WALRUS SQUARED (feat. me and hellbooks)

[tris]

me and hellbooks are doing a walrus together!

• submit songs in these categories
  
• i will listen to them and hellbooks will too
  
• we give them scores
  
• probably will be doing listening events on discord like schadd (we havent talked about this yet)
  
• that's how this works!

Spoiler: should i submit for this?

yes

Spoiler: how/what do i submit?

submit music! try not to make it super long. keep it anonymous so we can be surprised. i don't know what hellbooks will do, but i will be trying to guess who'se was what, and if im right, you lose .05 points

youtube links are preferred so that we dont remember who submitted what. indicate which category each submission belongs to like on a list. you don't have to submit it all at once, and can switch it up until deadline.

send to me and/or her via pm or discord or whatever. just be careful about how discord likes to preview links

Spoiler: give me points!

we will each be scoring out of 5 maximum points. then, our scores will add together to make a bigger score.

i will be scoring with no consistency. i'll make it up as i go along. both my overall enjoyment and catfittedness will factor into it.

you get bonus points for being in our personal top threes. you can get the bonus for both top threes if your so lucky!!

we forgot to consult on this, but i am using emergency powers to declare that your lowest scoring submission wont count.

i dont know how hb is scoring dont ask me!

and these are the categorizations;

Spoiler: focus on tris

NOTE: in this cat i will be scoring out of 7.5 leaving 2.5 for my friend. the tables are turned in the next cat!

i was about to rework this section of describing what i like, but then something came up, so i'll edit it in soon.

Spoiler: focus on hellbooks

- i like energetic jazz and jazz fusion AND pop AND folk AND hiphop AND r&b AND electronic AND throwback alt-rock AND most other genres.
- i like korean music, but if it's a kpop song with a cheesy rap verse or one dude with a guitar you might be working at a slight deficit.
- i like music that is introductory to an interesting space, whether that's introducing me to a new musical style or idea, and so on.
- i like sad and gay songs, and relatedly songs that i can think about emotion or love to.
- i like noisy stuff & screaming is usually fine. but some region of noise is so intense as to be unpalatable. mushshagana did a great job at submitting noisy music that i like a lot in schadd's walrus
- i like cocteau twins but usually songs that are too much like cocteau twins just make me want to listen to cocteau twins.
- i like songs that manage to do a lot with a very small amount of musical ideas or samples.
- i like artsy shit. probably an important guiding fact. some people who have song gamed with me describe my music taste as "lesbian."

Spoiler: paired

TRIS: give me two songs here!! i want these songs to be ~connected~. they should fit well together.
MUST NOT BE ALREADY CONNECTED (e.g. same artist, same album, both being from homestuck, whatever)

HELLBY: some songs that interact really well -- they can be in conflict or in support of each other.
if i should listen to the songs in a certain order, for example in service of the transition between the two tracks, please let me know and i will.

Spoiler: wandering

TRIS: my mind wants to wander. it does that a lot, but this time it wants to wander with a musical guide. can your submission do that??!

HELLBY: what tris said. the song can be really thought provoking or just have a general exploratory/ambling vibe

Spoiler: space

TRIS: you know what space is right? it's got lots of stars and other things. that's what this category is about.

HELLBY: things that are explicitly about space are good but i would also be preferential to songs that are indirectly evocative of space in a creative or cool way

Spoiler: avatars

TRIS: this is my cat lena. she's yawning in this picture, but i want you to forget that. pretend that she's yowling. then go find music with that in mind.


HELLBY: i will instead be evaluating this cat based on this picture of a fox that was given to me at one point. the fox is best friends with lena

Spoiler: piano

TRIS: i enjoy the piano. some people have made some very good music with a piano! it's nice when the piano compliments whatever else is in the song. pianos have a wide range of expression.

HELLBY: songs where the piano is creatively or interestingly good. good music that is just piano will also be great but possibly not exceptional. feel free to take a risk tho.
btw, doesn't have to be a real piano. for example, that sort of fake tinny piano that is used a lot in jpop, i love that patch.

Spoiler: makes us smile

TRIS: if i smile when i listen to the song, you've succeeded. it doesn't have to be a big smile. a small smile can be very good too!

HELLBY: if it makes tris smile it will probably make me smile

final note by TRISH: i sign onto all of the things that HELLBY: added.

appendixes: i, ii, iii, iv

[tris]

oh yeah. i forgot to mention some of those things, thanks for remembering for me

[tris]

yeah, that was another thing i forgot to add.

[tris]

wow! cool!

[tris]

final note by TRISH: i sign onto all of the things that HELLBY: added.

i don't understand what you meant by this, but SURE

[tris]

OH i said the word sign

[tris]

Spoiler: focus on tris

NOTE: in this cat i will be scoring out of 7.5 leaving 2.5 for my friend. the tables are turned in the next cat!

i was about to rework this section of describing what i like, but then something came up, so i'll edit it in soon.

finish this?

ahhhhh. sorry. i was going through a lot the last couple days. ii'll get to it

[tris]

incoming!!!!

[tris]

It's cool, I got it.

Spoiler: Tris' likes

in this category, quite simply, the catfit points just amplify the enjoyment points. so i'll try to help you figure out what songs i like!

these are my favorite albums. these are my favorite songs. (dont submit those exact ones.)

i like songs that are experimental, or artsy, or present me with something i haven't experienced before. here is a song that did that recently. heres another

i like songs that make interesting use of electronics, especially when they result in a distinctly human feeling. this song does that. (NOISE WARNING) this song does that too.

i like songs that feel like they have a lot of moving parts. this song does. this song does too.

i like songs that are emotive. here's a song that's very tense and sorrowful. here's a song that's very loving.

i like songs that are either very active or rather sparse. here's an active song. here's a more sparse song.

i like pop music

i think you meant to quote

Spoiler:

- i like energetic jazz and jazz fusion AND pop AND folk AND hiphop AND r&b AND electronic AND throwback alt-rock AND most other genres.
- i like korean music, but if it's a kpop song with a cheesy rap verse or one dude with a guitar you might be working at a slight deficit.
- i like music that is introductory to an interesting space, whether that's introducing me to a new musical style or idea, and so on.
- i like sad and gay songs, and relatedly songs that i can think about emotion or love to.
- i like noisy stuff & screaming is usually fine. but some region of noise is so intense as to be unpalatable. mushshagana did a great job at submitting noisy music that i like a lot in schadd's walrus
- i like cocteau twins but usually songs that are too much like cocteau twins just make me want to listen to cocteau twins.
- i like songs that manage to do a lot with a very small amount of musical ideas or samples.
- i like artsy shit. probably an important guiding fact. some people who have song gamed with me describe my music taste as "lesbian."

[tris]

seriously tho, almost all of that applies to me as well minus the line about korean music and i haven't gotten into cocteau twins.

(still got a post incoming)

[tris]

i object. i need one more hour

[tris]

these are some artists that i like and example songs

070 shake - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDZHpR-lJhs
allan petterson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMG-QHu5QFs (warning: long!)
big thief - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1QlOfYxykI
boards of canada - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAM7OeFpgoE
candy claws - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbgsWLMGHas
caroline shaw - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab4zTQEsnBk (has four sections, but i'm linking the big long thing)
fka twigs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9SMglWHKfQ
genesis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD5engyVXe0
gentle giant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i24NjljMcM
hania rani - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WGm_sXIFpg
imogen heap - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYIAfiVGluk
jambinai - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcXWg3RAdN0
kate nv - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMqsRAnPl6c
katie dey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Qag3miy2U
kendrick lamar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQtFTqh1mwM
lemon demon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPMnIymc3Cs
lena raine (celeste soundtrack) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rwAvUvvQzQ (this is long because it plays the music for the different parts of the level)
maricka hackman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9F8dNmVwc
mary latimore - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGfbi1zvm9g
mouse on the keys - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aTzpIyugkU
noname - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVah-Ep_sCM
peter gabriel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B94c6CRcwU
portishead - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7KkhwLUe00
regina spektor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVBMHnF-gPk
serial experiments lain soundtrack - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZpxVe0mUXM
st. vincent - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sfrCVYZV7k
talking heads - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY-eD7cigIY
tenniscoats - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM-d7nmzrTY
tori amos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Croz1_USr3U
tricot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6rxGmvQPLU
tune-yards - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4I9_9L1G5Q
""homestuck"" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktuDYYtbs2s

not totally comprehensive.

dont submit any of these people btw.

[tris]

oh no

[tris]

um, why am i awake right now!!

i like music.
i like music with interesting cool sounds.
many electronic sounds are cool
the imperfections of irl instruments are also cool
breathing is really cool!!!!
i like it when those sounds interact in cool or subtle ways .
i famously like music that takes a while to get going/ but i also can like music that doesn;t.
i often like repetition with subtle variations.

i like it when a singer feels like theyr feeling something
the music i like doesnt have to be all complicated or whatever. it can be simple too. especialy if the last line is true or if its fun

i like dissonance. (or not dissonance)

i like to get lost in the music; so that my mind doesnt have to go in circles like it often does.

i like music by lesbians

[tris]

i just listened to a song that could fit three cats in it at once

[tris]

yeah, just send one of us the links with their categories and i'll try not to memorize the urls

[tris]

uh oh. i might need an extension.

[tris]

as a prize for getting the most points, hellbooks gets +.1 points from me in our walrus

also; i am now jelous of hellbe's success so i'm changing this into -.1

[tris]

i'm even later!!

[tris]

deadline is extended by order of trif!!!!

a week more?

[tris]

oh no! i will treasure your submissions even more then.

[tris]

wait whats the deadline

next thursday possibly

[tris]

i'm glad to hear that.

[tris]

we've mutually promised eachother to get our submissions to each other sometime today.

[tris]

yea, we fashionably be in last place

[tris]

my sources tell me that sometime next weekend, there will be an opportunity to listen to a selection of music with a theme of wandering chosen by all of you beautiful people.

[tris]

submit soon if you want!!!!

[tris]

before monday should be fine

[tris]

that too

[tris]

yay!!

[tris]

depending on how soon you can get a submission in, we may or may not have time to include your wandering submission. if not, that will just be the cat we drop for you (and hopefully it lands on it's feet)

[tris]

sunday 12:00 PM PDT, that's when.

come join us on discord, and listen, and see the numbers and comments we give to your songs.

(expired on 2021-06-13 12:00:00)

[tris]

yeah. i hope you get to make future one's!

[tris]

soon!

[tris]

countdown was wrong!!!!! sorry

[tris]

it should be now unless people want to delay

[tris]

wanderering

Spoiler: 1st matmos - goodnight loving bose ikard ; CHEETORY6

(tris: 3rd // hellbooks: 3rd)
18.9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocWhVR3l4WA

~~hb~~

LIKE: 6.0 [4.5/5]
CATFIT: 2
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.1
SUSPECTED USER: schadd (United States bootleg version of Liz Fraser)
ACTUAL USER: aaaargh i got keely and schadd switched
PLAYLIST POINTS: 0.4
MEDAL FOR BEST TRACK NAME: yes

9.3 (8.3 + 1 for 3rd place)

Decided that if I've listened to an album by a band before I'll have to dock it at least 0.1 points even if I don't know/remember a lot about them or their situation. The title is like a United States bootleg version of Cocteau Twins titles. Also I do really like this mashup of sounds, like the percussion has a strong "indoors" feeling of like closely packed slappin' and tappin' sounds while the guitar and whistling and low train whistle definitely is working to create a tapestry of the outdoor Americana. Beyond the acoustics the structure of the song start to finish has a strong adventurousness for the sake of adventure that I must rate highly, but I must also acknowledge the strong gravitational pull of the groove that prevents it from having that full wandering feel.

I added this song to one of my favorite playlists which is named after a baths lyric ("you and I invent the ballroom")

~~t~~

ooh. i love all these instruments bumping along coming in and doing their thing. i'm not sure how to put this song into words. it has a unique mood. i guess it's like a one-person parade strolling down a tunnel?
8.6
guess; shaft.ed WRONG +1=9.6

Spoiler: 2nd clark - everlane ; SCHADD

(tris: 1st // hellbooks: tied 5th)
18.4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfpF9DapEyg

~~hb~~

LIKE: 5 [4/5]
CATFIT: 2.1
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.1
IS THIS ARTIST ON SCHADD'S LIST: i would believe yes
SUSPECTED USER: cheetory6
ACTUAL USER: schadd. you're kidding me. i even said-

7.0

This song would have smashed the Vivid Place catfit in my books (hell's books), it feels like walking through a tunnel that is lit by these bright blue and purple crystals. I thought very hard about how wide and expansive such a tunnel would be to facilitate wandering and I decided that even just the act of looking around and experiencing all the crystals is very wanderous (and wondrous!) in an interesting way.

~~t~~

amazing. i feel this song in my soul. it's so comforting and relaxing. everytime i listen to it, i feel like closing my eyes and drifting off into a trance. i want to let this wave of sound wash over me and carry me off into wherever it's going. it's got a lot of cool texture. i love this so much that i adjusted my conception of the wandering category to fit it. this was initially more floaty than wandery to me, but now i accept it as fully wandering but in a very drifty way. it's so good. thank you so much for this music.
9.5 + 2 = 11.5
guess; schadd -.1=9.4+2=11.4

Spoiler: 3rd the nighty night - this silly bag ; MUSHSHAGANA

(tris: 11th // hellbooks: 1st)
17.3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TktI2gjsu0I

~~hb~~

LIKE: 6.5 [4.7 w.d.]
CATFIT: 2.2
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: mushshagana
ACTUAL USER: mushshagana (-0.1)
PLAYLIST POINTS: 0.3

10.9 (8.9 + 2 for 1st place)

The bass kick made me go like CLOSER??? by THE NINE INCH NAILS??? I like the horrid creaking. This title is like a Cocteau Twins title. The pan out to evil acoustic literally made me gasp. I have a feeling this is going to be the first case in point about the anticipated phenomenon of MUSHSHAGANA being a crucial beloved submitter of mines. [Note to self: take out that last sentence if this is not MUSHSHAGANA] [Note to self: don't actually do this]. Sorry i was too busy liking the song to talk to the catfit let me do that... umm... the lyrics give me a strong sense of being lost, both of body and of mind, which i found to be really affecting, and it felt like the song was struggling to find itself (in a good way!)

The bonus points are for a playlist of songs that have a certain intensity (can also be like Pop Intensity) with a lot of room for a specific 2AM brand of unfocused thinking about emotions. it is right before the song gnaw by Rat

~~t~~

this song doesn't give me much wandering feeling. and, because i'm coming at this from a wandering mindset, i'm having difficulty evaluating it in other ways. it sits on a different level that i am not accessing right now. it seems interesting, but i coming at it from the wrong angle.
6.5
guess; MUSHSHAGANA -.1=6.4

Spoiler: 4th knut sönstevold - fantasy, op. 86 ; SHAFT.ED

(tris: 4th // hellbooks: tied 5th)
15.5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72h1L2ys2LU

~~hb~~

LIKE: 4.6 [3.8/5]
CATFIT: 2.4
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: tris
ACTUAL USER: shafty
MEDAL FOR BEST ARTIST NAME: yes

7.0

I was kind of hoping that we would see more instruments join the fray like side characters joining the hero on her winding path (see: buried giant from tris restless song) but even without that the way that the song takes slow steps upwards and then fluttery steps downwards is really evocative of a pleasant directionlessness. Also this guy's name rules

~~t~~

the bassoon wanders. i like it. it sounds like it's having a lot of fun! i'd like to go join it! it goes through a bunch of cool moods. if i listen to this enough, i might become fluent in this bassoon language.
8.5
guess; cheetory WRONG

Spoiler: 5th cusco - waters of cesme ; ISIS

(tris: 8th // hellbooks 4th)
15.4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyuHElsmvJ4

~~hb~~

LIKE: 5.6 [4.3/5]
CATFIT: 2
UNFAMILIARITY: 0.3
SUSPECTED USER: no idea. chevre
ACTUAL USER: aaaaaargh i got chevre and isis switched!!!!!!!

7.9

Similarly to Crystal Sword this kind of has a journeyman's song aesthetic to it. it reminds me of horses and i like horses. it makes me want to like run around. i listened to it a lot while walking this week. that combined with a strong new wave sensibility. It's really quite incredibly nice and unknowably compelling. I feel compelled to give an additional 0.3 points of unfamiliarity due to the total loss as to what this would be and who it would come from and when it was made. like literally what is this

~~t~~

yes, this wanders. we're skipping down the road and stuff. it's cool. i think it needs a little more something, but it's fine.
7.5
guess; chevre WRONG

Spoiler: 6th brian eno - golden hours ; DAVSTO

(tris: 5th // hellbooks: 7th)
15.2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkwi8N7Ghw8

~~hb~~

LIKE: 5.2 (4.1/5)
CATFIT: 1.8
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: davsto
ACTUAL USER: davsto (-0.1)
MEDAL FOR GETTING 6.9 POINTS: yes

6.9

I think this is an affecting and sentimental song about awareness. I like the way that the guitar kind of pushes against and past the strict timing of the synth pulses, therein is what I see as the most catfitting aspect of the song. as for my high enjoyment of this song... honestly it like hugely grew on me by the third or fourth listen. i like his throaty voice and i like whenever it resolves and pushes past the resolution without looking back.

~~t~~

clickity clack. i love it when those interject. i think someone's brain is wandering or something. we're clearly drifting off somewhere. i like the bloup bloups that plod along the whole time. and there's some wandering piano in here too. i like how quiet it is. there's a lot of little things scurrying around.
8.4
guess; davsto -.1=8.3

Spoiler: 7th ian taylor - crystal sword ; CHEVRE

(tris: 6th // hellbooks: 9th)
14.3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mClWt5rTKLg

~~hb~~

LIKE: 4.5 [3.7 w.d.]
CATFIT: 1.5
UNFAMILIARITY: 0.2
SUSPECTED USER: isis
ACTUAL USER: chevre
APOLOGY POINTS: 0.1

6.3

I like the soft blyearts at the bottom of the sound spectrum of this song and the fake musescore-ass vocals in the patch. Like a lot actually. This song to me initially feels like you're gearing up to fight an epic guy although maybe like the whole of the OST sounds like that I wouldn't know. I gave you 0.2 unfamiliarity point and 0.1 additional apology point for having never played runescape. I think by the end of it that feeling wears off to leave a catfitting sense of rumination

~~t~~

this is excellent at conveying a feeling of venturing out with anticipation. it has great build up. there's some cool interplay with different lines of instruments.
there was something about this that sounded so familiar even though i haven't played runescape, but then i realized what it was. i used to play arcanists which i must have had similar music. so, as a bonus, i give you an orb.
8.0
guess; isis WRONG

Spoiler: 8th the tallest man on earth – king of spain ; PJ

(tris: 7th // hellbooks: tied 10th)
13.8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qdM8WdTfH4

~~hb~~

LIKE: 4.4 [3.7/5]
CATFIT: 1.9
UNFAMILARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: pj
ACTUAL USER: pj (-0.1)

6.2

I was loving this song and the guy's voice was like a huge blast of cold water (that I eventually became acclimated to). It occurs to me that this song is kind of about trying to become a new person and kind of finding "home" in a new place? Perhaps? At least those are my interpretations that lend themselves to the cat quite well.

~~t~~

last minute rating here. OOPS. yeah, i guess this wanders and stuff. it gets an additional tenth of a point for wandering out of my awareness somehow.
7.7
guess; pj -.1=7.6

Spoiler: 9th sleeping at last - west ; CALEDFWITCH

(tris: 10th // hellbooks: 8th)
13.6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB02j1of1UU

~~hb~~

LIKE: 4.8 [3.9/5]
CATFIT: 1.7
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: shafty
ACTUAL USER: caledfwitch!!!

6.5

I think that there is definitely a clear catfit aspect (putting pins in maps, a compass breaking and leaving one lost in the midst) but I think there is also an aspect of chasing the other person ("I can't get you out of my mind... I swear that I'll never try"), the promise of the ending of the search, and even the title which evokes a specific direction. So in a sense I think the wandering aspect is kind of deconstructed at the end of the narrative. I thought about trying to interpret it as a sad song where they're trying to hope for an impossible thing but i think that just didn't fit with the tone of it

~~t~~

this is nice, and definitely drifts around all wander-like. but, it doesn't connect to me that well. there's some good pieces to this. i like the guitar. but, i think something about the vocals is pushing me away. i can appreciate the song, but it doesn't connect to me. sorry
7.2
guess; caledfwtich -.1=7.1

Spoiler: 10th roselia - opera of the wasteland ; SIRIUS

(tris: 9th // hellbooks: tied 10th)
13.4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE9b9boNXiI

~~hb~~

LIKE: 4.6 [3.8/5]
CATFIT: 1.9
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.2
SUSPECTED USER: sirius
ACTUAL USER: sirius (-0.1)

6.2

Through ways and means I have come to be very familiar with this band and their symphonic rock style situation. I think the chorus being in a different key is a beloved trait of music for me and also hugely contributes to the catfit here. I think there is a great way that the title nudges an interpretation of trying to search for something that isn't there which is definitely one potential aspect of wanderance

~~t~~

i like this! but, it only has small wanderingness to it. it does kind of sound like we're setting out on some journey. i like the way the vocals play off of each other in call and response bits and the way it twists around towards the end. the whole thing has a really fun energy. actually, i think i do feel the wandering more now. bumping this up from what it was going to be.
7.3
guess; sirius -.1=7.2

Spoiler: 11th eddie palmieri - un diá bonito ; HELBLOOKS

(tris: 2nd)
10.5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq_Gt0cwZfg

~~t~~

this is so great. the first half is very great, and then the second half goes off wandering having fun until we run into the piano because we were too distracted by the drums. there's so much good in this. all the parts. all the instruments and vocals are contributing greatly. i love listening to this a lot.
9.0 + 1.6 = 10.6
guess; helblooks -.1=8.9+1.6=10.5

Spoiler: 12th 그림자 공동체 (shadow community) - 동요 (restless song) ; TRISH

(hellbooks: 2nd)
10.2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Orj8LV21zw

~~hb~~

LIKE: 6.6 [4.8/5]
CATFIT: 3.0
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.4
ADDITIONAL UNFAMILIARITY: -0.4
SUSPECTED USER: originally tris but i think i am going to wildly switch to caledfwitch
ACTUAL USER: FUCK!!!!!!!!! tris
MEDAL FOR GRAND SLAM: yes

10.2 (8.8 + 1.4 for 2nd place)

I was tempted to give you 0.1 point for submitting a korean song but I think that will just naturally manifest itself in the "like" category. i struggled for a long time on how lenient to be with the unfamiliarity here—in particular this guy is like on my gay list of favorite music which schadd highlighted as a thing that would face significant penalty, but it's not immediately obvious that that guy is this guy. I decided on what I hope is a reasonable lenience. and also anyway like great choice.

Let me offer some of my best attempt at an apt translation of some particularly catfitting lines:
- 서투른 바람이 엎은 곳 -> "where the unfamiliar wind stirs"
- 새파란 안개가 머문 곳, 맨 발로는 갈 수 없는 땅 -> "the land where the deep blue mist rests can't be reached on foot"
- 마음을 깊이 묻어 놓고서, 빛을 바라볼 수 있을까 -> "my heart is buried deeply, so can I hope to see bright light"

all in all this song is tremendously like this book called the buried giant that i just read and kind of had like a key piece in my recent thinking about wandering so I have no choice but award this song a GRAND SLAM

and here's a bonus thing; https://viewsync.net/watch?v=72h1L2ys2L ... &mode=solo

[tris]

Here's the scoreboard data -- the writeups for this cat are coming soon! Thank you for coming and see you next time!

edit: oops @ highlighted cell but also i'm not changing it

hey i gave chevre an orb!

[tris]

OH WAIT I DIDNT PUT THE LINKS IN

[tris]

PEDIT: yes i did it

[tris]

something just didn't click for me with it. your description there does make me see a little more though.

it seemed obviously you to me. lol. there's a certain coarseness to it.

[tris]

it's not immediately clear in this next cat at least.

[tris]

it's not immediately clear in this next cat at least.

oh i do have a guess. find out next weekend!

[tris]

yes yeap

[tris]

fuckc, i feel like i gave "west" too low a score

[tris]

oh um, aprox. 7:pm pdt sunday, (expired on 2021-06-20 19:01:47)

[tris]

hellbooks guessed you by accident

[tris]

i think its my turn to accidentally guess MUSHSHAGANA

[tris]

i dont know yet sorry

[tris]

i'm really glad you submitted the space one. i enjoyed it a lot

[tris]

i was going to post this but then lena (hi lena) grabbed my laptop charger with her mouth and ran off into the forest, and i had to chase her for two days until she finally let me catch up with her, so here it is now:

Spoiler: anyway i also accidentally created to many spoilers. amazingly

hellby

~~hb~~

hellby is very great

trish

~~t~~

tris spelled backwards is shirt

Spoiler: 1st: davsto (come & buy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SuihKsFPiM
(tris: 1st // hellbooks: tied 1st)
20.2

hellby

~~hb~~

LIKE: 5.4 (4.2/5)
CATFIT: 2.2
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: shafty
ACTUAL USER: DAVSTO GOOD

9.1 (7.6 +

1.5 shared first place points

)

i think maybe an oversight on the first round of listenings that i had was that i was just strongly envisioning the yowling to have divine feminine energy. but i think this song with vibrato-heavy lines like "i can sell you... lo-o-o-ove..." singlehandedly helped me to recontextualize what sort of things i saw as catfitting for the next go of it, so it's very possible that many of you owe some catfit points to this song!

compressed-style drums are a known beloved musical aspect and catfitting aspect of mine and you can see that it corresponds with cat example

come in by weatherday

. the last minute of it is sheer excellence and sheer catfittery.

trish

~~t~~

9.2 - .1 + 2 = 11.1
lots of fascinating lyrics! the ending section clinches the fittage for this cat. there's some kind of frantic desire in this. the vibrato when he's trying to sell love and the morning sun is good. i want to go look up a live performance of this.
davsto

Spoiler: 2nd: caledfwitch (evocation)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU07z8N1V40
(tris: 4th // hellbooks: tied 1st)
17.8

hellby

~~hb~~

LIKE: 5.9 (goign to scale down to institute a theoretical hard cap of 4.5/5 for Well-Known Songs, which this pushes up against on merit of me listening to it more deeply, with a renewal of appreciation, on catfit evaluation grounds + the music video being really incredible and new to me)
CATFIT: 2.6
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.4
ADDITIONAL UNFAMILIARITY: -0.5 i think should be accurate via listening data comparatively to tris's wandering cat submission
SUSPECTED USER: cheetory 6 i bet
ACTUAL USER: caled boly fuck
THEORETICAL PLAYLIST POINTS: i would give you 0.5/0.4 for my single favorite playlist (one about witches) if it weren't already on there

9.1 (7.6 +

1.5 shared first place points

)

headcanoning you as a submitter who knew that this is a song/artist pairing that i like a lot but found the pull towards the cat so compelling that you had to submit it anyway. which i find to be an excellent decision, which is reflected in the amount of points i gave you.

similarly to the lost one's weeping vocaloid "AAAA", the opening howl is literally the most catfitting sound that could ever even be theorycrafted. thinking that there is some sort of divide between this song's strong finality and closure vibes and how i've been envisioning the emotion of the yowling animal. which is kind of the only thing preventing you from grandslamming. but i could be biased by the narrative of my witch playlist

trish

~~t~~

8.7
aaaaaaaAAAAAHHH! this song is very powerful. that's a solid and cool yell. i'm into whatever she's evoking here. cool!
shaft.ed NO its caled

Spoiler: 3rd: schadd (it wasn't god who made honky tonk angels)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM83ZRM7G8Q
(tris: 5th // hellbooks: tied 1st)
17.5

hellby

~~hb~~

LIKE: 5.8 (4.4/5)
CATFIT: 2.3
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.4
ADDITIONAL UNFAMILIARITY: i kind of want to schaddphobically give this an additional -0.2 if this is schadd but i think i won't do that bc i think i would have only been barely and vaguely able to audiate the titular lyric before this walrus
SUSPECTED USER: schaddphobically guessing this is schadd
ACTUAL USER: GOOOD -0.1
MEDAL FOR BEST TRACK NAME - yes which kind of just belies the goodness of the lyrics overall
HONORABLE MENTION MEDAL FOR BEST ARTIST NAME - certainly the most "cat" fitting artist name

9.1 (7.6 +

1.5 shared first place points

)

i am aware of it wasn't god who made honky tonk angels courtesy of schadd. i'm pleased at the reintroduction of this song because i like it more than the last time i listened to it (and i already liked it then). maybe this is schadd and that was his intention -- in fact, i thought about doing that to him in his walrus.

(editor's note: i was correct)

i think the pain-expressing lyrics and oldie-style historically specific wan vocal production are frankly excellent catfitters here. in addition, if last cat's Big Winning Instrument was snare drums electric organ, then surely this cat's must be the fiddle. well done on that immunity idol find.

trish

~~t~~

8.4
i could see lena singing this. the strings help with the effect. lena probably would like to complain about unfair things.
hellbwks NO its schadd

Spoiler: 4th: sirius (the lost one's weeping

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KUyfgeMmt4
(tris: 3rd // hellbooks: 10th)
15.6

hellby

~~hb~~

LIKE: 4.2 (3.6/5)
CATFIT: 1.6
UNFAMILIARITY: 0.1, partially for how difficult it was to find out what the artist situation is
SUSPECTED USER: sirius!!! hi!
ACTUAL USER: i got it correct, phew! -0.1!

5.8

unfortunately the songs that are faithfully vocaloid are rather difficult, to be enjoyed, by me. for the most part. i found this to be a good listen for at least a couple goes though. i want to say that the song earns a good chunk of the catfit points on virtue of the "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" happening in the beginning although the singing style is generally somewhat foxfitting as a whole (it just feels like fairly vulpine to me)

trish

~~t~~

8.9 - .1 + 1 = 9.8
yeah, it's a scream! i like the background bit that keeps punching forward and then retreating. really, all the layers of sound doing their thing driving the song forward. the vocaloid stuff seems like it's pretty clear and well done as well.
sirius

Spoiler: 5th: chevre (heartstruck)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHWvr2gGfik
(tris: 7th // hellbooks: 5th)
15.0

hellby

~~hb~~

LIKE: 4.9 (3.9 w.d.)
CATFIT: 2.3
UNFAMILIARITY: 0, i think it wouldn't make sense to penalize the featured artist for being Known
SUSPECTED USER: chevy
ACTUAL USER: yeah i got ya ! -0.1
MEDAL FOR BEST ARTIST NAME: yeah for sure

7.1

the crooning singing is definitely a workhorse element of catfit but where it went totally above and beyond is that moment when angel olsen comes in and instantly kind of clips the vocals with her high note. the way that her voice maintains that character is really good, i genuinely love it here

trish

~~t~~

8.0 - .1 = 7.9
those strings bursts in the background sound a lot like lena actually. i like angel's vocals especially. they were particularly fitting to the picture. the part where it slows down and then ramps up again is cool
chevre

Spoiler: 6th: shaft.ed (rusty cage)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBZs_Py-1_0
(tris: 9th // hellbooks: 4th)
14.6

hellby

~~hb~~

LIKE: 5.7 (4.3 w.d.)
CATFIT: 1.9
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.3
SUSPECTED USER: davsty
ACTUAL USER: ohhhh shafted good

7.3

unfamiliarity penalty as i have listened to badmotorfinger a total of about 1.2 times, but i'll refrain from giving you the whole -0.4 as i would not have been able to audiate any of it until now. uh the metric interestingness of the instrumental is actually really crucial to holding my attention. it has this strong hypnotic character and it feels like this intense "struggling against restraint" i'm gonna break my rusty caaaage emotion to it. the breakdown in the last minute is narsty.

trish

~~t~~

7.4
lena hates her rusty cage probably. um, this is fine, but not my preference. it does fit so thats good.
pj NO its shaft.ed

Spoiler: 7th: pj (i luv the valley oh)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dztURk0_DOg
(tris: 6th // hellbooks: 8th)
14.5

hellby

~~hb~~

LIKE: 4 (3.5/5)
CATFIT: 2.2
UNFAMILIARITY: 0.1
SUSPECTED USER: like maybe pj maybe lol ! : )
ACTUAL USER: pj -0.1

6.2

the slowly vibrating low distortion wails and thumps are like cool and catfitting. as is the "OHHHH!!!" at the middle. his voice is incredibly catfitting but not in a way that i particularly enjoy. i have no choice but to award some unfamiliarity point here because i am so unaware of xiu xiu making music that is even remotely tolerable -- so i commend you for showing that side of them.

trish

~~t~~

8.3
this guy is very distressed /:( he is really straining against the meter of the song. there's a haste to this that the plodding rhythms are rubbing up against.
schadd NO its pj

Spoiler: 8th: mushshagana (i'm not right)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGbXuxGh1Dk
(tris: 10th // hellbooks: 7th)
13.9

hellby

~~hb~~

LIKE: 4.6 (3.8/5)
CATFIT: 1.7
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: mushshagana
ACTUAL USER: correct. -0.1
PLAYLIST POINTS: 0.4

6.6

i like the breakdown section at about 2:24 with the double stabs. this is a pretty solid song. i think the high pitched guitar wails are more catfitting than the vocals actually, which might give some clarity to how i'm evaluating the catfits.

i added this to my dysphoria playlist.

trish

~~t~~

7.3 - .1 = 7.2 plus i gave it another tenth point 7.3
dysphoria???? its slightly off from lena's vibe, but not by too much. hmmm, this doesn't grab me that much,
MUSHSHAGANA

Spoiler: 9th: cheetory6 (high together)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdmwPadDlgQ
(tris: 8th // hellbooks: 9th)
13.3

hellby

~~hb~~

LIKE: 4.6 (3.8/5)
CATFIT: 1.2
UNFAMILIARITY: 0.1
SUSPECTED USER: really want to guess sirius for artist name fun situation but i'll go with euh... like tris actually. lol
ACTUAL USER: CHEETREE6?

5.9

intriguing. the first taste of the vocals really threw me for a loop. the electric piano jingles starting at 1:50 are really appealing. i think that the vocals have this mystical inhuman energy that is surely a bit catfitting. going to give this 0.1 unfamiliarity points for this feeling of not knowing where the song was going to go to almost a stressful extent

trish

~~t~~

7.5 - .1 = 7.4
oh no! i like this a lot, but it doesn't fit the category very well. its really good; it's a great combination of sounds, but it just doesn't fit...
cheetory6

Spoiler: 10th: isis (yoshi's dinosaur egg hunt)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zknR02Ulhk
(tris: 11th // hellbooks: 11th)
12.2

hellby

~~hb~~

LIKE: 4.5 (3.7 w.d.)
CATFIT: 1.2
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.1
SUSPECTED USER: isis ? ? ?
ACTUAL USER: hi : )) -0.1

5.5

i am aware of mochipet courtesy of schadd. i had a mild struggle reconciling yoshi noises with music in my mind but it was an interesting friction that i feel compelled to give some Catfit Points of Interest to alongside some interesting compelling noises at the back end

trish

~~t~~

6.6 - .1 = 6.5 plus i gave it another tenth point 6.6
unfortunately this one is only mildly like the lena image. it's fun, but it also goes too long.
isis

Spoiler: 11th: hellbewk's (worm's playground)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBJntwSTH7E
(tris: 2nd)
10.6

trish

~~t~~

9.0 + 1.6 = 10.6
this is good and great. lovely singing. cool layered bits. yeah, it captures a tension that exists in picture! i like the reversy bit at the end. i wonder what song its transitioning into. i like the part: “someday they'll all see the side of me the side i hide from myself”
caled NO its hellbooks

Spoiler: 12th: tris (inai)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBTIpDeBQcg
(hellbooks: 6th)
6.8

hellby

~~hb~~

LIKE: 5.4 (4.2/5)
CATFIT: 1.8
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.4
SUSPECTED USER: caled maybes
ACTUAL USER: aghhh tris hello tris

6.8

sorry i like listened to this song. i'm disinclined to penalize you more because it was probably right around the walrus submission period. however, i'm disinclined to penalize you less because i'm a known tricot liker/listener.

i think there are little vocal production elements that are highly catfitting. i like the trippy delay effect for catfittance as well.

[tris]

yeah . sorry i forgot to aknowledge what you were saying to me earlier. i wouldnt want to do it without you

[tris]

sure

[tris]

NOON SATURDAY PDT

[tris]

(expired on 2021-07-10 11:59:59)

[tris]

i keep giving you second

[tris]

oh hey, i should get the post up

[tris]

this one is ordered reversly from precident,

Spoiler: 12th Tori Amos - Icicle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GI7hopIxzI
(hellbooks: 9th)
6.8

hellby

LIKE: 5.2 (4.1/5)
CATFIT: 1.8
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.1
SUSPECTED USER: if this isn't tris i'll eat my shorts
ACTUAL USER: BAM shorts safe -0.1

6.8

i like the piano quoting some wintery tunes and then veering rapidly into dissonance town and then just as suddenly back into calm. a single melodic line fluttering back and forth like the first snowflake of the season blowing back in forth by the wind. i like tori amos. this is a really patient song and it asks the same of me -- i think it took about the third listen until i was really appreciating it.

Spoiler: 11th maison book girl - karma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzM1sKgk43E
(tris: T2nd)
10.6

hellby

this is my song

trish

2nd (tie) 9.3 cheetory? (oh its hellbooks) +1.3 = 10.6
epic percusiveness with this piano type instrument. and then other instruments act more like pianos than the piano is LOL.

Spoiler: 10th Roselia - 約束

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQS0LZfXRCs
(tris: 10th // hellbooks: 11th)
13.5

hellby

LIKE: 4.8 (3.9/5)
CATFIT: 1.2
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.2
SUSPECTED USER: sirius9121
ACTUAL USER: BAM -0.1

5.7

i like the piano as a solid supporting character here but i think it doesn't go too much beyond solid. i do like the symphonic character that it lends itself to. i like this band. i think if you submitted the song louder by them i would give you like a ridiculously high catfit like maybe even 2.6 and also a fairly high unfamiliarity penalty like maybe even -0.7. unfortunately that's all hypothetics

trish

7.9 is this sirius again? -.1 = 7.8
i liked the other one better, but also there were just so many good submissions in this, and this one was only decent.

Spoiler: 9th Fire Emblem Three Houses - Funeral of Flowers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxDUGHp34Y
(tris: 4th // hellbooks: 10th)
15.7

hellby

LIKE: 5.2 (4.1 w.d.)
CATFIT: 1.5
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.2
SUSPECTED USER: caled jun
ACTUAL USER: BAM jun -0.1

6.5

kind of heartbreakingly i find myself weighed down by comparisons that i subconsciously make to the piano playing of the puzzle & dragons ost, behind which the piano in this song is much more obviously synthesized. that isn't to say it's bad in the slightest and i love the way i find it melodically interacting with the rest of the musical ideas in the soundtrack (you benefit from me having played this game here)

in addition you also dodge the additional unfamiliarity point because i think this seems to be from a route i haven't played (yet?)

trish

9.2 chevre (this is caled)
i'm not actually sure why im giving this as many points as i am.

Spoiler: 8th C418 - Mice on Venus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5-faDLv1Vs
(tris: 11th // hellbooks: T3rd)
15.9

hellby

LIKE: 6.0 (4.5/5)
CATFIT: 2.4
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: schadd [i say furiously, pissed off beyond belief]
ACTUAL USER: CHEVRE ?!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8.4 + 0.5 = 8.9

this is a 0 unfamiliarity with distinction: in particular i've played the game but just like Dont Listen To The Music Ever and am also rather broadly unfamiliar with anything past the foundations of the game. anyway the way it sort of drips in and then the piano suddenly scampers and it's like the cautious adventurousness of a little creature suddenly peeking into the light. it feels like being in a cozy underground safety place that then opens into this little underground city where everything is lit by candles and there's not snow on the ground but more like cave dust. this is fantastic. i would say most of my enjoyment is literally from the introductory section which i would place as just a totally beloved piece of music for me now.

catfit here owes a lot for the way the sound is placed under like the damper pedal -- i feel like i've never thought so deeply about the evocative potential for that sound and i think it's just like so huge. i'm literally emotional to this.

trish

7.0 caled (no it's chevre which would have been my first guess if i hadnt guessed elsewhere)
this is really good but i know it way too much im sorry ;(

Spoiler: 7th King Crimson - Cat Food

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmnqX4iNBpI
(tris: 7th // hellbooks: 7th)
16.1

hellby

LIKE: 5.4 (4.2/5)
CATFOOD: 2.4
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.1
SUSPECTED USER: davsto
ACTUAL USER: BAM -0.1

7.5

me 0 seconds in: oh great it's these guys again. me 3 seconds in: oh no this is like insanely good. me 13 seconds in: oh god that voice is a blast of cold air. a horse named cold air. anyway with that rollercoaster behind us, i think the severe panned frantic electric (in energy not in material) piano sounds should go without saying to be extraordinarily catfittously interesting. the piano literally dominates my attention here to the song's great benefit. even though i've listened to like four of their albums this is not really like anything i remember from them so i'll limit to -0.1 and even consider 0

trish

8.5 davsto -.1 = 8.4
i like it! it's a bit long. i like how the piano dinks around.

Spoiler: 6th Puzzle & Dragons BGM - Mion Descended

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0t2WkcqcXk
(tris: 8th // hellbooks: 6th)
16.2

hellby

LIKE: 5.7 (4.3 w.d.)
CATFIT: 2.2
UNFAMILIARITY: 0.1
SUSPECTED USER: hi isis!
ACTUAL USER: i still checked whether it was you out of respect -0.1

7.9

it feels like we're kind of eavesdropping on some enemy's normal life. like we're overhearing the person you're about to fight playing the piano and having fun because they don't know you're here yet. there's this idea where a lot of video games have electronic/synth based/clearly artificial instruments in their soundtracks (maybe sort of an acknowledgement that it's all a crafted experience) while my perceived authenticity of the piano sound here goes so far as to shatter that milieu and place me in a location as real as it is vivid. i really like this hesitant but resolute vibe here. i really like when the hands move into contrary moving chords and it feels like it adds conflict and tension to the narrative. as you can see by the length of this review this song was kind of hugely thought generating for me and that ended up factoring into the liking of it

trish

8.4 this has to be isis -.1 = 8.3
its cool; veers a little bit into territory of my brain being annoyed with it but not fully

Spoiler: 5th Taraf De Haidouks - Suita Maskarada

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywH1ethDv18
(tris: 5th // hellbooks: 8th)
16.4

hellby

LIKE: 5.5 (4.2 w.d.)
CATFIT: 1.8
UNFAMILIARITY: 0.1
SUSPECTED USER: shafted
ACTUAL USER: BAM -0.1

7.3

i love the old tinny piano vibe where you can really hear the sound of the hammers hitting the strings. catfittous for sure. it feels like the song is kind of rolling around and gathering slow shuddering momentum and then it just sort of pushes it out in one long but forceful breath. really exciting to experience every new instrumental presence which is almost counter catfitting because it kind of overwhelms my brain

trish

9.1 maybe this is hellbooks (this is shaft.ed)
this is just really cool and fun

Spoiler: 4th Haujobb - Nature's Interface

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95fXVuEVF0c
(tris: 6th // hellbooks: 5th)
16.9

hellby

LIKE: 5.4 (4.2/5)
CATFIT: 2.4
UNFAMILIARITY: 0.1
SUSPECTED USER: mushshagana
ACTUAL USER: BAM -0.1
PLAYLIST POINTS: 0.3

8.1

the piano does a really good jobb of opening up this vast space through which the evil noise bounces through like a tumbleweed in a long-since-ruined city.

but then we kind of zoomed in this seemingly abandoned location and in the cracks there's a small but thriving post-apocalyptic cyberpunk backdrop where all this dark machinous action is happening. i think the piano is especially interesting and memorable even though it takes a backseat for the rest of the song because of the huge contrast that it sets up. this seems like an album i'd really like. that's a really excellent and well executed take on the cat that i want to give a lot of points to!

playlist points first for making me add it to a playlist but for also making me want to start a new playlist with that as the centerpiece. (this is a task to revisit)

trish

8.9 MUSHSHSH -.1
cool!!! and wow, this is only getting 6th????? i love the meloncholy of this piano. really cool combos of sounds. like the ones that sound like something phasing in and out of reality.

Spoiler: 3rd Dan Deacon - Become a Mountain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Azywx1TfI
(tris: 9th // hellbooks: 1st)
19.2

hellby

LIKE: 6.2 (4.6/5)
CATFIT: 3
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.1
SUSPECTED USER: chevy
ACTUAL USER: KEELY??????????
MEDAL FOR GRAND SLAM: this is a grand slam.

9.1 + 2.0 = 11.1

i've listened to dan deacon before but this one's new despite being on an album that was vaguely on my radar around when it came out. this song is fantastic. the piano both feels like challenging this massive verticality which makes me visualize a mountain, like it's piercing upwards. i think the enormous visual and narrative power of the piano here demands a grand slam. especially the building section "right here is right now (?)" feels so different when it's the piano bouncing around in the beginning vs this really tight vibrating building line where the song builds. when it starts buzzing and getting louder i literally get chills up my spine.

then those electric string and bleeding brass noises make it feel like we've breached the peak and can see for miles. this is absolutely gorgeous. i loved this submission. this was literally amazing. i loved this.

trish

8.0 shaft.ed (this is cheetory6)
kinda sounds like the davsto submission from wandering lol. something isn't clicking here but its good.

Spoiler: 2nd Midori - かなしい日々。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_mkzT0TPSQ
(tris: T2nd // hellbooks: T3rd)
19.5

hellby

LIKE: 5.6 (4.3/5)
CATFIT: 2.8
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: pj
ACTUAL USER: BAM -0.1
PLAYLIST POINTS: 0.1

8.4 + 0.5 = 8.9

the closely and flatly mixed piano (it sounds very "upright") provides a tight, thudding lifeline to grab onto to while you swing through this dense foliage of sound. it also provides a lot of melodic forward momentum and it works in perfect tandem with the bass line. it's phenomenal. uh this is really good btw. this definitely hits the awestruck feeling of witnessing a really great and creative? interpretation of the cat. i would say it's just like a better version of my attempt at scrounging up an interesting take on it. i was kind of taken aback by the way it ends (sorry that just soudns like i'm dissing TWIE the scummer) but it's still all really really good

i added this to a playlist for staying awake

trish

2nd (tie) 9.4 pj -.1 +1.3 = 10.6
slam on that piano YEAH!! the energy is great and its all good.

Spoiler: 1st Luedji Luna - Lençóis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Cz6Xe9HMQ
(tris: 1st // hellbooks: 2nd)
21.4

hellby

LIKE: 6.5 (4.7 w.d.)
CATFIT: 2.0
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: keely maybe
ACTUAL USER: SCHADD!!!!!! [shakes fist] if it werent for the MINECRAFT MUSIC i would have instaclicked you

8.5 + 1.4 = 9.9

i think the darkly instrumented vibe is so powerful that i was shocked when the singer came in, like the instrumental intro already felt to me like 100 percent of the components to a song. this is phenomenal. this has a really sleek bite to it. i mean all of the instruments are openly brilliant and thickly sentimental. the drums are so pleasantly and tightly mixed. the brass continues to shock me multiple listens in. this is an URGENT listen. absolutely brilliant submission.

i'm going to give you a respectably high but not groundbreakingly high catfit here -- i think like it provides a strong and consistent foundation for which other instruments arrange themselves around very evocatively.

trish

1st 9.6 schadd -.1 +2 = 11.5
good!

[tris]

oh no i left out the neat colorful banners

[tris]

this weekend will be skipped

[tris]

we will do this reveal at the fun and sexy time of 9 AM sunday pdt!!

that's in (expired on 2021-07-25 09:00:02)

[tris]

theoretically, you might bee there for half of it

[tris]

When's the next reveal? No pressure, just curious!

sorree for the late response!!!!! we decided to give ourselves more time on this one.

BUT,ALSO exclusive new announcement that not even the famous hellby knows about!!!!!
um, this week has been a lot for me so this weekend is OFF

[tris]

i still don't know why it;s called walrus and im not clicking to find out

but YEAH ALSO this weekend shoudl be possible???????

[tris]

wow, wtf, why did you make me click Show

[tris]

this song has been taken down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJyeD_Qt_I

i did some digging, and it seems that this is what was submitted. if this is wrong, please contact me through a third party (like schadd)

Spoiler:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwugTMssFmc

[tris]

and if you are schadd, you can be all mischievous and pretend you got it from someone else ;)

[tris]

this is my friends cattegory,

~~~~helbewk's~~~~

Spoiler: 12th: hellbewks (Tashannie - 경고)

타샤니 (Tashannie) - 경고 (Warning)

BONUS CATFITTANCE: 0.1

0.1

i think this song has one of the GOAT hooks. i wanted to leave this as a ranking to illustrate a secret bonus 0.1 point i was prepared to award to anyone who submitted a korean song to this cat. none of you appeared to fulfill this requirement. this is a song that is really early in the career of a singer and rapper who i like a lot whose name is tasha reid and has the korean name of yoon mirae. she was born in texas. the other person in this duo who is named annie is LITERALLY unfindable and unknowable. i have it as an unfinished task to get a cd of this album since it's not on spotify but there are like multiple barriers to getting one

this song is about a girl warning another girl not to come for her man which is just something i dont care about lyrically at all

Spoiler: 11th: trish (Patty Griffin - Poor Man's House)

Patty Griffin - Poor Man's House

LIKE: 7.9 (4.4/5)
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: gonna guess... tris for this
ACTUAL USER: omg i'm good -0.1

7.8 (11.7 weighted)

reminds me of maybe like gillian welch? like this writerly sort of... americana??? btw. just entering country-influenced music in this cat is a simple stroke of brilliance. i like the joyful unyielding loudness of the guitar in the strong sections. there's this pretty crystalline brightness to her high notes too

Spoiler: 10th: isis (Derek Patton - Apes in the Rotunda)

Derek Patton - Apes in the Rotunda

LIKE: 7.6 (4.3/5)
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: isis maybe idk
ACTUAL USER: i was correct -0.1

7.5 (11.3 weighted)

the sweeps and over-presence of seventh chords really remind me of math rock. um but this is good and just really a brilliant display of musicianship which i am fated to appreciate like always. there's a really joyful variety to this song like he just wants to give us as much as possible

Spoiler: tied 8th: jun (Kali Uchis - telepatía)

Kali Uchis - telepatía

LIKE: 7.9 (4.4/5)
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: jun
ACTUAL USER: mmmmhmmm -0.1

7.8 (11.7 weighted)

first of all i think it fairest to give you no unfamiliarity penalty even though she's like epically on see you again by tyler i think. this sort of spotify-loved alt-r&b modern style is a really solid lock-in as well. i love how there are sections of the song where the vocals are absolutely drenched in these sweeping curtains of synth noise

Spoiler: tied 8th: schadd (José González - El Invento)

José González - El Invento

LIKE: 7.9 (4.4/5)
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: fuck uh who do i got who do i got who do i got. oh my goodness. chev
ACTUAL USER: i was wrong because it wasn't chev, it was schadd

7.9 (11.9 weighted)

adrianne lenker guitarism. children playingism. his low voice timbre is really gorgeous and really differs from his high voice timbre which creates a paired indie harmonizing style kind of reminds me a lot of like fleet foxes. wondering if our dear submitter made a similar conclusion. i like the epic bird squawk.

Spoiler: tied 6th: cheetory6th (toe - goodbye feat. Toki Asato)

toe - goodbye (feat. Toki Asato)

LIKE: 9.1 (4.7 w.d.)
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.9
SUSPECTED USER: cheetory6 who knows
ACTUAL USER: -0.1

8.1 (12.2 weighted)

sorry but i've known this song for like 7 years. that being said it's a huge winner for sure. in a sense you're like so correct for submitting a song that i already know and like, just in a catfitting way you were objectively correct and it was a bolt of happiness to get it as a submission so you should have a lot for this. in addition to that is deeper enjoyment of the song: there's something about more actively returning to an old song, dusting away nostalgia to recontextualize it with my current tastes. another brilliant aspect is that this is the only toe song i know (but maybe it's just like their most famous song idk)

Spoiler: tied 6th: sirius6121 (Roselia - Ringing Bloom)

Roselia - Ringing Bloom

LIKE: 8.8 (4.6 w.d.)
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.1
SUSPECTED USER: sirius9121 thanks for keepin it real
ACTUAL USER: ggs. -0.1

8.6 (12.9 weighted)

really glad you saved this for this cat. i think this is brilliant and just them operating at their like peak excellence. this is like probably equivalently good to LOUDER which is the song by them that i keep alluding to. both interesting and catchy. and i think you got me in a really good mini-period of my life of really appreciating this sort of music as well. i think there's just a really excellent way the melody kind of continues... blooming... outwards and never really resting nor returning to itself. that single moment at 4:35 where it takes the pedal off the gas for like a split second activates my primal instincts of music enjoyment

and it's like you predicted that i would like the dueling piano / guitar solos the way i did in the last cat and you were correct.

Spoiler: 5th: chevre (Sir Babygirl - Haunted House)

Sir Babygirl - Haunted House

LIKE: 7.4 (4.2 w.d.)
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: hrm... thinking face... schadd. fuck it
ACTUAL USER: i got it twisted. chev

7.4 (11.1 weighted)

ooh it's a fizzy instrumental that kind of reminds me of sylvan esso. the vocalist kind of has this montaigne voice for the high notes. this was good!

there's this youtube comment: "There’s parts where you are bit sharp. Overall it sounds pretty good though. You have great potential as an artist." the sharpness was something that i noticed as well and kind of had in my mind as something that added to it and was good and i'm glad that it's still there so i think this person is just insinuating a thing that i firmly disagree with

Spoiler: 4th: pj (hiromi's sonicbloom - Time Difference)

Hiromi's Sonicbloom - Time Difference

LIKE: 7.9 (4.4/5)
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.2
SUSPECTED USER: pj maybe wahtever
ACTUAL USER: hehe gotcha -0.1

7.6 (11.4 weighted)

i know and like hiromi a lot but haven't listened to this specific album. anyway this is a pretty surefire bet for me. i like the panned right keys and the back-feeling drums. let me award you a theoretical bonus catfit 0.1 for jazzness

Spoiler: 3rd: davsto (KT Tunstall - Chimes)

LIKE: 9.0 (4.7/5)
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: hail mary davsto guess
ACTUAL USER: YES!!!! YES !!!! -0.1

8.9 (13.4 weighted) +1

my first listen i got stuck on this song aka listened to it 3 times before being able to move on to the next one

i wanna say that there's like an underlying instrumental gorgeousness that reminds of this song cradle by adrianne lenker. and on the surface layer there's a beautiful shimmering gelatinousness to the rest of it that feels very much like its title. i love the accordion. yeahhhhh bro. this is really good. let me award you a theoretical bonus catfittance for scottishness

Spoiler: 2nd: shaft.2nd (Miho Hitori - Formula X)

Miho Hatori - Formula X

LIKE: 9.1 (4.7 w.d.)
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: shafty cibo matto sorry i kind of discovered it from the comments
ACTUAL USER: -0.1 sorry again

9.0 (13.5 weighted) +1.4

absolutely insane instrumental cohort here. there's the slow, heavy-swing drum loop with that narsty bass line that's like jazz funk on lean, but then there's that glitchy, reverby synth patch gliding out on the upper regions. and the vocals are really good and no-frills and fills in the gap gorgeously. i'd give you one theoretical 0.1 catfit bonus for cibo mattoism and 0.1 catfit penalty for gorillazism

Spoiler: 1st: MUSHSHAGANA (thank - fragile ego)

Thank - Fragile Ego

LIKE: 10 (5)
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: mushshagana
ACTUAL USER: -0.1
GRAND SLAM MEDAL: yes

9.9 (14.9 weighted) +2

i'm a solid 5% of the views on this video right now

the insanely catchy, dirty riff that comes in immediately reminds me of this band called toadies that i think i song contested a long time ago to pretty much universal dislike. the gradual introduction of permanent abrasive fixtures of noise such as that really great lawnmower-sounding part is satisfying. i simultaneously want to give 0.1 and take 0.1 off theoretical catfittance for "red by king crimson"

while i'm there let me talk about lyrics:
- don't sleep enough: me too
- stop don't touch my fragile ego: i really like the way this is spat out
- WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES!: i thought this was a funny line
- am i the oppressor: really fraught line that i didn't like very much
- oh god i think i might be the bad smell: line that bleeds into the next bar and its really good and my favorite line and is just instantly redeeming

the drums are so good in this though. this is good though. this is amazing. this is the thing i need to fill up my head. please accept every point. thank you!

i also gave points in this cate

~~t~~

1st

Spoiler: hiromi's sonicbloom - Time Difference

4.8 + 2.0 = 6.8
omg, this is good. where do i even start. gahhh! just listen to it ok?????
well, i guess the beginning is especially good. we start with a fluttering little melody that periodically rewinds. stuck in a little loop. then a slower lower version comes in in contrast. then that speeds up to join. (ooo, i think i just heard a tiny high pitched clink of the piano.), and then we get really cool staccato bit on a totally different rhythm that is also doing a reverse thing. AND THEN, that gives way to a smoother constantly ascending bit. and the melody finally blooms into a flower no longer stuck in the loop. and then there's this neat quieter part that crescendos into an epic temporary key change. and then it just goes on to do all kinds of cool and wonderful things. i like the parts where some instruments seem to lose the key signature.oohh geeze, there's lots of cool little touches in this.
guess: shaft.ed
who: pj, i see

2nd

Spoiler: Sir Babygirl - Haunted House

4.7 + 1.6 = 6.3
this song is great at conveying feelings. it's filled with such anxiety. i love the scream things she does. the song has a drive that conveys the need to just keep moving. and these lyrics!
guess: isis
who: chevre

3rd

Spoiler: Tashannie - 경고

4.6 + 1.0 = 5.6
this is so fun! these chords and stuff. i can't help but move to this song. feels great! delicious!
guess: davsto?????
who: hellb of course, i'm so mad at myself. that's what i thout until i got confused!!! i blame davsto.

4th

Spoiler: Derek Patton - Apes in the Rotunda

4.5
ooh, i do like some nice acoustic guitar instrumental. \:). this goes on a strong beautiful journey. YOU GO SONG!
guess: cheetory
who: isis!!!

5th

Spoiler: Miho Hitori - Formula X

4.4
cyborg made of soy sauce???? i like the production of this. i like the messy texture. all the parts come together to create a very (adjective) feeling. the singing pierces through nicely in the verses. there's lots of excellent sounds.
guess:helbe idk
who: shaft.ed

6th

Spoiler: Kali Uchis - telepatía

4.3
if she can read my mind then what am i thinking of right now huh?? sure, this is pretty nice. yeah, she's got a nice voice.
guess: schadd
who: caled, almost guessd that

6th again

Spoiler: toe - goodbye feat. Toki Asato

4.3
i think i heard this before huh. it's good. it's nice. nice spluttering of instruments. i like how the instruments slightly overpower the vocals.
guess: pj
who: oh it's cheetory

8th

Spoiler: KT Tunstall - Chimes

4.2
this is nice. i like the percussion. the beginning is cool as it gently coaxes out the instruments to go do what they need to do before the singers can come in. it's all pleasant.
guess: caled
who: so this is the davsto one.

9th

Spoiler: José González - El Invento

4.1
this is lovely. i don't have much to say about it, but it's lovely.
guess: chevre
who: oh schad?!!!

10th

Spoiler: thank - fragile ego

3.7 - .1 = 3.6
i don't know what to make of this. hmmm.
guess: MUSHSHAGANA
who: yes

10th again!

Spoiler: Roselia - Ringing Bloom

3.7 - .1 = 3.6
oh hi!!! it's you again! a familiar face round these parts.
guess: sirius
who: sirius, at least i can rely on this being sirius

and this is all that together!!

Spoiler: combined scores

12th
Tashannie - 경고
(tris: 3rd)
5.6

11th
Patty Griffin - Poor Man's House
(hellbooks: T7th)
11.7

10th
Derek Patton - Apes in the Rotunda
(hellbooks: 10th // tris: 4th)
15.8

tied 8th
Kali Uchis - telepatía
(hellbooks: T7th // tris: 6th)
16.0

tied 8th
José González - El Invento
(hellbooks: 6th // tris: 9th)
16.0

tied 6th
ROSELIA - Ringing Bloom
(hellbooks: 4th // tris: T10th)
16.5

tied 6th
toe - goodbye (ft. Toki Asako)
(hellbooks: 5th // tris: 7th)
16.5

5th
Sir Babygirl - Haunted House
(hellbooks: 11th // tris: 2nd)
17.4

4th
Hiromi's Sonicbloom - Time Difference
(hellbooks: 9th // tris: 1st)
18.2

3rd
KT Tunstall - Chimes
(hellbooks: 3rd // tris: 8th)
18.6

2nd
Miho Hatori - Formula X
(hellbooks: 2nd // tris: 5th)
19.3

1st
Thank - Fragile Ego
(hellbooks: 1st // tris: T10th)
20.5

Spoiler: oh also linjks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3KQH3px0Mg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPchtxibXKw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04qYj2SrTKI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwzk-XZxZ4k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3_Zz0O4pDo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXBYmcKbpvQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQn5lN3GSjc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXYTYqb--gI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYj467XAbis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgufYJKZiWY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0uRdcr3ec8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si80UoyQmP4

[tris]

maybe i should listen to the whole album. it might click for me more.

[tris]

oh shitp wrong thread

[tris]

i wonder if we should reschedule

[tris]

i hypothesize that we are rescheduling.
(we are)

[tris]

so, uh like this saturday at "12"* in pacific time

*maybe; possibly;

[tris]

**by "12" i mean eleven

[tris]

i'm sorry for giving you those points schadd

[tris]

let me get those in here in a moment :)

[tris]

moments can be over five hours if they want to

[tris]

hi, my name is tris. you might recognize me from such posts as 301. anyway, i have an inside scoop on here's what hellby and trish said about some songs and also what those songs were.

~~t~~

Spoiler: meow

~~hb~~

Spoiler: (her 3rd) Gentle Giant - Black Cat

LIKE: 7.6 (4.3/5)
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: oh who knows. CHEETORY?
ACTUAL USER: OUHHHH TRISSSSSSS THO!!!!!

7.6 (3.8 weighted +

1

)

what is with old british songs and being insanely panned ?!? anyway this is good. bass is the best part of it but overall an interesting orchestral fusion situation. thinking there's a universe where this would have grand slammed for a different picture of a cat in schadd's leftcat/rightcat

Spoiler: (her 8th) Counting Crows - Raining in Baltimore

LIKE: 6.7 (4.0 w.d.)
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.3
SUSPECTED USER: shafty
ACTUAL USER: i was correct -0.1

6.3 (3.2 weighted)

i've listened to this album but can't really audiate any of it except a little bit of a murder of one. this song.. is passing me by... and i dont have nothin to say no actually its like literally good though. lol

Spoiler: (her 9th) Baumer - Not Done With You Yet

LIKE: 6.0 (3.8 w.d.)
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: isis
ACTUAL USER: i was correct -0.1

6.0 (3.0 weighted)

not entirely sure how i feel about this. there's kind of like a corny eurovision instrumental situation which i find charming. singing reminds me of like, TDCC?

Spoiler: (her 10th) RAISE A SUILEN - BRING IT ON (Raychell)

LIKE: 5.8 (3.8/5)
UNFAMILIARITY: 0.1
SUSPECTED USER: sirius
ACTUAL USER: irius -0.1

5.8 (2.9 weighted)

giving an aggregate point of unfamiliarity for this being like a totally unknown concept of the franchise to me + literally being so hard to figure out what the artist and song were called

Spoiler: (her 11th) Argent - Be Free

LIKE: 5.8 (3.8/5)
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: davsto
ACTUAL USER: this was you -0.1

5.7 (2.9 weighted)

this sounds like british psychadelic rock or something. the characteristic that i find enduringly difficult about the genre is the synth patch choice. the bass is good

Spoiler: (her 7th) Iglooghost - Bug Thief

LIKE: 7.6 (4.3/5)
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.4
SUSPECTED USER: tris? : )
ACTUAL USER: CHEETORY 6 !!!!!!!!! going to angrily take away -0.1 from you (jk)

7.2 (3.6 weighted)

i know this song and i want to say it was even introductory to a certain type of music for me. i have yet to listen to the full album its been on my backlog for like three years. i like big thief

Spoiler: (her 6th) Hate Dept. - Gravity

LIKE: 7.4 (4.2 w.d.)
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: mushshagana
ACTUAL USER: correct! -0.1

7.3 (3.7 weighted)

immediately giving me these dark dance punk vibes that are good. i like that synth that feels like its just scratching at your ear.

Spoiler: (her second) be steadwell - Greens

LIKE: 7.9 (4.4/5)
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: schadd
ACTUAL USER: STTOP SWITCHEING CHEVRE

7.9 (4.0 weighted) +1.4

thank you, bass~ this is like a gorgeous doo wopy pleasure... and that gosh darn flute oooo!! oooo! ooohhh!!!

Spoiler: (one of her 4ths) Angel Olsen - All Right Now

LIKE: 7.6 (4.3/5)
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.1
SUSPECTED USER: cheve
ACTUAL USER: can i literally get you right for oncei n my life schadd

7.5 (3.8 weighted)

Spoiler: (the other one) Don Caballero - Don Caballero 3

LIKE: 7.6 (4.3/5)
UNFAMILIARITY: 0
SUSPECTED USER: lets a go with pj
ACTUAL USER: correct -0.1

7.5 (3.8 weighted)

i liked this. the guitar feels oratory. the middle part is my favorite. something something more cowbell.

Spoiler: (it got all the 1sts) in love with a ghost - flowers ft. nori

LIKE: 8.3 (4.5/5)
UNFAMILIARITY: -0.2
SUSPECTED USER: jun
ACTUAL USER: i was right -0.1

8.0 (4.0 weighted) +2

the submitter with the closest idea to my own i think. the crushed vocals reminds of like goodbye to a world. and the theremin-like synth definitely has that vocal effect as well. i like the winter wonderland type piano riff

music lincs

Spoiler: table of contents

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7MGLKso3d4
   
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z2zKPW5BxI
   
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEnCxGh8kBg
   
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6fA_cWEANA
   
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwugTMssFmc
   
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLEmKzbuE0E
   
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y1rWasqPMA
   
8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYDfLQvrCyM
   
9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3BDRR0EKgc
   
10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMSByJliZ3Y
    
11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTCc9p7bO64
    
12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql_dEdMEjl4 <-- this one was the winner !!

[tris]

uhh, i probably presented information in confusing ways

[tris]

thanks!!!!!! i am free

[tris]

you are a winner