Best Ever Albums

Re: CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

cestuneblague — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:44:47 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 03/10/2020 20:44

Always... "Party Police" 11-9

Re: CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

cestuneblague — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:04:01 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 03/10/2020 19:04

Last bump before closing

Re: CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

cestuneblague — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 07:14:20 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 03/10/2020 11:14

Both I find are solid tracks but donno if either are exactly "jumpin'" in my mind, but I narrowly prefer Skepta.

Re: CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

Skinny — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 06:23:34 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 03/10/2020 10:23

Man, I love how BEA sides with by-the-numbers jangle pop over any iteration of regional rap that didn't receive widespread white acclaim.

(I jest; I've seen Alvvays live a couple of times because they definitely scratch a certain itch, but I am struggling to understand how people can, in good faith, vote for this song over 'That's Not Me', which is a top five grime banger.)

Re: CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

Norman Bates — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 05:57:23 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 03/10/2020 09:57

Skepta.

Re: CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

revolver94 — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 04:36:09 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 03/10/2020 08:36

"that's not me" just popped up a couple of times in the season of love island im watching, lol - including a brief version rapped by some of the islanders

Re: CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

dihansse — Mon, 9 Mar 2020 17:48:58 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 03/09/2020 21:48

The Alvvays album is one of the albums on my 1984 chart. Party Police is not the best song of the album but still very ok and like Gowi I really like the voice of the singer.
I fairly like That's Not Me but still prefer Party Police.

Re: CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

mickilennial — Sun, 8 Mar 2020 09:05:06 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 03/08/2020 13:05

her voice is sublime tho

Re: CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

LittleM1971 — Sat, 7 Mar 2020 17:14:16 GMT

Author: LittleM1971

Posted: 03/07/2020 22:14

Skepta for me. The indie pop of Alvvays should be right up my street but I just can’t get on with her voice.

Re: CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

baystateoftheart — Sat, 7 Mar 2020 15:09:56 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 03/07/2020 20:09

Archie, Marry Me is by far the most acclaimed track on Alvvays s/t, but it's chock full of other amazing songs, some of which I like even better. My choice for the nomination came down to this one and Next Of Kin. The songwriting on Party Police is just so perfect in every way. The instrumental is gorgeous and fits Rankin's vocals and lyrics like a glove. The song has multiple hooks, understated but catchy and satisfying as hell. The themes tug at the heartstrings very effectively for those who recall the experience of being in a fading relationship: longing, denial, lust, wistfulness. All in all, hazy twee heaven.

That's Not Me slaps, but Alvvays wins my vote easily.

Re: CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

RoundTheBend — Sat, 7 Mar 2020 12:12:20 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/07/2020 17:12

I wish I understood the Alvvays interest. I guess the lyric of let's find comfort in debauchery was ok 🤣 , but musically I feel like I'm listening to local talent.

Easy vote to Skepta for me.

Re: CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

babyBlueSedan — Sat, 7 Mar 2020 10:22:38 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 03/07/2020 15:22

Tough match-up. Ended up going with Skepta, but Party Police is great too. Next of Kin is probably my favorite song from Alvvays's debut but I probably would have chosen Skepta over that too.

Re: CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

19loveless91 — Sat, 7 Mar 2020 08:03:38 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 03/07/2020 13:03

If you're also getting geoblocked, here's another link to Party Police:

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While it's cute, I prefer other Alvvays songs (esp. on their later album), so vote to That's Not Me. Actually surprised it came out already in 2014, I was late to that it seems.

Re: CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

Skinny — Sat, 7 Mar 2020 04:19:54 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 03/07/2020 09:19

'That's Not Me' was the moment the grime renaissance found its anthem. After years of grime's biggest stars - Dizzee, Wiley, Kano, Skepta himself - making concessions to the pop world in order to appease record labels/headline festivals/crack America (with ever diminishing rewards, artistically and comercially), it seemed as though the genre was a busted flush, a flash in the pan whose biggest tunes were only referenced by "who remembers this??????" and "LIKE if your still listenin in 2013" Youtube comments. It was impossible to imagine that, by 2020: Drake would have co-signed Boy Better Know and co-opted grime's flows and slang; that the 'Functions on the Low' beat would have stormed the charts and been used to advertise just about every product imaginable; that a whole new generation of British rappers and producers, with a new iteration of the grime sound, would be huge, and not among people like me, but among actual teenagers; that said sound would be taken to Brooklyn by rappers like the late Pop Smoke and be hailed as the most exciting thing to emerge from New York in years, despite actually emerging from London; that Big Narstie would seem completely at home on the sets of daytime TV talkshows; that the most widely-acclaimed Glastonbury headline slot anybody can remember would be by a young, dark-skinned black man from Croydon who made his name rapping over old grime beats on Youtube. And, whilst it wasn't the start of grime's re-emergence as an artistic and commercial force (big up Meridian Dan!), 'That's Not Me' instantly became the movement's proud, swaggering, ferocious mission statement, disavowing the pop star trappings that grime's first wave of breakout stars had been chasing for years, in favour of something more authentic, more true, more grime. An apology of sorts, without ever sounding like one. Over a sledgehammer beat that deliberately invokes the video game plinks and distorted bass crunches of grime's early days, Skepta and his brother JME get nostalgic for days that had ended only a few years prior, but that felt like a lifetime ago, and proved in the process that the public hadn't given up on the genre - misguided label execs had 'killed' grime, trying to force its artists to be something they weren't, and having laughably little faith that the public could handle something so real. 'That's Not Me' flykicked open the floodgates like Jet Li, and proved that not only was grime not dead, that it was finally a commercially viable option for the UK's musical youth. "People ask what music I make, turn the volume up 'cause that's what!"

Re: CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

Anonymous — Sat, 7 Mar 2020 00:23:00 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/07/2020 05:23

I like both songs. I go with That's Not Me.

Re: CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

Repo — Fri, 6 Mar 2020 15:16:17 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 03/06/2020 20:16

Hmmm... It may just be my ignorance, but that Skepta track reminds me so much of Dizzee Rascal's debut. Like super close. I like it, but I feel it's pretty indebted to Dizzee.

So many great tracks on this Alvvays album! party Police may not be fave from the album, but it's still pretty damn good and definitely a hearttugger. Love that riff on Party Police - reminds me a lost of The Cure which is always a good thing.

Going with Party Poilce but both great songs.

CLOSED- Early 2010s Tourney Play-In: Alvvays v Skepta

cestuneblague — Fri, 6 Mar 2020 13:03:11 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 03/06/2020 18:03

ALVVAYS- PARTY POLICE

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Repping: Charlottetown, Canada

Captain: BaystateoftheArt

Repping: Massachussetts, where there's HEART

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SKEPTA ft JME- IT'S NOT ME

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Repping: Tottenham, UK

Captain: Skinny

Repping: Brummie Ham