Since my previous pick was from ages ago, I don't feel too bad about jumping in on this one:
Sonic Youth - Stones
The extended intro was great. The guitars sounded amazing and there was a very interesting vibe to this part of the song. Once it gets going and the singer comes in, I like it less. The drums are really, really good, the guitars are fine and the vocalist is... karaoke level. He mostly reminded me of a Lou Reed with less personality, except when he reminded me a bit of Stipe from R.E.M. I get that this kind of thing is par for the course for rock band singers, but to me, he's just kind of... not cutting it.
The instrumental part at the end really brings this song back up. It's the long stretch with more of a vocal focus that I'm not too keen on. If that had been on level with the start and end of this song, it would have been playlist material for me.
6/10
My pick:
Yasmine Hamdan - La Ba'den
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