2000s Rock Album Tournament – The Runoff!
Four overlooked albums. One epic tie. Time to settle the score.
You showed up, you voted, and you made your voices heard in our first 00s Rock Album Tournament. Four community-nominated deep cuts. Two clear frontrunners. And now—it’s down to the final face-off.
Here’s how the full vote broke down across Substack and Patreon:
National Skyline – This=Everything: (35.7%)
Ground Components – An Eye for a Brow and a Tooth for a Pick: (35.7%)
Peabody – Peabody: (28.6%)
Gyroscope – Sound Shattering Sound: (21.4%)
That’s right: we’ve got a tie. And only one of these albums can get the full Dig Me Out treatment.
🎧 Your Finalists:
National Skyline – This=Everything
Ethereal and epic, this album floats somewhere between shoegaze skies and synth-pop skyscrapers. It’s what you play at 2am when the city lights feel like Morse code. A nocturnal soundtrack for dreamers and discontents.
Ground Components – An Eye for a Brow and a Tooth for a Pick
Remember when rock bands flirted with horns and chaos? This is what happens when The Clash and Rocket From The Crypt crash a Melbourne warehouse party. Wild, jagged, soulful, and unforgettable.
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