Best Ever Albums

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #2 v. #11

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 17:04:19 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/19/2018 21:04

Brockhampton are a calling for the fresh hip hop loving middle class suburbia, complete with a DIY aesthetic and pseudo progressive rejection of traditional sexuality and commercialism. Eat your heart out.

I was (and still am) in love with the original Saturation. It's a blend of homebrew beats, lo-fi indie and punk that I'd never heard before. Literally nobody in the group can rap, but the personalities of each member still shon through, and the 'disenfranchised young men' themes that unite them got its hook in me as I'd just finished uni and stepped into the wider world.

Sat 2 and 3 are refinements on the formula, but they essentially churned out the same album two more times without the clumsy angst that made the first one appealing, imo. Plus they don't have 'HEAT', which is objectively the best track.

Surprised Sat 3 is regarded as the best of the three, but I'm glad Brockhampton are getting some representation in this tournament since they played such a large role in my 2017.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #2 v. #11

craola — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 15:15:42 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 09/15/2018 19:15

Skinny wrote:

Wolf Alice are terrible whereas Brockhampton are just wildly overhyped.

booooo

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #2 v. #11

Skinny — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 05:00:39 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 09/15/2018 09:00

Wolf Alice are terrible whereas Brockhampton are just wildly overhyped.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #2 v. #11

Purplepash — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 21:05:42 GMT

Author: Purplepash

Posted: 09/15/2018 01:05

I love Boogie and all the other Brockhampton singles (including their new ones from this eear) so I was looking forward to listening to this album but in the end I was disappointed. I guess they will just be a singles band for me. Whereas I have been a fan of Wolf Alice since their debut single and their first album is my top 10 for 2015. Visions of a Life is a great follow up album. The way they can go from dream pop to 90s indie rock influences to punk and still feel like the albums flow well is impressive. From the lush, cinematic Don't Delete The Kisses to the shoegazey Space and Time to the punky Yuk Foo all showcasing her variety as a vocalist it's an excellent album.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #2 v. #11

Repo — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 22:27:49 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 09/12/2018 02:27

Went with Brockhampton, but I burned Wolf Alice for my kids in the car. I think the "real" Tilly will love it. 😁

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #2 v. #11

Repo — Fri, 7 Sep 2018 16:33:47 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 09/07/2018 20:33

baystateoftheart wrote:

If you asked me this last year, I would have gone with Wolf Alice. But after listening to both albums again, Saturation III has really grown on me. Excellent production, interesting lyricism, and a well-executed blend of rapping and singing. Why is it losing so badly?

Well that Wolf Alice is really good. But I agree, they're both great.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #2 v. #11

baystateoftheart — Fri, 7 Sep 2018 16:29:58 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 09/07/2018 20:29

If you asked me this last year, I would have gone with Wolf Alice. But after listening to both albums again, Saturation III has really grown on me. Excellent production, interesting lyricism, and a well-executed blend of rapping and singing. Why is it losing so badly?

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #2 v. #11

RoundTheBend — Wed, 5 Sep 2018 21:29:03 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 09/06/2018 01:29

Gowi wrote:

Brockhampton is a nothing project. So vote to Wolf Alice.

I kind of agree with this. There were some strokes of genius in Brockhampton, but overall fell flat for me.

Wolf Alice for sure.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #2 v. #11

mickilennial — Wed, 5 Sep 2018 18:33:30 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 09/05/2018 22:33

Brockhampton is a nothing project. So vote to Wolf Alice.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #2 v. #11

Repo — Wed, 5 Sep 2018 13:57:07 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 09/05/2018 17:57

babyBlueSedan wrote:

Pretty shocked that I'm the first vote for BROCKHAMPTON. I remember not liking Wolf Alice's last album at all, but I was pleasantly surprised by this one. I remember the first track sounding a lot like My Bloody Valentine and the rest was nice if not very memorable indie rock.

But BROCKHAMPTON are non-stop fun and should have taken over the pop landscape by now. III is my scond favorite of their trilogy but it has some of my favorite songs of theirs like HOTTIE and ALASKA.

First time listening to that Brockhampton album & I couldn't agree more. Non-stop party music. Still need to listen to Wold Alice but there's no ? that III is going in my chart.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #2 v. #11

babyBlueSedan — Wed, 5 Sep 2018 13:37:39 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 09/05/2018 17:37

Pretty shocked that I'm the first vote for BROCKHAMPTON. I remember not liking Wolf Alice's last album at all, but I was pleasantly surprised by this one. I remember the first track sounding a lot like My Bloody Valentine and the rest was nice if not very memorable indie rock.

But BROCKHAMPTON are non-stop fun and should have taken over the pop landscape by now. III is my scond favorite of their trilogy but it has some of my favorite songs of theirs like HOTTIE and ALASKA.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #2 v. #11

craola — Wed, 5 Sep 2018 12:47:00 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 09/05/2018 16:47

this isn't relevant to the discussion at all, but i could've sworn i listened to both of these, and i can't find my notes on either one and have no idea what they are, so i guess i didn't.

*edit: just listened to wolf alice, and this album is legit. i can't believe i hadn't listened to this, and i am certain it has something to do with confusion over the wolf alice sounding too much like wolf parade, which i'm generally not a fan of. this is a gorgeous record though, and it will be listened to more. brockhampton about to start....

**edit: and yeah that brockhampton thing really doesn't connect to me.

Re: 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #2 v. #11

dihansse — Wed, 5 Sep 2018 12:25:02 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 09/05/2018 16:25

This is a no-brainer for me: I like the Wolf Alice album a lot while I didn’t like Brockhampton at all

2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #2 v. #11

baystateoftheart — Tue, 4 Sep 2018 13:59:34 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 09/04/2018 17:59

Seed #2:

Saturation III by Brockhampton

Nominated By: badseed
Genres [RYM]: Pop Rap, West Coast Hip Hop

Seed #11:

Visions Of A Life by Wolf Alice

Nominated By: StreetSpirit
Genres [RYM]: Indie Rock, Dream Pop

Instructions:

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 and no more than forty-two days. See Tournament Spreadsheet for the full bracket.