[baystateoftheart]

Seed #1:


A Crow Looked At Me by Mount Eerie

Nominated By: sethmadsen
Genres [RYM]: Singer/Songwriter, Indie Folk, Contemporary Folk

Seed #29:


Valley Of Grace by Elucid

Nominated By: dividesbyzero
Genres [RYM]: Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop

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.
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[Luigii]

This will be a hard bracket.

[baystateoftheart]

Having not been a huge fan of the Elucid record, choosing Mount Eerie's excellent portrait of grief was a no-brainer here. However, one drawback of A Crow Looked At Me is that it's so intense that I almost never want to listen to it. So I avoided revisiting it for this round, but I will if it faces an album that I like a comparable amount later.
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[Luigii]

[dihansse]

I listened back to The Crow, an album I respect highlight for its lyrics but not so much musically, and I still have the same opinion: it certainly deserves a place in my 2017 top chart but not in the highest ranks; As I already didn’t like the Elucid album in the play-ins it is clear which one wins.

[Repo]

Elucid, easily. Love it. Especially walking the streets at night listening to my walkmen.

[Purplepash]

Although A Crow Looked At Me now doesn't have the same emotional impact on me as that first listen that almost had me in tears it's still a one of a kind album that's in my 2017 chart so Mount Eerie over Elucid for me.