[baystateoftheart]

Seed #8:

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Crushing by Julia Jacklin

Nominated by: pa
Genres [RYM]: Singer/Songwriter, Indie Folk

Seed #20:

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Duster by Duster

Nominated by: Anti
Genres [RYM]: Slowcore

Instructions:

If you have not already, 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 seven days. Ties will be settled by 24-hour extensions if necessary. See Tournament Spreadsheet for the full bracket.
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[LedZep]

If it was Hiding Places vs Crushing, it'd be a hard decision. But while I loved Duster, JJ is too good. And I'm not even a big fan of this classic indie pop sound, but Julia has so much personality. Even with the simplistic instrumental parts, it manages to get under your skin.
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[cestuneblague]

Not the finale I was expecting, but can't say I'm dissapointed in the slightest. Anyways, easy choice for Duster, fantastic comeback and in this matchup the much more engaging album throughout, as while I think Jacklin is very talented and has a lot of potential, this album felt extremely top-heavy and lost it's more inspired touches as it went on.

[baystateoftheart]

Duster grew off me a bit with another listen (to the extent that I somewhat regret my last vote), but still comfortably gets my vote in this championship match.
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[baystateoftheart]

Duster defeats Crushing 7-6 to win the gold medal.
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