Fantano saying “Grimace smoking weed” in a serious tone is like impossible not to laugh at

@jmdean_

3 ай бұрын

"dot jpeg" is just the cherry on top

Pamela is my favorite track but what gave it so much power was I thought it was a song about one of the members losing a family member to drowning, until I realized it was about Jason’s mother in Friday the 13th. It’s such a depressing and dark song.

@NicoBleackley

Жыл бұрын

I figured it was both

@ogre39666

8 ай бұрын

Same. The reference totally went over my head. Either way, the lyrics are so brutal in a poetic sort of way

As someone who does mutual aid work with homeless folks and also works with them as research participants, "Why?" hit harder for me than anything else on this album. It captured the prevailing emotion of pretty much all of us doing this work so well. It's hard for me to work with people every day without just being overwhelmed with anger. I stopped being sad a long time ago.

@KnivingDispodia

Жыл бұрын

I feel ya man. Solidarity and mutual aid will see us through…I hope. It’s just so easy to get burnt out.

@howl9955

Жыл бұрын

Feel this so hard. I work in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and this was probably the closest-hitting song I heard all year.

Homelessness is a *huge* issue in OKC. “Why” makes me proud to be from the same city as these guys. I’m glad local artists are not only speaking out, but getting some love for it. Thanks Fantano.

This album is lyrically a horror masterpiece

@HeyIntegrity

Жыл бұрын

Horror?

@nine-toedsloth7168

Жыл бұрын

@@HeyIntegrity yes

@brzmiczyniebrzmi

Жыл бұрын

@@HeyIntegrity Definitely. Lyrics of "Pamela" or "I don't care if I burn" are some Stephen King tier stuff

@ogsnus4509

Жыл бұрын

@@brzmiczyniebrzmi Stephen king is the worst example of horror lmao

@brzmiczyniebrzmi

Жыл бұрын

@@ogsnus4509 Sure thing buddy, he's garbage, whatever, it was just an example anyway.

When your names in the band are Raygun Busch, Luther manhole, Stin, and CAP'N ron, you best believe the music will be mutant.

Sad you weren’t a fan of Pamela, that was the standout on the record for me. That “I’ve given up so now all I can do is sit here and fixate on something while my brain breaks itself” theme hits close to home

@icosotc

Жыл бұрын

I know when he sings “If only the water could bargain” is just brutal given the context

@Gatchet

Жыл бұрын

@@icosotc Honestly that line hits hard its been stuck in my head since i first heard it lol

Pamela is 2nd best track on this behind grimace.

@meowmymix3957

Жыл бұрын

In love with the atmosphere chat pile can create on tracks like that and Dallas beltway. My favorite is either grimace or crawlspace

@adriatic.vineyards

Жыл бұрын

agreed. Pamela is so good.

@bluehole6019

Жыл бұрын

“I think stupid things like this all the time” fucking gives me chills.

@obscurousx1275

Жыл бұрын

eh, Slaughterhouse was their perfect song.

Pamela is my favorite on the album. They do post punk so well and the understated, lower register vocals pair perfectly with the lyrics about a man who has resigned himself to staring at the lake that took his son and numbly wishing for death, until the climactic screams of “RESURRECT MY SON,” that is

@gusbus1040

Жыл бұрын

Pamela went so fucking hard

@Vangluss

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad someone else noticed how much they appreciate post punk/gothic rock

@nimaxx

Жыл бұрын

thats that joy divison goes sludgy song.

@joshcraft197

Жыл бұрын

anyone who wants more of that sound from them, check out The Mask (different song than Mask) on their Remove Your Skin Please EP. shit almost has a Protomartyr vibe.

@brodiebelt3845

Жыл бұрын

pamela is from the perspective of jason voorhees' mother

Surprised he didn't pick up on the major Korn Influence here. They nailed how "Self Titled" feels, in a way Korn themselves have never really been able to re-create.

@deathmilk475

Жыл бұрын

Came here to see if anyone mentioned Korn. The outro to Tropical Beaches Inc sounds like Here To Stay!

@phlubblebubble

Жыл бұрын

@@deathmilk475 It also sounds like Insane. But Korn having songs that sound like other Korn songs is just kind of how they do.

@shawnfromportland

Жыл бұрын

agree there's similarities

@chosentonessournotes

Жыл бұрын

That’s exactly what I thought about listening to this album. Korn was a major player for these guys. Fucking love how hard this album kicks.

What an amazing album cover.

@nimaxx

Жыл бұрын

yapp, its the oklahoma city state prison by the way.

@ericfellner2689

Жыл бұрын

@@nimaxx That's funny, I'm surprised I didn't recognize it, then.

@CrowDealer

Жыл бұрын

@@nimaxx it’s the Oklahoma County jail in downtown OKC.

@swinehorde9118

Жыл бұрын

I always confuse it for a White Ward record

These are the 32 scores from the records in the 2022 Loved List! 1- (STRONG 9) Viagra Boys - Cave World 2- (Decent to STRONG 9) Black Midi - Hellfire T3- (DECENT to Strong 9) Black Country,New Road - Ants From Up There Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems T5- (LIGHT to Decent 9) Baby - Petrol Girls Silvana Estrada - Marchita T7- (Strong 8 to a LIGHT 9) Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You Conway the Machine - God Don’t Make Mistakes 9- (STRONG 8 to a Light 9) billy woods - Aethiopes 10-(STRONG 8) Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - Topical Dancer Chat Pile - God’s Country T-12 (DECENT to Strong 8) Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future FKA twigs - Caprisongs Gospel - The Loser Leikeli47 - Shape Up Lupe Fiasco - Drill Music in Zion Otoboke Beaver - Super Champon Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful T-19 (Light to DECENT 8) Artificial Brain - Self Titled Foxtails - fawn Kralice - Crystalline Exhaustion T-22 (LIGHT to Decent 8) Beach House - Once Twice Melody Pusha T - It’s Almost Dry T-24 (LIGHT 8) Daniel Rossen - You Belong There JER - Bothered / Unbothered Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers Wormrot - Hiss T-28 (Strong 7 to a LIGHT 8) Benny the Butcher - Tana Talk 4 Black Dresses - Forget Your Own Face Bladee & Ecco2k - Crest Kilo Kish - American Gurl The Weeknd - Dawn FM

@xeno4162

Жыл бұрын

@DaBlubi Melon's Website iirc

@mattalexander3378

Жыл бұрын

Good bot. Much thank.

@LitCactus

Жыл бұрын

Why are there two light to decent 8 tiers?

@addisonmcqueen3850

Жыл бұрын

@@LitCactus I believe the capitalized one is the score he shows on screen in the graphic but he always says "light to decent"

@vvvictoriav5958

Жыл бұрын

What’s the difference between 2 and T3? Decent to STRONG and DECENT to Strong?

Saw this band in Little Rock and they fucking killed it. Turnout wasn’t all that big but they got the pit going with a vengeance. Singer looked like he was about to either shit himself or die the entire time.

@andrevitalpardue5097

Жыл бұрын

that's exactly what all metal lead singers should aim for.

@kyler3366

Жыл бұрын

YO I WAS THERE 🤘🏼

@bigcheese2128

Жыл бұрын

@@kyler3366 WHATS GOOD

@scottieray

Жыл бұрын

Turnout is never great in The Rock. I saw Shabbaz Palaces and Beach House there a while back with maybe 70 people at one show and a few hundred at the other. They still put on a good shows, but if it ain't the latest goober country artist that appeals to the Cabbot White Flight...turnout is always small.

@bigcheese2128

Жыл бұрын

@@scottieray yuppp the metal scene and the punk scene here are kinda merged and the whole thing is really only a few dozen people

You'd never assume something titled "grimace_smoking_weed_.jpeg" would be such a mortifying experience, but here we are.

@norbertoborzil3487

2 ай бұрын

It's the reason why i love the song. You'd expect it to be unserious but it's very disturbing like a grotesque.

Grimace smoking weed was honestly really hard to listen to. it was the most emotionally harrowing songs I've heard in years. amazing album

@samuelhughes6514

Жыл бұрын

It is. I have to skip the suicidal episode but everything else is headbang worthy

@TheRealXenosapien

Жыл бұрын

Has a very similar vibe as the song "Metallica" by Black Sheep Wall, only it gets the sentiment across in one third of the time.

@baronvonbeandip

Жыл бұрын

Bro, I *love* it I cannot help but laugh at the image of grimace smoking weed coming into a heroin addict's room while he kills himself and has a one-sided conversation with him before he kills himself. It is so fuckin funny

@ashelfishisttortle

2 ай бұрын

@@baronvonbeandipthe imagery is hilarious. But the metaphors to what grimace represents as it forcefully imposes itself. He can’t escape. No where is sacred.

Bruh Pamela is one of the best songs….. it sinks deeper and deeper

@allthelittleworms

Жыл бұрын

I wish he went more into it being about a guy who's son drowned and the effect that grief has on someone's life. I'm obsessed with pamela

every comparison band you mentioned is spot on...Slint, Big Black, Jesus Lizard, Godflesh, but you missed the obvious KoRn influence with the guitar work. such a sick combo of sounds

Yeah this thing is relentless. Had a mutual recommend it and it's genuinely one of the most distorted, blown out things I've heard this year. I'm excited to see where this project goes in the future, because this production and compositional work RIPS. Glad to see it getting covered and I hope this helps it get more notoriety!

@ZyrusSmith

Жыл бұрын

Distorted and blown out are words I would use to describe an album I didn't like. They're positives to you?

@UncannyXander

Жыл бұрын

@@ZyrusSmith It is okay when people like loudness

@ZachGatesHere

Жыл бұрын

Remove Your Skin Please is, I think, even more intense.

@allthelittleworms

Жыл бұрын

@@ZyrusSmith it's a noise and metal album so yeah they're typically positives in this context if done right

@ZyrusSmith

Жыл бұрын

@@UncannyXander Loudness, I understand. But being "blown out" typically means the gain is too high or some other production error that could ruin a mix. I've never heard that term used in a positive context.

This Chat Pile album is so good that we can finally forget that Daughters exist.

@ZachGatesHere

Жыл бұрын

Look I know all about what happened but Daughters as a musical project will remain one of the best. There's no way to just remove the brilliance of their last two albums.

@nickcrane8329

Жыл бұрын

@@ZachGatesHere Daughters who? Only Chat Pile is real

@shellacbigblack

Жыл бұрын

@@nickcrane8329 Yeah, Daughters who is right. I'm fine forgetting what that guy did, in all ways. Not just music, But music.

@TheRealXenosapien

Жыл бұрын

Daughters, but tuned to A, and not fronted by a total piece of shit, but someone who can actually WRITE from the perspective of a total piece of shit instead of drawing from experience.

@nihl3565

Жыл бұрын

No musical comparison.

Had this album on repeat since it dropped last friday, its so good, so crushing. Can't get enough of it. AOTY contender for sure.

@haywoodu.cuddleme9179

Жыл бұрын

Could not agree more, I can't stop listening to "Why". Also love y'all and your channel!

@TheOne8017

Жыл бұрын

ME TOO! I'm totally hooked! Shout out to you Ricky. I have always liked your taste of music, shown by the band shirts you wear. You and Elliot rule. Keep up the great work. HIGH FIVE!!!

@Steff_kjns

Жыл бұрын

Man, I fucking knew it. Props

I went into this blind after seeing the yellow flannel and the noise rock tag in the description. The scream in I Don't Care if I Burn made me literally jump. It was blood chilling. What an amazing record. Thanks for reviewing it and making it known to me. Keep up the good work melon, hope you have a good week :)

This album goes hard, glad it’s well received

The Flenser really do be putting out BANGER projects and artists

Really hope this encourages more people to check out the flenser as well, brilliant label

@allthelittleworms

Жыл бұрын

I knew chat pile was gonna blow up the moment I first listened to them, very grateful for anthony giving them the recognition they deserve. chat pile forever

@GRIFTYRODRIGUEZ

Жыл бұрын

that new scarcity record is also straight fire

@BA-qw2dj

Жыл бұрын

@@GRIFTYRODRIGUEZ it’s so good!! One of my favourite bm releases I’ve heard in a while

@spamsingles5948

Жыл бұрын

Maybe my favorite label period

@god9210

Жыл бұрын

Yeah fantastic label! My favorite with Drag City records

Grimace is the perfect blunt rotation all on his own.

@sergiomunoz1397

Жыл бұрын

from twitter to the tube

@the3rdconstant564

Жыл бұрын

I'M PURPLE MAN TOO

@copache

4 ай бұрын

im nodding out, TOO@@the3rdconstant564

I stumbled across this album without knowing anything about it or Chatpile and had one of those music moments where you just smile while listening. Such a unique and powerful album. It’s as if Korn and Daughters married and decided to get more avant-garde.

Still listen to that ep you covered a while back. Chat Pile slaps

Absolutely love this record. As someone who has been listening to extreme metal, hardcore, and noise stuff for well over a decade now.. I truly haven’t listened to a record as genuine and terrifying as this one in many years. So happy with this release

I'm happy to hear Kanye getting a 8/10 for his gospel album this time around

@crysisbai

Жыл бұрын

let’s go kanye!

@SIDELINEREPORT-GOPACKGO

Жыл бұрын

Gayfish yo

@televisedpork7993

Жыл бұрын

What you talkin bout? This is a Blake Shelton album.

@4am555

Жыл бұрын

God's country this is war

@SevenHunnid

Жыл бұрын

Heey I’m Just a young mexican that smokes weed on my KZread channel,tryna make it out the hood. I also ate burger king inside target 😬😬

Still killing it I see, Anthony. Find most of my stuff, or the best stuff out there, from either you or Pitchfork. You are my two primary resources. These guys kinda remind me of Swans. Very intense and creepy. I like the strong 8, as I know you're a hard-grader.

Found this band by accident and it caught my attention as being incredibly odd, unique and very diffrent. Sooooo heavy. I find myself just repeating....."now I just stare at the lake...." real creepy in my head.

Discovered this album yesterday. I don't like metal. I don't like sludge. Yet it's the most vital and amazing thing I've heard in recent times.

metal review? It’s a good day.

I didn't immediately like Pamela but honestly it's now my favorite track. Sure, it's not nearly as aggressive as most of the other tracks, but my god, it's utterly menacing and sinister, it gets deep under my skin. Despite being ostensibly a reference to Friday the 13th, taken at face value the lyrics are really powerful and gut-wrenching.

Can't thank you enough for introducing me to Chat Pile. The first time I listened to it when you released this video I skimmed through it and put it to the side. Decided to give it another try a week ago and it's all I want to hear now. One of my favorite releases.

The album perfectly captures what it's like to be born and live in Oklahoma. Fantastic

@Nargleberry

Ай бұрын

It sounds terrifying.

Very excited to see this band get a full length release. Really been enjoying their EPs. Just found out about their new album thanks to Mr. Yellow Flannel Man. Thanks Antony

You know it's gonna be fire if there's a Bandcamp link in the description

I knew this would be a yellow. It's like Daughters but sludge and a band that clearly likes Korn

@tpags7398

Жыл бұрын

I get the intent but don’t over complicate things lol. They fit in the niche of post hardcore that the Jesus Lizard occupy with some notes of sludge and other types of metal

@tpags7398

Жыл бұрын

On second though reading this back I didn’t do much better

@goldie481

Жыл бұрын

@@tpags7398 You objectively did much worse lmao

@Soap20000

Жыл бұрын

And SOAD

@tpags7398

Жыл бұрын

@@Soap20000 I don’t hear nearly any Soad in this

Brutal Truth sounds like a savage af Nirvana song

@SX1995able

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like Nirvana meets Daughters with a death metal girlfriend

Saw this in my recommended on Bandcamp. Good stuff.

Steve Albini needs to record them

I saw these guys right before the pandemic hit. Really set the tone for the next two years.

I’ve been huge on these guys since they dropped their split with Portrayal of Guilt last year. Super stoked that their debut album is so sick and that it has been getting such a positive reaction from the wider music community

@MrFloopaJoopa

Жыл бұрын

That split absolutely FUCKS

@HeyIntegrity

Жыл бұрын

Prottayal of guilt is a good band. This one is mediocre.

Heard about this band from Fantano when he did a review of their Remove Your Skin Please EP and I've been in in awe of their music ever since. Some severely soul-crushing yet beautiful music. This may be my album of the year.

"Why" is so visceral. One of the most brutal tracks I've ever heard

Love when cue-ball dives into The Flenser stuff.

My friend recommended this band to me starting with Dallas Beltway and I got addicted almost immediately. Something about their screaming and way of singing is uncanny to me and as he said sounds like a legit mental breakdown and combined with that “live” echoey aesthetic their music is just unlike any others and I love it.

I love this band now and can't get enough of this album! Thanks for another one Mr. Fantano.

Right now tied with black midi for my favorite release this year. What a dark harrowing journey this album is.

@velcroguy3172

Жыл бұрын

For me it’s Hellfire-Black midi Fear of the dawn- Jack White God’s country- Chat Pile

@nickabockanumber9699

Жыл бұрын

For me it’s this and Beyoncés new album is pretty amazing

@baguettethief561

Жыл бұрын

yeah same, along with just mustards new album

@TheRabidDolphin99

Жыл бұрын

for me its the three b's Beach House BCNR Big thief

@txhxexgxaxmxe

Жыл бұрын

SAME

Suicide’s “Frankie Teardrop” makes anything on this album seem like yacht rock. But I like it.

@maximilianstepanov4200

Жыл бұрын

spot on

Such a terrifying album. 'I don't care if I burn' reminded me of 'Frankie Teardrop' with the jump-scare scream. And grimace_smoking_weed.jpg is like a bad trip that won't end.

I discovered these guys in 2019 and I felt like I was resurrecting my love for such visceral, dark rumbling music. I guess my tastes started to shift when I was in a relationship with someone who hated everything I listened to, so I finally return to form!

The song “Why” is so incredibly good and sends a message a vast majority of Americans feel I their hearts

I love this album. “Anywhere” is my favorite track.

This album is so fuckin gnarly and pummeling, probably my favorite thing I've heard all year so far.

I really enjoyed another project that came out on The Flenser a few weeks before this one : Scarcity. You should check it out!

So happy these guys finally dropped a full album and just as happy it rules.

Been digging this band since you shouted out those EPs a few years back, and absolutely love this thing. Utter monstrous catharsis… I need to see this band live on lysergics and cry hysterically. Love it! 🤘✊♾

Wicked Puppet Dance was a killer single, but damn that video was a trip. Loved everything the band has put out so far, will be checking out the full album soon as I can.

I've heard Slaughterhouse and Why? a couple times now, but I don't think I can honestly get through the rest of the record with how harrowing those two tracks are. Terrific band, and I hope to be in a place to experience this record in full someday.

@TheAndrewj96

Жыл бұрын

I don’t blame you. The closing track is especially nightmare-inducing.

@andyspendlove1019

Жыл бұрын

Yeah if Slaughterhouse and Why are too much for you, avoid grimace_smoking_weed.jpeg at all costs

Easily one of the top albums of 2022. Can't get enough.

*HELL FUCKING YEAH THIS ALBUM GOES HARD!!*

This debut album is absolutely incredible. So thick and dark. Production, everything.

Thanks for the awesome recommendation! You should try to get ahold of these guys for an interview!

This is definitely one of my favorites of the year, light to decent 9 for me. Such a huge monstrous album.

This album is brutal. Love the bass tone

Not even a fan of this kind of music but this album blew me away

Absolutely checking this out - every influence you mentioned is quite exciting

That is one clean as fuck album cover

Hey Anthony, punk band Unwritten Law just released their first album in 11 years! I'd love to see a review.

it’s so sick to be getting some Oklahoma recognition from the melon himself, thanks Anthony!

anthony puts me onto some really great bands! I really like Chat Pile now and ive only heard the first song on the new album

this album is such a banger. hit me at the right moment because damn I was in the mood for some depraved sludge

I’m happy you talked a bit more of the closer. It was a hard listen for me as well, it was very triggering. But i feel like emotions of dread self destruction must be adressed and be lived and explored so we don’t actually turn on ourselves, know what i mean?

too scared to listen to this album but happy for you

I didn't know about this. Gonna check it out. Thanks Fantano.

wow favroite album of the year so far, thanks tano

Chat Pile interview plss

Thank you Anthony. This band is amazing

Still can’t believe this guy is sitting down

@erttttt

Жыл бұрын

hell of a posture there.

Hell yes this album is so good. Do wish there was a track like brutal truth but happy with what it is

Bro the SOAD influence in slaughterhouse is so dope

Of course melon will love angry office worker music.

Ah, I see you’ve been taking My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Ieros recommendations Anthony!

Glad you picked up on the Godflesh here.

When you are listening to Pamela, imagine it is Bill Murray’s green keeper character from the movie caddy shack singing. Perfect

@GreggSansone

Жыл бұрын

Carl Speckler singing Pamela…awesome!

fantastic album, hope this review gets some more people to check it out :)

I would maybe push to a 9. This is going to be a contender for my AOTY.

I absolutely love the story that each song brings, especially The Mask. A beautiful album by a beautiful band.

Anthony has now used the word "harrowing" 4 times this week

@jukmifggugghposer

Жыл бұрын

It’s a good word

@turnthonkee

Жыл бұрын

Noise rock's "TRAP INFLUENCED"

@DavidSGrop

Жыл бұрын

Harrowing week innit

@GadBoDag

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes music just makes you feel like wheat

I really think you should check out prince daddy and the hyenas new self titled album, the song writing got even better from Cosmic Thrill Seekers and Kory has done a lot of work on his vocal delivery and variety

I was having such a pleasant night, why did you have to post

@elmosarmata9561

Жыл бұрын

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Very proud Oklahoman, I n vet thought this state would ever producer such a monster we of heavy music but God damn was I wrong

@Jason-to5cs

Жыл бұрын

Same dude. I don’t ever meet anyone who gets it. I probably need to get out more.

@creekandseminole

Жыл бұрын

Check out Black Magnet from OKC too. They're like old Ministry and KMFDM. also Cursetheknife, Downward, Money, and Traindodge.

Pamela was literally the first track I heard from them, and decided to buy the album.

Didn’t think anything could top the New Black Midi for me this year until I heard this. Absolutely amazing, possibly a 10 for me

Grimace fucked me up really bad. I've never known what being sad from listening to music is like until now

Why is one of the funniest and saddest songs I’ve ever heard. The lyrics are really grim but I’m always in tears laughing when I hear “have you ever had ringworm?”

@joshcraft197

Жыл бұрын

SCABIES??

@andyspendlove1019

Жыл бұрын

Why?

@ZachGatesHere

Жыл бұрын

Chat Pile has a really weird vibe where the lyrics are almost like the vocalist is so furious and desperate that random thoughts just spring into mind. 'Unhinged' is a good description.

@ohpotatoesandmolasses

Жыл бұрын

I'VE NEVER HAD TO PUSH ALL OF MY SHIT AROUND IN A SHOPPING CART, HAVE YOU?!

@theXlegend17

Жыл бұрын

Cringe song

Insane Sepultura influence coming off of these guys. 9/10 record

This album sounds like a continuation of Bleach-era Nirvana and I love that so much.