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Hmm, hard choices here – I know someone got a haircut. My thought on Car Seat Headrest was that there’s probably a sad indie boy recording a similar song on a 4 track on every second of everyday. Think I’ll vote Friends
The Grammar benefit hugely from the contrast with the previous group and think it does enough to get my vote. I’m a sucker for that type of mix tbh. Ubu is starts off really well but the last two and a half minutes was too much.
Everything you said is what I was thinking. Total sucker for those mixes.
Can’t vote for Car Seat Headrest because of their terrible, terrible name, but ended up voting for a band called Methyl Ethyl. Hmmmmm.
London Grammar kinda sounds like Beth Orton singing. Got my vote. Couldn’t make it through Car Seat Headrest.
Drunk Drivers / Killer Whales is the kind of song that inspires every single person at the gig to sing every single lyric of – fans crush hard on it. It’s always given me the vibe of two completely different songs smushed together which I like.
I’m fond of both Methyl Ethel and Car Seat Headrest’s songs for moping about for three minutes and then suddenly exploding into three minutes of chorus. ‘Ubu’ is my nomination because a. the band are sadly underrated, b. repetition in pop music is a good thing and c. I have spent the last five years singing “Why’d you have to go and cut your hair” and now it’s someone else’s turn.
The wide love for Car Seat Headrest continues to be a bit baffling to me. I like the snap on the drum track for Friends, though.
I’d argue London Grammar is an even worse name than Car Seat Headrest (“rock’n’roll isn’t about education, let alone selective education FFS” – some angry rock critic somewhere). I ended up voting for the CSH, who I’ve not heard before, I don’t think. It sort of veered into being the kind of thing I hate a few times, but it was more memorable than anything else in the group.
Friends are good. I think that’s universally understood, vote totals here notwithstanding.
I didn’t think London Grammar had been polled before. I love Hannah Reid’s voice, and this mix is special, somehow turning the melancholy into something a lot more uplifting!
Also a tie for 2nd! London Grammar takes it over Car Seat Headrest on the “unpolled artist” tie-break clause (harsh on CSH I admit as their sole qualifier appearance in the 2020 poll dooms them here!)