2022 Album Eliminations Tier 1 Week 5

This week’s eliminations came out like this:

Soccer Mommy – Color Theory VS. The Red Locusts – The Red Locusts
Soccer Mommy – Color Theory

Sharhabil Ahmed – The King of Sudanese Jazz VS. Bad Bunny – YHLQMDLG
Sharhabil Ahmed – The King of Sudanese Jazz

Vanishing Twin – Ookii Gekkou VS. Laurie Spiegel – The Expanding Universe
Laurie Spiegel – The Expanding Universe

Anathema – We’re Here Because We’re Here VS. M83 – Oblivion OST
M83 – Oblivion OST

It was this last one that really caused me the most heartache this week. In many ways, the dynamic and expansive overlap between Anathema and M83 fire off similar parts of my brain, even though they come at it from way different angles. The closing credits “single” from Oblivion, however, really puts it over the edge. Fantastically emotional and explosive.