You should totally listen to Relationship of Command by At-The-Drive-In. ATDI have 2 members from the mars volta although they are quite a bit different. Love that album
I love seeing new reactions to this band in the post Black Midi age and people being stoked at how ahead of their time TMV were. So much good stuff from them
you should listen either relationship of command or frances the mute next. relationship is a near perfect post-hardcore album while frances is basically more of the conceptual prog-rock craziness of deloused -but pushed to a new extreme in all fronts. both are incredible testaments to the immense musical talents of these guys. definitely check them out!
As other fine subs have mentioned - check out At The Drive-In, from Cedric, the vocalist, and Omar, the guitarist. My band - I was so young haha - opened for The Mars Volta back in the day, in London, it was quite an experience. Omar even gave me a guitar lesson. The lad you talk of who sadly lost his life was Jeremy, he used to add vox and would add effects and manipulate Cedric's vox from the sound booth. Cedric would have a stack of effects pedals in the ATD-I days, which you can see in many live vids. Hope you enjoy, mate!
In case you haven't read the all the other comments, this group started as a band called At The Drive-In. They were a kind of indie/hardcore band that slowly grew more and more polished with each album (not that being raw is necessarily a bad thing). Their last album, Relationship Of Command, is a slept on banger. Imagine the album you just heard but with less prog noodling. I really recommend it. I mean that. It's really good. I don't know how to drive this point home without resorting to all caps ranting. It's fucking good. After that album, the bland split in half. The one half that wanted to stick with a more hardcore sound went on to become Sparta. They had a decent enough first album called Wiretap Scars and then things didn't really turn out too good after that. Wiretap is good enough to check out but it's not exactly mind blowing. The other half of the band, including the vocalist and lyricist, went on to form Mars Volta. Eventually ATDI reformed but I haven't really looked into it that much. From what I hear, it's not exactly must-listen material. For my taste, this album and their follow up, Francis The Mute, are Mars Volta at their best. After that things get a bit hit and miss for me but that's just my opinion. It might also be worthwhile to check out ATDI's debut album, Acrobatic Tenement to hear how their sound evolved. That album was also partly inspired by the death of the same friend that inspired Deloused. So in summary, please do a reaction to Relationship Of Command and Francis The Mute and maybe Acrobatic Tenement but I imagine this is already a lot.
I think what makes TMV really special is they have a lot of soul and feeling in their music, definitely reflected in their latin influences. Some proggy stuff i feel is missing feeling and spirit
Fun fact! Flea, the bassist of Red Hot Chili Peppers, played bass for this album! Also, totally unrelated, when will you check out Aja by Steely Dan? It was on a poll a while back so I figured it might be soon, but it has been a minute. Was super stoked to see your feelings on it
Sigur Rós - Takk... (one of their greats, heavenly listen) Kurt Vile - Bottle it in (singer songwriter, very creative and personal lyrics, good autumn listen) Chat Pile - Gods Country (heavier stuff, great album) Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (tied with kurt vile as my favourite singer songwriter) Jon Hopkins - Singularity (one of my fav electronic albums, also has classic piano parts, has worked a lot with Brian Eno for example) Daughters - You wont get what you want (perfect halloween listen, dark, heavy, crazy good) Sun Kil Moon - Benji (great singer song writer album)
recs: Polvo - Today's Active Lifestyles (Sick sounding early 90s math/indie rock, awesome guitar tone) Swirlies - Blonder Tongue Audio Baton (GORGEOUS unique sounding early 90s shoegaze, sounds like mbv, pavement, guided by voices with twee pop mixed in, so awesome, better than Loveless imo) Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (Unique folk-punk, early 80s college/alt rock, very catchy) Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (Really catchy power pop, slightly shoegazey, same label as The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine) Quasi - Featuring "Birds" (Awesome Built to Spill-esque/Pacific Northwest indie rock, same label as Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Duster etc) The Breeders - Pod (Unique early 90s alt rock, Steve Albini prod, was in Kurt Cobain's top 3 albums of all time) Slint - Tweez (Sick late 80s post-hardcore/math rock, also Steve Albini prod) Pinback - Pinback (Very chill and creative late 90s indie rock) Modest Mouse - This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (Amazing album, basically as good as The Lonesome Crowded West) The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land (badass big-beat dance music) Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand (lovely 90's lo-fi) Hella - Hold Your Horse Is (Math Rock with the drummer from Death Grips, before he was in Death Grips) Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Absolutely perfect 90's indie rock album)
thank you for your videos a few recommendations: songs - Adrianne Lenker (folk, singer-songwriter) Ghosts of the Great Highway - Sun Kil Moon (folk rock, singer-songwriter, alt-country) SMILE :D - Porter Robinson (pop-punk, pop, electronic) Process - Sampha (experimental r&b, great production) Koi No Yokan - Deftones (very heavy, sexier and heavier radiohead imo) Hypochondriac - Brakence (very experimental emo rap, glitch pop) Reading Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays (the smiths ish, with beautiful female vocals)
Classic album. Good reaction man! Hope you do Caligula soon. It is an incredible and terrifying album, recorded in the context of an abusive relationship, and filled with abrasive instrumentals and amazing vocals. Really recommend!
Wow what a nice surprise!! The Bedlam in Goliath is my favorite Volta album and it’s got some really cryptic lyrics/story and some really heavy hits!! Would love to see you check it out :)
Awesome man!! Your videos always make my day!! Highly recommend Ram by Paul McCartney, it was considered one of the first indie albums and when it was released it was not critically acclaimed, with even the other members of the Beatles saying it was not a good album, now it’s considered Paul’s best work after the Beatles, highly recommend!!
Seen them twice live in Chicago for deloused and Frances tours.. After Jon Thedore left and the keyboardist died it wasn't the same... Listen to these albums all the time cutting the grass LMAO
@@hermanubis96 Between the Buried and Me- Colors, The Parallax 2 Porcupine Tree- Fear of a blank planet, Deadwing Opeth- Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries Steven Wilson- Hand Cannot Erase Any of these I think are better. And not being snarky, I love The Mars Volta and their work. There’s just even better stuff out there to me
Hey Smags, during your reaction of Beach House's Bloom, you said at 9:00 you would do a Minecraft lets-play if the video got 300 likes. The video has 876 likes, yet for some reason I can't seem to find your Minecraft let's play (I would also accept a reaction/review of Hot Fuss from the Killers)
It's a strange rec, and it has nothing to do with this album, but maybe check out LA Timpa, Modern Antics in a Deserted Place. It's really pretty underground but it's got really crazy noise pop that I think really fits with the overall vibe of the albums reviewed around here. Love ur reviews.
Heyo Smags, big fan of your content and big love towards you and all that you do 🫶 I have a request..... could you by any chance review the album 'I Need To Start A Garden' by Hayley Heynderickx? Its her 2018 debut, and IMO its one of the most underrated and overlooked folk albums of the last decade - I barely saw anyone cover it. Besides, shes dropping her sophomore album next week (same day as the new Mount Eerie) and I thought itd be really cool to see at least one major reactor give Hayley the attention she deserves ☺️
You are not crazy for getting emo vibes from the vocals. The singer and guitarists previous band had a lot of emo influences in their earlier work. They basically grew out of the emo/hardcore scene
Please react to: “Before the dawn heals us - M83” that is such a great album and I think it is different from everything you have heard so far on this channel.
You should totally listen to Relationship of Command by At-The-Drive-In. ATDI have 2 members from the mars volta although they are quite a bit different. Love that album
definitely in my top 20 albums oat, the energy bro...
Agree. Fantastic record and you can definitely tell where The Mars Volta came from.
Not just 2 members, the 2 core members Cedric and Omar. TMV is basically what ATDI evolved into.
@@justsomejusstsome8994 exactly 😎
@@coletain5626everything bro
YESSSSSSS!!! I'd be stoked to see Frances The Mute next!
and he thought this was prog XD I'm excited for that one too
@@chriscahill5306 frances and fear of a blank planet are the best prog albums of the 2000s
I liked the part where you said "It's delousin' time!" and then deloused all over the place.
THE KIOSK IN MY TEMPORAL LOBE IS SHAPED LIKE ROSELYN CARTER
That's a Cedric bar fr
Amputechture goated fr
I love seeing new reactions to this band in the post Black Midi age and people being stoked at how ahead of their time TMV were. So much good stuff from them
you should listen either relationship of command or frances the mute next. relationship is a near perfect post-hardcore album while frances is basically more of the conceptual prog-rock craziness of deloused -but pushed to a new extreme in all fronts. both are incredible testaments to the immense musical talents of these guys. definitely check them out!
YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
Listen to At the Drive in next. Same singer and lead guitar but more punk and emo (like you mentioned)
This is my favorite abstract emo latin ambient prog jazz rock record
Damn you must not have heard many abstract emo latin ambient prog jazz rock records then 😩😩😩😩
As other fine subs have mentioned - check out At The Drive-In, from Cedric, the vocalist, and Omar, the guitarist. My band - I was so young haha - opened for The Mars Volta back in the day, in London, it was quite an experience. Omar even gave me a guitar lesson. The lad you talk of who sadly lost his life was Jeremy, he used to add vox and would add effects and manipulate Cedric's vox from the sound booth. Cedric would have a stack of effects pedals in the ATD-I days, which you can see in many live vids. Hope you enjoy, mate!
Oh bro frances the mute is one of the greatest albums ever made
FACTS
and the leaves falling in the background seen through the window... amazing
In case you haven't read the all the other comments, this group started as a band called At The Drive-In. They were a kind of indie/hardcore band that slowly grew more and more polished with each album (not that being raw is necessarily a bad thing). Their last album, Relationship Of Command, is a slept on banger. Imagine the album you just heard but with less prog noodling. I really recommend it. I mean that. It's really good. I don't know how to drive this point home without resorting to all caps ranting. It's fucking good.
After that album, the bland split in half. The one half that wanted to stick with a more hardcore sound went on to become Sparta. They had a decent enough first album called Wiretap Scars and then things didn't really turn out too good after that. Wiretap is good enough to check out but it's not exactly mind blowing. The other half of the band, including the vocalist and lyricist, went on to form Mars Volta. Eventually ATDI reformed but I haven't really looked into it that much. From what I hear, it's not exactly must-listen material.
For my taste, this album and their follow up, Francis The Mute, are Mars Volta at their best. After that things get a bit hit and miss for me but that's just my opinion. It might also be worthwhile to check out ATDI's debut album, Acrobatic Tenement to hear how their sound evolved. That album was also partly inspired by the death of the same friend that inspired Deloused. So in summary, please do a reaction to Relationship Of Command and Francis The Mute and maybe Acrobatic Tenement but I imagine this is already a lot.
My older, cooler cousin introduced this to me back when she had just graduated college, and it blew my mind
Frances the Mute next???? One of the best rock bands of all time
YES SMAGALONIUS THANK YOU!!!!!!
DO FRANCES THE MUTE NEXT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOO
You should do At the drive in 'Relentionship of Command'. Absolute Masterpiece.
this album is one of the greats
Yessss finally! Gotta check out Frances the Mute too!
yes yes yes yes yes MORE MARS VOLTA
I think what makes TMV really special is they have a lot of soul and feeling in their music, definitely reflected in their latin influences. Some proggy stuff i feel is missing feeling and spirit
Awesome album, shaped my taste in music for years to come!
Hell yeah! Check out their second album, its even better. Frances the Mute.
This album changed my life in high school and now I am so old
Oooooooohhhh shiiieeeeeet let's go, been waiting for this. Frances the mute gotta be next
When I heard Black Midi I thought the same thing. Lov this album
"Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt" is my fav from the album.
homie yes yes
You're right about the emo inflection part. The mars volta and At the drive in influenced alot of emo music
Fun fact! Flea, the bassist of Red Hot Chili Peppers, played bass for this album! Also, totally unrelated, when will you check out Aja by Steely Dan? It was on a poll a while back so I figured it might be soon, but it has been a minute. Was super stoked to see your feelings on it
Sigur Rós - Takk... (one of their greats, heavenly listen)
Kurt Vile - Bottle it in (singer songwriter, very creative and personal lyrics, good autumn listen)
Chat Pile - Gods Country (heavier stuff, great album)
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (tied with kurt vile as my favourite singer songwriter)
Jon Hopkins - Singularity (one of my fav electronic albums, also has classic piano parts, has worked a lot with Brian Eno for example)
Daughters - You wont get what you want (perfect halloween listen, dark, heavy, crazy good)
Sun Kil Moon - Benji (great singer song writer album)
Here for the KV album!
YESSSSSSSS, now you gotta do frances orrr at the drive in
Got to see them live at the Fillmore in SF when they toured for Frances the Mute - they were amazing
recs:
Polvo - Today's Active Lifestyles (Sick sounding early 90s math/indie rock, awesome guitar tone)
Swirlies - Blonder Tongue Audio Baton (GORGEOUS unique sounding early 90s shoegaze, sounds like mbv, pavement, guided by voices with twee pop mixed in, so awesome, better than Loveless imo)
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (Unique folk-punk, early 80s college/alt rock, very catchy)
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (Really catchy power pop, slightly shoegazey, same label as The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine)
Quasi - Featuring "Birds" (Awesome Built to Spill-esque/Pacific Northwest indie rock, same label as Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Duster etc)
The Breeders - Pod (Unique early 90s alt rock, Steve Albini prod, was in Kurt Cobain's top 3 albums of all time)
Slint - Tweez (Sick late 80s post-hardcore/math rock, also Steve Albini prod)
Pinback - Pinback (Very chill and creative late 90s indie rock)
Modest Mouse - This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (Amazing album, basically as good as The Lonesome Crowded West)
The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land (badass big-beat dance music)
Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand (lovely 90's lo-fi)
Hella - Hold Your Horse Is (Math Rock with the drummer from Death Grips, before he was in Death Grips)
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Absolutely perfect 90's indie rock album)
+1 for Hold your horse is by hella!!
How did I miss this upload I’m so hyped to watch this
YEEEEESSSSS FINALLY!!! MY LIFE IS YOURS
thank you for your videos
a few recommendations:
songs - Adrianne Lenker (folk, singer-songwriter)
Ghosts of the Great Highway - Sun Kil Moon (folk rock, singer-songwriter, alt-country)
SMILE :D - Porter Robinson (pop-punk, pop, electronic)
Process - Sampha (experimental r&b, great production)
Koi No Yokan - Deftones (very heavy, sexier and heavier radiohead imo)
Hypochondriac - Brakence (very experimental emo rap, glitch pop)
Reading Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays (the smiths ish, with beautiful female vocals)
Classic album. Good reaction man!
Hope you do Caligula soon. It is an incredible and terrifying album, recorded in the context of an abusive relationship, and filled with abrasive instrumentals and amazing vocals. Really recommend!
Shoutout Smags. Shoutout the 2013 EP _Horizons / Rapture_ by The Physics House Band, which gives me big TMV energy. Shoutout TMV. FOREVER
Wow what a nice surprise!! The Bedlam in Goliath is my favorite Volta album and it’s got some really cryptic lyrics/story and some really heavy hits!! Would love to see you check it out :)
The leaves falling behind you is top tier
Entonces en algún momento escucharás Amputechture 🙏🏼
En ese album está la canción más ambiciosa que conozco: Day Of The Baphomets
EXOSKELETAL JUNCTION AT THE RAILROAD DELAYED!
Holy fuck this was completely unexpected. You gotta do Frances the Mute next
Hell yeah! Glad you reacted to this. We need a Modest Mouse Reaction! Especially the Lonesome Crowded West
He did that album already, go check it out.
@@nostalgia_clinic oh sure as shit he did! Thanks for letting me know
@@mannyandnataliarodriguez8744 I got you fam 🍻
Leaves falling out of the window are magic
Awesome Album good sir 👊....cheers 🍻😎
You're a whole vibe
Smags has the vaccine against missing. Another 10/10 reaction
So, now you have listen their entire discography thats the deal
Listen to ghosts of the great Highway by Sun Kil Moon
Seeing Smags react to this kinda makes me want to see him react to more batshit prog albums such as Mr. Bungle's _s/t_ or Major Parkinson's _s/t_
Awesome man!! Your videos always make my day!! Highly recommend Ram by Paul McCartney, it was considered one of the first indie albums and when it was released it was not critically acclaimed, with even the other members of the Beatles saying it was not a good album, now it’s considered Paul’s best work after the Beatles, highly recommend!!
Yooo sick reaction! Definitely listen to Frances the mute next
You shall listen to Autechre once again, either LP5 or Untilted 🙏🙏🙏
The latter being less accessible but overall better imo 🤑
Banger, 2nd albums a banger as well
HOLY SHIT I NEED THIS ONE!!!! PLEASE DO FRANCES THE MUTE AS WELL!!!!
Seen them twice live in Chicago for deloused and Frances tours.. After Jon Thedore left and the keyboardist died it wasn't the same... Listen to these albums all the time cutting the grass LMAO
Please do the bedlam in Goliath! Imo their best
*Sike actually I second the comment below to do Relationship Of Command before any more TMV
I'm gonna add myself to the deluge of comments and suggest you do Frances the Mute next
Frances the Mute is the best prog rock album of the 21st century. You should check it out.
Lol no it’s not
@@Childofbhaal if you have nothing interesting to say then don’t say it
@@hermanubis96I love the album but it is definitely not the best prog rock album of the 21st century
@@Childofbhaal ok so say which one is, instead of wasting everyone’s time by being snarky
@@hermanubis96 Between the Buried and Me- Colors, The Parallax 2
Porcupine Tree- Fear of a blank planet, Deadwing
Opeth- Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries
Steven Wilson- Hand Cannot Erase
Any of these I think are better. And not being snarky, I love The Mars Volta and their work. There’s just even better stuff out there to me
FRANCES THE MUTE IS A MUST LISTEN!!!!
SMAGSSSS
Oh ive never listened to a full album by them i'm actually really interested in this
Also sir please listen to the lamb as effigy by sprain
You've totally got to listen to the new mount eerie album!
Gotta check out Frances The Mute
Glassworks by Philip Glass.
Bro listen to Rumskib! Best shoegaze band and album of all time
Listen to the ascension by Glenn branca
Hey Smags, during your reaction of Beach House's Bloom, you said at 9:00 you would do a Minecraft lets-play if the video got 300 likes. The video has 876 likes, yet for some reason I can't seem to find your Minecraft let's play (I would also accept a reaction/review of Hot Fuss from the Killers)
It's a strange rec, and it has nothing to do with this album, but maybe check out LA Timpa, Modern Antics in a Deserted Place. It's really pretty underground but it's got really crazy noise pop that I think really fits with the overall vibe of the albums reviewed around here. Love ur reviews.
Can you please do In The Wake of Poseidon King Crimson you missed it and I have been following since the start!
Heyo Smags, big fan of your content and big love towards you and all that you do 🫶
I have a request..... could you by any chance review the album 'I Need To Start A Garden' by Hayley Heynderickx? Its her 2018 debut, and IMO its one of the most underrated and overlooked folk albums of the last decade - I barely saw anyone cover it.
Besides, shes dropping her sophomore album next week (same day as the new Mount Eerie) and I thought itd be really cool to see at least one major reactor give Hayley the attention she deserves ☺️
YOOO FINALLY PLS LISTEN TO FRANCES THE MUTE NEXT
this is a fucking banger of an album and Frances The Mute is the best album of all time
You should do a reaction to give up by the postal service
betcover!! jikan(時間）reaction please!!!!!!!!
PEAK!!!! listen to the lamb as effigy soon ... i beg u
smags we need the 454 fast trax 3 reaction, best album of 2022, incredible raps, you wont regret it
bro please react to clics modernos - charly garcia
mariachi slipknot
🤣🤣😭😭😭
o shit
You should react to World is Yours by Mass of the Fermenting Dregs.
OMFGGGGGGG
Omg check frances too
Smags you NEED to listen to the growlers
Do LITTLE BUSTERS and Happy Bivouac by The Pillows next! I recommend starting with LITTLE BUSTERS though
You are not crazy for getting emo vibes from the vocals. The singer and guitarists previous band had a lot of emo influences in their earlier work. They basically grew out of the emo/hardcore scene
Their friend Jeremy Ward died of a heroin overdose. Not suicide.
Oh my god hell yes
You should check out tell me about the long dark path home by newfound Connecticut. An album that’s needs a lot more recognition
Please listen to Magdalenas Bays debut album Mercurial World!!!
You need to do the new cure album, so good
i love me some mars volta. where is king krule six feet beneath the moon.
Check out Diary by Sunny Day Real Estate, big second wave emo band
Please react to: “Before the dawn heals us - M83” that is such a great album and I think it is different from everything you have heard so far on this channel.
FRANCES THE MUTE NEXT IVE BEEN ASKING YOU FOR A MONTH NOW PLS 😭😭😭😭😭🙏
Yeah...I fast forward through the dead spot on Track 7. Heresy.
794 views in 6 hours? My goat really fell off. Also listen to Speak for Yourself by Imogen Heap pleaaase :3
La Dispute - Wild life pls