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Snail of Doom:
What, the thread's already down here?! Jeez, I turn my head for FIVE SECONDS...

Okay, Clovers. Good things first: The lyrics are funny and cute, the instruments sound good (I especially love the piano track swirling around in the background), and the song is constructed well. My problems with it: I've never been a big fan of fake record static, the vocal effects were annoying, and its not really a style of music I enjoy on a regular basis. I also kept wanting to hear some percussion. Just a light snare drum or a tambourine. It might be able to grow on me, but I listened to it three or four times and still felt the same way. Also, is he singing "all the sudden," instead of "all of a sudden"? 'Cause if he is I want to punch him in the penis. 6/10

Here's an energetic cut from a local (to me) band called The El Guapos. (Yes, I know their name uses terrible Spanish grammar):

The El Guapos - Snow Blankets

Harun:
El Guapos - after listening to it on repeat for ten minutes, I first thought that I had listened to the song at least five times. Then I looked at my music player and saw that the song actually lasts five minutes - which means that I only listened to it twice. This leads me to believe that they really draw out the song much longer than it needs to be. I like the boy-girl vocals, the keyboards, and the simplistic and happy chorus-ey lyrics though - if this song had been, say three minutes or less - it would definitely make for a solid pop song . 5.89/10 ± .54


 The Faceless - Xenochrist

Spluff:
I quite liked it. It had some nice riffs in there, and some good chug chuggery - and, as a guitarist, I particularly liked the solo (even though in some places it went out slightly - it's live, and he was playing in 23√7/11 timing, so it's forgiven). The main beef I had was that the parts didn't blend into each other well enough, and some of the good bits only got played for a few bars before they were gone forever to be replaced by a more generic bit I didn't like quite as much - however, this didn't happen as much after the clean part of the solo, which was good. Bonus points for standing out from its peers and not being generic.

7.5/10

Jeff Beck - 'Cause We've Ended As Lovers

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