Round 1: MGMT v. Current 93

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Poll: Please listen to both albums in full before voting, then choose your favorite.
Little Dark Age by MGMT:
61%
 61%  [11]
The Light Is Leaving Us All by Current 93:
38%
 38%  [7]
Total Votes : 18

baystateoftheart Neil Young as a butternut squash Profile
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  • #1
  • Posted: 07/29/2019 00:37
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Seed #4:


Little Dark Age by MGMT

Nominated by: Rhyner
Genres [RYM]: Synthpop, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop

Seed #18:


The Light Is Leaving Us All by Current 93

Nominated by: Lowkey
Genres [RYM]: Neofolk, Avant-Folk

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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 no fewer than twenty-eight days. See Tournament Spreadsheet for the full bracket.
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Fischman RockMonster, JazzMeister, Bluesboy,ClassicalMaster Profile
Location Land of Enchantment United States
  • #2
  • Posted: 07/29/2019 15:47
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A fun but not overly interesting album vs a more interesting, but rather arduous album.

I'm going against the grain (at least so far) on this one and running with Current 93.
cestuneblague Otana, but No Hito Profile
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  • #3
  • Posted: 07/30/2019 21:23
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Current 93 maybe? May just abstain, haven't liked much from of either these artists (or works under this particular name) in at least a decade
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  • #4
  • Posted: 07/30/2019 22:38
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This shouldn't be tied. Little Dark Age is a great return to psych-pop form for MGMT with some bangers. Its opponent is a neofolk album.
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Hayden Profile
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  • #5
  • Posted: 07/30/2019 23:28
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baystateoftheart wrote:
This shouldn't be tied. Little Dark Age is a great return to psych-pop form for MGMT with some bangers. Its opponent is a neofolk album.


Is neofolk... a bad thing now? 🤔

Being said, MGMT will never become the band they started out as, but Little Dark Age is certainly a step in the right direction from their last.
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  • #6
  • Posted: 07/30/2019 23:38
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Hayden wrote:
Is neofolk... a bad thing now? 🤔

Being said, MGMT will never become the band they started out as, but Little Dark Age is certainly a step in the right direction from their last.


I'm not interested in starting an argument in this thread, but I will leave this past post from my music diary here as food for thought:

baystateoftheart wrote:
Here are a couple academic articles looking at neo-folk that I found interesting. If you have a tolerance for academic writing and care about the political implications of the music you listen to, you might find them interesting and I'm curious to hear your thoughts. If not, then feel free to ignore this post.

http://www.shekhovtsov.org/articles/Anton_Shekhovtsov-Apoliteic_Music.html

https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/notabene/article/view/6551

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mickilennial The Most Trusted Name in News Profile
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  • #7
  • Posted: 07/31/2019 17:10
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yeah a lot of neofolk is made by neo-nazis
dihansse dihansse Profile Belgium
  • #8
  • Posted: 08/01/2019 19:54
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I don't really like any of the two but Mgmt wins slightly
Mercury Turn your back on the pay-you-back last call Profile
Location St. Louis United States
  • #9
  • Posted: 08/06/2019 15:42
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Hmm... I always wondered why I couldn’t get into neofolk. Now I know it’s probably because in their hearts they are nazis.

Vote to Current 93. More interesting album.
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  • #10
  • Posted: 08/25/2019 23:57
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Little Dark Age defeats The Light Is Leaving Us All 11-7 and advances to the sweet sixteen.
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