Best Ever Albums

Re: Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

baystateoftheart — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:52:26 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 08/25/2019 23:52

Double Negative defeats Avantdale Bowling Club 12-8 and advances to the sweet sixteen.

Re: Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

Hayden — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 22:41:27 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 08/25/2019 02:41

craola wrote:

Hayden wrote:

Woot. 😄

Here's to hoping it gets two more.

tie-breaker goes to low. abc needs 3 votes to move on.

The opposite has happened 🙁

All's fair though.

Re: Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

craola — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 16:51:07 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 08/19/2019 20:51

Hayden wrote:

Woot. 😄

Here's to hoping it gets two more.

tie-breaker goes to low. abc needs 3 votes to move on.

Re: Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

Hayden — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 13:12:46 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 08/19/2019 17:12

guzguzgarbit wrote:

The Low album started off great, but I think it relied too much on a few key elements and in the end I was a bit bored. Nevertheless, it's still pretty good. The ABC album has more ideas I think, and the jazzy atmosphere is quite successful, even if I find it hard to get into at first. So my vote goes to Avantdale Bowling Club.

Woot. 😄

Here's to hoping it gets two more.

Re: Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

guzguzgarbit — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 11:56:06 GMT

Author: guzguzgarbit

Posted: 08/19/2019 15:56

The Low album started off great, but I think it relied too much on a few key elements and in the end I was a bit bored. Nevertheless, it's still pretty good. The ABC album has more ideas I think, and the jazzy atmosphere is quite successful, even if I find it hard to get into at first. So my vote goes to Avantdale Bowling Club.

Re: Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

dihansse — Sat, 3 Aug 2019 11:46:22 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 08/03/2019 15:46

The Low album still sounds very Low but it's so subdued...
I fairly liked the jazzy atmospere of ABC at the start of the album but the album just goes on and on without getting more interesting so I finally go for Low?

Re: Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

baystateoftheart — Fri, 2 Aug 2019 23:39:42 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 08/03/2019 03:39

baystateoftheart wrote:

Yeah. Revisited both today and that did not provide clarity.

So I'm voting for Avantdale Bowling Club. One of the most balanced syntheses of jazz and rap ever. I like the records about equally, and Double Negative is more consistent, but Avantdale Bowling Club has higher highs and more replay value.

Re: Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

Luigii — Thu, 1 Aug 2019 18:50:32 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 08/01/2019 22:50

I would argue that the Low album is better but I'd vote on ABC for having a debut from the jazz rap genre that doesn't really fall into doing the same things as a jazz rap album where it could be in a collection of modern jazz albums.

Re: Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

craola — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 02:41:24 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 07/31/2019 06:41

RoundTheBend wrote:

:lol:

This might be a recurring theme... I suppose in this round I'd like to think Avantdale Bowling Club had more?

Low's record might be "critically" acclaimed, but it took me nowhere. Avantdale Bowling Club was filled with flair.

i absolutely voted avantdale bowling club. it's not the year's most memorable record, but it's spunky. it's got flair.

this is low's boringest and most critically acclaimed album. it starts off on a strong note too, indicating that for once, they're willing to try something different, but the change is only in texture. it's mostly a snoozefest. and very vanilla. very plain. rather boring. i don't mean to take the piss out on low. some of low's work is quite brilliant (murderer is an all-time favorite song of mine), but i rarely make it through an entire record from them. it all feels so watered down and samey. i i tried listening to this one in particular 5-6 times before i made it to the end. do they fall asleep making their records? probably.

Re: Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

RoundTheBend — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 23:27:23 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/31/2019 03:27

craola wrote:

i voted for personality.

🤣

This might be a recurring theme... I suppose in this round I'd like to think Avantdale Bowling Club had more?

Low's record might be "critically" acclaimed, but it took me nowhere. Avantdale Bowling Club was filled with flair.

Re: Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

craola — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 19:51:25 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 07/30/2019 23:51

i voted for personality.

Re: Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

baystateoftheart — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 00:29:03 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 07/30/2019 04:29

Hayden wrote:

They're both excellent :cry:

Yeah. Revisited both today and that did not provide clarity.

Re: Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

cestuneblague — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:36:03 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 07/29/2019 16:36

High for Low, cause I'm creul

Re: Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

Skinny — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:26:12 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 07/29/2019 14:26

Something about ABC's tasteful, formalist revivalism, whilst undoubtedly competent, leaves me pretty bored. The Low album, I find texturally interesting but also a little one-note, as though they decided to use some unusual (for them) production choices in lieu of writing actual songs. I don't hate either record, but both feel slightly low-key.

Re: Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

Hayden — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 21:03:51 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 07/29/2019 01:03

They're both excellent 😢

Re: Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

Fischman — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 20:49:24 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 07/29/2019 00:49

I really wanted to like both of these, but I really couldn't get into either one. Picked Low by the lowest of margins.

Round 1: Low v. Avantdale Bowling Club

baystateoftheart — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 20:15:46 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 07/29/2019 00:15

Seed #8:

Double Negative by Low

Nominated by: CellarDoor
Genres [RYM]: Ambient Pop, Glitch Pop, Noise Pop

Seed #17:

Avantdale Bowling Club by Avantdale Bowling Club

Nominated by: Hayden
Genres [RYM]: Jazz Rap

Instructions:

If you have not already, please listen to both albums in full before voting. Share your thoughts and/or your vote in this thread. This poll will be tallied in no fewer than twenty-eight days. See Tournament Spreadsheet for the full bracket.