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  • Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on The Things That People Do When They Think No Ones Looking
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    0:00 Intro
    00:49 Reaction
    06:44 Analysis - I Kind Of Enjoyed This Auditory Assault
    09:02 Analysis - Rhythm As Glue
    10:36 CARD - BLANK REFERENCE
    12:35 Analysis - Isolated Guitar Parts
    13:45 Analysis - Floating Vocals
    17:05 Analysis - Bonkers Time Signatures
    20:16 Analysis - Lyrical Dive
    27:38 Outro
    #reaction #hella #mathrock

КОМЕНТАРІ • 50

  • @rijntje73
    @rijntje73 10 місяців тому +11

    Hella as a two piece blew my mind. This album though, them as a full fledged band, takes it to another level. It's a shame they only made one album in this particular configuration, but I will keep spinning it and will never get bored of it. Zach hill will always be the ultimate idiosyncratic drum Lord, Spencer Seim will always be the ultimate technical guitar weirdo that complements his playing best, the extra pronounced bass melody lines just makes it all the more tasty and the singing is just so different and fluid too: like some kind of mad preacher. The lyrics are very thought provoking as well. This album is just a one of a kind spastic progressive trip with one tasty moment after another. A true stankface album which is super intricate but with so much great original winding melodic ideas and hooks to make it worthwhile for those that aren't easily impressed by technicality. So fun to sing along as well!

    • @Lupine.
      @Lupine. 10 місяців тому +1

      I forgot they existed. lol

    • @rijntje73
      @rijntje73 10 місяців тому +3

      @@Lupine. HOW!?! 🤯

    • @Lupine.
      @Lupine. 10 місяців тому +1

      @@rijntje73 Just not my kind of music. I'm too picky about vocals. I had a friend who really liked them back in the day (a drummer, of course).

    • @rijntje73
      @rijntje73 10 місяців тому +3

      @@Lupine. You're in luck then, because all of their others albums are instrumental! 😉 But yeah, I think Hella is probably close to not the entire world's cup of tea. 🍵 It's an acquired taste or you need a very specific musical disposition to appreciate it.

    • @namjahs
      @namjahs Місяць тому +1

      THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY THINK NO ONES LOOOOOOOOOOOKING

  • @roddypiper7404
    @roddypiper7404 10 місяців тому +7

    Glad to see some Hella here. Math rock is largely ignored by reactors.

  • @rafaelcamargossantos
    @rafaelcamargossantos 10 місяців тому +4

    Zach Hill, the drummer is also the drummer in Death Grips! Just thought I would mention it, I love his style and versatility

    • @catring_
      @catring_ 6 місяців тому +1

      calling Zach just "the drummer" in Death Grips is a bit of an undersell haha

  • @jonathanhenderson9422
    @jonathanhenderson9422 10 місяців тому +4

    Love how these guys skirt that edge between complete chaotic nonsense and coherency. I think I said on the last listen they reminded me a bit of Behold... The Arctopus, but this does have a punkier TMV vibe. I think I liked the last track a bit better, but this one does indeed have some sick drum patterns.

  • @JUJUJUNO
    @JUJUJUNO 10 місяців тому +5

    It's funny you mention Mars Volta because Zach Hill, Hella's drummer, collaborated with Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala once for the El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodríguez-López' album Cryptomnesia! It's an insane, math-punk psychedelic ride that's less like listening to music and more like injecting it violently in your system, it's definitely more like this sound right here than TMV but it's also completely new and unique, I highly recommend.

    • @rijntje73
      @rijntje73 10 місяців тому +2

      I will seek that one out, thank you for the recommendation!

    • @JUJUJUNO
      @JUJUJUNO 10 місяців тому +2

      @@rijntje73 you're welcome! I recommend going through everything involving Omar honestly, it's all very distinct from one another but it's worth it.

    • @weirdfishes100
      @weirdfishes100 10 місяців тому +2

      I just posted a similar comment before reading yours! Cryptomnesia is one of the most wild, twisted, and oddly dark records I’ve experienced.

    • @ronaldmcdonald8168
      @ronaldmcdonald8168 10 днів тому

      Zach Hill also worked with 2 early old og members of At the Drive In in an ep called "crime in Choir".

  • @scandalousbeans2591
    @scandalousbeans2591 3 місяці тому +2

    there is something so magical about the rhythm that sounds like it is speeding up so much but isnt

  • @HolySmokesTheSquire
    @HolySmokesTheSquire 6 місяців тому +2

    For the record, Hella opened for System of a Down along side The Mars Volta around 2005, this probably nudged this album out a little more in terms of sound. The album content itself in terms of song structure had existed in some capacity since Zach and Spencers first band, Legs on Earth, disbanded in 2000-2001, they wanted to revisit those ideas with more members which inherited a Volta-like sound.

    • @travissiegfried636
      @travissiegfried636 6 місяців тому +2

      @@HolySmokesTheSquire Julian from legs said he made some of the riff parts that made it to this album

  • @weirdfishes100
    @weirdfishes100 10 місяців тому +3

    Love this album. And my favorite band is The Mars Volta, so go figure!
    In fact, about when this record came out, Omar and Cedric teamed up with Zach Hill for an album called Cryptomnesia-I highly recommend you react to it. The songs “Puny Humans” or “Elderly Pair Beaten with Hammer” are wild.
    If you liked this song, I think you’d enjoy it. A lot of fans essentially consider it a “secret” Volta record.

  • @YuriRadavchuk
    @YuriRadavchuk 10 місяців тому +2

    I've been waiting for this particular album by Hella reacted to. And you are among the few who can appreciate it.
    The album is a bit more digestible cause it has they have song format.

  • @mortalmannequin4091
    @mortalmannequin4091 10 місяців тому +5

    This is my favorite hella song glad it got recommended!

  • @UrBeat06
    @UrBeat06 10 місяців тому +4

    I’ve been waiting for some math rock on this channel for a while

    • @jcfarnham4634
      @jcfarnham4634 10 місяців тому

      Believe me I suggest it whenever I can 😅

  • @brainrotplague
    @brainrotplague 10 місяців тому +4

    HELLA! Now we're talking!

  • @ronaldmcdonald8168
    @ronaldmcdonald8168 10 місяців тому +2

    Wow, such an amazing reaction! You almost seem to get really emotional and vulnerable reacting to this song. I haven't really seen this in any other video of yours. I applaud you. And hella is the best! Zach hill is drum god!

    • @rijntje73
      @rijntje73 10 місяців тому +1

      This wouldn't have happened a few years ago as Bryan said. His brain has been during his journey with this channel to see the beauty through the chaos and loudness without being overwhelmed!

  • @shryggur
    @shryggur 10 місяців тому +2

    Man that's the track I didn't expect to hear from them! Reminded me of Goon Moon a lot. Exceptional

  • @SpeedOfThought1111
    @SpeedOfThought1111 10 місяців тому +3

    LEGENDARY album.

  • @progperljungman8218
    @progperljungman8218 10 місяців тому +2

    Awesome!

  • @musiclover01ization
    @musiclover01ization 10 місяців тому +3

    Pretty interesting song. It was cool but the rhythm could feel hard to follow at times.

  • @rijntje73
    @rijntje73 10 місяців тому +2

    The Earth is flat and it's not round... it's upside down!

  • @barryjackson1838
    @barryjackson1838 8 місяців тому +2

    nice reaction. i've loved Hella since their 2nd album released. you might try "Biblical Violence" off their acoustic album.

  • @brainrotplague
    @brainrotplague 10 місяців тому +3

    You should see live recordings of Zach Hill playing these songs. It's wiiiild

  • @Lloocii
    @Lloocii 10 місяців тому +3

    Piglet when?

  • @ronaldmcdonald8168
    @ronaldmcdonald8168 10 місяців тому +2

    Lisa has the best recommendations!❤

  • @travissiegfried636
    @travissiegfried636 6 місяців тому +2

    I lived w a guy that bought Zach's first kit

    • @travissiegfried636
      @travissiegfried636 6 місяців тому +1

      And wrote some riffs on this album

    • @chrisknight3734
      @chrisknight3734 4 місяці тому +1

      You're speaking of Jules Imsdahl? If so that's pretty neat

    • @travissiegfried636
      @travissiegfried636 4 місяці тому

      @@chrisknight3734 precise, yeah it was very wild and neat. Worked on some interesting music w him when able

  • @Ph4nt4sm4ge
    @Ph4nt4sm4ge 9 місяців тому

    Consider giving "Tricot - Artsick" a shot. Melancholic/percussiony/mathy sound but they also have more upbeat songs, you might like it :)

  • @xayax7920
    @xayax7920 8 місяців тому +1

    HELLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAA

  • @safakck485
    @safakck485 10 місяців тому

    Sieges Even - Steps (1990) when?

  • @travissiegfried636
    @travissiegfried636 6 місяців тому

    Ill watch this later.. but are you a Scorpio

    • @CriticalReactions
      @CriticalReactions  6 місяців тому +1

      I'm not sure how to respond to that because I'm not into astrology nor am I a scorpio 😅

    • @travissiegfried636
      @travissiegfried636 6 місяців тому +2

      @@CriticalReactions nice, I've been able to tell ppls zodiac sign based on physical features and tone of voice. You look like my Scorpio drummer buddy kinda.. was just curious. Still gonna check this out later. Check legs on earth. Zach's first band w Spencer and Julian. Used to live w Julian