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A Lot Like Birds - Connector - Composer Reaction | The Decomposer Lounge
Swancore Reaction
Kurt Travis is honestly one of the most inventive and unconventional vocalists in post-hardcore. Heâs been in a bunch of bands, though rarely seems to stick around for more than a couple albums. He just always seems to pick the notes Iâm not expecting.
And theyâre all so good. His first solo album is one of my favorite records.
I love Kurt. Met him a few times and have listened to all his projects for over a decade. He's a genuine dude and a great talent
Glad he has overcome so much to get here
@Jake McPherson 100%
That whole collection of bands (DGD, ALLB, HTS, Sianvar, Stolas, Royal Coda, Wolf and Bear, Nova Charisma, etc.) are such a strong coalition, man.
Quality people and talent!
Him and Cory screaming were just a match made in heaven for me. Still crushed they split.
Kurt's such an amazing person. Honestly I'm a Kurt purest I would have loved him to stay with dgd or ALB to stick together (still waiting on that reunion tour with ALB). I find my self relating to alot of what he writes. He did an amazing solo acoustic cover of "shelf life" on a online show and it was fucking beautiful.
Geebz... as an old musician... once you listen to more songs in this genre... you honestly get hooked by the complexity. Absolutely amazing/jaw dropping talent in bands like this, and they sound the same live. That's how good these musicians are. Really amazing stuff.
One of my favorite bands. The drummer Joseph Arrington is an absolute genius. I highly recommend checking out some of the other projects that he is part of:
Royal Coda
Sianvar
La Taiga
I miss Sianvar so much
This is my friends band!! I went to high school with Ben and Cory and itâs blowing my mind you reacted to this!!
Haha! I saw this and immediately sent a screenshot to Cory about this. Great reaction Geebz!
@@drewctaylor now jeebz needs to do a Sufferer reaction.
Love these guys. They are awesome
Thatâs really cool!
You're friends are sick. This is right up my alley. They've added a new fan thanks to Geebz.
I love this bands first full length album before they had a lead singer. It was so creative and weird. Such an under rated band.
In my opinion this song manages to have the most accessible screaming of the entire genre. You show someone who has never heard screaming this song and it somehow doesn't seem so out of place to them, like it makes sense. That's a beautiful thing.
I really love how the composition of this song really reinforces the frantic urgency of the main character in the story. The album this comes from is a concept album representing each song with a room of a childhood home, and the different traumas that were lived through those rooms. This song is about the hallway and I think the difficulty finding a melodic/rhythmic throughline within the song is suited to how it treats the hallway like a labyrinth and how the structure of the house/the main character's life is collapsing within the greater narrative of the album.
Never thought Iâd see this band in the channel, I used to love them!
You should check out their song Kuroi Ledge
Geebz has a talent to immediately find something he likes in music he hasn't heard before. Even if he reviews music I'm not big on, I gotta recognize his way of breaking down music.
I developed this view on music by making it myself for years. You look beyond personal preference and get to the core of the craft. You learn to appreciate good craftsmanship.
Sigur Ros should be a must for you dude. Their magical music needs your attention!
this is one of the only bands of recent years i actually enjoy, i swear most bands today have no soul in their music. its like they are just making music to try to get famous. this specific album has so much soul. music NEEDS soul to be good.
A Lot Like Birds are one of the bands in the same vein as Dance Gavin Dance and Fall of Troy that mix super-virtuosic proggy math rock with hardcore/punk vocals and (sometimes) poppy choruses. I slightly prefer DGD, mostly on the strength of their richer discography and their stronger pop elements, but ALLB's first three albums are superb and on par with DGD's best. I think the thing I appreciate most about these bands is their ability to marry the complexity of prog with the "ear candy" accessibility of pop without losing the intensity and aggression of punk. I've always thought of pop/prog/punk as something of a triumvirate of musical approaches whose principles repel each other (generally, the more "prog" a band is, the less punk/pop), but these bands have found a fascinating middle-ground.
15:50: I think the word you're looking for is polyrhythm, or maybe polymeter.
Didn't expect this band to get a reaction! They have a few quality songs worth checking out
Kuroi Ledge would be another really great track from them
Hell yes â€
The cool air!!!!!!
Im surprised that one wasn't picked first, tbh
I recommend this song to anyone who hasnât heard of allb
Next to ungodliness, Recluse, No Nature & No Nurture. Really he should do the whole album.
I the Mighty - The Frame 1 - Betrayal in the Watchtower. Criminally underrated band!
The Human Abstract - Complex Terms /Patterns (The whole Digital Veil Album)
Vela, Together We Await The Storm
Moonlight Sonata covers
Woah what an interesting song. The left and right are so busy, it's really cool, I could see myself listening to this over and over and pulling different things out every listen. I really love these videos, opening me up to a bunch of new music!
Yes, most deff a sonic dissection treasure! :)
@Joseph Arrington Aloha Joseph - thank you so much for taking the time to leave your comment. Very super cool!!! It was a wonderful track and performance by all! Awwwright!!
Sometimes Iâll listen to songs with a single earbud in to listen to the differences. Brings out different aspects of the song.
Welcome to a whole new genre of craziness!
The biggest little secret in my hometown!!! Ahhhhh I can never find any ALLB reactions absolutely nothing but love for this band great reaction Geebz!!
I 100% recommend a deep dive into this album whether it be on CZcams or in your own time. Lyrics, and videos as well as the musical master piece that it is. The album actually tells a story from start to finish and each song is tailored a Boys journey through this abandoned house and each song is tailored to the emotion within each room. Also if Iâm not mistaken this was their first album. But like I mentioned from beginning to end it tells a story when listened to in order
Kris Crummett is a fantastic engineer. He does a ton of the bands in this genre and definitely has a sound/style. Super cool.
YES! Every album he produces is great!
Really giving me a Coheed and Volta vibe. Very cool. Not what I was expecting.
Volta đđđ
Will always up vote a Volta mention
Hail the Sun vibes
Sufferer vibes đ
@@Bloodslayne Cory (the one screaming) is one of the singer in Sufferer ! Maybe you knew it haha. I absolutely love both bands, A lot Like Birds is one of my favorite ever.
This song in particular gives me strong Mars Volta vibes... in addition to the obvious "swan core" influence, of course.
Hail the sun has donovan molero, who is also in sianvar, which has Will Swan, who is also in dance gavin dance, who had kurt travis, who is the singer of A lot like birds.
4 different bands and 3 dudes are in 2 each. It's basically one big 10 person group but only 5 can play together at a time, under a specific name. They all do kind of sound the same but each has it's own nuances.
Dudes, âtantrum (far from the tree, the apple grew rotten)â. Badass song, super creative. These guys have such a sick way of going from super ambient sections to wildly frantic hardcore break downs and mixed with splashes of funk and jazz. These guys are so sick
A LOT LIKE BIRDS!!!!!!! LETS GOOOOOO !! ONE OF MY FAVORITE BANDS OF ALL TIME, SUPER NICE GUYS
OMG YESSSS, Kurt Travis is the clean vocalist here, he also sang for 2 albums for Dance Gavin Dance!
Slice The Cake - Stone And Silver Part 1 - The Mountains of Man
Textures - Awake
Slice The Cake - Unending Waltz
Slice The Cake - Westward Bound Part I - The Lantern
Slice The Cake - The Holy Mountain
Emarosa - The Past Should Stay Dead
Emarosa - Pretend. Release. The close.
Emarosa- A Toast To The Future Kids!
Slipknot - Vermilion part 1 and 2.
The Faceless - The Autotheist Movement 1-3.
Type O Negative - Love You To Death
Soilwork - As We Speak
Circa Survive - Get Out
Van Halen - Aint Talking Bout Love
Cane Hill - Kill The Sun
Static X - Destroyer
Coal Chamber - Loco
Deftones - My Own Summer
Billie Holiday - Blue Moon
Spiritbox - The Mara Effect pt.3
Fifth Dawn - Allure
The Paper Melody - The Nightmare Academy
Vildhjarta - All These Feelings
Letlive. - Younger
Celldweller - Switchback
Shakey Graves - Roll The Bones (live)
Glass Cloud - If He Dies, He Dies
Ovid`s Withering - The Omen of Lycaon
Rings of Saturn - The Macrocosm
Rings of Saturn - Embryonic Anomaly
Animals As Leaders - Brain Dance
Born Of Osiris - Recreate
Soilwork - Spirits Of The Future Sun
Soilwork - The Living Infinite 1
Celldweller - The Last Firstborn
The Algorithm - Floating Point
The Prodigy - Voodoo People - Pendulum Mix
Novena - Secondary Genesis
Eidola - Humble Ledger (Gnostic States)
Every song here is an absolute banger
I second The Faceless
Also, Saytr-Picayune
talented boys out of georgia, post hardcore, swancore if you will, fun track
This band is truly legendary and its amazing watching people continue to appreciate them and what they did.
I seriously wish I couldâve seen them live at least once! This album is my fkn everything. Every listen always takes me to some place beyond the cosmos lol đ€
Holy shit you did Connector. I'd love to hear Tantrum or Kuroi Ledge. ALLB has had some masterpieces in their day.
ohhhh Tantrum is so good
Man, Conversation Piece is a masterpiece
Tantrum has been my jam for years
@@DGDfan13 easily their best song for me. Fell in love with that since the very first time I heard it
This band reminds me of âSounds of Animals Fightingâ both in sound and name. Would love to hear you decompose any of their music. Itâs a super group with members from multiple bands who came together to make 3 retry unique albums
I've been trying to get him to react to Circa Survive as well!
The Ocean And The Sun is an amazing album, would love to hear Geebz tackle something from it, even Uzbekistan.
Great band, Conversation Piece is my favorite album,
lots of great tracks of there to decompose
Vanity's fair would be good track, interesting abstract but not overload
No Place as an album is truly ALLBs materpiece. Every song in it is about a different room in a childhood home being revisited as an adult. It starts from the front door and works its way in. Every song talks of memories and the sounds, the smells and the emotions. It hits hard. I highly recommend listening to the whole thing. The whole album is supposed to envoke a feeling of "unsettled", meldy and counter melody. Its truly a symphony of beauty.
Circa Survive! Also post-hardcore with some similar-ish vibes. Great discography. Hard to pick a song to start with but I think "Lustrations" off their latest album is a good start!!
Circa is like de Mother of all this bands, it would be awesome see he doing a reaction of some Circa song.
Yes! Circa Survive deserve some Geebz love! Such a fun band to listen to.
Dude Iâve been trying to get this guy to do get out the car and the great golden baby since the beginning of time
@@nathancotter1770 well now you have an ally! Lustrations to see where they are, Great Golden Baby to see where they started.
Anthony Green really shaped the noodley post hardcore scene.
My all time favorite band. I've watched you for a while Geebz but didn't know you had covered this song. Love it so so so much, so sad they broke up.
Daughters "Guest House" or Slint "Good Morning, Captain" would be excellent choices.
the sound of us and for shelly are some of my favorites
Loved this! ALLB has been one of my favorite bands for a long time because of that intense and pure musicianship that really hooks you and doesn't let go. There's so much tension in this song, too. Even the releases don't really release. I could see that tension building up in you through the whole song, that was cool to watch.
I'm new to the channel so I don't know what you have or haven't done, but it'd be super cool to see you do two very different songs from two very different bands with the same vocalist. Prancer by The Dillinger Escape Plan, an extremely intense and chaotic metal band, and Taman Shud by The Black Queen, a dark 80's-ish synth pop band. There's a lot to unpack between them and they're a really, really cool contrast for Greg Puciato.
This album means so much to me. And the next one as well. They both helped me through dark times... much love to geebz and ALLB
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I think one thing to note about these bands is that they know about that "line" of not knowing what to listen to, and they use it, very effectively i think. They'll throw the whole song out of wack, everyone will start jamming on their instruments, but it's still in some sort of time or beat, so it's like your mind is still trying to keep up, which makes the speed all the more overwhelming.
Songs from a lot like birds to check out the sound of us, kuroi ledge & vanity fair.
Truly Random Code by these guys would be a phenomenal track to review
Your might be my main go to man for showing me new music. Thanks. Back to prog metal soon?
Fall of Troy, A Lot Like Birds, and Fear Before are my life rn.
i would love to hear what you have to say about the band Portishead. Tier composition fascinated me when I first heard them in the 90's. I know nothing about music and I couldn't stop listening to it and picking it apart. My Husband and i chose their song All Mine as our first dance.
Talented is the band that shifts. Thanks for giving them a shot âșïžđđđŒ
I don't know how many people have said it already, 7 months later, but I don't think there's much IF ANY synth going on in this song. The sounds you're hearing are all guitar effects. You might be surprised what you can do with guitar effects nowadays. They were really testing their limits with what they could do instrumentally with this album so they went all out on the effects and composition.
Dream house by Deafheaven would be amazing review. Anyway I can send money to make this happen?
Very cool song. Reminds me of Thursday, Mars Volta, and something unique. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Wow really excited to see this on here
Really need to check out Eidola now, my favorite band of all time. They're part of the same crew as the guys from this band, but they have a very serious and deliberate tone. Their lyricism deals almost exclusively with exploring religion, spirituality, and philosophy (which might be up your alley!). They have such a breadth of sounds and experiences over their short discography, I'm sure you can find something you'll really dig. Love your stuff man, keep doing you.
My two favorite bands of all time are Tool and The Mars Volta and this band reminds me a lot of The Mars Volta. I just recently heard them and I feel like they are paying tribute to Mars Volta. This is based on their name and style since Mars Volta has a lot of birds, literal birds in their songs. If you have not listened to much of Mars Volta in my opinion you will like them more than a lot of bands out there đ they are in my eyes and heart a modern day Rush and they stand out in creativity and uniqueness and their musical arrangements are truly beautiful.
Omg you did it a lot like birds! Connector is one of my favorites songs by them but honestly "the sound of us" is my jam from ALB
Aloha Geebz đ€ new band, new sounds!
Howzit Adam - Yea, VERY heavy in the composition this track is!!!
@@KeyOfGeebz Yea I'd say just on a first listen. WOW. So much going on it's hard to take it all in
@@adamhenton6221 RIGHT?
Please react to The Mars Volta "Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus," "Eriatarka", "Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt", "Tetragrammaton," and "Cassandra Gemini"!
this track is amazing
Another one Iâm surprised you unearthed - it was fun watching you do this one. Still really hoping you get to Karnivool - Sky Machine.
Coming back to watch this again, I had a new sudden insight.
It's damn impressive how experimentally technical and progressive this all sounds on the surface, yet after listening to it for so long- I have realized that what really hooks me into this song is how jazz influenced it is at the core.
I have multiple times failed to describe the intuitive flow-mode feeling of playing jazz with others, but that's what this is. Right here. This is the sound of it.
Locked in. You can't really outline and strategize it. It doesn't even happen when you expect, or force it, more often than not.
It's a grip. A moment when you're milking the part and you look around at your bandmates and they're just gone.
This song has that.
Hell- even the drummer himself said that the intro to the song was created by feel.
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I really enjoyed this. Great track geebz!
Kurt Travis used to be the front man for Dance Gavin Dance on their Self Titled (Deathstar album) and Happiness. Can't wait for you to check them out. Love A Lot Like Birds because of my influence from DGD. Thank you again!
p.s. Dance Gavin Dances guitarist Will Swan is why "Swancore" is Swancore. You could do an entire series on Dance Gavin Dance and the bands that were created from their influence and band members doing all kinds of other projects such as Secret Band, Strawberry Girls, Tides of Man(technically a band before Tillian was front man but still), Emerosa and so on.
I second this^
DGD would be an adventure
Yoooo I was asking for this for so long!! So cool to see it's finally being reacted to, thanks so much!!!
Never heard of these guys, but wow. Mind blown, this is something I need to play for my muso mate, he'll understand what they're all doing and love it.
You need to check out all the swancore bands in that case! Sianvar, Hail the Sun, Dwellings, Eidola, Royal Coda, Wolf and Bear, they all have this very deep and evocative progressive post-hardcore vibe.
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I love how it totally seems like Geebz has no clue where to stop it the first timeđđ these guys are so sick
One of my favorite bands and albums! Great breakdown.
Me encanta!
One of my favorite songs from this truly unique and wonderful band!
I cant wait until he gets around to Carach Angren- when crows tick on windows or delves into some avant-garde metal like UneXpect or Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, even diablo swing orchestra
This is so awesome to see. One of my favorite bands, and I love their whole discography, but this album in particular is my absolute favorite. The composition, instrumentation, the lyrical content, is all done so well.
He finally did it! So stoked to watch this. I really appreciate that you take the time to reach to more niche stuff like this occasionally that won't get you all the easy views that other bands would. You're a real treasure.
Welcome to swancore
WOW, dude, thank you for that! Had no idea of the genre.
@@KeyOfGeebz it's coined from the founding member and lead guitarist from Dance Gavin Dance Will Swan
This channel never disappoints! Thank you Geebz and everyone that keeps suggesting great music. I have been out of the loop on music for a while now and keep getting introduced to new bands. My first thoughts were that this wasn't really my thing but as the song progressed I found things that hooked me in. Several aspects remind me of Fair to Midland, I don't know if they were an influence or if I am just hearing vocal similarities in style and tone. Geebz, you should check out some Fair to Midland - Musical Chairs or Dance of the Manatee. Very underrated band in my opinion. Awwwright!
You should maybe try At the Drive-In, Arcarsenal or something else off Relationship of Command, they're the pre-Mars Volta Post Hardcore outlet
It's been a while since I've listened to these fellas. I love a couple of their albums.
wow I can't wait to watch this video, you have such great energy! So excited to hear what you have to say about this beast of a track
I may be wrong, but I saw something online that said this was just a song that came up out of the band practicing together. Basically, they came up with the music and chords, and then the 2 vocalists came in on top of it, trading scream parts with sing parts. I think when the song is made like this, it has immense "repeatability" which is probably (intentionally) the band's artistic stance on how bland most mainstream music is. Cool to see that their music reached you!
somehow found this in my recommended videos, and i love watching older people react to music i enjoy (im in my early 20s), and i enjoy it moreso when they understand music as a whole as well
Great stuff as always.
Closure in Moscow. Good stuff
Gotta do Royal Coda now, Kurt Travis the vocalist and Will Swan from DGD are in that band.
PLEASE DO A THEM CROOKED VOLTURES - NO ONE LOVES ME NEITHER DO I REACTION!!!!!!!
Best Band, Best Post-Hardcore album ever made
One of the best bands. Sad they broke up. Conversation piece is one of the best albums ever made.
You gotta do Cory Wong by Vulfpeck. One of the funkiest bands out there.
Please do more from a lot like birds!
This has definitively DGD vibes. I dig it!
Excellent choice for a review/reaction. Out of the entire post-hardcore scene, this band, and this song in particular, is on another level in terms of composition and artistry.
I'd love to hear you do some He Is Legend, preferably something off the album I Am Hollywood. I would recommend the song China White.
Pretty coincidental! Iâve gotten back into some of the older post-hardcore bands lately and A lot Like Birds is one of my fav!
Really cool album! Itâs a concept album where every song is about a room in a house and the many different experience that happen within them. Definitely recommend checking out this album for both its musicality and its lyrical/poetical content. One of my all time favs!
Oh boy, one day you will get around to some Lucid Planet, and I know you are going to LOVE them. Keep up the work, you are absolutely KILLING IT lately man, awwwright
You MUST react to Dance Gavin Dance now!
This band is part of my favorite subgenre of music known as 'swancore' or progressive post hardcore. If you enjoyed this you should really dive into the Blue Swan Records (run by the guitarist of Dance Gavin Dance) catalogue.
Hail the Sun
Sianvar
Eidola
Royal Coda
Stolas
Nova Charisma
Adventurer
Wolf & Bear
Sufferer
Secret Band
It's a cool little scene with a lot of amazing musicians and most of the bands on that list have overlapping members.
YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO RECLUSE, NEXT TO UNGODLINESS, NO NURTURE & NO NATURE.
Just do the whole album.
My heart will forever be broken that they split. Glad I got to see them play twice. I made them muffins and probably weirded them out. đ
I would still be VERY interested to hear your thoughts on Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum.
Joe Arrington is probably the best drummer of the "Post Hardcore" genre.. at the very least hes my favorite..
Kurt is the clean vocalist, cory does the screams and spoken word
Michael Franzino (lead guitar) is considered the composer for the band as far as I'm aware
I just viewed your reaction on Disturbed cover of Sounds of Silence. I appreciated your honest professional reaction. âș Subscribing âș love the dinosaur
The vocalist's clean tone reminds me of Anathema. You should check out "Untouchable, Pt. 1" and "Untouchable, Pt. 2" off of the album Weather Systems. The whole album is worth a listen but those tracks are an amazing opener. (edit: Conversely, "The Gathering Of The Clouds" and "Lightning Song" off the same album also make a great pair.)
ELDER. Third eye purple level prog. Song - dead roots stirring.
Been asking since you had you longer hair đđ
Potions by PUSCIFER on the recycle â»ïž
ROCK CANDY FUNK PARTY. Super group to check out change it up Awwlright. I am still here. Looking for the one. Disappearing
Deaftones !!!! I am still here thank you geebz aloha !!
You should really check Hail The Sun
Is a great band of the sceane, the drummer is also the lead singer, and is another level
The other band Kurt Travis sing today, Royal Coda is AWESOME too
The insane drummer also do drums on Royal Coda and Sianvar (another insane band)
would love to see you do the recluse or one of the heavier crazier songs these guys have
Oh man! Connector is a great song, but it should have been Kuroi Ledge!!
Loved it Geebz!
Kurt Travis is one of the greatest emo and post hardcore vocalists out there. Happiness by DGD is probably his greatest performance with the widest range of styles, and besides A Lot Like Birds being very sick, Royal Coda's latest album, Compassion, is on par with Happiness. i also really love his almost minimalist, more rnb type solo stuff eg: "No Apologies" & "Still Wont Listen", however his old math rock/funk band Eternity Forever is just as catchy as anything else. He just released a new song with Catbamboo called Crave and i think its amazing and deserves a reaction
Thanks for this reaction!
Have you reacted to Home Free, an a cappella band, but not what you ecpected.. maybe try their take on Man Of Constant Sorrow. Or any song of their large CZcams library. All done with human voice.
Check out For Miles by Thrice, or really anything from their Vheissu album. Absolutely beautiful album with tons of interesting compositional choices.