90s Cup Round 2 Match 11 *fange 13- Darkness_Fish 13*

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90s Cup Round 2 Match 11 *fange 13- Darkness_Fish 13*

Postby never/ever » 15 Aug 2018, 12:13

A

Slowdive - She Calls





B

Drugstore - Fader

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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby Dayodead » 15 Aug 2018, 16:47

Far be it from me to vote against Slowdive, but have to go with the uniqueness of Drugstore....B

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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby algroth » 15 Aug 2018, 17:12

Drugstore's guitar tones kind of remind me of 90s Flaming Lips, which is not a bad thing in my book anyhow. Quite liked it. Quite liked both actually, but for virtue of being the unknown here, B.

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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby Diamond Dog » 15 Aug 2018, 18:15

A was anonymous crap.

B
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby toomanyhatz » 15 Aug 2018, 21:02

Tuneless slog vs. tuneless slog. Is this really what the 90s was about to people here? I despair.

Tempting to abstain, but I guess A at least doesn't have the breathy vocals too.
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby Penk! » 16 Aug 2018, 20:02

Slowdive do have their moments. This isn't one of them: boring and draggy.
B wasn't very impressive either. Annoying vocals, unimaginative tune and guitar work.

Where is all the good '90s music?

A I suppose.
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby driftin » 16 Aug 2018, 20:28

B is actually rather gorgeous. Those unique vocals and the scratchy guitars lift this up from the usual dream pop and shoegaze stuff... such as Slowdive.

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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby joels344 » 16 Aug 2018, 20:35

Like most Slowdive tracks, A just seems like air to me. There's nothing particularly offensive about it, but I can't embrace it either. B actually has a nice melody and makes me want to check out more from Drugstore.
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby never/ever » 17 Aug 2018, 11:59

Drugstore wasn't bad. But those first two Slowdive-EPs bring back memories!

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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby Polishgirl » 17 Aug 2018, 21:53

I really like Drugstore anyway.

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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby fange » 18 Aug 2018, 01:48

B is ok in bits, but A is great. Those guitars and drums are gorgeous.


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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby The Modernist » 18 Aug 2018, 09:48

Not that keen on either, but A does, at least, create an atmospheric soundscape, even though, frustratingly, they do nothing with it. B is just very ordinary alt rock.

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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby Loki » 18 Aug 2018, 10:41

I'm behind PENK on this one. What the.....?!


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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby Neige » 18 Aug 2018, 15:15

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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby Count Machuki » 18 Aug 2018, 15:55

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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby Jumper K » 18 Aug 2018, 17:18

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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby BARON CORNY DOG » 18 Aug 2018, 21:16

Slowdive for me, thanks!

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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby Darkness_Fish » 18 Aug 2018, 21:31

I never got the fuss around Slowdive, I bought Souvlaki, and it was all as dreary as this. I can't remember if it tried having the Cocteau Twin vocals or not, but this misses the mark by quite a distance.

A good spot by Algroth to notice the Flaming Lips influence, Drugstore did an acoustic cover of "She Don't Use Jelly" on one of their b-sides. This was my attempt to bring some proper up-front pop music to the 90s cup. Of all the mainstream bands who got a little bit of attention in the mid 90s, but then were forgotten, Drugstore were the only ones who stood out for me. Nice chunky fuzzy guitars with a hint of Mary Chain, some lovely fun vocals, proper pop nous in my books. I toyed with picking the duet with Thom Yorke, to see how a BCB-darling would fare, but even I couldn't withstand that torrent of abuse...

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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby trans-chigley express » 19 Aug 2018, 10:34

PENK wrote:
Where is all the good '90s music?


I would share it with you but I didn't enter a list :)

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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 11

Postby trans-chigley express » 19 Aug 2018, 10:38

I can handle a dirgy number if there is something to latch on to that makes it memorable but there is just nothing in A.

B didn't have much spark to set it apart either but I vote for it reluctantly.

B


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