I wasn't the biggest fan of Shoot to kill, Kill your Darlings, however, I think that final rush of noise is the best part of the song because it serves very important narrative purpose. The song is about convincing a close friend not to sign up for the army because it would be like throwing your life away, and ends with that close friend in a war presumably getting killed by a grenade. The ending is essentially the narrator praying for the friend's safe return as the friend's ears are ringing from the grenade explosion that they are dying from due to the shrapnel. That's why I adore the most about this record, how most of the switch-ups in the soundscape are often intertwined with something in the narrative.
He put "You don't even know who I am" under "meh" on his weekly track roundup and now it made his favorite tracks on the album So happy it grew on him, I love that track
he has made that a few times before, like when he put silent running by gorillaz on meh and then put it on fav tracks. also he has done the opposite too, with "you thought" by teezo touchdown which was on best tracks of the week and then was not on his fav tracks on the album
Yep, I was on the hype train since she placed second in that Monstercat DJ contest, her sets always had some unfuckingbelievable transitions and mashups. I never could've seen this coming, but I'm honestly not surprised it has!
@@WangleLine omg hi wangleline!!! yeah i will never forget my first time experiencing her long lost mashup video "entertainment". that was when i knew I had to keep up with her discography fr
saw her live last week and good LORDDDD hands down one of the most incredible and unique shows ive ever been to like. and just in case ur wondering what its like: i cant fit it all in one paragraph so bulletpoints --she hired a ton of her artist friends to do full blown background visuals for each song and theyre all fucking nuts it adds so much to the "show" aspect of the whole thing --every time she does old money bitch she makes the crowd get down during the bridge then jump up when the dance break hits and its fucking incredible (also she throws wallsocket dollar bills into the crowd while this happens which is amazing) --she has girls like us as her encore song and right before the first chorus the screen behind her has the words "OPEN UP THE PIT" in big bold flashing letters so. im sure u can imagine how fucking nuts this ends up getting --she turns off all the lights and brings this lantern thing out for every time she does ydekwia and every time theres a phone beep in the instrumental the lantern shuts off then lights back up.....u kinda have to experience it for urself its almost a religious experience --every show she puts out a content warning to the crowd for when shes abt to do johnny johnny johnny which is rlly awesome and caring of her i dont think ive ever seen another artist explicitly give out cws for their own song mid show i could add more but those r the main ones that stuck w me so uh. yeah april we fucking love u (also forgot to add she bought jane out as a surprise guest to do her uncanny long arms verse on the chicago stop which. lowkey thank god i wasnt at that specific show bc i legit wouldve been screaming and crying and throwing up everywhere to the point of fainting)
track 2 features gabby start, who fantano shouted out w his single “synth grass” way back in 2019 in a video where diy musicians submitted music to him
Fishmonger is still my favorite album of the decade so far. I'm so glad you gave this a review, especially a positive one. Hopefully Underscores gets some more listeners from this. Can't wait to see her live later in the month!
a bit sad that you didn't touch on the absolutely insane ARG/narrative aspects of this album, for me it brings the album up to a 10 and makes it one of my all time favs
I had a really strong feeling you’d give this a good score! You articulated EXACTLY how I feel about good luck final girl, it’s such an emotionally profound song for me and one of the best closers to an album I’ve ever heard
Ok THIS is the review that I am lost for words for. For me to be following underscores, and the six impala band that she‘s a part of, for almost 3 years now, it feels unusual knowing melon knows both her and that band as well. I‘m begging all of you to listen to her last projects „fishmonger“ and „boneyard“ as well as the six impala albums, cause all of you have just found a gold mine fr
LITERALLY HYPED TO SEE THE LIVESHOW AS WELL AAAA awesome to hear that you enjoyed such an amazing pop album, and hopefully fishmonger might grew onto ya as its my personal favorite!!!!! have a nice day anthony
THE HYPE IS REAL! One of the albums this year that I instantly fell in love with... SO DAMN GOOD UPDATE: this album is so much more than flashy and innovative production. There is so much profundity to its lyrics, the themes, the presentation, the character stories... It's really a modern day masterpiece. Thank you underscores :)
Uncanny long arms combines everything I love about Jane Remover’s lush, distorted shoegazey guitars & vocal/synth glitches. And the call back at the end to Kinkos field trip from Fishmonger sealed the deal for it being one of my favorite tracks on the album.
been a huge fan of underscores ever since she released about the kid who never left the house on bitbird so it’s kinda nuts seeing how big the project has gotten. stoked to see her live in cambridge tonight!
This artist/band or whatever is pretty cool. I might not ever had heard them had it not been for you and your flannel. Thanks for digging up all of the gems that I might not have been exposed to otherwise.
one very cool thing about uncanny long arms is that in the build up towards the outro, april sings "i dont want to die yet, i havent finished what im working on" which is then directly followed by the reveal of the whole song being an essentially finished version of an old demo she made called "inlaws". the demo is almost universally loved by the community so seeing it be used in a song is very cool in my opinion
Im gonna be honest I think this is one of my favourite albums ever, top 3 at least but potentially number 1. underscores music has been the soundtrack to my life for the past 3 years and I love this album so much. the story of the concept album with multiple parallel narratives is so incredibly well pulled off it's insane. this is easily a 10/10 for me, an all time favourite that will continue to be important to me for the foreseeable future. geez louise is my new trans anthem
saw her live last night and she absolutely killed it. this album is one of my favorites of the year so far and I’m excited to see where underscores goes from here
I wasn’t a super big fan of underscores, I felt that her old music was kinda bloated and not super streamlined, as well as just kinda being generic, definitely didn’t offer anything of note. This new project on the other hand has delighted me on every turn, with constant innovation and amazing sound design. Truly underscores at her best so far, I agree with this review wholeheartedly.
Seeing this yellow flannel thumbnail brought me much joy. I was really let down I didn't see any response to fishmonger from fantomas so I didn't expect this at all!
After Fantano gave Mid Air a 3, I thought he would never rate one of my favorites of the year highly again, this was a pleasant surprise. This album deserves so much more attention and I hope this will give it to them
Rare Cal appearance, expected to find a video of him dead in a dumpster on the Fantano channel by the end of the year to canonically put him away for good
I loved Fishmonger and didn't even realize this was on the horizon until it dropped and appeared in my feed. But Wallsocket is an absolutely fantastic progression forward, I love this one even more than the first.
Thanks for clarifying about Johnny Johnny Johnny. It's a song which has been massively misunderstood by so many people Happy you loved the record too, its one of my favourites of the year
What the hell do other people think it mean? I first read your comment, and then listened to the song to make up my own mind. Only then did I listen to what Fantano had to say about it, and yeah duh, obviously that's what it meant...
@@jankbunky4279 The chat on his stream was absolutely braindead when he listened to it. "So she likes older guys" "Classic story of a young girl chasing an older guy"
@@xeigen2 what the hell, that's insane. You've got to both not really understand the outside world *and* be shit at deciphering lyrics, ngl. Literally one of the lines is "hanging right above his couch were his posters of teenage girls. Oh I had made a huge mistake" "I exited my body and it got up off the carpet and it kept on telling lies until they got me out the door"- also totally sounds like her brain is keeping herself from realizing how horrible the situation is, in the moment. Like, a defense mechanism.
Adding to that, I love that it's not only a song about grooming but specifically about grooming through exploiting a trans person's desire for acceptance. It's such an unique and relevant topic to talk about.
Yeah I Definitely love this album, sonically it's super intricate also I think the story behind it it really something to behold as well all around I think it's beautiful culmination conceptually and production wise. I give it 4/5 🖤🖤🖤🖤
gonna be honest this review is like the real version of that one april fools review he did where he describes every track as an insane genre combo that "somehow works"
8/8 rating system confuses me but I suppose I agree Anthony
omg we have the same pfp
Glad that underscores is doing so well. Loved Fishmonger so much
hehe 666 likes
we know you meant to give it a 10, just because of their name doesn't mean you should under score the album.
holy shit
i cooked fr@@utomakii
this made me giggle way more than it should’ve
Lame ass comment format fr. Jesus someone stop this
An effort was made
hearing the words six impala come out of fantano's mouth is so fucking awesome
hope he reviews their next album whenever that may be
He is listening to six impala
as a gd nerd. yeag
y- y- you’re listening to six impala
sucks that six impala is basically dead
I wasn't the biggest fan of Shoot to kill, Kill your Darlings, however, I think that final rush of noise is the best part of the song because it serves very important narrative purpose. The song is about convincing a close friend not to sign up for the army because it would be like throwing your life away, and ends with that close friend in a war presumably getting killed by a grenade. The ending is essentially the narrator praying for the friend's safe return as the friend's ears are ringing from the grenade explosion that they are dying from due to the shrapnel. That's why I adore the most about this record, how most of the switch-ups in the soundscape are often intertwined with something in the narrative.
I love this track
Def my second favorite. Johnny Johnny took first place for me.
He put "You don't even know who I am" under "meh" on his weekly track roundup and now it made his favorite tracks on the album
So happy it grew on him, I love that track
he has made that a few times before, like when he put silent running by gorillaz on meh and then put it on fav tracks. also he has done the opposite too, with "you thought" by teezo touchdown which was on best tracks of the week and then was not on his fav tracks on the album
Love this song so much
Amazing song. My fave on the album.
Was my favorite from the get go, wayyy back to the story of s*nny!!
underscores has come so far. Since I was 10, seeing her go from edm to a full-on maximalist electronica artist is amazing!
Yep, I was on the hype train since she placed second in that Monstercat DJ contest, her sets always had some unfuckingbelievable transitions and mashups. I never could've seen this coming, but I'm honestly not surprised it has!
@@throwaway1743i’ve been a fan since that monstercat contest too and i’ve gotta say her music has always been top notch
Yes!! she rules so much
@@WangleLine omg hi wangleline!!! yeah i will never forget my first time experiencing her long lost mashup video "entertainment". that was when i knew I had to keep up with her discography fr
@@robot6010Get a job
saw her live last week and good LORDDDD hands down one of the most incredible and unique shows ive ever been to like. and just in case ur wondering what its like: i cant fit it all in one paragraph so bulletpoints
--she hired a ton of her artist friends to do full blown background visuals for each song and theyre all fucking nuts it adds so much to the "show" aspect of the whole thing
--every time she does old money bitch she makes the crowd get down during the bridge then jump up when the dance break hits and its fucking incredible (also she throws wallsocket dollar bills into the crowd while this happens which is amazing)
--she has girls like us as her encore song and right before the first chorus the screen behind her has the words "OPEN UP THE PIT" in big bold flashing letters so. im sure u can imagine how fucking nuts this ends up getting
--she turns off all the lights and brings this lantern thing out for every time she does ydekwia and every time theres a phone beep in the instrumental the lantern shuts off then lights back up.....u kinda have to experience it for urself its almost a religious experience
--every show she puts out a content warning to the crowd for when shes abt to do johnny johnny johnny which is rlly awesome and caring of her i dont think ive ever seen another artist explicitly give out cws for their own song mid show
i could add more but those r the main ones that stuck w me so uh. yeah april we fucking love u
(also forgot to add she bought jane out as a surprise guest to do her uncanny long arms verse on the chicago stop which. lowkey thank god i wasnt at that specific show bc i legit wouldve been screaming and crying and throwing up everywhere to the point of fainting)
track 2 features gabby start, who fantano shouted out w his single “synth grass” way back in 2019 in a video where diy musicians submitted music to him
The hype is so real that even resurrected Cal Chuchesta and no one is talking about that
I was scared for this review but I’m pleasantly surprised by the score! underscores is so incredibly underrated
Idk if I would say "underrated" since the hype behind this has been massive. It's been popping up all over my feed
more like under, like, appreciated?
at least they were before this
@@xBIGFLATSx it's certainly hyped in some circles, but ask your co-workers about it
she isnt underrated, shes underscored
Fishmonger is still my favorite album of the decade so far. I'm so glad you gave this a review, especially a positive one. Hopefully Underscores gets some more listeners from this. Can't wait to see her live later in the month!
Fishmonger is a TEN. Wallsocket is awesome.
im seeing her live in chicago!!!!
@@sosavoasold out before i could even see the prices😢
Dude locals is gonna go fucking INSANE live I'm so excited
Found their music Monday, going to see them live tomorrow. Hell ya.
Im literally going to see her live tomorrow, seeing you reviewing this and seeing her get the attention she deserves is awesome
so hype for boston!!
i went to today, she deserves all this praise and more, so talented
saw her last night it was insane
a bit sad that you didn't touch on the absolutely insane ARG/narrative aspects of this album, for me it brings the album up to a 10 and makes it one of my all time favs
got a recap on how that all went down? I'm curious 👀
Dude tell me about the arg aspects I haven’t been able to find any information about it
@@zcskizombiesr.5509 genius annotations
pls do elaborate
for the three people commenting i know its been months but if you havent look it up its such a good story and very hard to summerize it
yeah this album is insane af. So catchy and sweet and sometimes just gives me goosebumps all over. I’m so glad I’m alive to hear this
You would of given it a 10 if it was called Ridgewallet
Edit: Damn, Appreciate All the likes
usually these annoy me but this one made me laugh for no good reason
I had a really strong feeling you’d give this a good score! You articulated EXACTLY how I feel about good luck final girl, it’s such an emotionally profound song for me and one of the best closers to an album I’ve ever heard
omg its the guy from twitter
OMG KAIIIIIIII :3
HAYY
@@viewsonic798 HIIIIII
four? screech
been a fan since skin purifying treatment. so glad underscores getting the love she deserves ♥ 😁
same! since the moment i heard "about the kid that ran away", I knew there was something special
i just binged all your videos this morning, i’m glad u have goated music taste
Just left her live show and I'm hoping she continues to blow up.
i went to the philly one last night! it was so much fun one of the best live shows I've caught ever
Torr was so good too
dc show was awesome! except getting crowd surfed on lol
@@marco0o00o so true
@@marco0o00o I hadn't heard them before tonight but that set went hard.
Seeing Underscores go from a fan page posting Virtual Riot clips and a sc artist to a Fantano review is surreal
Wasn't expecting Fantano to thumb this one up, but I'm glad underscores got their flowers. Still spinning some of those Fishmonger tunes.
Ok THIS is the review that I am lost for words for.
For me to be following underscores, and the six impala band that she‘s a part of, for almost 3 years now, it feels unusual knowing melon knows both her and that band as well.
I‘m begging all of you to listen to her last projects „fishmonger“ and „boneyard“ as well as the six impala albums, cause all of you have just found a gold mine fr
Fantano said fishmonger wasn’t for him in one of his previous videos on albums he didn’t review
LITERALLY HYPED TO SEE THE LIVESHOW AS WELL AAAA awesome to hear that you enjoyed such an amazing pop album, and hopefully fishmonger might grew onto ya as its my personal favorite!!!!!
have a nice day anthony
I was in DC the show was one of the best I've ever seen! I hope you have so much fun it's gonna be great!
underscores live is a completely different type of insane and I loved it so much
I saw it in Philly and it was amazing!!! Good luck!!
I CAN'T BELIEVE CAL CHUCHESTA CAME BACK FOR UNDERSCORES
WE WON
Locals has got to be the most annoying song of the year in the best way possible, I can't get enough of it
u got me on the first half lmao
Johnny Johnny Johnny takes that spot for me, just cause of the chorus
STOP. ME IF. YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE.
really appreciated the small nod to Pavement in Gabby Start’s verse
it wiggles when he walks
THE HYPE IS REAL! One of the albums this year that I instantly fell in love with... SO DAMN GOOD
UPDATE: this album is so much more than flashy and innovative production. There is so much profundity to its lyrics, the themes, the presentation, the character stories... It's really a modern day masterpiece. Thank you underscores :)
I just got home from seeing her live. She puts on an amazing show!
FRRRR i saw her at the brooklyn show, her energy is fucking INCREDIBLE. torr's too, love them both and they far exceeded my expectations live
SIX IMPALA MENTIONED LETS GOOO
Uncanny long arms combines everything I love about Jane Remover’s lush, distorted shoegazey guitars & vocal/synth glitches. And the call back at the end to Kinkos field trip from Fishmonger sealed the deal for it being one of my favorite tracks on the album.
Been listening to underscores since 2019, "Fishmonger" is an all-time fav. So glad she's getting her flowers!
been a huge fan of underscores ever since she released about the kid who never left the house on bitbird so it’s kinda nuts seeing how big the project has gotten. stoked to see her live in cambridge tonight!
"Good Luck Final Girl" is so emotionally hopeless it physically hurts
This artist/band or whatever is pretty cool. I might not ever had heard them had it not been for you and your flannel. Thanks for digging up all of the gems that I might not have been exposed to otherwise.
one very cool thing about uncanny long arms is that in the build up towards the outro, april sings "i dont want to die yet, i havent finished what im working on" which is then directly followed by the reveal of the whole song being an essentially finished version of an old demo she made called "inlaws". the demo is almost universally loved by the community so seeing it be used in a song is very cool in my opinion
i love this album sooooo much, i hope there are CDs still left on tour
BrazOS :3
Fishmonger was one of my favorite projects of 2021, so glad to see underscores getting the recognition she deserves!
Im gonna be honest I think this is one of my favourite albums ever, top 3 at least but potentially number 1. underscores music has been the soundtrack to my life for the past 3 years and I love this album so much. the story of the concept album with multiple parallel narratives is so incredibly well pulled off it's insane. this is easily a 10/10 for me, an all time favourite that will continue to be important to me for the foreseeable future. geez louise is my new trans anthem
johnny johnny johnny altered my brain chemistry
Anthony you can’t just say “this album underscores the artist’s potential heavily” over and over again for 7 minutes and call it a review
I'm so glad you finally got her a formal review! I've been a fan for years now and the glow up is real.
Damn, uncanny long arms slander will not be tolerated
Anthony wears his mustard shirt on hot dog day.
0:18 "some passionate fans" omg meeee :3
I'd never heard of this artist. This is my favourite album of this year.
YEAHHHHH NEW WAVE OF THE FUTURE
came back to this review just to say geez louise grew on me i understand now why it's a banger
saw her live last night and she absolutely killed it. this album is one of my favorites of the year so far and I’m excited to see where underscores goes from here
Been a fan of Underscores for ages, they're blowing up!
I wasn’t a super big fan of underscores, I felt that her old music was kinda bloated and not super streamlined, as well as just kinda being generic, definitely didn’t offer anything of note. This new project on the other hand has delighted me on every turn, with constant innovation and amazing sound design. Truly underscores at her best so far, I agree with this review wholeheartedly.
omg a yellow flannel and a cal appearance for underscores is legendary
UNDERSCORES WORLD DOMINATION
Seeing this yellow flannel thumbnail brought me much joy. I was really let down I didn't see any response to fishmonger from fantomas so I didn't expect this at all!
I'm so glad that underscores made a better record than mr. morale and the big steppers!
(in all seriousness props to underscores)
After Fantano gave Mid Air a 3, I thought he would never rate one of my favorites of the year highly again, this was a pleasant surprise. This album deserves so much more attention and I hope this will give it to them
I've been a fan of underscores for a long, long time... Glad to see them flourish
Shot to kill was amazing to me, but overall I’m happy he liked this album and will give it more exposure!
Man's got to re-evaluate fishmonger
so glad that finally underscores is receiving the attention she deserves
I have a feeling in the future underscores will produce the next 10/10 album in melon's catalog
Rare Cal appearance, expected to find a video of him dead in a dumpster on the Fantano channel by the end of the year to canonically put him away for good
love seeing you review this! hoping she gets lots of new eyes on her work berceuse of it!
I loved Fishmonger and didn't even realize this was on the horizon until it dropped and appeared in my feed. But Wallsocket is an absolutely fantastic progression forward, I love this one even more than the first.
You would have given it a 10 if it were called "To Wall a Socket"
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uncanny long arms is my fav song, especially since jane is on it
came back to this album just to say i really enjoyed the album
Happy to see Cal is doing well
six impala mentioned
Loved this album. Glad you loved it so I can love it still!
This is one of the best albums i have heard in years. Absolutely incredible. Some of these tracks hit me so hard with their emotional undercurrent
WE MAKIN IT OUT OF MICHIGAN WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥
I went to see her tonight because you turned me on to this record and it was my favorite show in 10 years no exaggeration. Thanks melon man
love that Akira soundtrack in the back
you don't even know who i am
I’m seeing April later this month! Skin purifying treatment (her first ep) is one of my favorite records OAT she’s awesome
Seeing her tmr
HE MENTIONED SIX IMPALA!!!!
LET'S GO APRIL
Wild to see underscores reviewed by Anthony Fantano goddamn, amazing time to alive 🙏
preferred boneyard and fishmonger to be honest but it’s nice to see underscores get attention
Good luck final girl never fails to make me weep
Fishmonger is my favorite hyperpop album, I feel like this was an extremely good sequel
OMG!! Did not expect you to review this album, it's been a surprise fav for me. It's true, the hype is real.
Going to see underscores in Atlanta in November! Super excited to get to see April live.
strong 8 ok he gets to live
He isn't reviewing Mick Jenkins....
DAMN!!!!!!
liked solely for the akira soundtrack in the back
Alright Anthony, but when are we getting a review for that Akira OST behind you
just listened to this for the first time today and man this album is special
GOOD LUCK! 🤪
Thanks for clarifying about Johnny Johnny Johnny. It's a song which has been massively misunderstood by so many people
Happy you loved the record too, its one of my favourites of the year
It's crazy that so many people are misunderstanding it, I thought the meaning was pretty clear
What the hell do other people think it mean?
I first read your comment, and then listened to the song to make up my own mind. Only then did I listen to what Fantano had to say about it, and yeah duh, obviously that's what it meant...
@@jankbunky4279 The chat on his stream was absolutely braindead when he listened to it. "So she likes older guys" "Classic story of a young girl chasing an older guy"
@@xeigen2 what the hell, that's insane. You've got to both not really understand the outside world *and* be shit at deciphering lyrics, ngl.
Literally one of the lines is "hanging right above his couch were his posters of teenage girls. Oh I had made a huge mistake"
"I exited my body and it got up off the carpet and it kept on telling lies until they got me out the door"- also totally sounds like her brain is keeping herself from realizing how horrible the situation is, in the moment. Like, a defense mechanism.
Adding to that, I love that it's not only a song about grooming but specifically about grooming through exploiting a trans person's desire for acceptance. It's such an unique and relevant topic to talk about.
Thank you, Thankthony Youtano, for turning me on to yet another artist I probably would never have heard of.
YESSSSSSS LETS GO APRIL
she isn't just involved in siximpala, she literally created it lol
Yeah I Definitely love this album, sonically it's super intricate also I think the story behind it it really something to behold as well all around I think it's beautiful culmination conceptually and production wise.
I give it 4/5 🖤🖤🖤🖤
gonna be honest this review is like the real version of that one april fools review he did where he describes every track as an insane genre combo that "somehow works"
Wow I cant believe underscores is getting so big now
Never thought I’d see you review underscores this is nice to see
crazy how after 3 back to back listens, this album is quickly becoming one of my favorites of the year 🔥
Guys the horse I like is WHACK
how fast can she run ?
okay melon but when are you reviewing the KNOWER album?