The Syndicate

18th place

Song: Rings on a Tree by Frankie Cosmos
submitted by: @staypositivefriend

Catkins: 3.5
Pinecones: 8
Total: 11.5

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19th place Song: Chove Chuva by Jorge Ben submitted by: WIM Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 7.4 Total: 11.4 This is some fairly uneventful but enjoyable bossa nova. The title translates to ""It's raining"". This guy's voice grew on me, I particularly like how his voice gets ever so slight...

20th place Song: Waiting by the Bridge by Ritual submitted by: Epignosis Catkins: 3 Pinecones: 8.38 Total: 11.38 This is some obscure prog you managed to pull up, this band that is definitely not Incubus. The syncopation that starts around 2:33 is super cool. Those vocals are don't sound like nyaaa...

21st place

Song: Sure as Spring by La Luz
submitted by: @Sabiplz (Mahoganbi)

Catkins: 3.5
Pinecones: 7.84
Total: 11.34

This song is very 70's vibe. :blobjam:

This is psych rock I do kinda enjoy.

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22nd place

Song: Latent Bliss by Low Leaf
submitted by: @Schiavetto

Catkins: 4.5
Pinecones: 6.8
Total: 11.3

I love the instrumentation. The vocal pacing is ok, I don't care for it. Overall this is pretty enjoyable.

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23rd place Song: Codex by Radiohead submitted by: NateTheLesser Catkins: 3.5 Pinecones: 7.65 Total: 11.15 For a Radiohead song, this one actually sounds kinda happy. Weird. Radiohead has often gone a bit naturey with their music, and they do it again here. I love the ambience. The lyrical content i...

24th place Song: Trees and Flowers by Strawberry Switchblade submitted by: Sabiplz (Mulnerbi) Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 7.1 Total: 11.1 Bass? good. Guitar? Subtle, but solid. Vox? On one hand they don't blow me out of the water, but they work so well. I wish they were a little lower in the mix, but the...

25th place Song: Forskjellige Gode Ting by Kim Hiorthøy submitted by: dobby 1 Catkins: 3.5 Pinecones: 7.5 Total: 11 This is such a lovely song. While there's kind of an obvious song structure that unfolds, the random noises and instruments that flow in and out offer a nice surprise at every turn. I...

26th place Song: Baba Yetu - Civilization IV Theme by Peter Hollens & Malukah submitted by: Harun Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 6.7 Total: 10.7 Maybe this song would hit differently if I'd ever played Civilization, but I haven't. I'm sorry to whomever this song brings a wealth of nostalgia too, but the...

27th place Song: Earth by Susumu Hirasawa submitted by: tutuu Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 6.5 Total: 10.5 This song sure does take a while to get going. It's pretty solid once it does. My only complaint is that it sounds a bit muffled. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iAViNf9Z4Y&ab_channel=KairyRin

28th place Song: The Great God Pan by Blood Ceremony submitted by: John Catkins: 2.5 Pinecones: 7.78 Total: 10.28 While the song itself didn't feel like much of a catfit. I still vibed with it. It's a journey, but the crunchy riffs and solos make for a fun ride. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HISD...

29th place Song: Bungle in the Jungle by Jethro Tull submitted by: Simon Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 6.24 Total: 10.24 Nanook is that you? Unfortunately, this is one of my least favorite Jethro Tull albums (and probably a good candidate for cat 8). For a band that excelled at blending prog and folk into ...

30th place

Song: Green Mountain Road by Adam Torres
submitted by: @Bloobird

Catkins: 4
Pinecones: 6.2
Total: 10.2

This is pleasant, but still a little boring.

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31st place

Song: Eteròfotos by Spectral Lore
submitted by: @Shad

Catkins: 1
Pinecones: 9.1
Total: 10.1

It might be a catmiss, but it still slaps.

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32nd place Song: The Mother by Xavier Rudd submitted by: MacDougall Catkins: 3.5 Pinecones: 6.4 Total: 9.9 First impression: this definitely isn't my style. But for some reason I still kinda like it. Actually, I think it's all the bass. You could burn the rest of the song and I'd give it the same s...

33rd place Song: Artemis by Lindsey Stirling submitted by: 112 Catkins: 3 Pinecones: 6.6 Total: 9.6 I didn't realize Karmadope subbed. Artemis (the Goddess of the Hunt). I don't love this tbh, Lindsey is solid on the violin per usual, but I'm very hit-or-miss with EDM, and this is almost in the mis...

34th place

Song: Von Herbst zu Winter by Herbstlethargie
submitted by: soah

Catkins: 2
Pinecones: 7.1
Total: 9.1

""From Autumn to Winter""

Look, I think you got the wrong season.

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35th place Song: Warmth of the Sun by Levitation Room submitted by: Sabiplz (Hollbi) Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 5 Total: 9 I got subbed a few psych rock tracks this walrus. This is an example of one that just doesn't do it for me. Some of the instrumental portions are solid, but the vocals are a huge tu...

36th place

Song: Silver Raven by Gene Clark
submitted by: @Cape90

Catkins: 3.5
Pinecones: 5.3
Total: 8.8

I'm trying to enjoy this, but I probably need to be drunk and seeing it live to do so.

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37th place Song: Farmer Plants the Seeds by The Kiboomers Preschool submitted by: LordQuas (Moose) Catkins: 4.5 Pinecones: 2.4 Total: 6.9 My youtube recs are borked My youtube recs are borked Hi-ho the dairy-o My youtube recs are borked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRhGOdqWIIo

And now for Cat 3 subs!!!

1st place

Song: Richard by Sunn O)))
submitted by: @PsychoSoldier

Catkins: 5
Pinecones: 9.9
Total: 14.9

This isn't Boris, but it'll do.

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2nd place Song: Nothing Stirs by The Body submitted by: @staypositivefriend Catkins: 4.5 Pinecones: 9.9 Total: 14.4 This album is phenominal!! I'd finally gotten around to listening to this recently, it's got such an good mix of industrial and drone, and sometimes violently intense vocals. https://...

3rd place Song: Tuur mang Welten by Niklas Paschburg submitted by: dobby 1 Catkins: 4.5 Pinecones: 9.3 Total: 13.8 Yes!!! I love the vacant spaces in this song (and that little bit of static you can hear in the background). The pace picking up felt a tad less catfitty, but that felt like such a nat...

4th place Song: Time Is a River by Autrest submitted by: soah Catkins: 3.5 Pinecones: 9.45 Total: 12.95 This doesn't feel very wintery for me for some reason, at least most of the song. Some of the softer sections bring that theme back around. There's some power riffing in there that gives this son...

5th place Song: How to Disappear Completely by Radiohead submitted by: falcon45ca Catkins: 4.5 Pinecones: 8.4 Total: 12.9 Bold move, subbing Radiohead. This is a song and album I don't know that well. But honestly this is a good catfit. The only qualm I have is that the somber solitude this song ev...

6th place Song: You and I by Tiny Hazard submitted by: Schiavetto Catkins: 5 Pinecones: 7.7 Total: 12.7 This is so delicate! Piano. Strings. A voice so deliberately unstable itbreak at any moment. This spells out exactly what I envisioned for this cat. I didn't care for the singer at first, but she...

7th place Song: I'll Keep Coming by Low Roar submitted by: mansnicks Catkins: 4.5 Pinecones: 8.1 Total: 12.6 This song starts off beautifully. Melancholy vocals. Slow glitchy effects. This song really does have an excellent plod to it. What I don't get is the Jamaican vibe that enters around 3:20, ...

8th place Song: Snowflake by Trentemøller submitted by: nutella (Deciduous) Catkins: 4.5 Pinecones: 8 Total: 12.5 This reminds me a lot of Riverside's ambient stuff, which I really like. After a few listens, I still like it, but I found the synths that come in around 4:00 to be a bit grating, and s...

9th place

Song: Ghost Town by MJ Lenderman
submitted by: @dobby 2

Catkins: 4.5
Pinecones: 7.8
Total: 12.3

This is good.

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10th place Song: Ice by Camel submitted by: Epignosis Catkins: 4.5 Pinecones: 7.7 Total: 12.2 This is from the era of Camel I'm much less familar with (which is anything after Moonmadness). Andrew Lattimer hype!!! It's got slightly more of a space vibe than a winter vibe, but space is a cold, dead ...

11th place Song: Grapevine Fires by Death Cab for Cutie submitted by: 112 Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 8.18 Total: 12.18 When a friend (who I was dating at the time) first played Death Cab for me, she played their famous ""I'll Follow You into the Dark"". I told her I thought it was ki...

12th place Song: Rainbird by Forgiveness submitted by: nutella (Evergreen) Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 8.14 Total: 12.14 Yes, this captures the vibe I'm looking for. There's hints of spring in this song both in the tempo and the instrument choice, but I can still visualize a mostly dormant, barren landsc...

13th place Song: Так пела метель by Путь submitted by: John (Trve Kvlt) Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 8.1 Total: 12.1 The first minute of this song, I feel like the sounds clash a little bit. It's the accordion. I love that the cover of this album is literally a skeleton plaing accordion, but I'm not sure ...

14th place Song: Blood and Guts by Shiro SAGISU submitted by: Harun Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 7.9 Total: 11.9 Blood and Guts and Guts and Blood and Blood and Guts and Guts and Blood and Blood and Guts and Guts and Blood and Blood and Guts and Guts and Blood and Blood and Guts and Guts and Blood and Blo...

15th place Song: Grand Prix by Oh, Yoko submitted by: MyNameIsNothing (non-english) Catkins: 3 Pinecones: 8.88 Total: 11.88 The claps really make this feel like any season but winter tbh. I don't think it's actual clapping, but it sounds like clapping, but to me it symbolizes energy/movement/joy. T...

16th place Song: Snabbare framåt by Solen submitted by: Syn Catkins: 3.5 Pinecones: 8.35 Total: 11.85 I like this song. Stead plod. The vocals reeeeeally match the song well. I think the pace is a little too quick to be a ture catfit, but that didn't diminish my enjoyment of it. https://www.youtube...

17th place Song: Mary of Silence by Mazzy Star submitted by: Cape90 Catkins: 4.5 Pinecones: 7.33 Total: 11.83 Beautifully haunting. This song has such a plodding hypnotic vibe. It's kind wild to hear the singer sing basically the same note for 90% of the song, and it just works. https://www.youtube...

18th place Song: The Wounds That Won't Heal by Lovesliescrushing submitted by: John Catkins: 4.5 Pinecones: 7.3 Total: 11.8 This should be marmotcore, I didn't enjoy it very much at first, but it did grow on me a little. It's aaaalmost just white noise, but thankfully there's still a little bit of ...

19th place Song: Poverty Hymn by Falls of Rauros submitted by: Shad Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 7.75 Total: 11.75 It grew on me. ""Standing naked in the floodlights of transition trying to stay warm"" ""Every flowering lost to time and a wound"" But wow, I wish I d...

20th place Song: The Necromancer by Rush submitted by: WIM 2 Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 7.7 Total: 11.7 Nerd alert. Yes this song is about the Necromancer from Lord of the Rings lore (as mentioned in the Hobbit). I was wondering what you'd sub for this cat, and this one totally makes sense. The opening ...

21st place Song: Jaim by Andrea submitted by: MyNameIsNothing (mynameisquarteronetwentytwentythree) Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 7.4 Total: 11.4 Solid catfit. Vacant desert vibes, complete with an album cover featuring joshua trees, and little other signs of life. I wish the bass did a little bit more in ...

22nd place Song: Russia on Ice by Porcupine Tree submitted by: MacDougall Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 7.37 Total: 11.37 The first obvious pander of marmotrus has arrived (ignoring the Rush subs). I love a lot of things about Porcupine Tree. Their ambience, their songwriting, their occasionally good lyric...

23rd place Song: Tula hem och Tula vall by Lukas Petersén submitted by: Lyris Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 7.33 Total: 11.33 I like the suspense of the first 30 second, not knowing what sort of music was going to follow. And the echoey synths that do are glorious!! I wish it were longer! https://www.youtu...

24th place Song: Winter by Daughter submitted by: NateTheLesser Catkins: 4.5 Pinecones: 6.8 Total: 11.3 Softness. Emptiness. Echoes. This hits a lot of those vibes I was looking for. The beginning of the song I did find a little boring, but I do like where it eventually went. https://www.youtube.co...

25th place Song: Sleeping Stars by Wintersun submitted by: LordQuas Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 7.2 Total: 11.2 The band is literally called Wintersun and the album cover depicts a frozen corpse lying in the midst of a snow-covered forest. Catfit material. Good riffing. Good synths. The vocals are okay (...

26th place Song: Snowshoes by Caamp submitted by: Sabiplz (Mulnerbi) Catkins: 3.5 Pinecones: 7.55 Total: 11.05 I'm so glad that summer is setting in rn, because this bloograss hits so much better. I don't usually think of this genre of being wintery, because it's often lively and peppery. But it is...

27th place Song: Eskimo Blue Day by Jefferson Airplane submitted by: Sabiplz (Mahoganbi) Catkins: 3.5 Pinecones: 7.5 Total: 11 This is a good example of ""Yes I do quite like some boomer music"". At first I wasn't sure about the catfit, but it does kinda work. It doesn't quite c...

28th place Song: Dao Zai Fan Ye by Christopher Tin submitted by: @WIM Catkins: 4 Pinecones: 6.7 Total: 10.7 This isn't the winter I was looking for, but this is winter. The Bambi kind. I'm having trouble finding enjoyment in this as a standalone song. It's beautiful, but I feel like it would make m...

(I started posting these during Cat 2 but got sidetracked, time to continue)

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