Lost. Cuddler has some top tier Tilian but lost is too intense. On The Run Something New Awkward. This record didn’t click for me for a long time but this song always did.
Final Totals: The Cuddler - 10 Lost - 5 Eagle Vs. Crows - 2 On The Run - 13 We Own The Night - 9 Something New - 6 Awkward - 7 Death Of A Strawberry - 8 ------------- Round Two: 1) The Cuddler vs. Legend 2) On The Run vs. Shark Dad 3) We Own The Night vs. Variation 4) Death Of A Strawberry vs. Stroke God, Millionaire
The Cuddler - Shoutout to the second chorus of Legend though, that guitar run is so good On The Run - This is a hard round for me too, I group Shark Dad and the Cuddler as kind of a 1-2 punch, but OTR is too good. Variation - The "Am I the reason that you can't look past your future self" part is so good with Jon and Tilian singing/screaming at the same time Stroke God, Millionaire - Best bridge on the album, and possibly my favorite one they've ever had. Tilian's melody is absolutely perfect.
Cuddler On the Run(Shark Dad though has some great will chord progressions. Like crazy stuff that they don’t normally do) Variation(c’mon this song fucking slaps. Mess esp kills it) Stroke God(again c’mon guys it’s perfect)
Stroke God is my fav Tilian moment on the album, and Variation is my favorite Mess moment on the album.
Legend - I like The Cuddler a lot, but Legend is a bit cooler imo. Tilian crushes it. On The Run - Shark Dad is painfully chaotic, but I always had a soft spot for it. That being said, On The Run is my favorite DGD song, so this was easy. We Own The Night - As I mentioned before, I don't really like Variarion :/ Death Of A Strawberry - This one was so hard. Stroke God, Millionaire is a perfect song, I love both Tillian & Jon's moments, and that bridge is so damn fun. But DoaS is just much more meaningful to me. It was one of my first favorite DGD songs, that chorus is possibly the best pop melody ever, and when Tilian goes "juet wanna be a kid again" I get misty-eyed.
Current Totals: The Cuddler - 8 Legend - 2 On The Run - 8 Shark Dad - 2 We Own The Night - 5 Variation - 5 Death Of A Strawberry - 5 Stroke God, Millionaire - 5
A couple matchups are tied. I’ll keep this open until about 9 AM ET and if we are still tied I’ll be the tiebreaker.
That's awesome. I feel this album gets overshadowed by people finally realizing how good AS is and the beast that is Mothership.
I think this is the first time I've had to break a tie so far during these brackets and we had two in the same round! In any case, Variation vs. We Own The Night was about as close to a toss-up for me as it gets. I'll give the slight edge to Variation. Death Of A Strawberry was an easier pick for me. Nothing against Stroke God, Millionaire, but I think Death Of A Strawberry is just better. Final Totals: The Cuddler - 10 Legend - 2 On The Run - 10 Shark Dad - 2 We Own The Night - 6 Variation - 6 (7) Death Of A Strawberry - 6 (7) Stroke God, Millionaire - 6 -------------- Round Three: 1) The Cuddler vs. On The Run 2) Variation vs. Death Of A Strawberry
For some reason I didn't get any notifications for round 2 so here goes round 3 On The Run Death of A Strawberry