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1 hour ago, a_d_22 said:

finally made my way back and how the hell did this only get a 6.36 istg this app is deaf 💀

To be honest, this is one of the lesser tracks on the album for me.

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Sure. Please no Amaarae!

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1 minute ago, Suilen said:

Sure. Please no Amaarae!

No promises...

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EAST SIDE OF SORROW

 

Average: 7.24

High Score: 10 (@supaspaz)

Low score: 3 (@Alldeezy)

 

 

While much of his album finds Zach Bryan tired of life on the road, we get a better understanding of why he’s still at it in this therapeutic affirmation. Zach isn’t just chasing fame, he’s also running away from loss – of his mother, of friends who died at war, of the soul of his crumbling hometown. “You better pack your bags west/Stick out your chest/And then hit the road,” he decides after a conversation with God. Yet “East Side of Sorrow” ultimately ends on the hopeful note of a trumpet and a mantra: “Let it be, then let it go.”

 

Best bit: “Do you ever get tired of singin' songs/Like all your pain is just another fuckin' singalong?”

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It's been a rough rate for Zach. Not quite a massacre, but certainly a lack of respect!

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Well, that was one of the stand-outs.

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33 minutes ago, Suilen said:

Well, that was one of the stand-outs.

Only two Zach tracks left now. "I Remember Everything" is obviously the big hit, but I'll be interested to hear from people what made "Overtime" rise above.

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CADILLAC (A PIMP'S ANTHEM)

 

Average: 7.33

High Score: 10 (@Reverie)

Low score: 4 (@kandicha)

 

 

Part feminist manifesto, part declaration of sexual power, Victoria Monét asserts that ladies can be pimps, too – and taunts that she fucked your baby mama – on this hazy groove from Jaguar II that’s “smooth like a Cadillac.”

 

Best bit: “'Cause this pussy ain't no alley cat, we comin' from the jungle”

 

ATRL says…: “She kinda sounds congested when she says ‘Smooth like a cadillac,’” @glitch observed.

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I was pleasantly surprised how well this one did, considering it's so low-key.

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I don't think anyone will be surprised if the Kacey feature is Zach's highest song. This is ATRL, after all! (It's also easily top 3 on the album)

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Cadillac was good.

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1 minute ago, creativity. said:

I don't think anyone will be surprised if the Kacey feature is Zach's highest song. This is ATRL, after all! (It's also easily top 3 on the album)

Poor Sierra Ferrell

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$20

 

Average: 7.34

High Score: 10 (@supaspaz, @a_d_22)

Low score: 4 (@glitch)

 

 

The Julien Baker-fronted offering among The Record’s three joint lead singles – which spent a week at #44 on the rock and alternative chart – is a pure jolt of garage rock fuzz, a rebel yell about the mistakes we make when we’re young and dumb, trying to escape our past and running into dead ends, scraping by when life feels stacked against us and, well, just needing “$20” sometimes.

 

Best bit: “It's a bad idea and I'm all about it”

 

ATRL says…: There was a mixed response to the climactic screams. “Seeing Phoebe Bridgers scream in this song gives me life,” @a_d_22 wrote, whereas @glitch thought the song “was cute until they started screaming at the end.”

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M.I.A.'s 20 Dollar >

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Yes I also find ~artistic screaming~ so irritating in music. Like that terrible Ethel Cain song. One exception: UCKERS by shygirl

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2 minutes ago, Suilen said:

M.I.A.'s 20 Dollar >

Why pit two bad bitches against each other?

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1 minute ago, creativity. said:

Yes I also find ~artistic screaming~ so irritating in music. Like that terrible Ethel Cain song. One exception: UCKERS by shygirl

What about Caroline in Tears by Charli XCX??? Literally the best use of a scream in a song ever :jonny:

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"$20" is one of my favorite songs of 2023

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16 minutes ago, Suilen said:

Well, that was one of the stand-outs.

Yep agreed. I don't get the hype for the Kacey song at all...I guess it's just because she's a woman 

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Cadillac is great, one of the first songs on the album that clicked for me :clap3:

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SATANIST

 

Average: 7.38

High Score: 10 (@a_d_22)

Low score: 5 (@Quicksand, @Ewan Chaos, @Achilles.)

 

 

The members of Boygenius trade verses trying out extreme ideologies – Satanism, anarchism, nihilism – on this head-banging search for identity and companionship from The Record, which they performed on SNL.

 

Best bit: “If the void becomes a bore, we'll treat ourselves to some self-belief”

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So who is missing the top twenty? It's a single.

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17 minutes ago, creativity. said:

I don't think anyone will be surprised if the Kacey feature is Zach's highest song. This is ATRL, after all! (It's also easily top 3 on the album)

It's the only remarkable song in this entire rate.  

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