Interactive Poll: Your Boat Is Burning!

1. Reve - Moths

I loved the positive space created by the intro of the song, the vocals are very dreamy and quite modern sounding, in regard to the style of singing, but still mixed with the feel of a kind of indie rock ballad. I got the feeling it was the dance of a moth too close to a flame, and certainly something to do with relationships and emotions.  

I especially loved the string and cello part, again mixed into a kind of indie rock ballad, it felt it was leading me somewhere and I was happy to go along with the flow.

I chose it as #1 as I am very much into this kind of music recently, maybe just being nostalgic to want to hear 80s, 90s indie style rock bands but with a modern take. I had never heard of Reve before and I have been listening to the album today (La Marionatte).

2. Lalli – I Fuochi

The first thing I wrote down on first listen was...  Wow!  I always enjoy a song in a language that befits emotion perfectly. The light dance of the piano keys and delicate and vulnerable vocals. I had a feeling that the song would evolve and at around 2:30 it totally evolved and how unexpectedly. Now we have the guitars come in and the whole vibe of the song has change and become more confident and resolved.  Great vocals and an immersive song. Again, new to me and led me to listen to some other tracks which were all admirable.

3. Mikko Joensuu – House of Fire

Something I always enjoy is an intro to a song that draws me in closer and closer to the song. Somehow this song made me know I would enjoy the whole track immensely. Perhaps paying some homage to Mike Oldfield who did the very same thing in many of his songs. Here the song evolves and becomes more meaty and with potential for excitement. The synth, and beat, the drums, the effects and ambiance - all now become a journey to the unknown. I really did feel like I was travelling somewhere and the song was telling me a story as we went along. Then a nice transition period in the middle of the song, something that Floyd always loved to do back in the Saucer/Ummaguma days. Then back on the train to ride out the remainder of the journey and then we are left to contemplate for quite some time at the end of the track. And yet again, I had not heard of this artist before, and have been enjoying some of his other work this evening.

4th and 5th place

Close 4th and 5th were 4th - Scriabin/Horowitz – Vers la flamme /  and 5th - Igor Stravinsky – Feu d'Artifice - Incredible. Both of these tracks were very much out of my comfort zone but after appreciating both numerous times I just could not place them lower than 4th or 5th. In fact Scriabin/Horowitz – Vers la flamme  was at one point in 3rd place.

Non-chosen nominations that were too good to not be mentioned

Snicolette's early choice of Sifting Ashes by Stoning Giants really touched me. Unfortunately, we have had so many large destructive and deadly fires over the past 10 years here in the west. We had a lot of survivors who moved to southern Oregon after the Camp Fire and then it happened again to a few of them just last year in the Almeda Fire which pretty much took out the town of Phoenix, Oregon.

https://ktvl.com/news/local/two-time-fire-survivor-talks-camp-fire-and-almeda-similarities

This was a very difficult poll but at the same time so rewarding. Once again I get to explore music I either just do not listen to usually, or just haven't been bothered to explore. I chose my own nomination for the very same reason. Thanks to all