This is one of my favorite things to look forward to every year! Thanks for continuing to do this! You and Andrew are some of the coolest people in the world and we need more people like you.
One of my favorite things about this project is the dichotomy of we made a bunch of silly songs and then oh yeah here's something incredibly serious just in the middle to hit you in the feels.
That is so beautifully said. Andrew and Rob are the only ones that make me root for retro fighting music and make me shed a tear for indie folk heartbreakers in the same album.
I feel like it was unintentional, but Greg Milk is a character in a recent game UFO 50. It's a collection of 50 NES inspired games made by a fictional game company Ufosoft, and Greg Milk is a fictional game developer who put a meta game inside of the collection. If it was a intentional reference - thumbs up If it was unintentional - what a coincidence
5:35 "Punching in a dungeon". In UFO 50 there's literally a dungeon crawler with a Punch Out style combat. "Punching"-"dungeon" is also a simple rhyme that they totally could've just stumbled into, so once again, could be unintentional, but really makes me wonder if it is.
even given how many beautiful moments have come from this project, “change what i can change and carry on” may just be one of the best 1st of october lyrics ever
First of October captures that special feeling that you get the first time you create and you're so proud of the stupid little beautiful thing you made. And thanks to you both, every year I remember that special feeling and I feel more and more motivated to live a life of creativity and enjoy every moment of it. Thanks Andrew and Rob, this means the world to me.
It’s funny Andrew usually brings the most poignant song to 1st of October but Rob knocked it out of the park on “it’s time to move on” like out of context if I heard that song I’d be like “woah cool I need to look up this band” and then I’d be like infinite knives? Let’s fight? Greg?
62 if you're counting The Eleventh Song from GREG (which you should else i will go to your house and replace all your smooth peanut butter with chunky)
I think they meant not to count the first song of this album which is 2 seconds, but I would still count it because it is a separate track@@krysisAvertedd
This album actually plays out like the experience of playing a video game with the song order: Start!- You loaded up your console Round 6- The theme song to the new game you’re excited about Dungeon Man- The background music as you start exploring and playing this new game Day Old Milk- You’re on some side quest for a villager in the early game Final Boss- You’ve entered the boss fight, probably too early Infinite Lives- The previous boss fight was too difficult due to your current progress, and you wish you had infinite lives Same Old Game- You’re grinding up the levels, maybe meeting some other party members to help I’m a Full Grown Man And I’m Wearing A Retainer- Another side quest, however while this one is short, for some reason has a very powerful item as a reward Let’s Fight- You’re fighting your way up to the boss again Infinite Knives- You’re back at the boss fight, but now you’re very powerful and more confident, and you defeat them It’s Time To Move On- The bittersweet feeling after you’re fully beaten the game, and while you’ve had fun, it is now finished and you need to move on to another one I don’t know if this is what they were going for but whether intentional or not they nailed it. Or I’m just putting too much thought into it. Love the album either way, and I’m glad Rob is doing better!
Love how this and the last two feel more like concept albums, the video game theme and the beatles studio really helped you find new vibes and keep up the originality! Awesome job 😍
I sincerely hope that you had as much fun making that album as you appeared to have. It's a pleasure to watch two such talented musicians at work (not forgetting the rest of the crew!). Thank you for making our lives a little brighter.
Easily my favorite FOO album so far. Rob fucking *crushed it* this year, too! It's so good to see him back to being himself again, that makes me so happy
Please don't let it's time to move on be the last first of October song. Please This album is amazing. A lot of hip hop and heavy elements. I love the quirky stuff and I love you brought Greg back
I commented it on Rob's vid for this, too, but i'm so happy to see him in such better spirits this time around, and i'm SO HAPPY for another fantastic year of FOO! I love how often so many songs turn into reflecting on how good friends you all are, and keeping the positivity going through it all. And then the rest of the songs are the best kind of manic creativity jumbled into a mash of silly musical genius!😂 Love you guys, and thanks for another great year of FOO!❤🤙
You guys have almost been a band a whole week! But seriously, can't believe it's been six (seven?) years since the first First Of October album. Rob struggled so much last year that we all would have understood if you called it quits, but you kept this silly, beautiful thing going and it's something I look forward to every year. Thank you and can't wait for the first of october 2025!
“Infinite Lives” was such a lovely way to start my day with bass practice! 😊 Noodled about on the higher strings between your actual bass bit and the guitar part ☺️ occasionally doing counterpoint but mostly just underlining your phrases. I correctly predicted and played the ending phrase in unison with yous all, and now I’m going to go cook breakfast! 😄
I would LOVE for them to have the chance to redo the song "First of October", since they felt it was unfinished! I love it as it is, but since it's the band's anthem, I think it should get special treatment sometime
I've been a fan since the initial release and I'm so glad to see Rob doing a lot better than where he was last year! "Infinate Lives" sounds like it belongs in Life is Strange. Congrats on another amazing journey, fellas!
Love this album and love you guys. The last song actually made me cry, it hits too close to home for me and I appreciate you guys so much! Thank you for another incredible album! ❤❤❤
Hopefully I will someday be even half the musician that Rob and Andrew are. Truly wonderful, imaginative minds, and each an incredible talent. Bravo, as always, and much love from Michigan.
It's honestly so impressive knowing that these were all made in a day, the mastering and the amount of layers of complexity these tracks have is awesome.
Every first of October you get me singing "It's the first of October again!" and I can't wait to see what joys that year brings. This has to be one of the most special yet, Infinate Lives and It's Time To Move On both made me cry. And greg,
I love how you're surrounded with cutting edge electronics, but choose to highlight the cute bear bells. Something about that hits me right in the feels.
I love how the different instrumentation makes the album. Pitching for next year: a digital drum pad loaded up with classic drumbreak chops, a playable vocoder / harmonizer / autotune for adding strange vocals on the fly and perhaps something like a portablism SC1000 for making strange effects.
Props to the cinematography and camera work on this and every album. See and appreciating all the talent that goes into a First of October album recording session video fills me with joy. And knowing that this is almost entirely a friends and family operation makes it even better.
Round 6, Day Old Milk, Infinite Lives, and It's Time To Move On are my favorites this year, and i think this might be my favorite album you've done so far. Yall nailed it
I'm so happy to follow this journey from the beginning. a little note, beside that i love each song, is that i realized the ONE deep song Rob writes is always my favourite. It's Time to Move On is truly a gem
Every year I look forward to watching both videos and every year they exceed any expectation and always make me happy. It is a joy to watch you all create.
infinite lives resonates with me more than i can describe, to the point where i wonder why every single comment on this video isn't talking about it, and i have to remember that not everyone is me!! beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
At first, I was a tad bit skeptical about the whole concepts of the sound chips, but they ended up working even better than I thought. Great album! Loved the Greg cameo🤘😁♥
every year you get better and better, it's a joy to see you just having a blast and making all this incredible music on the spot. Beautiful musicians and people, real inspiration
I'm so glad you folks have kept this project up. It's such a brilliant display of the inherent joy of creating. Congrats again - as always, I look forward to next year.
The fun ones are as much of a blast as ever, but it must be said that the "serious" ones here (i.e. Infinite Lives, Same Old Game, and It's Time to Move On) are unironically absolutely incredible songs.
one of my favorite yearly traditions is back and just as good as ever, incredible work by everyone on the team, yall killed it this year, thank you for all you do and the art you create
giving this a second listen after rob's video, so good 😄 your clarity of purpose and execution under pressure is a marvel to behold. i get that you're career musicians and this is round 6 but that doesn't diminish the effort, you and the team give it everything each time and the cumulative experience just means the result is even more impressive
Andrew, you’re the man. This collab every year means the world to me. Ive had one of the hardest years of my life, and some things are starting to look up, but this has really made my day/week/month! You guys are the best
It sounds so great this year! :) Also, I just wanted to say I love your upbeat songs appearing in this and the last video as well which you demo and sometimes also record only with a guitar. They are amazing! Either last years song about Abby who rowed or this years a little song about teeth. ;) Ach, and magic from last year as well.
Oh gosh, “Let’s Fight!” seems so fun to play along to that Streets of Rage-y lead sound with my sax… but I should really go and get breakfast after playing bass to “Infinite Lives” lmaaooo
From the bottom of our hearts,
Thanks for being a fan of our one-day-a-year band :)
Your singing was tremendous. Excellent Rob!
It does my heart glad to see you doing so well, given the difficulties you opened up about after last year.
Rob, it felt like you were having to walk on Greg shells for like half the video.
This is one of my favorite things to look forward to every year! Thanks for continuing to do this! You and Andrew are some of the coolest people in the world and we need more people like you.
I’m late to the party, but I’ve been enjoying it the last two years.
average first of october album:
- the most emotionally powerful folk song you'll hear in your life
- greg
The only thing this year is missing is the Monster Mash
What more can you ask for, honestly
@@jamesbedwell8793 It's also missing a song about Andrew's kids, but I think it's good that they mix things up 😂
don’t forget numetal and weezer
- Miracle
- Granddad's Dinner Party.
I love my favorite comedy chiptune/cinematic post-rock/horrorcore/djent/country band.
Edit: Forgot Ska.
Forgot greg😂
I would love to see Rob and Andrew make a true ska song.
@@16661toby Dude - FOO with a horn section!!!
Bear bells carrying the emotional weight of the world in their adorable instrumental bodies
it just gets better and better each year. 60 songs in six days!
61 actually
62 if you count the intro to this one :)
@@omegraptorch3624 Haha, I was thinking the same all the time as well
63 if you count the don't go re-recording
This is like King Gizzard pace of song writing
One of my favorite things about this project is the dichotomy of we made a bunch of silly songs and then oh yeah here's something incredibly serious just in the middle to hit you in the feels.
Yea temporary in the 2021 album hit me hard in the feels when I first heard it.
They started that tradition with Don't Go (first album)... yeah, FoO ballads just hit different!
Every year, *every fucking year,* you guys take me from doubled-over laughing to weeping uncontrollably. I love you. Never stop.
These are moments when I remember youtube music is still alive.
That is so beautifully said. Andrew and Rob are the only ones that make me root for retro fighting music and make me shed a tear for indie folk heartbreakers in the same album.
the vibes this time round are immaculate 🙌
Infinite Vibes
I feel like it was unintentional, but Greg Milk is a character in a recent game UFO 50. It's a collection of 50 NES inspired games made by a fictional game company Ufosoft, and Greg Milk is a fictional game developer who put a meta game inside of the collection.
If it was a intentional reference - thumbs up
If it was unintentional - what a coincidence
5:35 "Punching in a dungeon". In UFO 50 there's literally a dungeon crawler with a Punch Out style combat. "Punching"-"dungeon" is also a simple rhyme that they totally could've just stumbled into, so once again, could be unintentional, but really makes me wonder if it is.
In the classic SNES RPG EarthBound there's a character named Dungeon Man which is another definitely unintentional reference that I'm glad they made
even given how many beautiful moments have come from this project, “change what i can change and carry on” may just be one of the best 1st of october lyrics ever
First of October captures that special feeling that you get the first time you create and you're so proud of the stupid little beautiful thing you made.
And thanks to you both, every year I remember that special feeling and I feel more and more motivated to live a life of creativity and enjoy every moment of it.
Thanks Andrew and Rob, this means the world to me.
Its amazing how much better the quality and polish gets every album. Super creative and great stuff this year!
It’s funny Andrew usually brings the most poignant song to 1st of October but Rob knocked it out of the park on “it’s time to move on” like out of context if I heard that song I’d be like “woah cool I need to look up this band” and then I’d be like infinite knives? Let’s fight? Greg?
round 6 explained in few words:
Games
Two of the most heart throbbing, beautiful songs ever created
Nu-metal
Greg
60 (61 ?) fucking songs ! In 6 days. And now they are so well made and detailed, you would never guess they were done this quickly.
62 if you're counting The Eleventh Song from GREG (which you should else i will go to your house and replace all your smooth peanut butter with chunky)
I think they meant not to count the first song of this album which is 2 seconds, but I would still count it because it is a separate track@@krysisAvertedd
This album actually plays out like the experience of playing a video game with the song order:
Start!- You loaded up your console
Round 6- The theme song to the new game you’re excited about
Dungeon Man- The background music as you start exploring and playing this new game
Day Old Milk- You’re on some side quest for a villager in the early game
Final Boss- You’ve entered the boss fight, probably too early
Infinite Lives- The previous boss fight was too difficult due to your current progress, and you wish you had infinite lives
Same Old Game- You’re grinding up the levels, maybe meeting some other party members to help
I’m a Full Grown Man And I’m Wearing A Retainer- Another side quest, however while this one is short, for some reason has a very powerful item as a reward
Let’s Fight- You’re fighting your way up to the boss again
Infinite Knives- You’re back at the boss fight, but now you’re very powerful and more confident, and you defeat them
It’s Time To Move On- The bittersweet feeling after you’re fully beaten the game, and while you’ve had fun, it is now finished and you need to move on to another one
I don’t know if this is what they were going for but whether intentional or not they nailed it. Or I’m just putting too much thought into it. Love the album either way, and I’m glad Rob is doing better!
It's Time To Move On is so beautiful.
very Heart is a Drum from Beck blended with Peter Bjorn and John melodic phrasing
I've got a fever, and the only prescription is: more bear bells!
Happy October 1st everyone
Happy October 1st
May it never come second.
Love how this and the last two feel more like concept albums, the video game theme and the beatles studio really helped you find new vibes and keep up the originality! Awesome job 😍
Not really shocked that the album is a 10 out of 10.
That's what you get when you Round 6
(sorry) 😅
I sincerely hope that you had as much fun making that album as you appeared to have. It's a pleasure to watch two such talented musicians at work (not forgetting the rest of the crew!). Thank you for making our lives a little brighter.
The retainer song is not getting enough love here! Loved it!
As a Greg, I wholly appreciate the Greg content. This year’s is my favourite. Thanks for the theme songs 😅
Thanks for Gregging!
Rob was on fire this year great job both of you.
Song 11 beginning is straight out of Outer wilds. Hits way to hard in the feels. Going straight to the playlist
Oh God I can actually hear it. Crazy catch!
YES I THOUGHT THE SAME THING, the melodica, the bells, and the repeating verse melody really drive it home.
Has Rob ever played Outer Wilds?
I feel like he'd love it!
Easily my favorite FOO album so far.
Rob fucking *crushed it* this year, too! It's so good to see him back to being himself again, that makes me so happy
Please don't let it's time to move on be the last first of October song. Please
This album is amazing. A lot of hip hop and heavy elements. I love the quirky stuff and I love you brought Greg back
I’d do anything Dungeon Man asked of me.
I commented it on Rob's vid for this, too, but i'm so happy to see him in such better spirits this time around, and i'm SO HAPPY for another fantastic year of FOO!
I love how often so many songs turn into reflecting on how good friends you all are, and keeping the positivity going through it all. And then the rest of the songs are the best kind of manic creativity jumbled into a mash of silly musical genius!😂
Love you guys, and thanks for another great year of FOO!❤🤙
I N F I N I T E K N I V E S
You guys have almost been a band a whole week! But seriously, can't believe it's been six (seven?) years since the first First Of October album. Rob struggled so much last year that we all would have understood if you called it quits, but you kept this silly, beautiful thing going and it's something I look forward to every year. Thank you and can't wait for the first of october 2025!
Name for next year's album: First Week of October.
Infinite Knives goes hard in the paint 🔥
The harmonies sound better then ever!
simply outstanding, best one by far. This album is legit a masterpiece
“Infinite Lives” was such a lovely way to start my day with bass practice! 😊 Noodled about on the higher strings between your actual bass bit and the guitar part ☺️ occasionally doing counterpoint but mostly just underlining your phrases. I correctly predicted and played the ending phrase in unison with yous all, and now I’m going to go cook breakfast! 😄
At some time ya'll should do an album of remixing or rerecording some of the old favorites from these challenges.
it could be a great idea for the 10th album
I would LOVE for them to have the chance to redo the song "First of October", since they felt it was unfinished! I love it as it is, but since it's the band's anthem, I think it should get special treatment sometime
@@darkrip32Yeeea, could be cool idea to get a ”First of October Greatest Hits” record 😂
That's how you ruin it
That's how you ruin it
bear bells are the mvp of the album
Highlight of my year.
Every year.
Thank you.
I've been a fan since the initial release and I'm so glad to see Rob doing a lot better than where he was last year! "Infinate Lives" sounds like it belongs in Life is Strange. Congrats on another amazing journey, fellas!
This album sounds like a heavy “they might be giants”.
It's Time To Move On almost made me cry. Especially when the scenes from previous years appeared. Right in the feels, guys ♥
I look forward to it every year (especially in November)
omg the chills on Infinite Lives !!
14:00 You're Foo Fighters now
Infinite knives has a bizkit feel !
Love this album and love you guys. The last song actually made me cry, it hits too close to home for me and I appreciate you guys so much! Thank you for another incredible album! ❤❤❤
I've been looking forward to this all year!
Crying now. Thanks a lot. I'll come back later with more to say once I've processed. Well done you two.
The most anticipated video of every year❤
Thank you so much, Andrew and Rob! The 11th song brought tears to my eyes. Looking forward to what’s coming next!
I’ve never Gregged more in my life!
Hopefully I will someday be even half the musician that Rob and Andrew are. Truly wonderful, imaginative minds, and each an incredible talent. Bravo, as always, and much love from Michigan.
Can't stop smiling. 10 out of 10. I didn't think it could meet my high expectations, but it more than exceeded them. *Great* work boys.
You mean "Greg work boys."?
I'll see myself out..
@murkshroom Greg work Gregs!!
It's honestly so impressive knowing that these were all made in a day, the mastering and the amount of layers of complexity these tracks have is awesome.
The contrast jump between Infinite Lives beautiful relaxing fade out to the SMACK Same Old Game starts with restarted my heart.
The last song of this album is my favorite First of October song and it's probably going to be my all around favorite song for quite a while.
Every first of October you get me singing "It's the first of October again!" and I can't wait to see what joys that year brings.
This has to be one of the most special yet, Infinate Lives and It's Time To Move On both made me cry.
And greg,
I love how you're surrounded with cutting edge electronics, but choose to highlight the cute bear bells. Something about that hits me right in the feels.
I love how the different instrumentation makes the album. Pitching for next year: a digital drum pad loaded up with classic drumbreak chops, a playable vocoder / harmonizer / autotune for adding strange vocals on the fly and perhaps something like a portablism SC1000 for making strange effects.
This album captures a certain part of my inner child that hasn’t been let out in years……thank you
On total form this year. Unbelievably good 👌🏼
Gorgeous
Amazing guys
godddddd "infinite lives" has my heart rn
for the first time in, uh 4?, years i've found the music before the process. love not knowing what's coming!
I’ve been waiting for more First of October!!!!!
Across the Road is one of the greatest 20 minutes of music I’ve listened to it so many times
The last two songs r the best yet... infinite knifes and time to move on ...love em
Props to the cinematography and camera work on this and every album. See and appreciating all the talent that goes into a First of October album recording session video fills me with joy. And knowing that this is almost entirely a friends and family operation makes it even better.
I didn't expect actually hearing Time to Move On to genuinely move me to tears. But here we are.
Round 6, Day Old Milk, Infinite Lives, and It's Time To Move On are my favorites this year, and i think this might be my favorite album you've done so far. Yall nailed it
Time to move on, is so personal, that make me cry, if u know the story about rob and across the road problems, that song hits hard
I'm so happy to follow this journey from the beginning. a little note, beside that i love each song, is that i realized the ONE deep song Rob writes is always my favourite. It's Time to Move On is truly a gem
Every year I look forward to watching both videos and every year they exceed any expectation and always make me happy. It is a joy to watch you all create.
You all did a Greg job!
Loved hearing more Rob lead vocals this time around!!!
infinite lives resonates with me more than i can describe, to the point where i wonder why every single comment on this video isn't talking about it, and i have to remember that not everyone is me!! beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
First of October always makes me so happy! I think "It's Time To Move On" is my favorite track. Great one to finish on!
At first, I was a tad bit skeptical about the whole concepts of the sound chips, but they ended up working even better than I thought. Great album! Loved the Greg cameo🤘😁♥
every year you get better and better, it's a joy to see you just having a blast and making all this incredible music on the spot. Beautiful musicians and people, real inspiration
The chaotic excited energy is back :D
It's what made me love first of october from Ten hours onwards
And what an album! You guys keep amazing me
Good call to do the harmonies on infinite lives digitally. Sounds beautiful
I'm so glad you folks have kept this project up. It's such a brilliant display of the inherent joy of creating. Congrats again - as always, I look forward to next year.
Just cried a bit after listening to Rob's song after his video explaning what happend. Lot's of love for all ! Great work guys!
Some incredible bass playing in this
The fun ones are as much of a blast as ever, but it must be said that the "serious" ones here (i.e. Infinite Lives, Same Old Game, and It's Time to Move On) are unironically absolutely incredible songs.
one of my favorite yearly traditions is back and just as good as ever, incredible work by everyone on the team, yall killed it this year, thank you for all you do and the art you create
Getting
Really
Emotional,
Guys
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Dungeon Man reminds me so much of HORSE the band. Awesome job!
Infinite Lives & Same Old Game magnifique
giving this a second listen after rob's video, so good 😄
your clarity of purpose and execution under pressure is a marvel to behold. i get that you're career musicians and this is round 6 but that doesn't diminish the effort, you and the team give it everything each time and the cumulative experience just means the result is even more impressive
Andrew, you’re the man. This collab every year means the world to me. Ive had one of the hardest years of my life, and some things are starting to look up, but this has really made
my day/week/month! You guys are the best
I am so happy this is a thing and it makes me even happier thinking about all of the amazing and obscure things to emerge out of this in years to come
I look forward to this every year and it's always worth the wait. Incredible work, once again!
day old milk is one of my favorite FOO songs of all time
Same here. That's the vibe that got me hooked from the start
It sounds so great this year! :) Also, I just wanted to say I love your upbeat songs appearing in this and the last video as well which you demo and sometimes also record only with a guitar. They are amazing! Either last years song about Abby who rowed or this years a little song about teeth. ;) Ach, and magic from last year as well.
Oh gosh, “Let’s Fight!” seems so fun to play along to that Streets of Rage-y lead sound with my sax… but I should really go and get breakfast after playing bass to “Infinite Lives” lmaaooo
ITS HEREEEEEEEEEE