MLP: August 2020

1. Ariadna - Tu Juego
Submitted by: pai / 321 scrobbles
Comment: Just a good pop song imo, The artist was the first eliminated of this years edition of my favorite spanish reality singing show, now she's living her best life releasing songs and just singing.


2. Sematary - Nazgul
Submitted by: moth#4010 / 157 scrobbles
Comment: i stan sematary


3. Brothertiger - Shelter Cove
Submitted by: halo / 147 scrobbles
Comment: "HUGE surprise. This track dropped on the 11th, a month out from Brothertiger's 4th LP, Paradise Lost (and after 3 nights of me obsessively refreshing spotify at 9PM pacific waiting for a new single). John Jagos said that this track was inspired by finding hidden swimming holes with his sound engineer on his west coast tour last year. I think of this song as a love letter to the Pacific Ocean (which is really halocore) as well as a track about repressed desire and self-discovery .

I got Paradise Lost 2.5 weeks early so have already listened to it a totally normal number of times; ""Shelter Cove"" is one of the standout tracks on it, for me. I hope you enjoy :)"


4. Dreamcatcher - Break The Wall
Submitted by: Bargot / 89 scrobbles
Comment: It was a new release by one of my favourite kpop groups, and loved the rock-ish elements in it. Became my favourite song of the group. Wasn't my most listened, but was my favourite.


5. $uicideBoy$ - Putrid Pride
Submitted by: sprung / 85 scrobbles
Comment: "This month was my return to Hip Hop and a 310 ambient combo. I almost submitted Message To Bears but I think SuicideBoys are more representative of the month as a whole. I really fell in love with their production style even if the songs make me sad af. This one isn't very sad tho.
(catJam moment)"


6. Glass Animals - Domestic Bliss
Submitted by: janina / 47 scrobbles
Comment: August was... Just a hard time for me i guess. The whole Glass Animals album was an emotional rollercoaster for me and this song just stood out for me. Also I miss you all but I've been v tired!


7. Phoria - Red
Submitted by: else / 47 scrobbles
Comment: I found this band back in August and this album felt like it soothed my anxiety. I binged this throughout early August, but I can't really tell what made me fall in love with it anymore. Perhaps one reason was the incomprehensible lyrics, which made me come back to the album and this track to understand it better.


8. Niki - Lose
Submitted by: rastasawpopoulos # 7364 / 38 scrobbles
Comment: :hidethepain:


9. Radikal Guru - Babylon Sky
Submitted by: They Call Him Mr. Z / 34 scrobbles
Comment: Radikal Guru, one of the best dub artists I've discovered over the past few years - almost every track they've created is well produced and catchy, and really brings the Jamaican vibes. Initially, I was only familiar with the track Dread Commandments and a few others were peppered in occasionally. It wasn't until earlier this year that I took a further dive into their albums that I found several songs that stuck out including Ethnic, Babylon Sky, Eu Ja Ihe Disse - songs that had a great beat, heavy bassline, and solid vocals. I hope you guys enjoy this song as much as I do!


10. Nothing But Thieves - Unperson
Submitted by: stefan / 33 scrobbles
Comment:


11. Have a Nice Life - Telephony
Submitted by: deathconscious / 27 scrobbles
Comment: "Telephony makes its way back to my top 5s that I've been keeping track of for a long time. Have a Nice Life made its first appearance in my tops back in November 2016 with Bloodhail (this month's #2nd most played), but Telephony only appeared in September 2017, peaking at #1st, then #2nd in October, and again #1st in December, showing up as #2nd most played track of 2017. Its success in my tops didn't stop there. Telephony continued appearing in 2018 (#2 in January, #1 in February, #4 in March, #5 in September) and managed to be my most played track of 2018. August 2020 happens to be the first month after September 2018 when Telephony shows up again, and takes the 1st spot for the month.
Have a Nice Life dominated my top 5s this month, taking the top 4 positions, due to me binging them like crazy, particularly Deathconsciousness. It marked the end of my Nicole Dollanganger obsession, and also turned the end of the summer into a very gloomy end."


12. Svalbard - Listen To Someone
Submitted by: TripToTheDentist / 22 scrobbles
Comment: "Because Svalbard and new album soon hype.
Plus, just look at those lyrics:

*Don't tell me it's 'okay to not be okay'
Then wince at everything I say
Don't act like a confidant
If you're just going to get impatient
And make patronizing suggestions
It's not my life that's the problem
It's me
Days without eating
Days without sleeping
Days without speaking
If I could fix it like a broken limb, I would
If I could stop these thoughts and start again, I would
I would leap at the chance
But the chance: it does not exist
Some illnesses – they just have no fix
Listen to someone without judgment*"


13. MxPx - Worries
Submitted by: verajune / 21 scrobbles
Comment: I've loved MxPx since the 90s, but it surprises me how much they still resonate with me. They're one of those bands that gets better as they age, which doesn't seem to be the norm, especially when it comes to long-lasting pop-punk bands.


14. Wienners - Kindergarten Speed Orchestra
Submitted by: Wacha / 19 scrobbles
Comment: "Let's all return to childhood.

Japanese Fast, Uplifting & Melodic Hardcore / Pop Punk"


15. Pathogen - Kekki
Submitted by: somnam / 17 scrobbles
Comment: album fucks


16. Disclousre - my high
Submitted by: Lone Aragorn / 17 scrobbles
Comment:


17. MAKHLVK - I The King Shall Return
Submitted by: overr / 15 scrobbles
Comment: "So in the other discord's #metal channel, I host a monthly ""random country special"" event where everyone gets randomly assigned a different country, and they have the entire month to do their research and pick one song to submit. For August, I had Indonesia. It's quite a good scene, and there's a lot that I still keep listening to even now that I don't have to actively research the scene any more. But there is one artist that *really* caught my attention.

MAKHLVK is a one-man deathcore project from Bali, taking clear influence from both Infant Annihilator and Cattle Decapitation but with a really fresh sound that makes his music stand out on its own. While his other songs tend to have a lot more of a ""by a deathcore fan for deathcore fans"" vibe to them, I submitted ""I the King Shall Return"" because it is remarkably bouncy and catchy and thus a lot more access. It's my favorite deathcore song all year from my favorite deathcore release all year. In general, it's been my favorite song overall this month, and my most scrobbled, so this is the obvious choice of submission."


18. Within Destruction - No Way Out
Submitted by: Pingeru / 11 scrobbles
Comment: "Because it's SUGOI (\* ^ ω ^)
It's fun. Edgy, dumb, but fucking fun all the way. And like the whole album is like this, but only this song is so fucking SUGOI (\* ^ ω ^)"


19. The morningside - Depot Only
Submitted by: Agora#2527 / 10 scrobbles
Comment:


20. Mondo Grosso - 偽りのシンパシー - Vocal:アイナ・ジ・エンド(BiSH)
Submitted by: Fitz / 8 scrobbles
Comment:

21. Ldr - west coast
Submitted by: Yen / 8 scrobbles
Comment: Melancholic end of summer feeling for a month and how i missed sth.


22. Warp Chamber - Abdication Of The Mind
Submitted by: IAmTheBlackMetal / 8 scrobbles
Comment: Death Metal go brrrr


23. Dave Clarke - Frisson
Submitted by: dream / 7 scrobbles
Comment: "My top track for the month was Le Désir de Mort by Potochkine with 17 scrobbles, which was 3 ahead of the next song. Whilst I do love it that really works better in the context of the whole record which was written to soundtrack 3 theatre shows.

I picked Frisson because it melds the sort of deliciously dark but danceable vibe I usually eat up (the synths from 1:31 on are like listening to crack to me) together with a vocal style that sounds unique together. I'm not familiar with Mt Sims but he's on my list to check out, especially as he's released records on International DeeJay Gigolo (the mighty DJ Hell's label). On the other hand I certainly knew Dave Clarke before by reputation but it was this record that got me into his music.

Dave explained that the meaning of the track is anything that gives you goosebumps, which is especially appropriate given it was my reaction the first time I heard it..."


24. Comus - Diana
Submitted by: Jess / 6 scrobbles
Comment: Had a 7-way tie between tracks on this album. My favorite is actually Drip Drip but it's 11 minutes long, womp womp. Feel free to ping me with suggestions of similar bands if you know any!