twenty one pilots - Trench ALBUM REVIEW 

Finally, I can like Twenty One Pilots now

Blurryface - 4/10 Trench - 8/10 can't wait for TØP to get the first 12

I just think 21 is too many pilots

Blurryface's color : *RED* Blurryface's score : 4/10 *(RED* flannel) Trench's color : *YELLOW* Trench's score : 8/10 *(YELLOW* flannel) Can't be a coincidence

i’m pleased with how the yellow flannel compliments the album cover

correction: the song "Legend" references Tyler Joseph's niece, not daughter. an earlier version of the video made this mistake.

melon giving a twenty one pilots album an 8/10 proves that we truly are still allowed to have nice things.

"chorus, verse, chorus, verse now here comes the eight" these are verses from levitate. tyler knew how to do it and melon got fooled lmao

Even if you didn’t like the album, I would have been pissed off if you didn’t wear the yellow flannel for purely aesthetic reasons

Melon cosplaying as the album nice

Going here for comfort after his SAI review

Yes the group I was addicted to is finally validated and I can enjoy it with the upper class music critics

Imagine being told 2 years ago that melon would rate Twenty One Pilots higher than Kendrick Lamar

Holy shit, wasn't think I was gonna be allowed to like this one, but now I have permission. Thank you blurry melon

Who’s here after he gave Scaled and Icy a fucking 2 lmao

This album feels a lot more like them being able to make what they want without as much pressure to try to make it with a more pop sound now that they've broken into the main stream. The song "Lane Boy" from Blurryface directly said that Tyler was constantly in conflict between the music he wanted to make and the music that he could make that would make it on the radio.

Album of the year contender for me. I'll probably check it out later.

Can we get a pants reveal?

I feel like Neon Gravestones is partially inspired by the death of Chester Bennington

Little did he know 2 years later he’d give their next album a 2💀

What timeline are we living in....

kid cudi gets a 10 twenty øne pilots get an 8 playboi carti gets a 7 *what a time to be alive*

So this is the year when Twenty-one pilots gets a higher rating than Brockhampton. I was not ready for this

Leave The City was meant to be kind of a cliff hanger.

TØP literally doubled their last review score that’s fuccin wild

We've done it. We've claimed him. Our white whale.

Melon: loves Trench Spectrum Pulse: loves Blurryface ARTV: loves Vessel Man, TØP really does have something for everyone

Weirdly "Cut My Lip" is one of my favorite TØP songs now. Love it

if you listen closely, you can hear all the Kendrick fans sobbing, clutching their copies of DAMN. Collector's Edition closely for warmth

crazy how fantano just made me a lifelong twenty one pilots fan

You never talk about Josh's drumming on the album, he absolutely kills it.

my daughter loves 21 piliots and we've had it on non-stop in the car. Then I put the previous album on, and it seemed really thin and lightweight in comparison. Trench is an genuinely great album and has been getting better and better with each listen. I'm glad fontana agrees

I've never listened to this guys but that album cover is one of the bests I've seen lately. I'm considering listening to this just because of the cover.

Mind of a melon by Shane Dawson pls

Guys, you realise it's OK to like something even if Melon doesn't.

Wish we could turn back time, to the good old eights

Can't wait for Melon's upper lip caterpillar to turn into a butterfly. 🦋

you only gave this the yellow flannel because it matches the album art.

Going here to cleanse how much he hated scaled and icy 😂

I like to here people tell me that what i like is good.

They picked the right color scheme for their album cover

I think we should begin to appreciate Tyler’s ability to end albums. Self Titled - Isle of Flightless Birds Vessel - Truce Blurry face - Goner Trench - Leave The City All AMAZING outros to these albums.

are you tobias from arrested development?

I absolutely agree with the Linkin Park comparison. Hanging out with my 14 year old sister who's going through that same angsty phase I went through when I was her age, is also listening to twenty one pilots the way I listened to Linkin Park and I couldn't help and see the similarities in fandom and in behavior. lmfaooo

I don't really know what a "Twenty One Pilots" fan is. They seem to come in all shapes and sizes. Children love 'em, teens love 'em, girls love 'em, guys love 'em.... Even moms love 'em.

You can thank paul meany of mutemath for the production on this album. one of the most underrated musicians of our time

Though it has worn off it's initial feel, I still adore this album, even if it isn't my favorite. Morph is the chill, edgy feel that isn't in your face. Jumpsuit is literally a banger. Levitate is insane and has better bars than most rap songs. Pet Cheetah has a insane drop and wants me to hear more songs like it. And Leave the City, it's cliffhanger like feel gives it more character imo, as it says that Tyler's battles are not quite over, which is very touching. And in general, it is catchy AF. So yeah, it's a great album.

I was skeptical as hell. Paused this review about 3.5 mins in, fired up Spotify, and the second "Jumpsuit" started playing I was like "damn". "Levitate" just started, and again DAMN. Those are both easily the most interesting TOP songs I've heard. What the hell did they do? They took some really good drugs or something, because this is some very good stuff. Good beats so far, their old stuff is so flat.

Top 10 Anime plot twists

never thought id ever see anthony like a 21 pilots album. i might actually check this one out

I'm not sure whether to be happy he likes Trench or to be offended that he didn't like anything else by TØP

I agree with every single word. Funny how you said Bandito feels like a cliffhanger, now 5 years later it's the intro of Overcompensate (the opening track of the new album)

Now I can listen to Twenty One Pilots without feeling guilty.

Lmao this album is garba--wtf I love TØP now

So I was scrolling through Spotify on the latest releases and came across this album from the cool cover art. Before I knew it, I was listening to the 5th song and realized I hadn’t skipped a single song, lol. Looked into these guys and was surprised to see they’re the same people that made the really corny “wake up you need to make money” song from a couple years ago. I think I’m a fan now 🤔

Nobody gives enough credits to Paul Meany. A underrated talent.

Wait why do you have four copies of year of the snitch

Wow, I lived to see Anthony give Twenty One Pilots a positive review. I've never been a fan but I'll have to check this out now

twenty one pilots KNOWS how to polish their stuff, and this album proves to me that they don’t want to push out halfassed tracks. i don’t think blurryface was halfassed, maybe not as passionate as trench by any means, but just very moody pop (to a fault at times.) so proud of this band honestly. their live shows are literally the BEST concerts i have EVER been to btw.

everyone, we got him.

Yellow flannel for twenty one pilots? This is going down in the history books

next thing you know Jaden Smith gets the yellow flannel

I gave this album a listen twice and didn't enjoy it. Then I listened to this review when you first put it out. I gave the album a few more listens and now can't stop listening to it. This is definitely my favorite album of the year so far.

*top ten anime plot twists of all time* Nah but I guess I'm legally allowed to like twenty one pilots now.

WE ARE LIVING IN THE BEST TIMELINE

Levitate is a great song. I do also wish it was longer. I remember discovering this band back in 2014 (before blurryface) and thinking to myself these guys have great potential and could go far. Boy I was right. Tyler is really smart, especially emotionally wise and he conveys that into his music very well.

this entire comment section are people feeling justified for enjoying this album and elitists hating them for enjoying the album

Chlorine is not about drugs bro

This is wild. Anthony usually feels a little disconnected from the albums he reviews, which makes sense, but WOW he got personal about this release and I kinda love it???

Pizza Hut should really sponser you with moustache you've got going on.

Please stop underestimating these wonderful artists full genre as pop. edit: quit with the hate, its an opinon, thanks to people for being nice and now im more educated. that was a year ago.

His flannel matches the album cover... Coincidence i think not

You know as a long time fan I have to say, this was actually one of the best videos you’ve released in a long time. Very well-structured, very consistent and coherent. By the first minute I can tell you put a lot of work into this video and honestly there’s nothing classier than that. The review was fair as well as interesting. As always I appreciate your opinion to the utmost degree and look forward to the next video. Well done, Anthony, well done Jk dude I haven’t even watched it yet

It's crazy you compare Twenty One Pilots to Linkin Park. I told my buddy that years ago and explained it in a similar way. He didn't understand but I am glad someone does.

Who else came back to this album after scaled and icy released?

Chlorine is so underrated honestly.

I’m convinced Fantano gave Iridescence a 7 because he knew that the yellow flannel needed a vacation

So we are allowed to listen to this album!? YAY

I always felt like this band had tons of untapped potential, that's part of the reason I really disliked their last albums. Listening to this feels like a step in the right direction. They still haven't reached their peak IMO but if they keep towards this trajectory they have potential to be one of the very best, no joke.

Ok I totally love Smithereens but other than that, we gucci with this reviewcci

I found Anthony Fantano right around when Blurryface came out and I was a very devoted twenty one pilots fan. I didn't like many artists and twenty one pilots was one of like ten. They were pretty much all I listened to. Needless to say, I hated his review of Blurryface. However, I came back to watch it time and time again as I couldn't help but agree with so many of the points he made. It was around that time that I almost transferred my devotion from twenty one pilots to Anthony. I began to discover so many more artists and types of music. My palate expanded like crazy. I kind of stopped listening to twenty one pilots entirely aside from some week long phases of listening to them in secret every now and then. In the few years since the release of blurryface, my music taste has completely changed and I listen to completely different things now. But twenty one pilots still holds a very special place in my heart because I devoted so much of myself to them at one point. And this review made me smile so big, nearly brought me to tears. I'm not sure why I wrote all this.

He just wore the flannel because it looks nice with the cover.

All of their albums are PERFECTION but Self Titled is honestly heaven on Earth

please please i just need some comfort after SAI

ARTV and Spectrum Pulse are going to freak out when they see this score

Elon Musk backwards is Melon Suk and I think that's beautiful

Wow last year paramore got a good review and now 21 pilots Has melon been hanging with artv lately?

I really think that Trench is the best Twenty One Pilots album... Well, until the next one. Despite Vessel being what got me into the band and still having some of my favorite songs in the band discography (Car Radio, I'm looking at you right now), Blurryface was an improvement and Trench is an improvement of Blurryface. Their collab with Mutemath is the best version of those songs (dude, Tear In My Heart, with a trumpet and a totally dance intro... c'mon) made me think what a TØP album produced by Paul Meany would sound like. And that's Trench. Not to demerit Tyler's composition, but I'm pretty sure that all those crispy bass tones and the variety of synths and samples are all Paul's ideas. He took what TØP usually sounds like, broke it and glued together again. (I'm pretty sure that there's a japanese word for this).

I have been so excited for this review because I for some reason, as someone who had only listened to and liked like 2 TØP songs ever, gave this album a go and was totally blown away. Been listening to it from front to back all week. Knew it was a special one and I was hoping you would think the same! And YAY you do!! For real it’s a light 9 though... lol. Like that super tight clarence clarity level production, the experimental heavy sounds, Tyler’s vocal performance, and the strong narrative. It’s so well-rounded and just a great display of talent and craft.

I honestly really love twenty one pilots and I love Trench, and I wish more people gave them a chance instead of judging them on their popularity and fanbase. I'm glad fantano went into this with a more open mind and appreciated it for what it is

I think this was recommended to everybody after yesterday's video.

My favourite bit of the entire album is how Truce and Leave the City mirror each other. In Truce, Tyler sings 'stay alive for me' and in LtC, Tyler sings 'For now I will stay alive'. The ending notes of both songs are also the same.

Best... Timeline?

Wow... Shaggy 2 dope tried to fight Fred Durst the other day. Now this. The simulation is self evident. Keep Asking questions.

Anyone else here after the I Am Clancy video?

Anyone else back here as a recovery from the Scaled and Icy review?

I could totally see Twenty One Pilots being this generation’s Linkin Park.

All you people who are claiming fantano is crazy for giving Trench a good score damn well KNOW you haven’t even listened to the album yet to give an opinion on it

i bet he will love their next album

I still think that to this day, Trench deserves actually a strong 9 to light 10