Elastica - Connection - I love this song.
Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now - I really like this song. It's unusual for me to know something nominated in these but I like Dua Lipa.
Neil Diamond - Hello Again - Hello again, Neil. There are times where this kind of thing sounds way too schmaltzy for me. Almost mechanical in it's lyrical precision in how it works your emotions or tugs at the heartstrings. But today isn't one of those days, so it's much appreciated by this slightly more human version of HK.
2 Foot Yard - Borrowed Arms - Now this worked for me. Nice and mellow. It reminds me of something else I can't quite bring to mind. Love the drumbeats.
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Portrait of the Damned - I don't mind stuff like this as a one off.
The Fall - Frightened - The Fall are one of those 'great' bands which I didn't get. But I quite liked this, so maybe I should try again?
Actors - Slaves - Joy Division on Prozac? I don't know. I didn't hate it but it did really work for me either.
Tau Cross - Messengers of Deception - All this kind of stuff sounds the same to me. Sorry.
Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster - This is the kind of metal I just don't get because the vocal usually annoys me... As it does here.
Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle - I'm starting to think it really was just that you guys chose some better country songs.
Not horrible, just blah.