Composer/Musician Reacts to Belmont - Overstepping (REACTION!!!) 

Yeah that was super fun. They managed to make pop-punk interesting while still maintaining that pop-punk feel. Appreciate the choice of pick.

Man, i found this video about a year and a half ago and they blew my mind. That drummer has NO CHILL

Thanks, Bradford. That was a blast. Awesome metalness but also took me right back to watching MTV with my kids in the '90s.

One of the best pop punk intros ever

I think the reason Belmont is so fun to me is because it sounds like blink-182 was really into prog and decided to put some really intricate instrumentation into their music, also the drummer is fucking nuts so...1:1 there. (Pushing daisies and empty are also bangers)

Drummer rips.. been on these guys a while and the dude is a monster!

Absolutely phenomenal band live. Lucky they came through my city last month.

Nice! My wife loves Belmont. They're pretty rad, and are definitely giving the easy core scene some new life

My friend described this as progressive pop-punk. I think that's accurate.

Your reaction around the 2:20 point..."this is weirdest meshup ever..., and I'm loving it" was my exact opinion the first time I heard this track. Check out their new stuff. Parasite is amazing. They've grown so much as a band. Really found their sound.

Learning the drum parts to this song is like learning a secret handshake that has been done exclusively between two friends for years and years. Attempting it will never "quite be the same". I love this band.

Had the same reaction you did and I've been obsessed with them for a minute

One of this bands influences is Napoleon. I’d highly recommend their song brought here to suffer. Similar with screaming instead

Yeah. Pop punk and djent. Who knew. As much as I love harsh vocals it's a welcome change with some nice cleans. It's like one of those videos "if Blink 182 were Perifery".

I'm not a big fan of pop punk but I was so excited to see you react to this. Belmont is a super fun band that I really enjoy. I remember the top comment back in the day was "when you like djent but pop punk is life" edit: I have to apologize, I've been watching your videos since VOLA but I just realized I never hit the subscribe button. big sorry brother

Thanks for the review/breakdown! I love this band

bro belmont are absolutely smashing it for me right everything i like just so layered

Belmont is like Math Rock and Easycore had a baby. They sound unique and technical.

It's Easycore. Pop-punk + Melodic Hardcore.

I definitely recommend Abandoned By Bears. They're djenty pop punk. Check out Compromise, Out Of Bounds, Drowned Out and Blurry Vision

This song sounds like something off the American Pie soundtrack

They were pretty young when they wrote this as well. Crazy talent.

I know nothing about music composition but I do know the chords in the chorus makes my nips tingle...also known about this band for awhile and love seeing what people think about em

Dude week-> Radiohead-Paranoid Android. Radiohead are one of the most influential rock bands of the last 25 years.They have been called "the new pink Floyd", but i think they are their own thing.They have experimented with electronic music and jazz. Paranoid Android is a good example, its a fan favourite, considered their best song. I also suggest Reckoner (Live from the basement) , and No Surprises.

Ayyyyyyy

I don't know if the tuning is exactly the thing that makes it different and not just the mixing. For example Plini's song Electric Sunrise very much in the Djent category is only a half step down tuning wise. Maybe this is too high in the frequencies to feel similar to lower tunings but.. I've heard a standard E chord sound pretty low because of it's context but yeah.

Definitely I song that can be picked up by a anime show reminds me of something in a Naruto opening

Have you heard of Easycore?

Really suprised you didn't have more to say about the drummer. This type of music is called Easycore. It's got breakdowns, lots of times gang vocals like hardcore with more melodic vocals and guitar riffs. Four year strong, new found glory, Chuck! No captain Chuck and set your goals are all super similar to this. Minus the insane drummer.

In Angles - "Wanderer" great band out of New Jersey.

Belmont is amazing. Super talented.

Hard not to smile listening to this.

Apparently the drummer wrote every part of the song outside of the lyrics when he was 16-17.

This is such a great song. Infectious.

HOWDY FROM CONNECTICUT..WOW THAT WAS WICKED COOL....THEY ACTUALLY DID THE GOJIRA SLIDE ON THE GUITARS IN THE OUTRO...ALL U GOJIRA FANS KNOW WHAT IM SAYN...GOOD JOB MAN...PEACE #MARIO DUPLANTIER FOR PRESIDENT....:)))

I love the guitar. Believe it or not they only had one guitarist for like the first 2 years that they toured... You should check out Wilmette. nother underappreciated band. Same first label too.

I never really got into this genre, but this sounds promising. I like the feel and the syncopation, the only thing throwing me of is those vocals man, that's gonna need some adjusting for me.

The is like "In Angles" but not as cohesive. Check 'em out they really nail this technical catchy heavy stuff.

maybe you wanna do a reaction to my drum cover of this song 😉. extremely accurate to the track js js js. Loved this video!

some excellent Pop-Punk! great choice

This was indeed a fun track. My one common complaint with pop punk is that the instrumental music is boring. Sometimes the vocals melodies/hooks can be catchy enough to make up for that, but it typically still feels empty. This fixed that problem and had some interesting music while maintaining the catchiness. I guess you could call it proggy pop punk, and it's not a combination you see very often. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead is one band that kinda mixed poppy punk with prog, though they did it from more of a conceptual angle than from this mathy/djenty angle.

Peach Scone by Hobo Johnson would be interesting.

Has anyone ever told you that you resemble Mark Stone, the captain of the Vegas Golden Knights hockey team before?

Hindsight-frozone layer

their album belmont is honestly amazing, im not so fond of their recent album. also their first ep vicissitude is a different style but honestly the best ep ive ever heard

If you want something in this vein (a little less heavy, but musically complex) check out "Abstracted" by Capstan. Really phenomenal musicianship, but a bit less light-hearted than bands like Belmont or Dance Gavin Dance. I really think that you'll enjoy this track!

There new album liminal is there best work yet

You should do a reaction to Trilogy by Silent Planet. A super technically advanced song rhythmically and the instrumental work is ridiculous. I'd love to hear a breakdown musically of it.

best band ever you should do 731 by belmont its really different

I love easycore

Highly recommend listening to their latest album. Top Gun is a crazy song.

They're easycore!

Your definitely a Metalhead

react to by my side by belmont

Melodic softcore*

it's easycore

Please my friend. Should do amassefer. No regrets

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