I’m an old California grandpa who has heard a lot of live music from famous bands. I think “ The Deeper Understanding” is in the top 3 albums in the last 20-30 years. I don’t say this lightly. But deeply, with some understanding.
Thanks Dan, your comment has brought me to stop and listen to this band I’ve never heard before. I can really feel your genuine and well heeled endorsement that I find refreshing. From one middle age California hippie to the next. ☮️
First hearing I thought Tom Petty, Springsteen, Dylan well mixed and new. I Love it. Run to buy Lost in a Dream and deeper understanding... They are two of the best albums I own
First, the KEXP sound crew should get awards for this performance. Each instrument is perfectly staged. There is a lot of information to represent here but ALL of it is perfectly mixed. Second, I have never LISTENED to WOD before, yet this is a watershed moment for me musically. I can look back over the 50 years of my life and point to these moments and see their effect on my life. In 1981 it was Joy Division. In 1982 it was the Comsat Angels. In 1983 it was Stiff Little Fingers. In 1985 it was the Jesus and Mary Chain. In 1991 it was the Catherine Wheel. In 2018 it is the War On Drugs. I have been changed again. Amazing music.
Still don't know why their UA-cam guy or gal doesn't do this for every video... Pain: 0:26 Holding On: 5:35 Strangest Thing: 16:50 You Don't Have to Go: 23:32
Yeah thanks. I don't know this band (yet) and just stumbled in here, and had no idea where to start looking for the music until I saw this list of titles. Much easier than trying to find the titles again by backing up the video. I hate to interrupt a good song just to search back for the title. Phenomenal audio quality, BTW.
The way "You Don't Have To Go" ends is something else. This album was my therapy for some time 5 years ago, and I had tears in my eyes every time this song wrapped up the album. It still gets me every time.
im no audio engineer... amateur or otherwise, but KEXP has some of the best sounding live performances i've ever heard. everytime. they have turned me onto bands, i may otherwise would have shrugged right off.
Realize that this is how almost ALL recorded music could sound, if every freaking band and mastering engineer didn't brickwall the crap out of everything. The audio we could have from the past 30 years would be unbelievable....instead, it's all compressed. Look into the loudness war, if you're not aware of it. It is disgusting how technology has improved in every area of our lives, yet recorded music sounds worse now than it did 50 years ago. But that being said, yes, the KEXP sound crew does it right!! Best recorded performances out there. Go look up Local Natives and listen to how well that's recorded....the harmonies.....unbelievable. The KEXP guys should be consulted for all recorded music!! :)
0:25 Pain 4:00 🎸(Pain) 5:35 Holding On 16:51 Strangest Thing 23:39 You Don't Have To Go Lyrics: Pain, Holding On, Strangest Thing, You Don't Have To Go Pain ==== Go to bed now I can tell Pain is on the way out now Look away and domino falls away I know it's hard looking in Knowing that tomorrow you'll be back again Pin your head and let me in I'm waiting So long I was staring into the light When I saw you in the distance, I knew that you'd be mine Am I moving back in time Just standing still I met a man with a broken back He had a fear in his eyes that I could understand I can even shake the hand When I break it in I've been pulling on a wire, but it just won't break I've been turning up the dial, but I hear no sound I resist what I cannot change But I wanna find what can't be found I'm aware you're tired and lost Like a demon in the doorway, waiting to be born But I'm here all alone, just begging Pull me close and let me hold you in Give me the deeper understanding of who I am Yeah, I'm moving back again I'm waiting here I'm just pulling on a wire, but it just won't break I've been turning up the dial, but I hear no sound I resist what I cannot change, own it in your own way Yeah, I wanna find what can't be found Holding On ========= Once I was alive and I could feel I was holding on to you And I redefined the way I looked at dawn inside of you I went down a crooked highway Alone outside the line I've been rejected, now the man has turned and I'm out of time Ain't no way I'm gonna last Hiding in the seams, I can't move the past Feel like I'm about to crash Riding on my line, I keep keeping on Once we were apart and I could see red Never trying to turn back time Never meant to bring my pain to the front and into your life Now I'm headed down a different road Can we walk it side by side? Is an old memory just another way of saying goodbye? Ain't no way I'm gonna last Hiding in the seams, I can't move the past Feel like I'm about to crash Riding the same line, I keep keeping on And he never gonna change He never gonna learn I keep moving on the path, yeah Holding on to mine When you talk about the past What are we talking of? Did I let go too fast? Was I holding on too long? Ain't no truths from the past As silent as the sea And it holding on too long But you're right in front of me And I'm moving on a cast Shadows on my seam I keep moving with the changes, yeah Ooh Strangest Thing ============= Some are right underneath And how I look today I've been hiding out so long I gotta find another way Late at night I wanna see you Will my eyes they begin to fade? Am I just living in the space between The beauty and the pain? And the real thing Now the sky is painted In a wash of indigo I've been holding on too long That I hardly know the score I recognize every face But I ain't got everything I need If I'm just living in the space between The beauty and the pain It's the strangest thing Yeah, should I surround my life Surrounded by a hole Surrounded by no other I wanna ride it home Yeah, be the writer of your own story Let it turn you onto love again Be the writer of your own story Let it turn you onto love again I wanna ride, I wanna ride You Don't Have To Go ================= Love is a bird I can't even see Even in the darkness right in front of me And you were shining bright through the window in the morn There's a torrent that rises gently There's a wind You can be free, sometimes brave Sometimes all you want to do is run away I don't need a curse, the hurt is much too real But even worse, I'm silently waiting For her, the room will be painted Yeah, I know, it's hard, this time Yeah, I know, you know, this time... How could I wait until you recognized me? When you were there inside my dreams No, you don't have to go, I want to make you stay Goodbye, anyway I heard the news today I've been up since the break of dawn I lost my mind today I'm at the sea, and I can hear the trains Winds of change, so new Blow right through me and blow back through you And pull you into the light, yeah Now I'm home, and it's clear you're gone Lost my edge today, singing all my songs in the pouring rain Pushed and pulled apart by the scenes I can feel the change Winds of love blow few, and they move through me, and they blow through you And take you into the night, yeah
This song "Pain" when I heard it. Marked a moment in my life, when I went from kinda worrying about my little lane in life. To really feeling a part of this whole human thing. That we literally all struggle. That's music. Great music. It makes you really think really feel and just it's something many many paragraphs can't quite explain. Thanks Adam
This music reminds me of a time that I struggled with. A fabulous radio station where I discovered this fabulous band! My momma was dying from ovarian cancer. The music gave me something I could hold on to! Strong music for my soul! Bittersweet and beautiful!
Massively talented & massively under-rated,just seen their performance at Glastonbury on Sunday night & they are becoming one of my favourite bands,keep the albums coming boys!! 🎸👌🤘
Same. I've been aware of this band for quite a few years and really enjoy Slave Ambient and a few tracks from the following albums but when I watched their set live from Glastonbury it was a lightbulb moment. They looked and sounded absolutely spot on and in fact sounded better live. Always a good sign. Now I'm kinda obsessed with them tbh. Such a great set in the sun. Unfortunately I can't find it on UA-cam (just the audio). Best band by a hundred miles that weekend.
They're great but they're not under-rated. I read that so often in comments on various bands and I find it very parochial. They don't sell as many records as Taylor Swift, but they are current and one of the most popular and respected indie bands of the past twenty years. You don't get nobodies playing Glastonbury.
I’ll never forget hearing this band for the first time when my college roommate brought home a vinyl of “Lost in the Dream”. No problem with other commenters’ comparisons, but on the other hand, don’t much agree with any - Adam and Co are in a league of their own. Even tracks that I once felt were lacking tend to grow on me over time…one in a million
I saw them live recently and it wasn't like that at all. Probably just the venue I saw them at but it was disappointing. This is one of my favorite bands!
The deep tone of the sax riding along with the bass sets an incredible mood throughout the album. Heading down a hill on a recent road trip, I hit 90+ on a wide open 2 lane local route without noticing one bit.
Maybe what people understand as Live album tends to be sloppy. This KEXP LIVE is a controlled environment play. Not as they would play on a live stage with thousands of fans screaming and the guys moving around and the stuff that happens on a live show. This KEXP experience is very different from that.
KEXP is basically a studio environment - its live but super controlled. Ever seen the Basement Session from RADIOHEAD - its unreal. Live is always dependent on the ROOM. There's nothing wrong with that though. I'd LOVE to hear a WOD really nice indoor theater album. Don't need a stadium album. Leave that to Beyond and music made for that scale.
Strangest Thing: 16:48 Summer ride on the beach Howl at the day I've been hiding out so long I gotta find another way Late at night I wanna see you Well my eyes, they begin to fade Am I just living in the space between The beauty and the pain? And the real thing Now the sky is painted In a wash of indigo I've been holding on too long In the howling of this cold I recognize every face But I ain't got everything I need If I'm just living in the space between The beauty and the pain It's the strangest thing Yeah, she runs surrounding me Surrounded by the whole Surrounded by no other I wanna run home Yeah, I can run slowly Don't run away again Yeah, I can run in the storm Don't you run again I wanna run, I wanna run Yeah, I can run slowly Yeah, I can run slowly
I first heard the track “Pain” on the radio and was immediately intoxicated by its beauty, immediately searched the album on Spotify, played it and smiled, and cried, it’s really something special, he’s far from a flashy guitarist but the secret is the notes you don’t play, amazing
Cheryl said it the best.. "i dont even know what emotions are overcoming me" Those last 2 minutes are undescribably good, just reminds me of everything... my childhood , dead pets and on and on Have also bought myself a gretch semi acoustic guitar and started learning to play thanks to this! Love you guys
My old old timer heart makes a jump . This band is the shower for my brains and and give my abig smile from ear to ear. What a sound. War on drugs is for me the band . EVERY DAY i listen to this AWESOME band. I love these guys.
Damn!! the way Adam just goes at that guitar on strangest thing gives me such goosebumps..It looks almost impossible that anyone can do that with their hands!
Charlie is honestly one of the best drummers out there. He plays with such restraint yet such passion. And my god does he look different here than he did the last time they played KEXP
dude, hes tight. almost electronic sounding. ...and hooo-lyyy fuck is he riding the wave, right now. i noticed the difference immediately! hahaha, its awesome!
Holding on: 5:35 Once I was alive and I could feel I was holding on to you And I redefined the way I looked at dawn inside of you I went down a crooked highway I went all outside the line I've been rejected, now the light has turned and I'm out of time Ain't no way I'm gonna last Hiding in the seams, I keep moving past Feel like I'm about to crash Riding on my line, keep keeping on, yeah, ooh Once we were apart and I could see red Never trying to turn back time Never meant to bring my pain into the front and into your life Now I'm headed down a different road Can we walk it side by side? Is an old memory just another way of saying goodbye? Ain't no way I'm gonna last Hiding in the seams, I keep moving past Feel like I'm about to crash Riding the same line, I keep keeping on, yeah, ooh I ain't never going to change He never gonna learn I keep moving on the path, yeah Holding on to mine When you talk about the past What are we talking of? Did I let go too fast? Was I holding on too long? Ain't no truths from the past As silent as the sea Am I holding on too long? But you're right in front of me And I'm moving on a cast Shadows on my seam I keep moving to changes, yeah, ooh Heart or hope Heart or hope Heart or hope Heart or hope
I've watched the last KEXP War on Drugs performance like 3 million times. And now this! Awesome.. what an amazing band. Wish I could fly to America and see you guys on tour. Come to Brazil!!
You dont have to go: 23:30 Love is a bird I can't even see Even in the darkness right in front of me And you were shining bright through the window in the mornin' There's a tone that rises gently With a wind You can be free, sometimes brave Sometimes all you want to do is run away I don't need the curse, the hurt is much too real Are we even lost I'm silently waiting For how the room will be painted Yeah, I know, it's hard, this time Yeah, I know, you know, this time How could I wait 'til you recognized me? When you were there inside my dreams No, you don't have to go, I want to make you stay Goodbye, anyway I heard the news today I've been up since the break of dawn I lost my mind today I'm at the sea, and I can hear the trains Winds of change, so new Blowin' right through me then blow back through you And pull you into the light, yeah Now I'm home, and it's clear you're gone I lost my edge today Singin' all my songs in the pouring rain Pushed and pulled apart at the seams I can feel the chains The winds of love blow few Let it move through me Let it blow through you And take you into the night, yeah
I love when Adam lights up and starts talking about Sean everett. In my humble opinion, I think that they all made one of the best records ever here, and it's always such an absolute pleasure to listen to, and the attention to detail on all the recording and engineering is so noticeable if you sit with it for a moment, and pays off in such an incredible way, and to me, establishes so so clearly that Sean Everett is the baseline, the gold standard of what modern organic studio engineering looks like.
KEXP you have done it again! Great band and great sound highlighting the best music in the world. You guys in Seattle are spoiled with this quality. Thanks for sharing with the world. War on Drugs come to Ireland and meet your fans!
Oh my goodness...so glorious. Writing from my hometown Catania in Sicily, but wish I was in Seattle yesterday or whenever it was just to witness this wonder
I recently discovered this band thanks to Spotify. I was listening to my Foals Radio channel when Pain came on! I honestly felt a connection to their music and started listening to everything they have put out. Change…in the woods.. OMFG you guys absolutely crushed it! Very surprised to have discovered another rare and truly talented group of professional musicians who touched my soul with their music.
Me encanta esta banda me encanta la primera canción. Siempre la escucho aquí la pasan en la radio 99.1 doble nueve. El mejor rock del mundo.. Saludos desde lima perú 🇵🇪
kexp you have done so much to facilitate the evolution of the internet musical experience. xoxo you guys have created a holy template, Namaste!! side note, adam looks so much like a young Garcia,..... love you all.. love you Cheryl.
I’m an old California grandpa who has heard a lot of live music from famous bands. I think “ The Deeper Understanding” is in the top 3 albums in the last 20-30 years. I don’t say this lightly. But deeply, with some understanding.
Thank you for the recommendation.
I am 69 yrs old...haven't heard a band this good since the golden era of my youth.
Thanks Dan, your comment has brought me to stop and listen to this band I’ve never heard before. I can really feel your genuine and well heeled endorsement that I find refreshing. From one middle age California hippie to the next. ☮️
I agree with you. Certainly the best band since Y2000.
First hearing I thought Tom Petty, Springsteen, Dylan well mixed and new. I Love it. Run to buy Lost in a Dream and deeper understanding... They are two of the best albums I own
The War on Drugs break your heart and put your broken heart back together at the same time.
Indeed, they do. My 30+ year old son alerted me to these guys. I’m smitten. What a wonderful performance. 👍
Joscelyn Weatherhog this is the best way to put it.
Yes 😔
Couldn't say it better
Jajajajaja
The best band to vibe out to while driving that's for damn sure.
Eric Crane Couldn't agree more, my friend.
I had some HEADY experiences with this album cranked, windows down, in Western Mass. One of my favs of all time!
Tyler George-Minetti Heady...I like that. Respek
Meat Puppets II is pretty awesome for driving too.
I will add Joshua Tree National Park to that as well. Or any wilderness for that matter.
Adam Granduciel is one of the most under-rated musicians and songwriters in modern music
He is incredibly exceptional, I went extra heavy on the choice of words for this magnificent being as I should.
Hey cuzn! Indeed, so tasty, so REAL! No plastic (no over-production).
@@mikeferguson4816 spot on Fergie 😉😊
Sure is
That fucking drummer is something else
Charlie Hall
He has a lot of cymbals
Amen.
THIS!
Yeah, he's super fucking good.
First, the KEXP sound crew should get awards for this performance. Each instrument is perfectly staged. There is a lot of information to represent here but ALL of it is perfectly mixed.
Second, I have never LISTENED to WOD before, yet this is a watershed moment for me musically. I can look back over the 50 years of my life and point to these moments and see their effect on my life. In 1981 it was Joy Division. In 1982 it was the Comsat Angels. In 1983 it was Stiff Little Fingers. In 1985 it was the Jesus and Mary Chain. In 1991 it was the Catherine Wheel. In 2018 it is the War On Drugs. I have been changed again. Amazing music.
Sorry you had to wait another 27 years
I'm not, I admit I was starting to worry whether it would happen again! Thank you for the concern. Have you been listening to them for awhile now?
thats awesome man.
Well said!
Its a beautiful song ;) Btw What d'you think of this one? ua-cam.com/video/1b85V2p4puw/v-deo.html&list=PLWehun4PmMf_00nsBZDretT5gHW_zhBeb
Still don't know why their UA-cam guy or gal doesn't do this for every video...
Pain: 0:26
Holding On: 5:35
Strangest Thing: 16:50
You Don't Have to Go: 23:32
thanks mate
Yeah thanks. I don't know this band (yet) and just stumbled in here, and had no idea where to start looking for the music until I saw this list of titles. Much easier than trying to find the titles again by backing up the video. I hate to interrupt a good song just to search back for the title. Phenomenal audio quality, BTW.
since they do upload the songs separately as well. people watching the whole set generally don't want to skip.
Real MVP, right here.
man of the people
The way "You Don't Have To Go" ends is something else. This album was my therapy for some time 5 years ago, and I had tears in my eyes every time this song wrapped up the album. It still gets me every time.
im no audio engineer... amateur or otherwise, but KEXP has some of the best sounding live performances i've ever heard. everytime. they have turned me onto bands, i may otherwise would have shrugged right off.
Agree 100 percent!!
Realize that this is how almost ALL recorded music could sound, if every freaking band and mastering engineer didn't brickwall the crap out of everything. The audio we could have from the past 30 years would be unbelievable....instead, it's all compressed. Look into the loudness war, if you're not aware of it. It is disgusting how technology has improved in every area of our lives, yet recorded music sounds worse now than it did 50 years ago. But that being said, yes, the KEXP sound crew does it right!! Best recorded performances out there. Go look up Local Natives and listen to how well that's recorded....the harmonies.....unbelievable. The KEXP guys should be consulted for all recorded music!! :)
@@mattdm11 what do you mean by brickwall?
@@staylucky4727 the quiet and loud are the same volume. The waveform looks like a brick. Google the loudness war...it will start you on your journey.
@@mattdm11 Interesting read on Wiki about this. Thanks!
This album takes me to another dimension.
0:25 Pain
4:00 🎸(Pain)
5:35 Holding On
16:51 Strangest Thing
23:39 You Don't Have To Go
Lyrics: Pain, Holding On, Strangest Thing, You Don't Have To Go
Pain
====
Go to bed now I can tell
Pain is on the way out now
Look away and domino falls away
I know it's hard looking in
Knowing that tomorrow you'll be back again
Pin your head and let me in
I'm waiting
So long
I was staring into the light
When I saw you in the distance, I knew that you'd be mine
Am I moving back in time
Just standing still
I met a man with a broken back
He had a fear in his eyes that I could understand
I can even shake the hand
When I break it in
I've been pulling on a wire, but it just won't break
I've been turning up the dial, but I hear no sound
I resist what I cannot change
But I wanna find what can't be found
I'm aware you're tired and lost
Like a demon in the doorway, waiting to be born
But I'm here all alone, just begging
Pull me close and let me hold you in
Give me the deeper understanding of who I am
Yeah, I'm moving back again
I'm waiting here
I'm just pulling on a wire, but it just won't break
I've been turning up the dial, but I hear no sound
I resist what I cannot change, own it in your own way
Yeah, I wanna find what can't be found
Holding On
=========
Once I was alive and I could feel
I was holding on to you
And I redefined the way I looked at dawn inside of you
I went down a crooked highway
Alone outside the line
I've been rejected, now the man has turned and I'm out of time
Ain't no way I'm gonna last
Hiding in the seams, I can't move the past
Feel like I'm about to crash
Riding on my line, I keep keeping on
Once we were apart and I could see red
Never trying to turn back time
Never meant to bring my pain to the front and into your life
Now I'm headed down a different road
Can we walk it side by side?
Is an old memory just another way of saying goodbye?
Ain't no way I'm gonna last
Hiding in the seams, I can't move the past
Feel like I'm about to crash
Riding the same line, I keep keeping on
And he never gonna change
He never gonna learn
I keep moving on the path, yeah
Holding on to mine
When you talk about the past
What are we talking of?
Did I let go too fast?
Was I holding on too long?
Ain't no truths from the past
As silent as the sea
And it holding on too long
But you're right in front of me
And I'm moving on a cast
Shadows on my seam
I keep moving with the changes, yeah
Ooh
Strangest Thing
=============
Some are right underneath
And how I look today
I've been hiding out so long
I gotta find another way
Late at night I wanna see you
Will my eyes they begin to fade?
Am I just living in the space between
The beauty and the pain?
And the real thing
Now the sky is painted
In a wash of indigo
I've been holding on too long
That I hardly know the score
I recognize every face
But I ain't got everything I need
If I'm just living in the space between
The beauty and the pain
It's the strangest thing
Yeah, should I surround my life
Surrounded by a hole
Surrounded by no other
I wanna ride it home
Yeah, be the writer of your own story
Let it turn you onto love again
Be the writer of your own story
Let it turn you onto love again
I wanna ride, I wanna ride
You Don't Have To Go
=================
Love is a bird I can't even see
Even in the darkness right in front of me
And you were shining bright through the window in the morn
There's a torrent that rises gently
There's a wind
You can be free, sometimes brave
Sometimes all you want to do is run away
I don't need a curse, the hurt is much too real
But even worse, I'm silently waiting
For her, the room will be painted
Yeah, I know, it's hard, this time
Yeah, I know, you know, this time...
How could I wait until you recognized me?
When you were there inside my dreams
No, you don't have to go, I want to make you stay
Goodbye, anyway
I heard the news today
I've been up since the break of dawn
I lost my mind today
I'm at the sea, and I can hear the trains
Winds of change, so new
Blow right through me and blow back through you
And pull you into the light, yeah
Now I'm home, and it's clear you're gone
Lost my edge today, singing all my songs in the pouring rain
Pushed and pulled apart by the scenes
I can feel the change
Winds of love blow few, and they move through me, and they blow through you
And take you into the night, yeah
There is so much nostalgia in their sound, like a distant love song, for some love you left on the sand’s beach, along the Pacific ocean.. 🥰
This song "Pain" when I heard it. Marked a moment in my life, when I went from kinda worrying about my little lane in life. To really feeling a part of this whole human thing. That we literally all struggle. That's music. Great music. It makes you really think really feel and just it's something many many paragraphs can't quite explain. Thanks Adam
This station ROUTINELY mixes better than the albums. Whoever does that, amazing. And this is my current fave.
Sitting here with goose bumps all over. FINALLY, some actual MUSIC!
This music reminds me of a time that I struggled with. A fabulous radio station where I discovered this fabulous band! My momma was dying from ovarian cancer. The music gave me something I could hold on to! Strong music for my soul! Bittersweet and beautiful!
Your story had me in tears ❤️
Massively talented & massively under-rated,just seen their performance at Glastonbury on Sunday night & they are becoming one of my favourite bands,keep the albums coming boys!! 🎸👌🤘
Same. I've been aware of this band for quite a few years and really enjoy Slave Ambient and a few tracks from the following albums but when I watched their set live from Glastonbury it was a lightbulb moment. They looked and sounded absolutely spot on and in fact sounded better live. Always a good sign. Now I'm kinda obsessed with them tbh. Such a great set in the sun. Unfortunately I can't find it on UA-cam (just the audio). Best band by a hundred miles that weekend.
They're great but they're not under-rated. I read that so often in comments on various bands and I find it very parochial. They don't sell as many records as Taylor Swift, but they are current and one of the most popular and respected indie bands of the past twenty years. You don't get nobodies playing Glastonbury.
The drummer is really feeling it, I love it
think everyone feels it :) DO YOU FEEL IT?
He better - it all depends on him. He's amazing
Charlie Hall is the man
Plays the perfect amount - never overdoes it. In the pocket the whole time.
KEXP deffo has one of the best live sounds ! Good job to the engineers!
I’ll never forget hearing this band for the first time when my college roommate brought home a vinyl of “Lost in the Dream”. No problem with other commenters’ comparisons, but on the other hand, don’t much agree with any - Adam and Co are in a league of their own. Even tracks that I once felt were lacking tend to grow on me over time…one in a million
The War on Drugs, thank you for existing. Thanks for the music!
Love it. You could listen to the audio without video and think its the album being played. They are CRISP
I saw them live recently and it wasn't like that at all. Probably just the venue I saw them at but it was disappointing. This is one of my favorite bands!
@@Mike9201984 You probably got very unlucky... I saw them 4 times already and each one of those performances was better than the last one.
One of the best bands out these days. Super underrated...real solid performance!
I've been waiting 3 years for this!!!
You stole my comment haha
Mitch Girard same here
so , I been waiting 40 years to be in the total solar eclipse
saaaaaaaaame
But it was worth waiting for 👌
There will be no better way to listen to A Deeper Understanding than listening to it while walking in the city at night after it rained.
I listen to it on repeat while riding my bike up and down to coast between San Diego and San Clemente.
a road trip soundtrack
Driving back from the beach to the city at night.
thats so rad man
plenty of opportunity to just that in rainy old Dublin
The deep tone of the sax riding along with the bass sets an incredible mood throughout the album. Heading down a hill on a recent road trip, I hit 90+ on a wide open 2 lane local route without noticing one bit.
Great band. This is their time to shine.
These guys need to put out a Live Album.
TheCannedWalrus why no?
Totally agree! Sometimes their better live than studio
Maybe what people understand as Live album tends to be sloppy. This KEXP LIVE is a controlled environment play. Not as they would play on a live stage with thousands of fans screaming and the guys moving around and the stuff that happens on a live show. This KEXP experience is very different from that.
But does KEXP alter and improve the music afterwards? if this is the case, then it's the reason why it sounds that good?
KEXP is basically a studio environment - its live but super controlled. Ever seen the Basement Session from RADIOHEAD - its unreal. Live is always dependent on the ROOM. There's nothing wrong with that though. I'd LOVE to hear a WOD really nice indoor theater album. Don't need a stadium album. Leave that to Beyond and music made for that scale.
The war on drugs makes my heart melt, i go from feeling hopeful to nostalgic, and then I jump back in to hope!
I can't stop listening to this version of "Strangest Thing". It's amazing!
Okay guys, now we are witnessing pure art over here. My congratulations!
Granducilations to you to, love from war on durgs x
We Love You Cheryl as much as we love The War on Drugs
Strangest Thing: 16:48
Summer ride on the beach
Howl at the day
I've been hiding out so long
I gotta find another way
Late at night I wanna see you
Well my eyes, they begin to fade
Am I just living in the space between
The beauty and the pain?
And the real thing
Now the sky is painted
In a wash of indigo
I've been holding on too long
In the howling of this cold
I recognize every face
But I ain't got everything I need
If I'm just living in the space between
The beauty and the pain
It's the strangest thing
Yeah, she runs surrounding me
Surrounded by the whole
Surrounded by no other
I wanna run home
Yeah, I can run slowly
Don't run away again
Yeah, I can run in the storm
Don't you run again
I wanna run, I wanna run
Yeah, I can run slowly
Yeah, I can run slowly
The most hypnotic voice!.... I found war on drugs by accident a little while back!.... What a very happy accident!....
Simply outstanding!....
😎👌🌾🌾🌼
Same. Can totally relate. Found them accidentally on Spotify and wow...just wow!
I first heard the track “Pain” on the radio and was immediately intoxicated by its beauty, immediately searched the album on Spotify, played it and smiled, and cried, it’s really something special, he’s far from a flashy guitarist but the secret is the notes you don’t play, amazing
Cheryl said it the best.. "i dont even know what emotions are overcoming me"
Those last 2 minutes are undescribably good, just reminds me of everything... my childhood , dead pets and on and on
Have also bought myself a gretch semi acoustic guitar and started learning to play thanks to this! Love you guys
My old old timer heart makes a jump . This band is the shower for my brains and and give my abig smile from ear to ear.
What a sound. War on drugs is for me the band . EVERY DAY i listen to this AWESOME band.
I love these guys.
saw them for the 12th time recently. God damn, they just get better and better. Truly an incredible live force now. Cant wait for the next time.
So, so so good. Best band in years.
im 25 and im sooooooo happy to have found this band!!! where have you been all my lifeee
These guys sound freaking amazing in a live performance, almost studio level. Absolutely stunning.
Sounds even better than their studio release
the bass player / tone and fills are on point. tasteful.
This makes every emotion you have ever felt come through, you feel your past, present and future in one rush. Stunning xx
Damn!! the way Adam just goes at that guitar on strangest thing gives me such goosebumps..It looks almost impossible that anyone can do that with their hands!
Charlie is honestly one of the best drummers out there. He plays with such restraint yet such passion. And my god does he look different here than he did the last time they played KEXP
Connor Biddle in the pocket of the pockets pocket.
Great band! Notice that here he looks like Leon from Blade Runner.
whats he using for a kick?
Nadine Kellman
His foot
dude, hes tight. almost electronic sounding. ...and hooo-lyyy fuck is he riding the wave, right now. i noticed the difference immediately! hahaha, its awesome!
Holding on: 5:35
Once I was alive and I could feel
I was holding on to you
And I redefined the way I looked at dawn inside of you
I went down a crooked highway
I went all outside the line
I've been rejected, now the light has turned and I'm out of time
Ain't no way I'm gonna last
Hiding in the seams, I keep moving past
Feel like I'm about to crash
Riding on my line, keep keeping on, yeah, ooh
Once we were apart and I could see red
Never trying to turn back time
Never meant to bring my pain into the front and into your life
Now I'm headed down a different road
Can we walk it side by side?
Is an old memory just another way of saying goodbye?
Ain't no way I'm gonna last
Hiding in the seams, I keep moving past
Feel like I'm about to crash
Riding the same line, I keep keeping on, yeah, ooh
I ain't never going to change
He never gonna learn
I keep moving on the path, yeah
Holding on to mine
When you talk about the past
What are we talking of?
Did I let go too fast?
Was I holding on too long?
Ain't no truths from the past
As silent as the sea
Am I holding on too long?
But you're right in front of me
And I'm moving on a cast
Shadows on my seam
I keep moving to changes, yeah, ooh
Heart or hope
Heart or hope
Heart or hope
Heart or hope
I've watched the last KEXP War on Drugs performance like 3 million times. And now this! Awesome.. what an amazing band. Wish I could fly to America and see you guys on tour. Come to Brazil!!
I came to Rio
Maria Vitória Garcia de A. Camargo ....and to Germany!
Também já assisti várias vezes as duas performances deles no KEXP. Simplesmente demais. Ia ser incrível se eles viessem ao Brasil
Ctz faz 8 meses q só dá eles e Mac DeMarco nos meus chills
Such a beautiful performance. The War on Drugs is surely one of the Top American bands.
Guitar, drums, bass, keys, vocals all so on point- so good!!!
Timeless, truthful, transcending, and beautiful.
Their music is a journey.
Well said
I cry every time. I am not able not to cry and it’s the most amazing thing ever. Thank you KEXP and thank you TWOD for the gift of your music.
Charlie bossing it just like the last KEXP session. He's so important to their sound, legend.
Sound engineering here is incredible. Props to @KEXP! What a powerful sound, each instrument adding to the musical bliss. We are all Charlie Hall!
Perfection. Lyrically, Musically, Emotionally,
The band should be very proud of this entire record
Jeffrey Scott I agree
♥️
That 'Strangest thing' solo gives me the chills, amazing
Brilliant… I saw them live at the O2 in London in 2022…. Best band for me.
The sound quality of this set is first class.
You dont have to go: 23:30
Love is a bird I can't even see
Even in the darkness right in front of me
And you were shining bright through the window in the mornin'
There's a tone that rises gently
With a wind
You can be free, sometimes brave
Sometimes all you want to do is run away
I don't need the curse, the hurt is much too real
Are we even lost
I'm silently waiting
For how the room will be painted
Yeah, I know, it's hard, this time
Yeah, I know, you know, this time
How could I wait 'til you recognized me?
When you were there inside my dreams
No, you don't have to go, I want to make you stay
Goodbye, anyway
I heard the news today
I've been up since the break of dawn
I lost my mind today
I'm at the sea, and I can hear the trains
Winds of change, so new
Blowin' right through me then blow back through you
And pull you into the light, yeah
Now I'm home, and it's clear you're gone
I lost my edge today
Singin' all my songs in the pouring rain
Pushed and pulled apart at the seams
I can feel the chains
The winds of love blow few
Let it move through me
Let it blow through you
And take you into the night, yeah
I love when Adam lights up and starts talking about Sean everett. In my humble opinion, I think that they all made one of the best records ever here, and it's always such an absolute pleasure to listen to, and the attention to detail on all the recording and engineering is so noticeable if you sit with it for a moment, and pays off in such an incredible way, and to me, establishes so so clearly that Sean Everett is the baseline, the gold standard of what modern organic studio engineering looks like.
I fell in love with this band the first second I heard them. Best music I've heard in a while. Thank u for this amazing music. Love it.
KEXP you have done it again! Great band and great sound highlighting the best music in the world. You guys in Seattle are spoiled with this quality. Thanks for sharing with the world. War on Drugs come to Ireland and meet your fans!
Love that drummer
Without words. They keep pulling me in....
First band that I can relate to with quality since the 60?s-70s. Thank you! Amazing…Brought so much joy into my life! Thank you!!!!💞
Do you have recommendations? :)
The lead singer Adam is voice is very smoothing it takes you to a far away place!!!
Shoutout to the bass player. Superunknown shirt is STRONG.
It's not Superunknown it's Ba
dmotorfinger dude !!!
Strangest Thing is an Absolute Masterpiece.
What about thinking of a place?? Nearly every song on that album is s masterpiece
@@Scrubbini Great Song.
Only just discovered this band 🎸🌻 my god this music is effortless and amazing
every live performance from this band is an absolute clinic on what a live band should sound like...
Oh my goodness...so glorious.
Writing from my hometown Catania in Sicily, but wish I was in Seattle yesterday or whenever it was just to witness this wonder
sketching in Charlotte
Francesco Andaloro ua-cam.com/video/9CCtnTVHTL0/v-deo.html
Brilliant… brilliant music. Love it!
Holding On live is incredible
This is the sort of music you can just listen to all day... it's endless goodness
Pain makes me cry like a baby
So glad I discovered this band on Spotify. They are so underrated. Incredible road trip music.
Album of the year
choggerboom ---could not agree more; best long road trip disc in years!! Play over and over! Disc of the year!!
The drummer is the sound.. he is on another level.. just simple yet very present and inspirational
You make me cry but I love how your music just creeps up total surround emotion ❤️come play Dublin ☘️
May English They are actually playing Dublin this June
There announcing arenas shows for UK and Ireland 🎸🌻😁
You are just something else!! Wow!!!!!
they have some sound going on!! you could listen to them forever!
The clarity in the piano in You Don’t Have To Go is incredible.
La mejor banda en la mejor radio. Todo en su lugar.
mejor está Despacito
@@EclecticoIconoclasta ಠ‿ಠ
I recently discovered this band thanks to Spotify. I was listening to my Foals Radio channel when Pain came on! I honestly felt a connection to their music and started listening to everything they have put out.
Change…in the woods.. OMFG you guys absolutely crushed it!
Very surprised to have discovered another rare and truly talented group of professional musicians who touched my soul with their music.
So glad you got there bro. Best wishes.
My 4 month old daughter is ´singing´ with Adam, love The War On Drugs!
Strangest Thing. Man that solo hits the heart.
Goosebumps the whole video, so pure!
to my ears, this dudes voice seems to capture the soul of the 80s and 90s, its incredible.
Me encanta esta banda me encanta la primera canción. Siempre la escucho aquí la pasan en la radio 99.1 doble nueve. El mejor rock del mundo.. Saludos desde lima perú 🇵🇪
Love this drummer, so chill, great vibe.
Love this band so much. Such a distinctive sound, open and airy and melodic songs that give you chills.
FINALLY... something worth listening to from KEXP... last couple weeks have been sad
Oh my heavens! Strangest Thing was amazing! A very haunting song, "the space between the beauty and the pain"
kexp you have done so much to facilitate the evolution of the internet musical experience. xoxo you guys have created a holy template, Namaste!! side note, adam looks so much like a young Garcia,..... love you all.. love you Cheryl.
i find it amazing how Adam can just switch on and go to that ethereal place. that goes beyond pure talent.
Every once in a while a band like this will grab my attention. Boy and Bear is another group that is truly awesome!
Holy shit this is amazing!!! They sound so tight live!!!
So much healing power in this music...
This is blowing my mind. Listening on a pair of Sennheiser HD 650.
Hd598 here...amazing!
listening through a pair of Jerry Harvey in ears Angie, absoulte amazing sound
I don't know how many times I've come back to this performance. Saw them in Richmond, VA. They're such a great live band.
CHERYL IS THE ONLY WOMAN I'VE EVER LOVED!
We are all her children. 🤘🏻
David Randall Curtis I