Best Ever Albums

Re: Play-In: Powerplant v. Maria Somerville

baystateoftheart — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 20:01:33 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 06/22/2020 00:01

People In The Sun defeats All My People 8-5 to advance to round one.

Re: Play-In: Powerplant v. Maria Somerville

LittleM1971 — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:54:03 GMT

Author: LittleM1971

Posted: 06/16/2020 21:54

Yep Powerplant gets my vote here too...enjoyed Maria Somerville but the former was a much needed shot in the arm.

Re: Play-In: Powerplant v. Maria Somerville

dihansse — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 15:53:41 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 06/15/2020 19:53

I liked Powerplant and it even enters my personal chart while Maria Somerville left no impression at all.

Re: Play-In: Powerplant v. Maria Somerville

baystateoftheart — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 15:44:09 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 06/14/2020 19:44

Really enjoyed the Powerplant record. Only the second synth punk album I've heard (Suicide) and it scratched an itch I didn't know was there. Good energy and solid songcraft.

The Maria Somerville album was certainly pretty, but not much of the washed out sound actually stuck. So while I appreciated it, Powerplant gets my vote.

Re: Play-In: Powerplant v. Maria Somerville

LedZep — Tue, 9 Jun 2020 18:58:22 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 06/09/2020 22:58

Powerplant. A bit rawer and more lofi than most synth-punk. Wasn't too impressed, although it generally had a nice sound. Dungen was neat, but it all sounded a bit too uniform to me, apart from the Exit Castle interlude which caught me off guard for brief 44 seconds. Maybe I'll pick apart the highlights on the second listen.

Maria Sommerville. Serious Grouper vibes on this one. Liked it a lot, but it's a bit too short. If it had a song or two more, it would've been fantastic. But it may land on my 2019 chart nonetheless, great sounds all around!

Probably gonna vote for Sommerville. But I'd definitely wanna see Powerplant live 😁

Re: Play-In: Powerplant v. Maria Somerville

Repo — Sun, 7 Jun 2020 20:57:06 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 06/08/2020 00:57

Well, I know who I'd see in concert if I had the chance! lol

Re: Play-In: Powerplant v. Maria Somerville

Hayden — Sun, 7 Jun 2020 20:27:55 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 06/08/2020 00:27

These are the only two albums from the first round that I've actually heard. Need to get on the rest.

Enjoy both. Went with Somerville.

Play-In: Powerplant v. Maria Somerville

baystateoftheart — Sun, 7 Jun 2020 19:42:48 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 06/07/2020 23:42

Seed #30A:

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People In The Sun by Powerplant

Nominated by: Jimmy Dread
Genres [RYM]: Synth Punk, Garage Punk

Seed #30B:

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All My People by Maria Somerville

Nominated by: Patman360
Genres [RYM]: Ambient Pop

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