I’m voting for “So Cold” because the mix of “Downfall” hurts my ears.
Re: R1: So Cold vs. Downfall
Posted: Fri July 06, 2018 4:54 pm
by Brett
tree_ wrote:What do you call the way he sings?
It's 'yarling', isn't it? A very popular vocal affectation among these groups.
I'm not sure where I've heard "Downfall" before. I want to say it was on a Spin magazine sampler that I had from like 2001, but it might just be familiar from radio play. Anyway, it's pretty blah, and I definitely get the pop punk comparison that somebody made.
"So Cold" really isn't any better, but I think the one thing that gives it an edge over its opponent is the more proficient musicianship. They do a bit of shredding here and there that gives them a pretty arbitrary victory.
Re: R1: So Cold vs. Downfall
Posted: Sat July 07, 2018 4:21 pm
by Simple Torture
Don't know either song, so I'm voting for the video with the weirdest stuff (that I saw in the 15 seconds I watched of each), and it was the use of the wind machine in the second one.
Re: R1: So Cold vs. Downfall
Posted: Sat July 07, 2018 9:14 pm
by chewm
These are both very terrible. I voted Downfall.
Re: R1: So Cold vs. Downfall
Posted: Sat July 07, 2018 9:29 pm
by Jorge
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
TRUSTcompany - "Downfall"
Interesting subversion of the hot-girl-looking-at-stoic-lead-singer trope at the 1:00 mark