Best Ever Albums

Re: [Round 1 - Match 2] Cherub vs The Long Bright Dark

LedZep — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 05:59:35 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 04/12/2022 09:59

The Long Bright Dark wins 12-7

Re: [Round 1 - Match 2] Cherub vs The Long Bright Dark

Fischman — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 19:54:03 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 04/11/2022 23:54

Two songs that lie outside my usual listening style, but two songs I thoroughly enjoyed. In the end, it was a fairly easy lean toward Long Bright Dark.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 2] Cherub vs The Long Bright Dark

craola — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:34:09 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 04/11/2022 17:34

voted the long bright dark. both are good tracks i could easily vote for in other matchups though.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 2] Cherub vs The Long Bright Dark

an-outlaw — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 10:30:50 GMT

Author: an-outlaw

Posted: 04/11/2022 14:30

The Long Bright Dark sounds bizarre 😲

Re: [Round 1 - Match 2] Cherub vs The Long Bright Dark

mickilennial — Sat, 9 Apr 2022 20:30:09 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 04/10/2022 00:30

Cherub is the most generic "commercial song indie" I've heard in awhile, so not that one.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 2] Cherub vs The Long Bright Dark

DommeDamian — Fri, 8 Apr 2022 05:05:42 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 04/08/2022 09:05

Both tracks are good but I have a soft spot for these folkier tuned songs so I go with Ball Park. The climax was decent.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 2] Cherub vs The Long Bright Dark

kokkinos — Thu, 7 Apr 2022 12:27:05 GMT

Author: kokkinos

Posted: 04/07/2022 16:27

That's a wonderful matchup.
Cherub is sad in a lovely way, I feel like a teenager.
The Long Bright Dark is also excellent and I'll defintely keep an eye on Patrick Shiroishi, but Cherub won my heart and gets my vote.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 2] Cherub vs The Long Bright Dark

Repo — Tue, 5 Apr 2022 22:53:27 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 04/06/2022 02:53

Long. Bright. Dark.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 2] Cherub vs The Long Bright Dark

Patman360 — Tue, 5 Apr 2022 19:54:45 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 04/05/2022 23:54

Dig both and hadn't come across either artist before so will have to do a bit of digging there, Ball Park Music just about edged it in the end.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 2] Cherub vs The Long Bright Dark

travelful — Tue, 5 Apr 2022 19:49:44 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 04/05/2022 23:49

Oh man, Cherub is absolutely gorgeous. Easy vote for that. Will definitely add that to my camping playlist

Re: [Round 1 - Match 2] Cherub vs The Long Bright Dark

dihansse — Tue, 5 Apr 2022 15:03:37 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 04/05/2022 19:03

Both songs grabbed my attention in a positive way: but The Long Bright Track maybe a bit more because it is interesting and special and Cherub because it's just a great song. So my choice goes to Cherub.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 2] Cherub vs The Long Bright Dark

Mercury — Tue, 5 Apr 2022 00:48:41 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 04/05/2022 04:48

The Long Bright Dark got my vote. Was caught off guard by how cathartic and gorgeous it was. The vocals are stunning and work so well.

Cherub was nice and I liked the way it crescendos and a good tune all around.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 2] Cherub vs The Long Bright Dark

Streams — Mon, 4 Apr 2022 11:01:26 GMT

Author: Streams

Posted: 04/04/2022 15:01

glad to see Shiroishi well received. short and sweet and powerful. a song that stuck in my head since I heard it.

a lot of Shiroishi's work lately has focused on Japanese concentration camps in America (this is from an album titled Hidemi, for his grandfather, who survived the camps) and the seemingly sunny chant in this is actually him saying "is this the end of the storm" only for it to end in discordant overblows, which is how the album begins, seemingly signaling that the circle has not been broken (especially considering the recent uptick in violence against Asian Americans).

Re: [Round 1 - Match 2] Cherub vs The Long Bright Dark

EyeKanFly — Sun, 3 Apr 2022 10:07:46 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 04/03/2022 14:07

I was impressed with both of these songs. Might wait a bit to vote, but prior to the competition I hadn't heard either I don't believe.

Listened to Cherub first, and I thought that had it in the bag. The steady crescendo as the song goes on was wonderfully accomplished.

But The Long Bright Dark... whoa, this is different than most stuff I listened to in the past couple years. I don't feel like I'll come back to this song as much as Cherub, but it has me wanting to listen to more music by the artist much more.

Excellent nominations Purplepash and Streams

[Round 1 - Match 2] Cherub vs The Long Bright Dark

LedZep — Sun, 3 Apr 2022 07:28:33 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 04/03/2022 11:28

Ball Park Music - Cherub
Nominated by: Purplepash

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Patrick Shiroishi - The Long Bright Dark
Nominated by: Streams

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Instructions:
Please listen to both songs before voting. The poll will be tallied in 7 days. See the spreadsheet for the full tournament bracket.