LSD (4) - Alt-8 Week of 8/11/18

Hi everyone. The Alt-8 continues to have solid quality. We still have the same great #1, and we got a pretty solid debut. Let's start right now with our exits:

• King Princess - 1950 (#8) [x5]
• Imagine Dragons - Natural (#7)
• Twenty One Pilots - Jumpsuit (#2)

8. grandson - Blood // Water (DEBUT)

7. Rex Orange County/Benny Sings - Loving Is Easy (RE-ENTRY)

6. Death Cab For Cutie - Gold Rush (#4) [-2]

5. CHVRCHES - Miracle (#3) [-2]

4. AJR - Burn The House Down (#6) [+2]

3. Twenty One Pilots - Nico And The Niners (DEBUT)

2. Weezer - Africa (#5) [+3] {6 Weeks At #1}

1. LSD - Genius (#1) [=] {4th Week At #1}

New Entrants

~Nico And The Niners is a step-up from Jumpsuit. I think that Tyler Joseph shows off his voice more here. The production is pretty good. I don't really get the lyrics, but I'm sure The Clique believes they have some deep, next level meaning. I wouldn't mind seeing some success out of this one.

~Blood // Water is absolutely terrible. grandson is one of the worst vocalists I've heard in a while, and aside from a decent drop there isn't anything good about the production. Maybe this will grow on me with time, but I doubt it.

~A song that did grow on, Loving Is Easy is back. I still don't love the song, but it's okay. I like the laid-back vibes of it.

Nico And The Blurbers

~I've totally grown to love Gold Rush. This might be the fastest I've grown into a song in a long time. I really like the vocals here now, and I think that the it's a very well produced track. I hope it can rebound and have some time at #1.

~Why did Africa jump up three spots this week. Having to also have this song on hit-bound is making me sour on it even faster.

~Genius holds at #1 for the 4th week. I still really like this one. I wouldn't mind seeing it at the top a little longer, but I also wouldn't mind getting a fresh #1.

~Well, Burn The House Down is back in the top half. I'm going to hate this one pretty soon, so I hope it can exit as soon as possible.

Top 8 Review

0-Awful

8. grandson - Blood // Water

1-Bad

None!

2-Mediocre

7. AJR - Burn The House Down

3-Decent

6. Weezer - Africa

5. Rex Orange County/Benny Sings - Loving Is Easy

4-Good

None!

5-Great

4. CHVRCHES - Miracle

3. Twenty One Pilots - Nico And The Niners

2. LSD - Genius

1. Death Cab For Cutie - Gold Rush

#1 Recommendation For Alt-Nation: LSD - Thunderclouds