So you could have ‘sky/behind’ or ‘laughter/after’ or ‘queen/machine’ end of line rhymes (as long as they’re not a couplet), but not ‘daughter/slaughter’ From this list, I would only count sky/behind as a slant rhyme. ‘laughter/after’ or ‘queen/machine’ are both phonetically identical, so they have...

Really enjoyed the songs from last week! Unfortunately I didn’t have time to write reviews for this round, but I promised Elks of the economy a review, so here it is! Elks: love the ocean sounds at the start- it adds a really nice ambience to set up the song, and prepares the ears for the reverby de...

Mandibles (shadow) CAN'T LET IT GO CH I can’t let it go Because you’re too beautiful I can’t let it go Because you’re in my soul I can’t let it go Because you’re so wonderful I can’t let it go Oh no no no….. V1 Ever since you broke my heart, girl, It’s felt like end of every parallel world One bad d...

Mandibles did get a shadow in, and it’s about about belaying and rock climbing, and the perils they add to a relationship… the guest vocals are in the chorus, and sung by none other than Truth’s wife!

Blah blah review blah [/quote] Wow - thanks so much - I've really appreciated all the kind words and response to this song. I'm afraid the vocal work is pretty primitive - I'm just recording myself doing some ooh's and aah's and such, and cutting them into little beat-sized portions. Then a bit of L...

Cybronica, I have questions about the BSS review. What part sounds like Come On Eileen? What does "Even come inside are reminiscent of it" mean? And what is the "c&p canon"? Your palindrome reminds me very strongly of the tu-ra-lu-ra section. The other two lines are victims ...

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Tue Jun 07, 2022 1:21 pm

Say what?

Insert lengthy discussion of coincidence, reference, homage, and plagiarism here

jeez

Are you part of elks of the economy? Fair, I know you got the short end of my reviews stick this week. I’ll listen extra long to your floating in the water and give it a longer review.

Here are some off-the-cuff reviews: Mandibles - vocals sounding very muffled. i'm not sure what's going on with the drums but they sound like they were made for a totally different song and don't even seem to be in sync with the guitars and vocals? the drums are low key ruining the song. soprano so...

Finally getting round to these, since we don’t have the next challenge yet. Once again in order of the judge who liked Mandibles best: Moss Palace: I love the funky groove on this track. The brown on the bass is delicious. The “Ooh Caesar “ moment is stunning. The whole chorus is great. The mix is w...

Floating in the water By Manidbles A bottle came a-bobblin’ by Brighton Beach a-wobblin’; I fished it out with careful hands As I sailed past England. The glass was cloudy emerald And sparked something ephemeral Within my heart so curious I abandoned all injurious Thoughts of caution to the wind And...

I did it, I wrote reviews! Mandibles - I love that main riff and how it sounds like it's being played on harpsichord. Nivs and I were listening to this in the car and he said it sounds like something from Hair, I totally agree. This is really good for Mandibles, whose aesthetic doesn’t usually jibe...

Nur ein x7 0 I finally wrote out my reviews! Sorry it took so long. The order is the score of the judge who liked mandibles the most: Vom vorton: Great concept, and really feeds into the challenge well! I love that vocoder sound you got going there. This is a really lovely song. The high note you do...

Thanks! This will be my next research project.

And holy cow we won!! Thanks for the votes everybody!

Loudness recs? I'd get a simple limiter like loudmax and the youlean loudness meter. Limit your track until it's comparable to other tracks or you can render and see what youlean tells you. Then adjust and render again to get close to your goal. (For instance, it's been recommend around -13 LUFS he...

Thank you to everyone writing reviews! I hope to crank some out later this week! Mandibles : I feel if somebody had described this to me before I'd heard it I'd expect to like it. A Beatles-esque piano jaunt that segues into a Hit-the-road-Jack style middle section. But the truth is this is painful ...

Mandibles : I like your chorus. I like the guitars. I like your bridge. I like that you've perverted the title lyrically. That's cool. Side note: Your songs tend to be a bit more quiet than most of the other songs. I don't know if that means anything. Hmm yes it means I’m still trying to crack the ...

Mandibles Friday the 13th I feel the sun shine with every breath that I take hey there’s my neighbor Jason swimming down by the lake! water so blue ripples flow crystal clear I wish that I could join him every day of the year It’s a mystical, magical, miracle Friday The 13th day of the month It’s a ...

Ok, I managed to get 7 reviews written this week. Sorry I couldn’t do them all! In addition to some of the ones below, I also particularly enjoyed Ellie, Demolition Order, and Og Go to Safeway I really enjoyed the songs from this round! Full disclosure, I listened to these a bunch last week, and am ...

The Jester King by Mandibles Feast of Fools, it lasts a day At least that’s what they always say But when you’re ruler of the land You can change the rules at hand Long live the jester king Long live the jester king What a joke to be a king Don’t require much of anything Talk real nice and give real...

Thank you to everyone who has written a review! I am in awe of you because I was not able to gather myself enough to write any! To Have and to Hide - Mandibles The start of this one got lost in the bus noise, and I don’t love the spoken coda at the end. Really excellent vocal performances though. “...

Thank you to everyone who has written a review! I am in awe of you because I was not able to gather myself enough to write any! To Have and to Hide - Mandibles The start of this one got lost in the bus noise, and I don’t love the spoken coda at the end. Really excellent vocal performances though. “W...

Mandibles - Oooh, lush layered vocals. The doubled telephone vocals on “falling head first into the end” are super effective. And that spacey ending, very cool. I like this one a lot! I'm very glad you caught the 'spaciness' of the end - we were going for the sonic equivalent of when something gets...