Lipstick on the Glass

Average: 8.9

 

10 - Sanguine, minho, Touch It, MP2K, diogo

6 - prezli

 

Pretty solid build up for me, this is one of the more cinematic tracks, I feel like this is the song that the cover art is for if that makes sense?

 

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8. Snail Mail - Valentine

Average: 9.1

9 averages already wow!

 

10 - Sanguine, MP2K, Hikari, diogo

7 - Green Tea

 

This explosive lead single sets the scene (well not really) for the album of the same name. Honestly I was hooked on this last year and was really excited for what seemed to be a vivacious indie rock record only to find out that like half of it was folksy songs with questionable delivery.  But you know what it's fine, the first three songs are still excellent and this made it all the way to #8!

 

Valentine has been eliminated.

 

 

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7. Wolf Alice - Smile

Average: 9.15

 

10 - minho, Touch It, MP2K, K$Ellie, diogo

7.75 - greento

 

This noisy BANGER is the one that caught me upon first listen. The delivery is just so.. cool and effortless.

 

6. Wolf Alice - Delicious Things

Average: 9.225

 

10 - Sanguine, minho, Touch It, Hikari, diogo

6.5 - prezli

 

Featuring a slightly laid back, dream pop vibe this ate up Beach House at their own game effortlessly. Glad it made it so far!

 

And just like that they're down to ONE song!

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Oh wow I thought delicious things was at least making top 5

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