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| Poll: Please listen to both albums in full before voting, then choose your favorite. |
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| Crushing by Julia Jacklin |
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55% |
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| The Age Of Immunology by Vanishing Twin |
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44% |
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| Total Votes : 18 |
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baystateoftheart
Neil Young as a butternut squash
Age: 30
Location: Massachusetts 
- #11
- Posted: 06/30/2020 02:35
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I got serious Stereolab vibes from large parts of The Age Of Immunology. And while it doesn't approach their musical peak, it captures a lot of the elements that make them a great band. This is definitely more psychedelic than any album they've recorded though, so it definitely reads as more of an inspiration than a rip-off (as others have pointed out online, there's also a fair bit of overlap with Broadcast's sound). Can't say I'm on board with every track, but the peaks are gorgeous and it's a reasonably consistent listen overall. Also talk about a prescient album title...
Crushing is a re-listen, and it grew on me substantially enough to re-enter my 2019 top 100 from my honorable mentions. Jacklin does a very good job of making an emotionally resonant breakup album. It starts out strong, as Body is a great song and the album highlight. The rest of the first half is captivating, even though it doesn't quite measure up. Unfortunately, the second half brings a bit of a decrease in quality and the album drags a little.
Vanishing Twin ultimately wins my vote here.
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craola
crayon master
Location: pdx
- #12
- Posted: 06/30/2020 15:22
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| RoundTheBend wrote: | | I'm thinking now that 90% of why I play this game is because of craola's votes. Last year's was fantastic and this is indeed also such. |
glad you're enjoying them. i feel the same way about mecca's nominations every year. i guess i could consult his yearly charts more often. he really digs up a lot of hidden gems.
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Purplepash
ranker, rater, & music list maker
Gender: Male
Age: 56
Location: Western Australia 
- #13
- Posted: 07/02/2020 10:22
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After a re-listen to both albums I'm bumping Crushing up my 2019 chart a bit and it will be getting my vote here. Kudos to Vanishing Twin though for making my 2019 chart - after listening to all the albums in this tourney now The Age Of Immunology is the only album I hadn't heard before to make my top 100 of 2019.
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cestuneblague
Eyebrow of the Hurricane
Location: Chi-Town
- #14
- Posted: 07/17/2020 05:35
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I had similar issues with Crushing I had with the Weyes Blood record, mainly that it just peaked way too early and after the first few tracks I just lost interest more and more with each number. I think she's quite talanted with a lot of potential, but as a whole I found the album a bit dissapointing, especially on repeat listens.
Vanishing Twin wasn't astounding in any way but it does have an attractive sound and geniunely intriguing ideas, and overall I just found it more consistient and stayed interested till the end, so narrowly a vote for TAOI.
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baystateoftheart
Neil Young as a butternut squash
Age: 30
Location: Massachusetts
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