ANIMALS AS LEADERS - Thoughts and Prayers

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  • Опубліковано 11 вер 2024

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  • @benjames4812
    @benjames4812 2 роки тому +276

    To think that animals as leaders started off as a guitar only project boggles my mind, Matt really completes their sound 10/10

    • @growponics9170
      @growponics9170 2 роки тому +27

      Yeah true, but honestly, I'm surprised anyone can keep up with these guys. Like holy shit. I'm a drummer in a metal band too... and can't touch any of this....well, maybe some little fragments. But that's it

    • @forextroll
      @forextroll 2 роки тому +5

      @@growponics9170 Navene Koperweis definitely could hang

    • @apollolinaire2607
      @apollolinaire2607 2 роки тому +26

      @@growponics9170 Prolly because he's a jazz drummer. They just do very heavy jazz fusion to be honest, which I love nonetheless but still, this is a different genre, approach and mindset.

    • @MrDarksachet
      @MrDarksachet 2 роки тому +5

      yes Matt Garstka is very good. Tosin and Javier are good too. But this album feels like Matt Garstka feat. Animals as Leaders 🤷‍♂

    • @putalaweaweonoh
      @putalaweaweonoh Рік тому +3

      If you didn't knew they were only 3 people you wouldn't believe it, at least not by only listening their music

  • @guyhirschberger
    @guyhirschberger 2 роки тому +190

    First two and a half minutes are like sitting on the seashore and watching the last sunset on Earth

    • @laurentmorin1923
      @laurentmorin1923 2 роки тому +7

      Good description. It reminded me of Nasa's photos of the Small Magellanic Coulds. Just drifting through space.

    • @confucamus3536
      @confucamus3536 2 роки тому

      this is about a bad day at school...like a really bad day...

    • @rizzkolnikov
      @rizzkolnikov 2 роки тому +1

      it reminds me of biting my finger in space and seeing the blood flow out, floating and shining in a color i've never seen before

    • @yorkiel7446
      @yorkiel7446 2 роки тому +1

      funny cause these kinds of chord progressions always make me think of sunsets during summer in the town i grew up in. best days of my life so far

    • @MisterButterfingers
      @MisterButterfingers 2 роки тому +2

      Aw man. You just added an amazing visual to this song, thank you!

  • @lucasramos4487
    @lucasramos4487 2 роки тому +78

    I don't have doubt, it is one the most complex and dense AAL's songs ever. It is sad, dark, deep, atmospheric, heavy, creepy, many elements and layers together in just one song. So many possibilities of sonic interpretation and representation, I'm always speechless and hypnotized listening it.

    • @williamplayfair364
      @williamplayfair364 Рік тому +3

      it sounds romantic to me lol

    • @elpisadvocate5082
      @elpisadvocate5082 Рік тому +5

      @@williamplayfair364 that’s the beauty of it, you can interpret it in any way you want. Even their name animals as leaders

    • @flaviobento3563
      @flaviobento3563 Рік тому +3

      I have a very tough opinion in what song is my favorite! I think this last album is just a fking beast. I'm excited to see another album

    • @rebexxa9038
      @rebexxa9038 11 місяців тому

      Well said!

    • @Verbatimorgish
      @Verbatimorgish 6 місяців тому +2

      I wouldn't have agreed with you not very long before now. but the main reason I do? It's because this song can be played to high fidelity on a single piano. In Tosin's older works, like CAFO or tempting time, to properly capture the sound, 2 pianos are needed. Yet many of his works after that album produced songs that sound almost infinitely more complex, but the composition is simplified in a way where their renditions sound much more complete on a single piano; including this song and I love it

  • @ellistorris
    @ellistorris 2 роки тому +89

    This is my favorite song on the album. The opening riff is emotional, then that solo hits. Man it hits hard. Towards the end there’s a heavier emphasis on bass, and that strikes every chord in my body. Fantastic work from AAL, knocked it out of the park. Didn’t think they could top Madness of Many, but they did.

    • @marcjohnson5148
      @marcjohnson5148 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah they really did (do) a great job at this. A refreshing creativity of their own.

    • @chakat1991
      @chakat1991 2 роки тому +1

      You described the emotions on point.

    • @putalaweaweonoh
      @putalaweaweonoh 2 роки тому

      aal is making music evolve

    • @Goose21
      @Goose21 Рік тому +1

      You gotta see this song live, the first solo damn near made me levitate

  • @Hideousspawn13
    @Hideousspawn13 2 роки тому +64

    These guys are so inventive. You never know what’s gonna come next in one of their songs

  • @wufflon2131
    @wufflon2131 2 роки тому +46

    This song... easily goes into my Top 10 AAL songs. Especially the first two minutes are pure heaven!

    • @AD.801
      @AD.801 2 роки тому +1

      And then there's the rest of this album too...

    • @HermeticAscetic22
      @HermeticAscetic22 2 роки тому +3

      The intro gave me The Future That Awaited Me vibes.

    • @DaTLMusic
      @DaTLMusic 2 роки тому +2

      @@HermeticAscetic22 the vibe i love most from this band..
      Which coincidentally only showed up once on the newest record

    • @ayush.tripathi
      @ayush.tripathi 2 роки тому +1

      @@DaTLMusic so true. I thought I was the only one who missed this style of AAL. This track is on repeat for me.

  • @wufflon2131
    @wufflon2131 2 роки тому +20

    If someone claims this is soulless shredding show him the solo at 1:13. One of their best imho. Always makes me smile.

  • @admelgarg
    @admelgarg Рік тому +17

    This is one of those few songs that only get better and better after every listen. Should have been a single, IMO.

  • @HermeticAscetic22
    @HermeticAscetic22 2 роки тому +41

    01:13 Such a tasteful solo. Love it!

    • @mattd3826
      @mattd3826 2 роки тому +3

      Reminds me of that song from Les Mis, "do you hear the people sing" lol

    • @sax4911
      @sax4911 Рік тому +2

      Pee pee poo poo

  • @Diego11112
    @Diego11112 2 роки тому +13

    Larga vida a Animals As Leaders.

  • @sinnertrain7405
    @sinnertrain7405 2 роки тому +21

    The initial solo is very Holdsworthian, love it.

  • @PatrickHale1020
    @PatrickHale1020 2 роки тому +61

    Matty G on fire as usual. Unreal drums on this track.

    • @matthewgeorge6620
      @matthewgeorge6620 2 роки тому +57

      Thanks , it was a real honor to lay down these drum tracks

    • @GumboRyan
      @GumboRyan 2 роки тому +8

      @@matthewgeorge6620 legend 😂

    • @keshavj4827
      @keshavj4827 2 роки тому +2

      @@matthewgeorge6620 the honour was ours 😂

  • @tobee_gamer5816
    @tobee_gamer5816 2 роки тому +21

    This album is like the combination of every song they made turned into one album, so beautiful

  • @bulletsamurai476
    @bulletsamurai476 2 роки тому +9

    Matt garstka is hands down my fav drummer he’s inspired me to play music that I couldn’t ever play before

  • @daedalus_20v
    @daedalus_20v 2 роки тому +18

    What a journey this song is... man, AAL are just on another level. There are really only a handful of groups that can pull off this kind of technical skill _and_ musicality _and_ innovation _and_ songwriting etc. etc. etc. These guys do it every album, song after song.

  • @MrNighNight
    @MrNighNight 2 роки тому +28

    I'm in love with every single track of this album, holy shit.

  • @bfmv13trivium
    @bfmv13trivium 2 роки тому +6

    If anyone hasn't seen them play this live, I would highly recommend. This song, and the lights they have going with it. Everytime I hear this song I remember being back at the show, at the same time it takes me back to the present and being more in the moment in a strange way

  • @kairichan4486
    @kairichan4486 2 роки тому +22

    My boyfriend told me about Animals as Leaders and I'm really enjoying every shape they create with every song, thank you very much for this present

  • @obliqueapplications8881
    @obliqueapplications8881 2 роки тому +26

    One of those songs that really grows on you after two or three listens

  • @lrglucas97
    @lrglucas97 2 роки тому +15

    Absolutely my favorite song in the album

  • @deadwood21plus
    @deadwood21plus 2 роки тому +13

    every song on this album deserves to have its own dance.

  • @devongonzalez2037
    @devongonzalez2037 2 роки тому +7

    This song in my opinion reflects a feeling of grievance. All of the emotions related to it are shown in this piece.

  • @rebexxa9038
    @rebexxa9038 Рік тому +5

    Those chonky parts get me

  • @michaelcadena5970
    @michaelcadena5970 2 роки тому +15

    This song makes me feel sad and angry in the same time. Just AAL make feel in this way. There is no one band like this. Thanks for all that's feelings.

  • @Tremis77
    @Tremis77 2 роки тому +19

    I'm making that good stank face listening to parts of this.

  • @Finchspielberg
    @Finchspielberg 2 роки тому +7

    This is the perfect background song for a trippy weird scifi story

  • @andyhowl716
    @andyhowl716 2 роки тому +14

    ITS HAPPENING!!!! THE NEW ANIMALS AS LEADERS IS HERE!!!!!! XD

  • @rollpoze
    @rollpoze 2 роки тому +14

    That intro arpeggio could go on for longer, such a vibe....

  • @filippredin2063
    @filippredin2063 2 роки тому +4

    My Thoughts and Prayers go out to anyone who tries to cover this song.

  • @stonudev5341
    @stonudev5341 2 роки тому +6

    Misha was in there !

  • @RubenBerngesMusic
    @RubenBerngesMusic 2 роки тому +8

    This is my favourite track on the album! For anyone who wants to learn this, I did a full playthrough and transcription on my channel

  • @DaTLMusic
    @DaTLMusic 2 роки тому +17

    That intro goes hard 😩

  • @pocketpunch9920
    @pocketpunch9920 Рік тому +2

    I really need to keep up to date with things i enjoy.
    I discovered AAL nearly 10 years too late.
    I discovered this album yesterday, don't know how I've missed it all year.
    It's really been helping me keep my mind in focus mode while learning to CAD.
    Thanks AAL for making beautiful, powerful and inspirational music that stimulates my mind.

  • @CrispJohnson
    @CrispJohnson 2 роки тому +3

    Seriously cannot stop listening to this song, everything about it is perfect

  • @HP-7
    @HP-7 2 роки тому +3

    3:32 this right here.. for me it’s the best part

  • @vincentnoonan549
    @vincentnoonan549 2 роки тому +6

    Chills the whole way...beautiful

  • @quintongossett9028
    @quintongossett9028 2 роки тому +16

    This makes me wish Guitar Hero would make a return. So many good bands and songs like this that deserve to be on the GH series.

    • @CardfightVanja
      @CardfightVanja 2 роки тому +6

      check out clone hero

    • @divinefallfromgrace
      @divinefallfromgrace Рік тому

      Just play Gitaroo Man. Save the real music for real bands Live, or you playing it/learning it on an instrument. 😉

  • @uktechmaster8948
    @uktechmaster8948 2 роки тому +8

    Love all of their stuff
    This album has made my year

  • @Tyler-hq5lm
    @Tyler-hq5lm 2 роки тому +6

    I'm going to need thoughts and prayers after hearing this masterpiece. Otherworldly.

  • @byssheblackburn7597
    @byssheblackburn7597 2 роки тому +7

    Wow I'm loving this new expression!

    • @byssheblackburn7597
      @byssheblackburn7597 2 роки тому +2

      So many great melodic riffs

    • @uktechmaster8948
      @uktechmaster8948 2 роки тому +1

      @@byssheblackburn7597 totally
      It's sometimes like they're just some friends jamming
      Putting in amazing riffs and fills and just having a great time

  • @GustavoSilva-qm5fr
    @GustavoSilva-qm5fr 9 місяців тому +1

    Eu ia listar algumas partes aqui para poder repetir, mas é melhor escutar do inicio ao fim. trabalho incrivel!

  • @icaroonofre6055
    @icaroonofre6055 Рік тому +1

    I saw this live yersterday, one the most amazing bands I have ever seen live, I can't wait to see them again.

  • @jamesstanley2619
    @jamesstanley2619 2 роки тому +2

    Matt really Is one of the best out there right now what a profound drummer❤️

  • @saxon8981
    @saxon8981 2 роки тому +4

    Best song on the album by far

  • @lxvevinn
    @lxvevinn Рік тому +1

    I love y’all’s music so much, it has a calm feeling to it but then there’s always that one part that goes heavy. I love yall ❤

  • @AdrienRako
    @AdrienRako Рік тому +2

    Intro solo makes me feel like I'm at the end of the movie of the world, just before the end credits roll

  • @yardsard
    @yardsard Рік тому +2

    i didnt FIRST hear this live, but the first time i REALLY was able to take it in was at a live show during their parrhesia tour and i nearly fucking shit myself at 2:33

  • @keshavj4827
    @keshavj4827 2 роки тому +1

    I'm speechless

  • @wallyjezus6499
    @wallyjezus6499 2 роки тому +19

    The new songs have a shoegaze vibe that i love

    • @laurentmorin1923
      @laurentmorin1923 2 роки тому +9

      Ah yes! To me, it feels similar to Deftones, with hard and soft sounds perfectly balanced. Of course, the comparison does not extend to the techniques, but just the overall ambiance.

    • @daedalus_20v
      @daedalus_20v 2 роки тому +1

      ​@@laurentmorin1923 Agreed. I'm a big fan of the Deftones and this is one of the reasons why. They were never quite "nu metal," but incorporating those "ethereal" elements certainly set them apart from their peers and kept them relevant and fresh as the nu metal bubble collapsed. The older I get, the more I appreciate groups that expand their musical horizons.

  • @MartialWeapon
    @MartialWeapon 2 місяці тому

    1:50 - 2:08 Such mature songwriting. Love it.

  • @Paolo8772
    @Paolo8772 Рік тому

    This music delivers better than actual thoughts and prayers! 💙

  • @brandonTHEshiados
    @brandonTHEshiados 2 роки тому +3

    fuck I love this band. I had always had them in my top 5 without a doubt in my mind, but first was always BTBAM, but i've gotta say that Animals has thoroughly taken first for me. So much emotion, and those chunky parts. Everything is perfect about this band and the way that they compose their music.

  • @MarioDiBonito
    @MarioDiBonito Рік тому +1

    The best song of album. I love it

  • @poonreaper101
    @poonreaper101 2 роки тому +1

    Congradulations on signing with Sumerian AAL. This album rips. Just saw you guys live at the Crowfoot in Pontiac, Mi with Intervals. Thanks for choosing this song for the setlist its my new favorite.

  • @jim-gv8gk
    @jim-gv8gk 2 роки тому +2

    Such emotion, much chills... 😑👌

  • @nickhanneman3108
    @nickhanneman3108 2 роки тому +3

    This song gives me heavy "Millions" vibes from BTBAM. I had the same journey listening to it

  • @william__cash
    @william__cash 2 роки тому +2

    Having serious difficulty wrapping my mind around some of these subdivisions….attempting to figure out what Matt is up too as a fellow drummer is what it must be like for the layperson trying to comprehend any drummer.

  • @satanjd666
    @satanjd666 Рік тому +1

    1:13 one of my fav Tosin solos. Beautiful.

  • @saxon8981
    @saxon8981 2 роки тому +5

    nice this one has more depth

  • @bobfrost8940
    @bobfrost8940 2 роки тому +1

    Thoughts and prayers to you too

  • @sammydaboul6781
    @sammydaboul6781 2 роки тому +4

    I guess this is what it feels to listen to a dream.

  • @DarksoldierX2
    @DarksoldierX2 2 роки тому

    I believe this song to be a eulogy that proves to bring no one peace. Beautiful!

  • @RazLightbringer
    @RazLightbringer 2 роки тому +1

    Praise the Animals! 🙌 10/10

  • @bakedandsteaked
    @bakedandsteaked 2 роки тому +1

    I really can't decide on a favorite song for this album

  • @Samyole
    @Samyole 5 місяців тому

    Saw them in Paso Robles in CA, have been listening to them to them since Highschool(Had some mushrooms before hand) It was fucking amazing , its rare (in my opinion) you see a 3 piece band jam that hard.

  • @lanceandrew1319
    @lanceandrew1319 2 роки тому +1

    Main riff, especially from the beginning, sounds like Paul's Dream from Dune I LOVE IT

  • @trolltrollz998
    @trolltrollz998 2 роки тому +2

    Best part : 00:00 to 5:49

  • @tylerbaars1173
    @tylerbaars1173 2 роки тому +15

    I feel like this boutta be a heavy one. Maybe not tho

  • @filipkon6178
    @filipkon6178 2 роки тому +1

    What a gem 😥❤

  • @user_namehere
    @user_namehere 2 роки тому +2

    This song gives off some zombie apocalypse kinda feeling

  • @rubenwojcikiewicz2281
    @rubenwojcikiewicz2281 2 роки тому

    YES!

  • @edj9202
    @edj9202 Рік тому +2

    Da. Da. Da. Dat. Da. Da. Da. Dat.

  • @chakat1991
    @chakat1991 2 роки тому +1

    Personally this song just makes me feel like I am in a transcendent ambient universe

  • @savesnine
    @savesnine 2 роки тому +1

    If computers could talk 2:54 would be what the Blue Screen of Death sounds like

  • @hybrydtonesstudios1149
    @hybrydtonesstudios1149 2 роки тому

    New Mixtures and Textures ando concepts everything!

  • @omniusnebulaxy7338
    @omniusnebulaxy7338 2 роки тому

    Beautiful and Boombasticly fantastic. Quantum and Smashingly damn good.
    Brings memory's back when I heard Sithu Aye first. Complexity. Melody. Sincoope. Universe and Andromeda.

  • @jackry99
    @jackry99 2 роки тому +1

    Best song 10/10 bravo!!!!

  • @ForeverInDreams237
    @ForeverInDreams237 5 місяців тому

    I almost ended myself to this song. I would've been fine with it.

  • @guillaumegosselin1047
    @guillaumegosselin1047 2 роки тому +2

    What kind of stories is happening in Tosin head and in his music I wonder

  • @coronelklink9130
    @coronelklink9130 2 роки тому +8

    in 2017 i watch a clip of tosin playing that lick 3:31

    • @daedalus_20v
      @daedalus_20v 2 роки тому +2

      Just think about all the riffs rattling around in his head now...

    • @coronelklink9130
      @coronelklink9130 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/zHJis9i23eE/v-deo.html

    • @jackry99
      @jackry99 2 роки тому

      Like cafo tapping section

  • @flaviobento3563
    @flaviobento3563 Рік тому

    that chords , so creepy deep and dark . they make you flying

  • @svenmacher303
    @svenmacher303 10 місяців тому

    The Arpeggio reminds "Celeste" videogame 😍

  • @jko4949
    @jko4949 2 роки тому +1

    Sick

  • @jakepurds9167
    @jakepurds9167 2 роки тому

    Wohoooo amazing

  • @Alekseiserdjuk
    @Alekseiserdjuk Рік тому

    The track iis heavy. Love it!

  • @rikrt_4633
    @rikrt_4633 2 роки тому

    my favourite

  • @subhagnikpatgiri1919
    @subhagnikpatgiri1919 2 роки тому

    Cheers!

  • @mohamadnakchbandi320
    @mohamadnakchbandi320 2 роки тому +1

    Braingasm!

  • @nicolas1p2001
    @nicolas1p2001 2 роки тому

    i really love this song :)

  • @Pr0xified
    @Pr0xified 2 роки тому

    Listening to these guys feels like doing a bench press with no spotter

  • @luisfigueroa604
    @luisfigueroa604 2 роки тому

    fav

  • @pasongara4891
    @pasongara4891 2 роки тому +1

    The "sleeper" of Parrhesia, if not Gestaltzefall, IMHO

  • @TheBallinCollin96
    @TheBallinCollin96 2 роки тому +3

    Fuck I love this album. It's everything I wanted.

  • @daniiv4325
    @daniiv4325 2 роки тому +1

    I love this (:

  • @boomguitarjared
    @boomguitarjared 2 роки тому

    The developmental fluidity harmonically ahnd timbre-wise is so satisfying ahnd
    After hearing Jason Richardson's recent Ishimura, I was a little dissapointed with how copypasta-esk the tune was with pretty muhch juhst making 3 or 4 sections thaht pretty muhch did the same thing each time they came back ahnd didn't seem to really go anywhere. Where as this jank develops ahnd evolves it's ingredients ahnd connects them in a muhch more cohesive way, ahnd I greatly appreciate ahnd enjoi it. I love Jason Richardson ahnd imagine the rest of his album will be better for mei, the contrast for what I was wanting out of a tune was just made very apparent after listening to this beautious tune. Very enjoyable bit Tosin y Animals as Leaders.

  • @antonzharovtcev257
    @antonzharovtcev257 2 роки тому +3

    Extraterrestrial Album!

  • @ATthemusician
    @ATthemusician 2 роки тому +1

    Finally

  • @Strohat8
    @Strohat8 4 місяці тому

    Gotta have that synth

  • @ferxxx66
    @ferxxx66 2 роки тому

    este me desconcentro de lo que estaba haciendo y me emtio en la cancion

  • @metaldansubcreation7131
    @metaldansubcreation7131 2 роки тому

    I loved 🖤