5:22 that is actually the fiddle. There is nothing funky really going on with any pedals in this song, especially with the banjo. I’ve heard them perform and achieve similar sounds completely acoustic with no amplification at all. It’s often how they will play the last few songs of a concert if the venue has good enough acoustics.
I really liked this in-depth review, that breaks down all the elements properly. You guys are actually articulated in how you explain your viewpoint on songs like these. Weellly cool 😎
As a drummer, my favorite song from crumb is plants. The drums are so melodic but still flows with the rest of the band perfectly. You should definitely listen to that one next
Just seen them Open for the Front Bottoms in Columbus. They were phenomenal! They played “The Greatest Light is The Greatest Shade” & finished their set with “Whirring”. Being there and seeing/hearing them live, among a phenomenal crowd, was a literal EXPERIENCE! I’ll remember that night, with my wife, for the rest of my life.
The great thing about the punch brothers is they do both. They go hard in bluegrass but push the line for new music of all kinds made with bluegrass instrumentation. They just make their own styles of music without really hitting into one genre. It’s great
In most bluegrass bands the mandolin serves in some cases to hold the beat. Like you said it serves the hat and snare. The bass tends to hold the deep end of the beat. However both instruments usually pull out of that for solos or hitting the melody. There are so many different ways to use the instruments in bluegrass
Love how each player and instrument can can shift roles, makes it so fun to listen to. Hoping to cover some more bluegrass soon. Recently got into Billy Strings as well, some shared elements to Punch Brothers in some ways it seems!
@@elementalmusician I’d recommend some live Tony Rice. Stuff like Freeborn man live and Nine Pound Hammer and Shadows. There are a few really good concert recordings. In concert they shift to more solos and show off in a way that they wouldn’t on a record. Tony is one of my favorite musicians of all time out of any genre
I've seen this group live twice. The first time was at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ and the second time was at Beacon Theatre in Manhattan, NYC.
This was not in the Twilight soundtrack. Probably people just felt that this fits that’s why there are fan-made videos of Twilight scenes using this as the music but it was not included officially. This was used in Coronation Street though (the British TV series). This is one of my favorite tracks from them. Their song that was included in the Twilight soundtrack is Heavy in Your Arms (it was in the Twilight: Eclipse soundtrack).
This is the very song that introduced me to Punch Brothers. I'm 61 now, and have seen a huge amount of bands at the tops of their games, from Classical, Jazz, all kinds of pop rock, flamenco country...you name it. Saw Punch Brothers 3 years ago, 2000 people auditorium here in Sydney Australia, one microphone and it is by a long degree and in every sense, the very best band I've ever seen live. I LOVE these guys, and you obviously do too. Check this out: three dots and a dash ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sjPJo74RSLg.html
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful is my favorite album of hers because of how raw and passionate the whole album is. You can tell she poured her heart out writing those songs. If you haven’t heard it, you need to. Great vid!
The Mando is playing accents based on every 5 16ths, So accents are on 1, e of 2, and of 3, then next bar is = e of 1, and of 2, 'u' of 3. This concept of moving the accent one 16th note over every beat is called "gridding" or accent displacement. The fact they can do this live, and even drop the quarter note pulse and bring it back, is reason one million why this group is historic.
this was nice to ''hang out'' and listen with yall... i dont understand how that level of musicianship can exist.. imo punch brothers are severely underrated. if they were a band in the 1600s they wouldve been accused of witchcraft.
@@elementalmusician a band my friend just showed me today sound amazing, 'alt-j' ill be listening to their stuff more, as for one i know would be a fun listen, go for the new King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizards new album Butterfly 3000
That drummer and bassist are locked in and the rest of the band definitely knows how to fill a pocket - and they fill it with lots of neat trinkets. The guitarist plays with a lot of creative freedom. This was really cool, I'll be digging in to some more of their stuff. Thanks for sharing!
If you guys like heavy rock, you should check out a band called Alluvial. They can be very heavy, but it's tasteful stuff and their guitarist is incredible. They have a song called 40 stories that is on the softer side, but incorporates some genre bending that you might enjoy. I saw Florence + the Machine at Bonnaroo several years ago, but never really got into her/them.. I really dug this song though, so thanks for that!
You should definitely follow this up with a live reaction.... you should actually check out a live version of Familiarity. Punch Brothers are such an amazing group of musicians, performers, and composers. I've had the pleasure of seeing them live a handful of times and have had to lift my jaw off the floor several times at each performance. I search for Punch Brothers reactions often and it upsets me that I'm just now seeing this. Wonderful reaction! Please do more!
Thanks Shane! Appreciate the recommendation! I do have it on the list to show Michael some live performances of theirs. We finally got it setup so we can playback videos into our recording. 👍👍😀 - Cam
@@elementalmusician That's awesome! I don't know if you ever watch any Michael Palmisano, but I pestered him to react to Punch Brothers for months! Seriously amazing band. Another amazing band to check out (completely different from Punch Brothers, although they do have a violinist) is Bent Knee. They are another incredible group of musicians led by a super unique female vocalist/pianist. They have a lot of well produced live studio performances - the song Bone Rage is a banger!
When I sing along with her I get winded and she's still going like naaah imma let her handle that. She's got one of the most voices that I can't get enough of
The thing about Punch Brothers is that they can do stuff like this, and then turn around and do a straight bluegrass song, or a perfect cover of a Radiohead song (check out their cover of Kid A, it is way better than it needs to be), or a movement from the Brandenburg Concertos. They're absurdly talented as a band and as solo artists.
Their Kid A cover was the other track I thought about showing Michael! They’re great. I’m sure we’ll cover more of their stuff in the future. Thanks for listening!
Awesome! Any other artists we should check out? We come from playing lots of harder rock but love something of everything. We’ve got a soft spot for genre bending artists though. Haha.
@@elementalmusician Oh boy so many: Jason Isbell, Bhi Bhiman, Japanese Breakfast, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Tank and the Bangas (check out their song Quick--I promise you, you are NOT READY), The War and Treaty, The Mountain Goats (they have a song called The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton that you might appreciate), Madison Cunningham, Anais Mitchell, Jesca Hoop. Pentatonix, but only if you're prepared to deal with their extremely enthusiastic fanbase, haha.
Very nice reaction! The Punch Brothers are, in my humble opinion, unrivaled in their technical proficiency as individual musicians, and then again in their dynamically orchestrated assemblage. Like many artists, it's a totally different experience to see them create this music live to remove any doubts about production/engineering contributions.
Actually iirc the song in Twilight's soundtrack is Heavy In Your Arms, not this one (an absolute banger too). Great reaction! Maybe react to Florence's counterpart: Hozier. Some of my favorites by him are Movement, Nina Cried Power and Work Song
Things I love about this song: 1) The reverse harp in the very beginning and the *slightly* reverse harp (might just be reverse verb) right after. 2) The dynamic range. The quiet bits are just that, so the chorus is HUGE when it gets loud. 3) The song mentions twilight 😂 That soundtrack is bomb though.
