Finally getting round to these, since we don’t have the next challenge yet. Once again in order of the judge who liked Mandibles best: Moss Palace: I love the funky groove on this track. The brown on the bass is delicious. The “Ooh Caesar “ moment is stunning. The whole chorus is great. The mix is w...

Floating in the water By Manidbles A bottle came a-bobblin’ by Brighton Beach a-wobblin’; I fished it out with careful hands As I sailed past England. The glass was cloudy emerald And sparked something ephemeral Within my heart so curious I abandoned all injurious Thoughts of caution to the wind And...

I did it, I wrote reviews! Mandibles - I love that main riff and how it sounds like it's being played on harpsichord. Nivs and I were listening to this in the car and he said it sounds like something from Hair, I totally agree. This is really good for Mandibles, whose aesthetic doesn’t usually jibe...

Nur ein x7 0 I finally wrote out my reviews! Sorry it took so long. The order is the score of the judge who liked mandibles the most: Vom vorton: Great concept, and really feeds into the challenge well! I love that vocoder sound you got going there. This is a really lovely song. The high note you do...

Thanks! This will be my next research project.

And holy cow we won!! Thanks for the votes everybody!

Loudness recs? I'd get a simple limiter like loudmax and the youlean loudness meter. Limit your track until it's comparable to other tracks or you can render and see what youlean tells you. Then adjust and render again to get close to your goal. (For instance, it's been recommend around -13 LUFS he...

Thank you to everyone writing reviews! I hope to crank some out later this week! Mandibles : I feel if somebody had described this to me before I'd heard it I'd expect to like it. A Beatles-esque piano jaunt that segues into a Hit-the-road-Jack style middle section. But the truth is this is painful ...

Mandibles : I like your chorus. I like the guitars. I like your bridge. I like that you've perverted the title lyrically. That's cool. Side note: Your songs tend to be a bit more quiet than most of the other songs. I don't know if that means anything. Hmm yes it means I’m still trying to crack the ...

Mandibles Friday the 13th I feel the sun shine with every breath that I take hey there’s my neighbor Jason swimming down by the lake! water so blue ripples flow crystal clear I wish that I could join him every day of the year It’s a mystical, magical, miracle Friday The 13th day of the month It’s a ...

Ok, I managed to get 7 reviews written this week. Sorry I couldn’t do them all! In addition to some of the ones below, I also particularly enjoyed Ellie, Demolition Order, and Og Go to Safeway I really enjoyed the songs from this round! Full disclosure, I listened to these a bunch last week, and am ...

The Jester King by Mandibles Feast of Fools, it lasts a day At least that’s what they always say But when you’re ruler of the land You can change the rules at hand Long live the jester king Long live the jester king What a joke to be a king Don’t require much of anything Talk real nice and give real...

Thank you to everyone who has written a review! I am in awe of you because I was not able to gather myself enough to write any! To Have and to Hide - Mandibles The start of this one got lost in the bus noise, and I don’t love the spoken coda at the end. Really excellent vocal performances though. “...

Thank you to everyone who has written a review! I am in awe of you because I was not able to gather myself enough to write any! To Have and to Hide - Mandibles The start of this one got lost in the bus noise, and I don’t love the spoken coda at the end. Really excellent vocal performances though. “W...

Mandibles - Oooh, lush layered vocals. The doubled telephone vocals on “falling head first into the end” are super effective. And that spacey ending, very cool. I like this one a lot! I'm very glad you caught the 'spaciness' of the end - we were going for the sonic equivalent of when something gets...

Head First By Mandibles I woke into a vivid dream that fell through a fold in reality and showed me the earth without land or sea just the people’s souls in an endless stream the souls were humming a vibrant song that fell and rose as the tides would come rushing onward always forward Chaos ordered ...

Mandibles actually submitted something to the fight this time around! I am extremely pleased with what we wrote, so that in and of itself is a win.

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So Cybronica, I have gone through Banshee half a dozen times now. I think it's pretty cool…

Thank you for taking the time to write this! I really appreciate it as I am going over it and reworking the arrangement and mix. I’ll post when it’s done!

Hey everybody, listened to everything. Lots of interesting things that this cruel, cruel challenge brought forth! If you are interested in any feedback, PM me and happy to go into however much detail you are interested in. Thanks for the fun hour! Hey Jim! Even though I’m a little late, I’d love to...

So, as trained singer and former voice teacher, I would l o v e to talk to you about your approach to singing. This is actually a very common thing to happen (even among opera singers!), and almost always it comes down to breath and breath support. If the breath is under supported, the tone will co...

For some reason, whenever I record vocals, I'm always a semi-tone flat. I've never managed to work out how to fix it when singing, so I correct it post-recording. It's only ever a semi-tone or so, and it's normally a pretty invisible fix. So, as trained singer and former voice teacher, I would l o ...

Quick thoughts. Cybronica : HEART. Super fun. I want to hear big guitars with this. This does feel like it wants something providing countermelody to your vocal lines. As it is, it feels vampy and unfinished. One of the better vocal performances of the week. This was fun and Halloweeny 🎃 Thank you ...

One note, you seem to be going through in the order of the album and if so, I think you accidentally missed the Stacking Theory song (it's the second one on my playlist, called This Pale Blue Dot). Ooh! Yes I DID miss it! Thanks for pointing that out! I’m really impressed by the caliber of your rev...