2020 Songs So Far: Round 2.1

[Schüttelbirne]

Welcome to Round 2.1!

All you have to do is listen to the songs and vote for your favorite in the individual matchups.
You may only vote if you have actually heard all the songs in the matchup you're voting for.

The deadline is September 26th at 12:00 (UTC).

If you want to see the entire bracket, go to this post.

Here's this week's matchups:

1. HAIM | The Steps vs. The Beths | Jump Rope Gazers
2. Waxahatchee | Fire vs. HAIM | I Know Alone
3. Christine & The Queens ft. Caroline Polachek | La vita nuova vs. Grimes | Delete Forever
4. Dan Deacon | Become a Mountain vs. Run the Jewels | walking in the snow
5. Sufjan Stevens | My Rajneesh vs. Fiona Apple | Cosmonauts
6. Terrace Martin & Denzel Curry ft. Kamasi Washington, G Perico & Daylyt | Pig Feet vs. Dua Lipa | Levitating
7. Simmy ft. Sino Msolo | Ngihamba Nawe vs. Nadine Shah | Buckfast
8. Die Sterne | Hey Dealer vs. The Strokes | Ode to the Mets

Here's the playlist:



Have fun!

We have two ties from last round!

3. Dogleg | Ender vs. Mac Miller | Good News: 7 - 7
4. Philip Glass & Paul Leonard-Morgan | Walk to School vs. Les amazones d‘afrique ft. Kandy Guira | Sisters: 7 - 7

The next vote by someone who didn't vote in this match-up decides!

[Honorio]

6. HAIM | The Steps vs. 4. The Beths | Jump Rope Gazers
16. Waxahatchee | Fire vs. 15. HAIM | I Know Alone
9. Christine & The Queens ft. Caroline Polachek | La vita nuova vs. 11. Grimes | Delete Forever
8. Dan Deacon | Become a Mountain vs. 12. Run the Jewels | walking in the snow
2. Sufjan Stevens | My Rajneesh vs. 3. Fiona Apple | Cosmonauts
7. Terrace Martin & Denzel Curry ft. Kamasi Washington, G Perico & Daylyt | Pig Feet vs. 10. Dua Lipa | Levitating
5. Simmy ft. Sino Msolo | Ngihamba Nawe vs. 13. Nadine Shah | Buckfast
14. Die Sterne | Hey Dealer vs. 1. The Strokes | Ode to the Mets

[Rdwdbob]

1. THE BETHS | JUMP ROPE GAZERS
2. HAIM | I KNOW ALONE

[votingbloc]

1. HAIM | The Steps
2. HAIM | I Know Alone
3. Grimes | Delete Forever
4. Run the Jewels | walking in the snow
5. Sufjan Stevens | My Rajneesh
6. Dua Lipa | Levitating
7. Simmy ft. Sino Msolo | Ngihamba Nawe
8. Die Sterne | Hey Dealer

[jamieW]

1. HAIM | The Steps 4 vs. The Beths | Jump Rope Gazers 5
2. Waxahatchee | Fire 4 vs. HAIM | I Know Alone 4
3. Christine & The Queens ft. Caroline Polachek | La vita nuova 7 vs. Grimes | Delete Forever 6
4. Dan Deacon | Become a Mountain 7 vs. Run the Jewels | walking in the snow 8
5. Sufjan Stevens | My Rajneesh 7 vs. Fiona Apple | Cosmonauts 6
6. Terrace Martin & Denzel Curry ft. Kamasi Washington, G Perico & Daylyt | Pig Feet 8 vs. Dua Lipa | Levitating 7
7. Simmy ft. Sino Msolo | Ngihamba Nawe 6 vs. Nadine Shah | Buckfast 6
8. Die Sterne | Hey Dealer 5 vs. The Strokes | Ode to the Mets 7

[Edre Depeche Head]

1. HAIM | The Steps
2. HAIM | I Know Alone
3. Grimes | Delete Forever
4. Run the Jewels | walking in the snow
5. Sufjan Stevens | My Rajneesh
6. Dua Lipa | Levitating
7. Nadine Shah | Buckfast
8. The Strokes | Ode to the Mets

[DaveC]

1. The Beths | Jump Rope Gazers
2. HAIM | I Know Alone
3. Christine & The Queens ft. Caroline Polachek | La vita nuova
4. Dan Deacon | Become a Mountain
5. Sufjan Stevens | My Rajneesh
6. Dua Lipa | Levitating
7. Simmy ft. Sino Msolo | Ngihamba Nawe
8. The Strokes | Ode to the Mets

[Schüttelbirne]

14 | HAIM | The Steps vs. 5 | The Beths | Jump Rope Gazers
8 | Waxahatchee | Fire vs. 16 | HAIM | I Know Alone
15 | Christine & The Queens ft. Caroline Polachek | La vita nuova vs. 1 | Grimes | Delete Forever
7 | Dan Deacon | Become a Mountain vs. 11 | Run the Jewels | walking in the snow
3 | Sufjan Stevens | My Rajneesh vs. 4 | Fiona Apple | Cosmonauts
13 | Terrace Martin & Denzel Curry ft. Kamasi Washington, G Perico & Daylyt | Pig Feet vs. 12 | Dua Lipa | Levitating
2 | Simmy ft. Sino Msolo | Ngihamba Nawe vs. 6 | Nadine Shah | Buckfast
9 | Die Sterne | Hey Dealer vs. 10 | The Strokes | Ode to the Mets

[prosecutorgodot]

1. HAIM | The Steps
2. pass
3. Grimes | Delete Forever
4. Run the Jewels | walking in the snow
5. Fiona Apple | Cosmonauts
6. Dua Lipa | Levitating
7. Simmy ft. Sino Msolo | Ngihamba Nawe
8. The Strokes | Ode to the Mets

[LunarPiper]

1. HAIM | The Steps
2. Waxahatchee | Fire
3. Grimes | Delete Forever
4. Run the Jewels | walking in the snow
5. Sufjan Stevens | My Rajneesh
6. Terrace Martin & Denzel Curry ft. Kamasi Washington, G Perico & Daylyt | Pig Feet
7. Nadine Shah | Buckfast
8. The Strokes | Ode to the Mets

[Madzong]

1. The Beths | Jump Rope Gazers
2. HAIM | I Know Alone
3. Pass
4. Run the Jewels | walking in the snow
5. Pass
6. Dua Lipa | Levitating
7. Pass
8. The Strokes | Ode to the Mets

[rumpdoll]

1. HAIM | The Steps vs. The Beths | Jump Rope Gazers
2. Waxahatchee | Fire vs. HAIM | I Know Alone
3. Christine & The Queens ft. Caroline Polachek | La vita nuova vs. Grimes | Delete Forever
4. Dan Deacon | Become a Mountain vs. Run the Jewels | walking in the snow
5. Sufjan Stevens | My Rajneesh vs. Fiona Apple | Cosmonauts
6. Terrace Martin & Denzel Curry ft. Kamasi Washington, G Perico & Daylyt | Pig Feet vs. Dua Lipa | Levitating
7. Simmy ft. Sino Msolo | Ngihamba Nawe vs. Nadine Shah | Buckfast
8. Die Sterne | Hey Dealer vs. The Strokes | Ode to the Mets

[Rdwdbob]

3. GRIMES | DELETE FOREVER
4. DAN DEACON | BECOME A MOUNTAIN

[Rdwdbob]

5. SUFJAN STEVENS | MY RAJNEESH
6. DUA LIPA | LEVITATING
7. SIMMY FT. SINO MSOLO | NGIHAMBA NAWE
8. THE STROKES | ODE TO THE METS

[Pauler]

Let's go

1. HAIM | The Steps
2. HAIM | I Know Alone
3. Christine & The Queens ft. Caroline Polachek | La vita nuova
4. Run the Jewels | walking in the snow
5. Pass
6. Terrace Martin & Denzel Curry ft. Kamasi Washington, G Perico & Daylyt | Pig Feet
7. Simmy ft. Sino Msolo | Ngihamba Nawe
8. The Strokes | Ode to the Mets

[mileswide]

4. Philip Glass & Paul Leonard-Morgan | Walk to School vs. Les amazones d‘afrique ft. Kandy Guira | Sisters: 7 - 7

The next vote by someone who didn't vote in this match-up decides!

Highlighting this would knock my nomination out but Walk to School amassed 8 votes to Sisters' 6 votes by my count. The source of the confusion might be the fact that Jackson changed his vote from Les Amazones to Philip Glass when editing his post (I hope he doesn't mind me pointing this out).

[Schüttelbirne]

4. Philip Glass & Paul Leonard-Morgan | Walk to School vs. Les amazones d‘afrique ft. Kandy Guira | Sisters: 7 - 7

The next vote by someone who didn't vote in this match-up decides!

Highlighting this would knock my nomination out but Walk to School amassed 8 votes to Sisters' 6 votes by my count. The source of the confusion might be the fact that Jackson changed his vote from Les Amazones to Philip Glass when editing his post (I hope he doesn't mind me pointing this out).

I recounted four times now and it's still a tie? Maybe we exist in parallel universes?
Here's the voters:

Walk to School
- andyd1010
- jamieW
- Edre Peraza
- LunarPiper
- votingbloc
- Jackson
- acroamor

Sisters
- Schüttelbirne
- Honorio
- rumpdoll
- DaveC
- prosecutorgodot
- Rdwdbob
- mileswide

If the ties aren't broken by Saturday, I will eliminate my own vote, effectively breaking the ties (making "Walk to School" and "Ender" advance).

[mileswide]

I recounted four times now and it's still a tie? Maybe we exist in parallel universes?

Or more plausibly, it's me being too stupid to count to 7 or 8 You're right, it is 7 each.

[mileswide]

Time for me to count to 16- wish me luck, I'll need it!

2. HAIM - The Steps (2020 rank: BU, around #519) v. 3. The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers (BU, around #521)
16. Waxahatchee - Fire v. 11. HAIM - I Know Alone
15. Christine and the Queens feat Caroline Polachek - La vita nuova v. 6. Grimes - Delete Forever
5. Dan Deacon - Become a Mountain v. 1. Run the Jewels feat. Gangsta Boo - walking in the snow (#40)
12. Sufjan Stevens - My Rajneesh v. 9. Fiona Apple - Cosmonauts
7. Terrace Martin & Denzel Curry feat. Kamasi Washington, G Perico & Daylyt - Pig Feet v. 10. Dua Lipa - Levitating
8. Simmy feat. Sino Msolo - Ngihamba Nawe v. 13. Nadine Shah - Buckfast
4. Die Sterne - Hey Dealer v. 14. The Strokes - Ode to the Mets

[Jackson]

4. Philip Glass & Paul Leonard-Morgan | Walk to School vs. Les amazones d‘afrique ft. Kandy Guira | Sisters: 7 - 7

The next vote by someone who didn't vote in this match-up decides!

Highlighting this would knock my nomination out but Walk to School amassed 8 votes to Sisters' 6 votes by my count. The source of the confusion might be the fact that Jackson changed his vote from Les Amazones to Philip Glass when editing his post (I hope he doesn't mind me pointing this out).

Just to be clear I intended to vote for the Glass track - thanks for pointing this out!

[mileswide]

Just to be clear I intended to vote for the Glass track - thanks for pointing this out!

No worries, I didn't think anything ill of it, I just wrongly thought you were torn over which song to choose- that happened to me last week where Waltz had an edge over Dramascule on my first listen of the latter (I'd heard Waltz before) only for me to have the opposite opinion after another two streams of both tracks. Sorry for drawing attention to what looks like an honest mistake on your part!

[Schüttelbirne]

Sorry for being a bit late, I baked some cookies.
13 voters this week! Thanks for the participation!
The ties weren't broken, which means I withdraw my vote. The winners are "Ender" and "Walk to School".

Here's the results for this round:

1. The Beths | Jump Rope Gazers wins over HAIM | The Steps: 7 - 6
2. HAIM | I Know Alone wins over Waxahatchee | Fire: 10 - 2
3. Grimes | Delete Forever wins over Christine & The Queens ft. Caroline Polachek | La vita nuova: 8 - 4
4. Run the Jewels | walking in the snow wins over Dan Deacon | Become a Mountain: 9 - 4
5. Sufjan Stevens | My Rajneesh wins over Fiona Apple | Cosmonauts: 8 - 3
6. Dua Lipa | Levitating wins over Terrace Martin & Denzel Curry ft. Kamasi Washington, G Perico & Daylyt | Pig Feet: 8 - 5
7. Simmy ft. Sino Msolo | Ngihamba Nawe wins over Nadine Shah | Buckfast: 9 - 3
8. The Strokes | Ode to the Mets wins over Die Sterne | Hey Dealer: 9 - 4

Next round up soon!

[jamieW]

Sorry for being a bit late, I baked some cookies.
13 voters this week! Thanks for the participation!
The ties weren't broken, which means I withdraw my vote. The winners are "Ender" and "Walk to School".

Even though I voted for the two winners, I'm sorry it turned out this way. To be honest, Schüttelbirne, since you're the one running this poll, your votes should've been the deciders. (Though it was very generous of you to do the opposite.)