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106: FRUMS - THE DIVINE COMEDY:

https://frums.bandcamp.com/track/the-divine-comedy

Nominator: cakophon (5/26)
Source: metacontinues (1/6)

Initial Score: 74.17 [#71]
Revised Score: 82.79 [#102]
Final Score: 83.39 [#106]

(First Thoughts: Hey, a song that has some of those vocal distortions (modified sounds, skipping, etc) that I like! Good for it.)

I've wanted to do a musical adaptation of a non-musical work for a while, and now seemed as good a time as any. Here you've got three distinct sections for the Inferno, the Purgatorio, and the Paradiso. Can you spot all the little symbolisms?

I cannot, thanks for asking!

...honestly, I probably couldnt tell you where each part starts and ends, to say nothing about any attempts at symbolism. Thankfully, I dont need to understand it to enjoy it.

[Final Thoughts: One of the more incomprehensible musical journeys (for me), but an enjoyable one. Likely due to its incomprehensibleness.]

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METACONTINUES:

Sleepwalk Station: 46.35 [#499]
Gone_in_the_Morning: 59.85 [#342]
Infinityyyy: 67.25 [#255]
Restoration Lake: 69.50 [#216]
XNOR XNOR XNOR: 71.45 [#192]
The Divine Comedy: 83.39 [#106]

Average Score: 66.2983333333



I like Frums music, so I largely enjoyed this album. It kinda runs into the same problem as the Every Time I Die albums, in that I cant really recall which songs were which... like, I know all of them (except Sleepwalk Station) did something I liked, but trying to recall what they did or which individual song did it, is a bit difficult.

It was still a good time though.

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105: FRUMS - GREAT FURY OF HEAVEN:

https://frums.bandcamp.com/track/great-fury-of-heaven

Nominator: cakophon (4/26)
Source: vignette (4/20)

Initial Score: 84.76 [#32]
Revised Score: 91.24 [#57]
Final Score: 83.40 [#105]

(First Thoughts: This song feels like Jevil from Deltarune. Like, this song is very much chaotic jester murdering you with chaos magic while dancing, to a point that its much more suited for that fight than Chaos Revolving or whatever the actual songs name is.)

Reminding me of Toby Fox games is pretty neat. This feels like a very chaotic battle theme and, while I usually dislike things that sound like battle themes, I quite enjoy this one.

(Actually, most of the exceptions to the I dont like battle themes rule (that arent Lufia) come from Undertale... so it makes sense that a song that reminds me of that universe would also be an exception)

Great song, one of Frums best.

[Final Thoughts: Still feels like a chaotic jester fight song, still pretty great, but I wouldnt really say I love it; its fantastic for what it is and I like it an awful lot, but I find myself wanting to give it a score closer to the Initial Score than the Revised one.]

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104: CARAVAN PALACE - LONE DIGGER:

https://youtu.be/UbQgXeY_zi4

Nominator: Jesse_Custer (6/15)

Initial Score: 51.00 [#383]
Revised Score: 63.00 (later upgraded to a 96.49) [#36]
Final Score: 83.50 [#104]

(First Thoughts: Id give credit for having an entirely furry music videoIm still not entirely sure how many extra points that Anastasia song got last year for having an adorable puppy in it to be honestbut then I dont care for strip clubs or dancing or mass murder, so the video is basically a wash anyway. Also, Im trying to not be as influenced by videos this year (I probably will be, but Im trying).

Songs got a unique sound, somewhere between 20s jazz clubs and modern dance music, but I very actively dont want dance musicas soon as.you start singing about booty shaking, Im going to tune out and stop paying attention to youbut it is interesting... ehhh... right now, Im feeling a very slight lean towards positive feelings towards the track. 51 points?)

A catchy, memorable song held back by my natural aversion to its lyrics. Its a good song, but far too focused on dancing for me to give it a very high score. So Ill admit that I undervalued it in the past and raise its score to the low 60s, but I doubt that its going to go any further than that.

[Later: ...Ehhh...I should hate this. I should really, really hate this.

...whatever, take your ridiculously high score, and never speak of this again.]

[Final Thoughts: Another massive overcorrection after it was originally ranked too low, I kinda shot it directly to the top of the list... but I think it fits in better with the 80 point songs. I still like it, a lot, but I have no connection to the lyrics or dancing in general.]

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103: POPPY - DONT GO OUTSIDE:

https://open.spotify.com/track/1BvGuXxBmRTd5nVL8VOtZK

Nominator: Murphiroth (6/21)
Source: I Disagree (More) (4/14)

Initial Score: 80.01 [#50]
Revised Score: 85.31 [#88]
Final Score: 83.80 [#103]

(First Thoughts: Good song. Im glad I had the context of the entire album leading up to it because its loaded with callbacks to everything Id just heard and this would be overwhelmingly complicated if you just nominated this one song without any context.

I will say, I think the version of the album that ends here would probably get a higher score than this extended version with more songs (If I were actually rating albums)? This song ends the album rather perfectly and, while I do like that Im going to get to hear more of Poppy, I feel like there should be a solid break here.)

Apocalyptic imagery, callbacks to the rest of the album, all wrapped up in one of the least intense songs (if not the least intense) of the album (which certainly works for me). Great song and the best way to end the album.

[Final Thoughts: Kupo.]

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