ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

No way is she comparable to Owl City except that where Grimes is most commercial comes within extinction level event distance of Owl City at his most competent.

I'm more relieved this missed the top five.

http://i.imgur.com/Nt3zv1u.jpg

8. CHAIRLIFT "I Belong in Your Arms" [597 points, 18 votes, 2 first place votes] (206 points for John Talabot & Pional remix)

Spotify / Youtube / Remix Youtube

Consensus pick. "Circumambient" off the album is one that deserved more attention.

― Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Thursday, January 24, 2013 2:43 PM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah this sounds better to me.

*patiently waits for amen to show up*

the OG of this is nice enough for what it is but the remix is insanely good

whoa that was my #1, had given up on it

And currently being used on adverts for the Irish national electricity board iirc.

― Tullamorte Tullamore (ShariVari), Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:45 PM (38 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haaaaaa of course she is

natural habitat

havent heard a grimes mp3 but going by her promo shots and interview snippets id say she is more of an estonian white nationalist boutique sheeps cheese

Grimes and Funkystepz actually share a lot.

Only Chairlift song I care about, it is pretty good though. I voted for the Talabot remix.

such a great song

grimes track "vowels = space and time" is one of my fav songs of the year

No way is she comparable to Owl City except that where Grimes is most commercial comes within extinction level event distance of Owl City at his most competent.

― Tim F, Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:45 (1 minute ago) Bookmark

would listen to busta grimes

this Grimes thing is better and way less nothing-y than I expected. A bunch of my friends were really stoked to go see Grimes live, but I can't imagine this being performed at a live show. I'd buy a cheap cassette of this kinda stuff.

That's my favourite too j0rdan

I really liked this record all year, but when it came time to vote I don't think I made any room for Chairlift at all on either ballot. Hm.

it's consensus but i love 'oblivion' and haven't really enjoyed anything else from her so far

Didn't vote for it, but "Oblivion"'s blend of twee/frothy vox with more Aphex Twin/Orb (or even bits of early-Human-League/post-Throbbing Gristle solo projects) was delightful even if inevitable?
Some younger friends seemed to bond w/the "I need someone else to look into my eyes and tell me 'girl you know you gotta watch your health'" in the way some people upthread were talking about the Icona Pop, too.

Grimes and Funkystepz actually share a lot.

― Tim F, Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:46 (39 seconds ago) Bookmark

can't believe you won't even give me the dignity of breaking up with me in private

at this point my prediction of 17 for gangan is looking like pravda level forced sanguinity

I think I would like this Chairlift song if it was by Fall Out Boy.

Haha rtc that may have been me trolling

Omg c sharp major that would be amazing

well i thought the chairlift album was massively dull but somehow the talabot remix avoided me all year - it's the 6.15amix right? - and this is as gorgeous as one would expect

I can see how the 4AD aesthetic is carrying on in some ways w/Grimes. Think I need more medieval music samples or something.

I was terrifically enamored with the Chairlift album when it came out, but a recent relisten revealed three great songs (Amanaemonesia, I Belong, and Sidewalk Safari), and a bunch of undercooked filler.

wow i've just noticed the original got more votes than the remix. unbelievable

The original is great, it's the only Chairlift that really works for me. I've also managed to miss the remix altogether.

Huh, Chairlift. Kept trying to like this, but I think the last time I was down w/this kind've thing was Stars' "Elevator Love Letter"? Maybe I prefer my Canuck synthpop austere/frosty rather than giddy?

I think I would like this Chairlift song if it was by Fall Out Boy.

― my chemtrails romance (c sharp major), Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:49 (49 seconds ago)

Mind = blown.

It's super cheese gothy but "Skin" is my jam on the Grimes album.

opus iii 'it's a fine day' kinnnnda almost made me think of grimes the other day

I think I would like this Chairlift song if it was by Fall Out Boy.

― my chemtrails romance (c sharp major), Thursday, January 24, 2013 4:49 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah this needs to happen

I <3 "I Belong in Your Arms" but don't have much fondness for the remix.

Chairlift is a case where combining the OG and remix totals feels unfair - they're completely different songs. That said, even without the remix points the OG would still have made the top 20.

Opus ||| is a good ref point actually

a recent relisten revealed three great songs (Amanaemonesia, I Belong, and Sidewalk Safari), and a bunch of undercooked filler.

I agree that those are the three best songs on the album, but the rest are pretty good, too!

"wrong opinion" is best actually

The problem with comparing Grimes to any of that early 90s dance is that while it works sonically, she totally undervalues beats and rhythm.

yeah i wouldn't consider 'take it out on me' undercooked filler, at the least

i really should love 'i belong in your arms' but i just find it boring. i wish my fav synthpop boy-girl duo from 2011 got as much attention (new look).

what's the betting if someone were to drop opus in the middle of a grimes album listening party vernissage sesh people would be fucking appalled

should have listened to this before reading the fall out boy comment because my brain is trying to simultaneously take in the song + transpose it as if patrick stump were singing it + it had some nice bright full guitars

This Chairlift song is pretty good. Not feeling the remix.

Combine Grimes and Chairlift and you end up with Japanese Boy by Aneka

I like this Chairlift remix more than anything on the Talabot album actually, I wish he'd included a couple of sunrise anthems like this really.

poll finally delivers a new gem w/ pachanga boys. I don't have a clue how you go about creating something that so deftly angles to such a rarefied headspace. awesome.

not in love with either of the two consensus grimes tracks, but adore the album - like oblivion and genesis just fine but aren't the best tracks by a wide margin.

personal favourites are Skin which is the one mostly comprehensible ballad and i have FEELINGS about it,

and Be a Body (侘寂) which was supposed to be a single and was going to have a video at some point but that never happened. anyway, this is the best 'dance'/upbeat number on visions

vowels is pretty great too.

I Belong in Your Arms is a song that I love. Intensely.

"wrong opinion" is best actually

― Tim F, Thursday, January 24, 2013 3:54 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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