Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on Thank You Scientist - Son of A Serpent (Live at Backroom Studios) ORIGINAL VIDEO: • Thank You Scientist - ... Patreon: www.patreon.com/criticalreactions Twitter: critreactions
I completely forgot to mention one of the cool things with the guitar solo, specifically how he brought the band back in after his solo. In jazz settings you'll often have some inter-band playing where the rhythm section listens into repetitions in the solo and will add flourishes to their own playing to emphasize the soloists ideas and I felt that same kind of cooperative energy in the end of the guitar solo when the band started to come back in while the guitar was playing that riff, right before he started walking down the guitar neck to return to the lower notes at the end of his solo. It was obviously composed this way but it was still really cool and just another way that these guys blend jazzy techniques into their more rock oriented segments.
I've noticed in most of the live stuff I've seen that Tom Monda likes to change up his solos. Very much a jazz style of a different solo everytime he plays. These guys know their music, and work so well together
@@tommonda Love your work. You guys have become one of my favorite bands, alongside Coheed and The Mars Volta, after I saw you on tour with Coheed in Denver on your first tour with them. I hope you and the band are doing well.
The guitarists of Thank You Scientist have always struck me as being excellent. There's a lot of time they blend in the background and you can barely hear them, but then they take front stage in the mix and just kill it! The songs "Pigeon Superstition" by Bird Problems and "The City Has No Empathy" by Caligula's Horse remind me a lot of TYS' style of guitar work, but with a heavier edge to it, more "modern" I guess we'd call it.
Glad you got to listen to Thank You Scientist again and enjoyed this one more. Definitely keep checking out more stuff from their Terraformer album I think you'll enjoy it.
THIS IS SO WEIRD, I was literally listening to this song yesterday and thinking, “I wish Brian had reacted to this track first”. So glad you decided to revisit these guys, and if you decide to go back for thirds, I’d recommend checking out one of their instrumental tracks, particularly Rube Goldberg Variations. The jazz composition really shines through in the instrumentals
I second that. Particularly this version with the crazy Corey Henry solo! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L_XJ_s5IsQc.html Also Snarky's Binky is fun.
I very much loved this song. I can understand why a lot of people don't like this guys voice but I thought it worked very well with what this song was doing. Also the work of the violin, brass, and his voice was incredible. I'd would really like to see you check out Between the Buried and Me - The Coma Machine. That song is very different from what a lot of their stuff is and just a really cool journey. Another one that would be really cool to see is Liquid Tension Experiment - Acid Rain, the live version from 2008. Thank you so much for doing these videos!
saw them open for Coheed & Cambria when Claudio signed them to his label, and holy shit I was hooked from them opening with "Feed Your Horses" 🤘🔥🍻 My Famed Disappearing Act, The Amateur Arsonist's Handbook, Blood on the Radio are all great
I knew you'd love this one. This is simply one of the best prog songs of the decade. They have a lot of great stuff, and all of their albums (plus EP) are worthwhile, but this is their masterpiece. I think the word you're looking for at 14:34 is "contrast," or perhaps it's the expectation-and-surprise dichotomy we talked about on the last TYS vid. FWIW, I do slightly prefer the studio version to this live version, though I'm glad to have both. I just think the recording/mixing and guitar solo is a bit better on the studio version. If you dig the jazzy aspect of this, I'd highly recommend checking out An Eye for an Eye for an Eye by The Sea Within, which is a prog supergroup.
Contrast. Such a simple word that just completely slipped my mind. I'll have to check out the studio version sometime this week and see what I think about it.
Discovered this band recently. Absolutely insane. I love both jazz music and prog rock so for me Thank You Scientist is right up my street. I don't understand all the musical concepts behind why I love this song so much so it's interesting to hear someone who does, explain it. Glad you enjoyed it so much!
Definitely give the album version of this track a listen for fun. It has a much fuller sound IMO, and the execution is much cleaner (as you'd expect). My personal favorite track from this album.
Randomly stumbled across you, because i listen to thank you scientist a lot, and just wanna say, good stuff! This is one of my favorite songs on the album and ive never seen this version, either, so, i feel like im in the trenches with ya! Ill be back to check out more for sure!
Protest the Hero and Thank You scientist are 2 of my favorites and I'm hoping you get to check out Mr Bungle soon. I would recommend Carry Stress in the Jaw or Dead Goon. Thank you and enjoy!!
I consider TYS one of the best modern prog bands. I think you woudn't be disappointed giving this entire album (Terraformer) a listen. It's a different approach vs. the previous one - that cotains the song "Caverns". I am aware that you already have your list of priorities, but if you will be picking new bands to react to - please consider these as options: Karnivool (song: Deadman), Cynic (song: King Of Those Who Know), Monuments (song: I, The Destroyer), Textures (song: Illuminate The Trail), Scale The Summit (track: Alpenglow), Nevermore (song: The River Dragon Has Come), Death (song: Lack Of Comprehension), Necrophagist (entire Epitaph album, it's only 28 min :P). Also anything by Snarky Puppy or Zildjian Live series (preferably featuring Larnell Lewis or Kaz Rodriguez). If you plan to revisit one of the bands listed below: -The Contortionist, I suggest the song "Clairvoyant" either that or entire Language album, which for me is the best sh*t, I've ever heard, -Beyond Creation - many ppl suggested the song "Earthborn Evolution", but I actually suggest checking out "Neurotical Transmissions" (from the same album), -Intervals - consider the track "Epiphany" - a pinnacle of their djent era, -Animals As Leaders - I think either Crescent or Para Mexer should be more "musical" than what you've experienced so far :P, -Haken - Cockroach King. Sorry for the lengthy post.
Thank you for checking this amazing band!!! It's so much going on in every song, this guys are really talented... Please check the song Anchor, from the same album and live in studio... I assure you that the solo will surprise you...
This song is what got me really interested in them, despite knowing of the band for years, but never really diving in. Glad this one resonated with you a lot better!
Nice video! I wonder how you would react and analyze the music Car Bomb makes. Here are some descriptions of a few of their songs if you choose to react to one of them. The first one is off Meta and the others are from their newest release Mordial. - Gratitude is the easiest to get into - Dissect Yourself is the most “react-able” and has its own music video. - Xoxoy has multiple vocals and has the most noticeable attitude shift/s - Blackened Battery is the grooviest (guitar player has a live play-through video, but doesn’t feature vocals) -Antipatterns is the most cinematic I wonder what your perspective will be considering all the dichotomies Car Bomb displays in their music and will be excited to learn from your insight. Cheers
@@CriticalReactions Aye man, whatever feels right to you. It could take forever but as long as it's done, we'll be happy that someone took the time to listen and share. Cheers.
I LOVED this. A masterfully written song. I'd like to be honest, and hopefully people don't flame me too much for this, but I feel like their vocalist is.... lacking. I feel like his range lacking. I need to listen to more as this is my first song listen of theirs. But there are so many times where the song is in a crescendo and building and he just kinda peeters out. He just kinda stays in this one pocket and never really ventures out of it. But overall an amazing song and band.
The vocalist and some of the musical phrasing in general have always been just a touch hit or miss for me. They do wonderful at making it work together, as a whole. Just feels forced at times.
I would love to see you react to nearly anything from Panzerballett. It's a hybrid of jazz and heavy metal out of Germany. They have a Christmas album, it's glorious. I'd personally recommend starting with Typewriter II.
Man I can't wait for you to eventually check out Bent Knee - Being Human being my personal fav tune from them. Doesn't hurts that they've toured with Thank you scientist in the past too btw
My favorites are: pyschopomp (more rock and structured), rube goldberg variations (more jazzy) and mr invisible (more popish). All from Stranger Heads Prevail album. I prefer this album more than others, seems more palatable
My eyes went right to that theramin. I had an opportunity to play one once at a club. I couldn't do more than make odd noises with it. That was a cool jam for sure.
It's certainly a unique instrument. The lack of tactile feedback is enough to throw me off, at least I think it would. I've never had the ability to play one before.
Yes! This is a great track! You should check out Everyday Ghosts next. Great composition and the guitar solo is fantastic. Tom Monda has a playthrough of the solo on his youtube page (probably due to popular demand). Then if you want to check out a badass distorted 5-string electric violin solo, check out Anchor. Karras wails on that track.
This band is awesome, their last album Terraformer was amazing and a highlight from 2019. Great reaction and commentary as always, man. Completely different band, but you should check The Saints I and II by Dirt Poor Robins. It's a bit more theatrical than other stuff you have checked, but definitely worth it.
I'm happy to hear you gave them another shot. TYS have quite a bit going on musically (you can clearly hear it) but I think they've become better songwriters over time from what little I've heard of their earlier material. You should also check out FXMLDR, from the same album. If you want, you can see them perform it live. The album version itself is nice (it sounds very organic) but thought you might like to see it live to follow the trend started here. :P ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rxrz6RPSww0.html For something less jazzy, and not very influenced by rock I would also be interested to see you try out Myrath. They're a symphonic metal band from Tunisia that incorporate African influences into songwriting, and singing. For songs, I'd try Braving the Seas - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cInkjet9IXo.html or maybe Mersal, from their most recent album - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T4J-BEAusPQ.html Please keep these videos coming. It's interesting to hear reviews from the perspective of actual musicians and I've found a lot of new music just browsing your channel. Cheers.
Check out Bent Knee - Hands Up next! They're such an incredibly unique band; I'm very curious to hear your thoughts. Great reaction to Son of a Serpent, btw.
I was pointed towards a 2-3 second bit where they showed him playing it. I wish I had caught that during the reaction. Still, it's very cool that they have someone who can play it. It's such a unique instrument due to it have zero tactile feedback.
@@CriticalReactions Indeed! When I was working on my master's I played in a new music chamber ensemble that consisted of a cello, horn, f tuba (myself), and the composer on a theremin. It was a fun, and altogether unique experience. lol
Critical Reactions It’s wild! The guy I worked with had a phenomenal ear, so his intonation was spot on. Not an easy thing when there’s zero tactile feedback. Lol
*Oh shit.* I just tought of Russian Circles. Dude, you gotta listen to them. They are a post-rock/metal like any other... I would choose... either Harper Lewis OR 309. I'm confident you will like them.
Okay, so you're looking for a track where the performers don't play the same roles as they did in this song. Maybe check out FXMLDR. There are a couple different live versions.
Caverns is such a meh song compared to all their catalogue, don’t get me wrong... I love Thank You Scientist, but listening to that song as a first approach to them was a mistake.
I always have to wonder about these reaction and opinion videos. It doesn’t matter if your reaction to a band is positive or negative, who the fuck do you think you are and why do you think your opinion even matters? Lmao it doesn’t.
