ST23 Round 1 Results and Album

The judges have made their decisions, and Round 1 of SpinTunes 23 is in the history books. In every round, we expect quite a bit of discrepancy in the judges' rankings, as each judge brings their own ideas of what makes a good song. This is as it should be; each judge is imperfect, and we hope and trust that their individual preferences balance out when the rankings are combined.

Sometimes, though, a song is so compelling, so finely crafted and so skillfully executed, that the judges, with all their tics and biases, find themselves in perfect agreement about the place it deserves. This is one of those very rare times. By unanimous decision, Also in Blue takes the top spot this round with the song "A Mile and a Half".

Also receiving plenty of love from the judges were Definitely Not Secretly Glennny, whose eponymous meta-textual anthem winked its way to second place, and The Moon Bureau, whose clever love song "Girl with the Eyeliner" was close behind in third.

The full album is now in ranked order, and can be streamed or downloaded on Bandcamp or embedded below, with cover art by Matt "Shoobs" Schubbe.

Read on for the full rankings and links to each judge's reviews!

Rank	Artist	Chas	Edric	Leonie	Ryan	Chumpy	Total
1	Also In Blue	1	1	1	1	1	5
2	Definitely Not Secretly Glennny	3	6	6	2	2	19
3	The Moon Bureau	7	3	2	3	7	22
4	Sober	2	11	11	11	4	39
5	With Joe	12	17	13	6	5	53
6	SpinTown & Company	4	2	17	10	27	60
7	Cavedwellers	13	13	10	17	8	61
7	cardamom seed	8	18	16	8	11	61
9	Celestial Drift	11	22	21	7	3	64
10	C-00000291*.sys	6	25	4	5	26	66
10	Governing Dynamics	14	5	22	9	16	66
12	West of Vine	10	20	15	14	9	68
12	Siebass	21	9	5	23	10	68
14	OutLyer	15	24	14	4	12	69
15	glennny	25	8	18	12	13	76
16	The Pannacotta Army	23	27	3	19	6	78
17	Stacking Theory	22	14	9	15	19	79
18	My Broken Demo Tape	5	31	7	24	15	82
19	See-Man-Ski	16	26	12	18	14	86
20	Flintsteel	20	10	26	13	18	87
21	Profestriga	9	12	24	22	24	91
22	The Alleviators	33	16	8	16	29	102
23	Berkeley Social Scene	18	23	28	20	17	106
23	▷	19	19	20	28	20	106
25	Boffo Yux Dudes	30	15	19	21	22	107
26	Night Sky	24	7	29	29	23	112
27	Menage a Tune	17	21	31	30	28	127
28	Ominous Ride	31	4	30	33	33	131
29	chewmeupspitmeout	26	32	23	26	25	132
30	James Young	29	30	27	25	30	141
30	Sharquin	32	28	33	27	21	141
32	Falcon Artist	28	29	25	32	31	145
33	Thorsten Nesch	27	33	32	31	32	155

Contestants who scored in 1st to 22nd place advance to Round 2. The following artists scored below the elimination cutoff, but could be still reinstated if they submit a shadow entry and a qualifying artist misses the deadline:

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• Berkeley Social Scene
• Boffo Yux Dudes
• chewmeupspitmeout
• Falcon Artist
• James Young
• Menage a Tune
• Night Sky
• Ominous Ride
• Sharquin
• Thorsten Nesch

And of course, your judges have reviews for you:

• ChasRock
• Edric Haleen
• Leonie Connellan
• Ryan Finholm
• Chumpy
• Participant reviews and discussion on the Song Fight boards