I'm gearing up to enter / write reviews again one of these days, but for now I'll just say that the Gil Sans song was great! More of that sort of thing, please.

Getting new people involved with the reviews would definitely be a good thing. If that can be gently encouraged somehow then I think that'd be a major plus. I tried to review every fight when I first joined and kept it up for a couple of years I think? But felt like I got burned out after a while. P...

https://vomvorton.bandcamp.com/album/silver-medal-songs a3811756520_16.jpg This is my album of songs from Nur Ein 2018. I spent a bunch of time polishing them up but for some reason, never got around to releasing them... until now! I'm really proud of these songs and it's good to finally set them lo...

I've got one written, for the first time in quite a while. Just finishing off the mix now and then will send it in.

Featuring live drums from a FAWM buddy.

edit: damn, apart from the "live" fight last year, this is my first solo submission in a full year! Yowch.

Strike Me Down by Vom Vorton (with drums by John Cooperider) there’s a floating shape that seems to follow me like something from a dumb horror anthology your suggestion leaves me rolling my eyes it’s not a ghost, probably some kid in disguise strike me down what I don’t believe cannot hurt me stri...

Extra points if anyone can convince the band Vanishing Twin to enter this fight.

fluffy wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:32 pm

I guess more than anything else I'd like to be enjoying my time on this planet.

A huge +1 on that.

As it happens, Lucy Dacus' album "Home Video" was easily my favourite of 2021, I listened to it several times a day for a little while there (why yes, I was having a pretty rough time, thanks for asking). It's heavy stuff (albeit not all as heavy as Thumbs) but incredible songwriting. And ...

I got nowhere really, energy levels have been low. But at least I reorganised my "studio" and recorded a couple of covers.

No worries. I guess I'm in more of a NaSoAlMo mindset this month. I'm trying to work on music every day but I think I'll try to claw it together into something vaguely cohesive at the end of the month rather than sharing them all as I go.

I guess I'm not doing Novembeat then.

I'm still making stuff but mostly instrumentals that I want to add vocals to before sharing. Somebody remind me how to write lyrics pls.

I see that you submitted that track to the Novembeat site. Thanks, it's added. However, the intention is that you should submit a playlist, so that you can add more songs as the month goes on (and so I don't have to deal with a bunch of separate submissions). Could you put the track into a playlist...

not really figured out my approach to this month yet, but here's a song I wrote today.

More reviews! Lichen Throat - points for ambition here, you've fully embraced the through-composed challenge as well as experimenting with different time signatures, and still come in well under three minutes. I don't think it all works, but the inventiveness results in an interesting listen nonethe...

Amazing. Kudos for taking this on, Lichen Throat!

Very cool, cheers voters!

I am drskonk! Making Sparks : Sounds like we have a winner. I can't put my finger on who the lead singer is, have I heard you before? I definitely recognise Vom's tones in the backing and overall guitar indie production chops. Lotsz of swagger and very catchy. The heavy delay gives it a kind of 50s...

Duncan wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:32 pm

For some reason I can't post to the lyric archive. Anyone else had trouble with that?

Yeah I've had that before. I seem to remember that ticking some of the options boxes helped (disable bbcode / smilies etc)? But can't exactly remember what was going on.

I Only Imagined It by Making Sparks JB: drums, backing vocals Leah: vocals, lyrics Paco: bass Vom: guitars, backing vocals, mix Don’t take this the wrong way I don’t believe anything you say Your actions should match your words What was it you thought you heard Yes maybe I don’t know When the futur...

Congrats, enjoy your new gear!

Balance Lost : P&A vibes from that verse riff (sorry everyone else, niche comparison). Hearing that Blur influence that you occasionally lean into here as well. Really fun song, a pile-up of fun sections that work well together with a catchy tune and memorable lyrics. I danced so hard I nearly ...