Ewan Chaos Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Expected to have Hollywood in my like... top 3 of the album with the EW&F feat, but I do think it's a great song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverie Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 2 minutes ago, supaspaz said: Does anyone actually know how to pronounce Amaarae? I've been saying it two different ways in my head. And both could be wrong! Yeah I had look it up to make sure I thought I was wrong but I had it right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 4 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 4 SEX, VIOLENCE, SUICIDE Average: 7.06 High Score: 10 (@supaspaz, @Alldeezy, @Ace Reject, @Born to Run) Low score: 2 (@a_d_22, @creativity.) Voter reaction to this musical saga of a brawling couple was nearly as dichotomous as the song itself, which begins as a trippy plea to a moody lover whose “looks could kill” like cancer or Ted Bundy before exploding into a punk temper tantrum. Despite tying for the most 10’s of any track outside the top ten, nearly a third of the scores for “Sex, Violence, Suicide” were below 5, dragging it down to the middle of the pack. Best bit: “Don't care 'bout what I'm asking you/Just fucking tell me, ‘Yes’” ATRL says…: “I love the instrumental,” @Alldeezy raved. “Was just about to say it needs more but then it picks up. I love it.” @glitch, on the other hand, recoiled from “the whiplash I got when this song switched up.” @Ewan Chaos shaded the competition. “In the second half of the song, she literally ended others in this rate whose initials are OR…” he wrote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 4 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverie Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 See real music lovers love Amaarae! Her diversity on this album 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 That switch was interesting, I guess she could end Olivia in her own field if she tried. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan Chaos Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 DAMN amazing song, but I figured it'd be on the lower end of the rate sadly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 4 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 4 We haven't seen Boygenius since #46, but they're back next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandicha Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 I didn't expect Sex, Violence, Suicide to be so polarizing, the switch up was everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 4 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 4 ANTI-CURSE Average: 7.12 High Score: 9.5 (@supaspaz) Low score: 5.5 (@Ewan Chaos) An astonishing recollection of Julien Baker’s near-drowning experience at a Malibu beach while on a writing trip with Boygenius. As she regains her bearings amid the crashing waves and returns to shore with a newfound clarity, the band unleashes a barrage of drums and electric guitar and “Anti-Curse” transcends. Best bit: “Tried to be a halfway decent friend/Wound up a bad comedian” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 4 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 4 I'M SWIMMING BACK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born to Run Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 How is Amaarae's voice annoying 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Anti-Curse could grow on me if I ever give the album more spins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 4 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 4 Just now, Suilen said: Anti-Curse could grow on me if I ever give the album more spins. Whole album grew on me tremendously doing this rate. Well, not "Revolution 0." That one can still choke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 4 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 4 EL DORADO Average: 7.13 High Score: 10 (@Born to Run) Low score: 5 (@4Real) A quietly heartbreaking anthem about a military friend who took his own life after returning home. Zach Bryan promised to donate the profits from “El Dorado” to a veterans suicide prevention organization. Best bit: “El Dorado, hell if they know the difference in a hero/And a man I wish was still by my side” ATRL says…: Voters were perplexed by Kansans’ uncultured pronunciation of the titular town. “Why tf does he say it like that,” @a_d_22 asked. “HATE how he says Dorado,” @Ewan Chaos agreed, “don't care if someone explains to me it's the correct way it's pronounced or whatever.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 4 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 4 "El Dorado" also got four 5.5's, which I thought was very funny, because what a random score to get on nearly a quarter of the ballots. I gave it a 9.5 because I have a heart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Well, that's a noble cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 4 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 4 FEAR AND FRIDAY'S Average: 7.15 High Score: 9.5 (@supaspaz) Low score: 5 (@Alldeezy, @4Real, @Quicksand, @glitch, @Suilen) Five tracks after Zach Bryan’s opening poem, he returns to those anxieties on this barnburner about the death knell of a relationship. All that remains is one more drunken house party on the edge of town and a farewell fuck. Best bit: “I got a fear, dear, that it's gonna end/Won't you get angry at me, say you love me again?” ATRL says…: @Ewan Chaos compared it to “the ‘Whiskey Fever’ of this album kinda (complementary).” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 4 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 4 And with that, Zach Bryan dips below Boygenius. He now has the fewest tracks left in the rate. But that's it for him today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverie Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Oh I thought both of these were lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 I have to admit that I don't fear Fridays that much since I work on Saturdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 4 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 4 Lesson of this rate: ATRL may not like lesbians, but at least they're not men 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 4 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 4 PRINCESS GOING DIGITAL Average: 7.18 High Score: 10 (@Ewan Chaos, @MP2K, @Reverie) Low score: 2 (@kandicha) Amaarae is ready to stop hoeing around and settle down with a new infatuation on this skittering club track from Fountain Baby, which is reminiscent of one of those great Neptunes productions from the early aughts. Best bit: “Move when I move, I like it, baby” – and we do! ATRL says…: “One of the best songs of last year,” @Ewan Chaos raved. “The intro, the man being all sexy, the BOPPERY of the song, oh yes it all came together for this one.” @a_d_22,who gave it a 4, partially agreed: “Best song on the album but it’s still not very good.” “was worried when I saw the song name but it’s probably the 2nd best song on the album. Didn't expect her to be kinda rocky.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Can we go back to Olivia's lashings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverie Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Oh thats insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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