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Re: 2018 BTT Final Run-Off: Holter v Hval

Skinny — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:09:14 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 04/29/2019 18:09

revolver94 wrote:

CryingGameDahlin wrote:

Sorry my wifi went out this weekend, so I guess we had a nice weeklong final!

HVAL IS THE 2018 BTT CHAMPION 🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳

And thanks everybody who stuck with this long tournament, esp a big thanks to my deputy organizer Jimmy Deanrd and everyone who voted, commented or let me know when I was being a lazy ass, sincerely you're all appreciated and hope we can get another one of these going in the future

Great job with this tournament!!! And congrats Jenny Hval well deserved!! Although now that my opinion is the opinion of the masses might have to change how I feel... ;)

Tell me about it...

Re: 2018 BTT Final Run-Off: Holter v Hval

revolver94 — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:43:14 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 04/29/2019 17:43

CryingGameDahlin wrote:

Great job with this tournament!!! And congrats Jenny Hval well deserved!! Although now that my opinion is the opinion of the masses might have to change how I feel... 😉

Re: 2018 BTT Final Run-Off: Holter v Hval

cestuneblague — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 07:34:29 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 04/29/2019 11:34

Sorry my wifi went out this weekend, so I guess we had a nice weeklong final!

HVAL IS THE 2018 BTT CHAMPION 🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳

And thanks everybody who stuck with this long tournament, esp a big thanks to my deputy organizer Jimmy Deanrd and everyone who voted, commented or let me know when I was being a lazy ass, sincerely you're all appreciated and hope we can get another one of these going in the future

Re: 2018 BTT Final Run-Off: Holter v Hval

RoundTheBend — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 13:43:37 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 04/28/2019 17:43

I'm glad someone said something... seeing this for the first time (kind of surprisingly, kind of not... been a busy week) someone tie it up!

Re: 2018 BTT Final Run-Off: Holter v Hval

baystateoftheart — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 13:17:20 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 04/28/2019 17:17

CryingGameDahlin wrote:

yeah I expected a bit of tournament fatigue by this point, esp since the final basically happened already and this is just a run-off. But again much much thanks to everybody who's participated in the tournament and my wonderful co-runner Mr Dread for helping it run smoothly, will probably be back to do this more in a decade setting than just a single year (a better idea than doing decade polls).

Will keep this open till tomorrow night for any last minute voters

So is this a wrap now?

Also I second everyone else to say well-done on a fun and successful tournament! �'�

Re: 2018 BTT Final Run-Off: Holter v Hval

Hayden — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 18:49:26 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 04/25/2019 22:49

CryingGameDahlin wrote:

Will keep this open till tomorrow night for any last minute voters

Give it a little bit... could see 4-5 more votes coming in.

Re: 2018 BTT Final Run-Off: Holter v Hval

cestuneblague — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:36:57 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 04/25/2019 20:36

yeah I expected a bit of tournament fatigue by this point, esp since the final basically happened already and this is just a run-off. But again much much thanks to everybody who's participated in the tournament and my wonderful co-runner Mr Dread for helping it run smoothly, will probably be back to do this more in a decade setting than just a single year (a better idea than doing decade polls).

Will keep this open till tomorrow night for any last minute voters

Re: 2018 BTT Final Run-Off: Holter v Hval

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 07:52:35 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/25/2019 11:52

I agree with Skinny that Spells is more joyful and uplifting track but, for me, Words I Heard is the most profoundly moving track of last year. It has that feeling of taking you completely out of yourself . I love the way the emotion of the track increases as the song develops (the way Julia does this with pauses and quieter moments is particularly beguiling). It is incredibly weightless and Holter manages the strings and vocal performance superbly so that not a note is wasted. Still, I wouldn't mind this track losing the final-I'm glad it has got this far.

Yeah, there is oddly a few votes not in yet but I think Spells probably has it-and a worthy winner it is. You play that track to anyone with at least a vague interest in music and they'll be impressed. Chapeau.

Also, much thanks to CGD and Jimmy for organising a fun and interesting tourney �'� �'� �'� Hope we do the same again next year.

Re: 2018 BTT Final Run-Off: Holter v Hval

baystateoftheart — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:42:20 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 04/25/2019 04:42

Can we get some voting happening here so that the the final isn't one of the lowest turnout matches of the tournament?

Re: 2018 BTT Final Run-Off: Holter v Hval

Skinny — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 21:22:38 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 04/25/2019 01:22

It's not anybody's fault, but the final feels strangely anticlimactic in that users have generally already said all that they have to say about these songs by this point in the tournament. Both are fantastic, majestic songs, but there's a sense of fun and joy and life to Hval's that I don't necessarily get quite as strongly from Holter's, even if I preferred Aviary as a whole to every Hval LP barring her strangely underappreciated masterpiece, Apocalypse, girl. It's cool that the final is between two women whose work is often challenging (at least in terms of shying away from predictable sounds and structures), even if these particular examples find them at their poppiest and most accessible.

I found some great songs in this tournament, and it was cool to see a lot of my favourites (be it those nominated by myself or by others) do really well. There were also some very interesting conversations that took place because of this tournament, and it was fun reading the reasons behind people's votes, especially when they differed from my own. A raging success all-round, with active participation throughout. Thanks Saoirse (and NWJ) for the hard work. Guess I'll see y'all next year to defend my crown pick more arguments with Fischman nominate four Freddie Gibbs songs find even more great songs I will inevitably have missed.

Re: 2018 BTT Final Run-Off: Holter v Hval

Hayden — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:43:28 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 04/23/2019 20:43

My vote's flipped.

Re: 2018 BTT Final Run-Off: Holter v Hval

dihansse — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:38:19 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 04/23/2019 20:38

I stick with Jenny Hval

Re: 2018 BTT Final Run-Off: Holter v Hval

baystateoftheart — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 21:12:53 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 04/23/2019 01:12

Skinny wrote:

Would Holter winning be an upset? Feel this will be tight either way.

In the grand scheme of things, no. In the narrow terms of climbing out of a -3 hole from the last vote, yes.

Re: 2018 BTT Final Run-Off: Holter v Hval

Skinny — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 20:58:00 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 04/23/2019 00:58

Would Holter winning be an upset? Feel this will be tight either way.

Re: 2018 BTT Final Run-Off: Holter v Hval

baystateoftheart — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 19:02:16 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 04/22/2019 23:02

Rooting for a Holter upset. It'll take running the table among the SoK voters, new voters turning out, some voters changing their minds, or some combination of the three.

2018 BTT Final Run-Off: Holter v Hval

cestuneblague — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 18:56:02 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 04/22/2019 22:56

JENNY HVAL- SPELLS (Captain: #Nezzled)

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Repping: Bergen

1988 called, it wants it's pointless saxophone solo and stable stock market back!- Not Julia Holter

VS

JULIA HOLTER- WORDS i HEARD (Captain: MakingPlansforMichael1981)

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Repping: LA

Words I Heard? Well that certainly wasn't music I just heard- Not Jenny Hval[/b]