Radical Face - Sunlight
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- I've been working on portrait painting in my spare time for the past few months, and I like listening to calm music when I paint. Lately, it has mostly been lofi hiphop playlists and movie soundtracks. I was having an off day recently and decided I would make a song to distract myself. I gave myself 24 hours to complete it, which is a trick I use if I don't want to overthink things. The music I've been listening to while painting was an obvious influence.
For the video, I played the instrumental of the track on loop and painted a portrait. Rather than worry about the subject matter matching the lyrics, I wanted to see if I could get the mood across in the facial expression. I got it pretty close, I think.
And all of these singles are a part of my monthly mailing list where I share all kinds of art and music. It's called "The Hidden Hollow", so sign up if any of that sounds interesting. Here's the link: eepurl.com/hb4lwf
Lyrics:
In a search for the words I filled page after page
Still not sure what to say
The knot in my chest is not in my chest
It's just a trick of the brain
Could you share a little piece of your sunlight?
Or carry me off in the cold night?
I don't really care where I land
Could you teach me how to walk in the moonlight?
Or show me how to bury these old knives?
I'd like to get them out of my hands
So I'm back at the start to try my new hand
This all looks the same
But now I'm further along; I'm not at the start
Another trick of the brain
Could you share a little piece of your sunlight?
Or carry me off in the cold night?
I don't really care where I land
Could you teach me how to walk in the moonlight?
Or show me how to bury these old knives?
I'd like to get them out of my hands
You're the reason I started making my own music instead of just sticking to covers, I adore you and all that you do. Thank you Ben
Oh, that's awesome. Good luck with it!
@@RadicalFace thank you so much! I hope to hold a candle to you one day, just trying to make the best I can with my janky home studio
@@KeyaMoosic As someone who has worked in janky home studios his entire life, don't ever let that make you feel illegitimate. The only thing that matters is that the work you create is genuine and compelling. Not the circumstances you make it under.
@@RadicalFace that's one of the things I took from you in terms of my music and it surely helped motivate me to make my music with whatever means I have, in turn enjoying the process of finding out techniques I'd have never gotten to use.
Some of my favorites from Ben are ones from his earlier albums made in his shed. As much as I like the clarity of the remastered versions, something about the muffled imperfections in the original Ghost songs make them more real and hauntingly beautiful. Ghosts usually haunt old houses with imperfections after all ;)
I'm sure you've heard this before, but as someone that has struggled with depression, your music and art have really helped me get through some hard times. Thank you for creating.
Same here. His music has helped me more than some people.
Same here, his music did help me a lot.
And the knot in my chest is not in my chest
It's just a trick of the brain
I love those lyrics a lot.
This right here makes me want to spend a whole day making homemade iced tea, sit in a rocking chair on a wooden porch, and just reminisce
Oh! I just read that you did the portrait! Such a range of talent!
Thank you! I have really gotten back into visual art since I never leave my house anymore and time means nothing.
@@RadicalFace at least you're becoming an accomplished painter. All I've done is to teach my cat to find hidden catnip around the house.
@@deborahsoule9698 That's sounds fun too.
Your music always makes me sigh deeply... and probably lowers my blood pressure.. and makes me shed a tear. haha..
I like to think of it as punching strangers in the heart.
That needs to be a future lyric!
@@RadicalFace An excellent description. It definitely reaches a hand into my chest somehow.
I cry with release. Like fireflies & fish hooks in your heart at the same time.
Love from india.... was having not so good time and then you released this.....
Made my night!
Yours are one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard
After all those albums of old'en style intruments, it's really nice to hear you branch out again with some more modern sounds that still manage to catch that same homely feel that your music always has, especially from different angels like this.
Ben, Beautiful song; I'm really enjoying your monthly newsletter. It must be a lot of work, thank you.
It's so pure. I don't know why but the painting going with the song is so powerful. Thanks Ben!
It's everything. His music is my therapy. ❤️🧘♀️
Clicked like before hearing the song
Brazil loves your art, Ben. Love you! 🌎🌱
Thank you for your music, always. It doesn't silence the noise or stop it altogether, rather, it simply sits beside it, listens to the voices repeatedly recite helplessly the mess in my head, just ever so present amid and on top of the noise. That makes it perfectly comforting for me in a certain way. I believe I needed that.
p.s. the art is incredible.
you’ve helped me get through some of the toughest times in my life. thank you for the incredible music and everything you do. :)
I often come back to your music to be reminded that there are still beautiful souls out there
I love this ❤️ thank you for the beautiful songs you give us
Thank you
Beautiful music!!!! Great rhythm and harmony, I liked the arrangements, very top!
O my, and again you've really outdone yourself. Damn I really love it! Thank you so much ♡
Velvet. It is always so. Thx. ◇~~~
Love everything about this. Thanks Ben! 💙
found you when wandering came out..and i stopped wandering since then and followed your music.love from Greece
I listened to this song for the first time yesterday and i've just been replaying it over and over about 20 times and I can't remember the last time a song made me feel this way. Thank you so much Ben
Love this group, have them in my top 2 artists of all time and usually they are the 1st spot.
so fantastic as usual, i'm loving the speedpaint, so fun to see the process!!! it came out great!!!
thank u, for everything.
I absolutely adore this song!
Please... come to Brazil, make a tour here 💜
Yes yes yes ❤️
Hopefully one day, when the world isn't poisonous.
@@RadicalFace But I believe you already knew. Seekers SEE, and you've seen through the veil. Your art is a visceral thing. ❤️
"Open eyes adjusting to the dark
The growlin' of machinery
Can't say if it's night or day
And you know, somewhere in there you know
There will be a price to pay 'til all this goes away
So we walk the empty halls, the dirty walls
We smear our names in them
Dirt we find beneath our nails
Can't be scrubbed from our tired hands, never clean..."
such a beautiful song...and painting
Please please come to India Ben!!! I know so many people here who got out of depression becoz of you, u have many fans here!!! Please come to India ❤
Such beauty. Love the instrumentals and effects .Who did the exquisite painting?
Beautiful song, I love your music :)
Love thisssssss!
I love this song and the lyrics really hit home for me. 💜
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Your music has been my sunlight, thank you
So graceful & meaningful 🎶 thank you Mister Cooper
Omg, I love it, pls tell me this and anything else new if available to purchase in Canadian iTunes app, thank you 😘🙏🏼
só radical face pra me deixar feliz nessa quarentena
Another beautiful work of art, love the nature sounds in this one :) You rock Ben, come back to philly!
In treatment for drug rehab, living in halfway.. still pretty fucked up.. this really helps. Thank you for the hope through music..
Wonderful. 🙂😊
Beautiful
This is my favorite song of 2020
Or out of 2020?
This is my favorite song of the 2020's
This was awesome! Nice work Ben c:
Good discovery, for me. Radical Face: I know, but this I hadn't heard, and I am happy to have rolled it out.
It looks like a return to early work. Wow.
I am Korean. I think it's a song that tells everyone's life. It seems to be a really special and unknown song. It is an honor to know the songs of Radical Face. Thank you for letting me know Radical Face. It's so hard to understand when you look at the lyrics and videos. It's also fun to interpret.
Your ability to capture subtle emotion both in the painting and the song is ethereal.
Thanks for posting something beautiful to youtube, the world really needs it.
The feeling, imagery, as we all can see empirically is undeniably magic. I feel this in my spine...
Thank you for putting into such beauty how many people feel, this song speaks to my soul makes me feel not utterly alone. Ty for sharing this beautiful work sir
Beautiful woman, beautiful picture, paint.
Ben, your music means so much to me! It speaks to my soul, and it has been a great source of comfort. Keep up the great work!
It's so strikingly beautiful. I just wonder how talented you are. This song, and this portrait, both makes me feel serene, calm, and all too ready to take a new turn in life, even if I'm standing on the verge of reluctance. That may sound exaggerated, but it really isn't.
I appreciate you so much.
Stupid tricksy brain, constantly toying with the rest of me. You’d think it would get bored of it after a while too, you know? Like at this point is must just be too easy. My knotted up stomach will fall for literally anything. Doesn’t that just get boring after a while? Doesn’t it brain? Doesn’t it!?
Lovely song, thank you for sharing your little piece of sunlight
I have been going through a lot and honestly after listening your music, I have started to embrace the good and bad things. I've never felt so alive before in my life. Thank so much @RadicalFace
somehow you manage to capture such visceral emotions i never remember, until i hear your music. thank you
In a search for the words, I filled page after page
Still not sure what to say
And the knot in my chest is not in my chest
It's just a trick of the brain
Could you share a little piece of your sunlight
Or carry me off in the cold night?
I don't really care where I land
Could you teach me how to walk in the moonlight
Or show me how to bury these old knives?
I'd like to get 'em out of my hands
So I'm back at the start to try my new hand
This all looks the same
But now I'm further along, I'm not at the start
Another trick of the brain
Could you share a little piece of your sunlight
Or carry me off in the cold night?
I don't really care where I land
Could you teach me how to walk in the moonlight
Or show me how to bury these old knives?
I'd like to get 'em out of my hands
This is so beautiful, man. Looking forward to a new album. But the Family Tree sticks in my head, every album is a underrated masterpiece ❤
man my life wouldn't be complete without your music 🥺
Wow it's so interesting to know that you enjoy painting too! Music and painting are a beautiful combo.
I really like listening to movie soundtracks while making art too, if I'm lucky enough to find the music that I really want to listen to at the right time, it feels like I'm in my own peaceful world and never want to get out of it.
And your music is one of those that I'd listen all the time, really.
Now I'm definitely looking forward for more of your art! Keep going ❤️
this is so soothing
I love you music, Ben! Thank you! Picture such a wonderfull!
Love your music. Hello from Russia
🧊/🏔
This song is so beautiful... You are an inspection to me. Thank you so much 💓
The best!
Another hot song, all you do is drop beautiful music.....keep it coming
I hope one day my music was so good like yours! So inspiring, thanks for that!
Big kiss from France!
I love his music so much it inspires me too get better at my instrument and branch out too new things
Linda música!!!! Ótimo ritmo e harmonia, gostei demais dos arranjos, top demais!!!
Awesome song! What are the chords?
This is one of the best songs ever written. I believe Ben Cooper is one of the greatest songwriters in both words and music. Thank you.
What a wonderful song, just makes me happy!! The chorus reminds me of Dinosaur Jr, beautiful track.
Me and my friend loves your music!
Would you mind saying hello to him? Hes been kinda down in the dumps lately.
Cheers Ben!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👌👍😍👏👏👏
Purity of form, the guys a genius 💚
You're so amazingg!! This song is hella beautiful! ❤️😭. You're an inspiration to all. ❤️❤️
Beautiful as always. Visually and musically. Can’t wait to see you perform in person again once the world calms down a tad.
Man I want to give you a good ol hug, you def my favourite artist. Rise and shine, king.👑
Saludos desde Colombia, tu música es lo más hermoso que hay🇨🇴🇨🇴
Your music is loved in Ukraine too. Keep doing what you are doing, Ben. Comments are here forever ♡
didn't realize you released a new song happy for this to have popped in my recommended :)
I'm digging these speed paint music videos
Dude that was awesomely freakish.
Somehow, you always find a way to punch me in the heart. Take care old pal
Felt emotionally ready to listen to this (yes, I'm THAT sensitive) and I'm so glad I did. Difficult to listen to my favorite artist because his music hits me so deeply. God I feel like a weakling but it's true.
BRUTALES, desde Mallorca escuchando...
💙
yo this beat is off the chain
😍😍😍
Relaxing
I am watching the rain fall as I am listening to this. This is the best I have felt this week.
Woah hold up. You did that portrait??? Dude you’re so talented I could never lol
Aah Mr Ben I’ve been expecting you ! Love this imagery. I’m assuming you intended to transmorphose from an extremely handsome man into an extremely handsome woman? It captures the fluidity of gender perfectly!!
Tears again, but the best kind. The kind that rip stuff out of the soul that needs to go, painful as it is. If we are made of light, how are we supposed to shine if we don't chip away the coal that suffocated it to begin with? Anyway thank you & we love you!!!
Pure emotion.
This has your SunnMoonnEclippse EP vibe and I’m loving every second of it.
I wish I could give Ben a huge hug. It would be the best thing ever.