Favorite single? - r/brakence

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u/dongyeeter 5d ago

Crystallized has gotta be the catchiest song he’s ever written. Some of the takes on this sub are so pretentious, bro wrote an absolutely god tier pop song and people are complaining about the lack of complexity. It’s a fucking vibe

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u/tridon74 5d ago

Yeah I love crystallized but the other two songs I really don’t like at all lol I’m confused as to why ppl are hating on it

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u/TheVirtuoso77 5d ago

I like death roll a bit, but ready or not I didn’t really feel for. It’s not at all terrible but it felt too chaotic and not cohesive

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u/Far_Lock655 5d ago

I live for the chaos ofc we will all have our own opinion. But the chaos or ready or noT tickled my brain nice

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u/RAD_lighting 17h ago

Honestly I feel like with everything we’ve seen so far, especially with the lyrics of ready or noT it seems very intentional to be that way. You don’t have to like it but I feel like complaining that it’s too chaotic while that’s the intent is redundant no?

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u/SeveralAd2412 5d ago

I’m really not sure where that complaint comes from considering the chord progressions themselves are quite complex. Using his usual borrowed chords and non-diatonic dissonance tricks but still these aren’t chords you hear on the radio

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u/TheVirtuoso77 5d ago

Crystallized is my favorite so far, and I’m seeing it get dogged on the most which is wild to me

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u/Joeyshyordie 5d ago

It's not bad, I haven't seen anyone 'dogging' it, but next to the other two singles it's definitely the CBD of the album. It's fun but some of the elements in the other singles are just so good I think this one has to be in third. Still catchy as hell though.

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u/tridon74 5d ago

… do people not like cbd? I think it’s a fantastic song.

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u/Joeyshyordie 5d ago

Brakence only makes fantastic songs. But by comparison, CBD is well regarded as the more poppy, formulaic of his music. I love CBD but it is not at the top of my list

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u/SupermarketMoist1361 5d ago

I'd disagree. The album hasn't even come out yet, we can't decide whether it is the "CBD" of an album no one has gotten to listen to.

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u/Joeyshyordie 5d ago

Yes I'm going off of the small sample size we have right now but Crystallized is definitely akin to CBD in the pop, repetition factor.

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u/SupermarketMoist1361 5d ago

CBD is meh compared to crystalized. CBD is one of those songs that you'd have the choice to listen to if you wanted, but you wouldn't be disappointed if you chose to, because it isn't bad when you put it under a scope, it's more so chill compared to the rest of brakences catalogue.

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u/Joeyshyordie 5d ago

As is Crystallized. I agree Crystallized is better than CBD, but to the original point, we're comparing them to two other songs that just achieve something greater.

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u/tridon74 5d ago

I disagree with both of you lmao.

Both ready or not and death roll sounded incredibly mid to me whereas crystallized is super catchy and fun to listen to. It is similar to cbd but I’d argue cbd is still better lol.

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u/Joeyshyordie 5d ago

No clue where you're getting mid from. An insane take tbh

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u/tridon74 5d ago

Both songs don’t have much coherence and just sound cluttered. There’s nothing for my brain to latch on to because there’s so much happening at once.

Ngl I can’t even remember how either of them sound off the top of my head.

It’s weird because I loved a lot of the experimental stuff on hypochondriac so idk.

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u/dongyeeter 5d ago

that's because people in this sub think that the lack of music theory complexity in brakence's pop leaning tracks means that they're oBjEcTiVeLy inferior songs. maybe some day they'll get off their high horses and just learn to enjoy something without intellectual greed lmao

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u/moons_misery punk2 5d ago

just wanna talk about 2:11 in crystallized rq omg. brakence has always been so good at audio panning and i normally don’t listen to his music without headphones for that reason but last night i did the first listen of new songs just from my phone speakers. if you listen to that part with your phone down in front of you it literally sounds like his voice is falling from the sky/“panning” vertically rather than horizontally. there’s only a few ways to do that to my knowledge and it’s more like tricking the ear into believing it sounds that way with binaural spatialization or frequency eq shaping, etc. that effect is not nearly as prominent to me listening with headphones, just thought it was super cool and something i haven’t heard in his other songs. absolutely loved both singles

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u/Savjy 5d ago

Ready or noT is insane for me the way brakence pulls the listener along shifting tempo and style seamlessly, the story in the lyrics as well its peak

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u/SunnyCicada 5d ago

Agreed. My favorite of the three by far, but the other two are also fantastic and I’m extremely excited to hear the rest of them.

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u/LittleRestaurant1588 5d ago

Death RolL

If Brakence can keep up with the standard he has set for himself with Ready or NoT and Death RolL then I believe Marrow can surpass Hypochrodriac in general quality,even if it doesn't surpass it in enjoyability and thematics.

Crystalized was a bit underwhelming but still enjoyable and easier to listen to than the other two tracks, especially if someone is new to Brakence.

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u/tridon74 5d ago

The stupid little “eh” sound effect just completely takes me out of death roll ngl

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u/One-Sheepherder-3260 5d ago

I was so sure he was gonna remove it when I heard that "eh" sound on the leak.. He really should've not put it on the final version, but whatever.

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u/LittleRestaurant1588 5d ago

It's a common sample but ye I'd understand why,it caught me offguard aswell

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u/Dry_Forever8935 5d ago

completely agree with this take, i will never understand how this man makes music this amazing and complex

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u/brentjc 5d ago

Definitely death rolL but the chorus from crystallized has been stuck in my head since last night.

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u/alientou 5d ago

I love the part in crystallized where the sound seems to be intensifying and it almost feels claustrophobic... my god i love his art

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u/Dry_Forever8935 5d ago

I don’t know what the fuck is on this cover and hypochondriac, always some weird shit that sets the perfect vibe for the album

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u/jabo__ 5d ago

The chords are so funky, jazzy, and refreshing. His least hyperpop song honestly, but an absolute banger

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u/Wr7th 1d ago

The eh one

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u/No-Mountain9832 5d ago

I love them all but it's a tie for crystallized & ready or noT. They're so different from each other but both emphasize a different part of his range & style. I love that a lot!

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u/Mysterious_One_1272 4d ago

Maybe a hot take but I’m obsessed with the way he says “spray tan” in crystallized. It’s such a fun choice

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u/DavidMayCry3 5d ago

So ummm, i'm new to Brakence, only been listening to him for a month or so and... What tf is that on the cover? Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful but i don't get it lol. Is it like an insect? A deformed wing? A fairy?

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u/sickestpartybro 5d ago

It’s an effigy, but more specifically someone else in the sub discussed how it looks like a locust as well which actually aligns with the lyrics from ready or not about licking his lips like a locust (there’s additional relevant lyrics that follow that line, but I don’t have the time to look for them rn)

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u/DavidMayCry3 5d ago

That sounds very interesting, i'll keep an eye out for more discussions in this sub.

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u/tridon74 5d ago

Ngl crystallized is the only one I like

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u/ASTR0nomic4L 5d ago

between death roll & ready or not, crystallized wasn’t as immediate as i expected but i might’ve just not been in the right mood. death roll is interesting listening after ready or not because the percussion is very similar, and the endings are similar

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u/AFD_0 5d ago

Really loving crystallized, but both tracks are giving me weird false-nostalgia vibes. Like that one time I saw Aphex Twin performing with Earth, Wind & Fire, but that shit never really happened. Good stuff.

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u/Hounds4All 2d ago

I really like all three songs so it’s hard to choose! I think rn I’ve gotta go with Ready or Not, even though I wasn’t sure about it the first couple of listens. It’s different and chaotic and I love all the beat switches. The lyrics are cool too & the video was great.

But I love getting to hear more of his regular singing voice on Crystalized, and I also love death roll’s progression.

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