>Releases a banger album >Band disbands a month after >Does not further elaborate Godspeed Sprain.

@alexkoch1369

8 ай бұрын

I was so sad when I saw that on Instagram dude ☹

@mimi5769

8 ай бұрын

Noooo

This album is what happens when you put a group of people in a basement with no food or water for a few days and then telling them to make music based on how they feel.

@joshbrown4441

9 ай бұрын

You know you could just hire some songwriters right..?

@peterstanchev3156

9 ай бұрын

I think the album cover is also displaying that very accurately lol

@mercster

9 ай бұрын

I prefer Captain Beefheart for music made under threat and in desperation.

@t.c.bramblett617

9 ай бұрын

@@mercster or James Brown's band!

@angel_of_rust

9 ай бұрын

sounds better on paper than in practice.

Alex Kent said in a Reddit AMA that one of the big inspirations for the sound and lyrical content of the album was the experience of watching End of Evangelion for the first time, which actually makes sense

@MaxMax-zo9vq

9 ай бұрын

Yeah that checks out, sounded like the movie Come and See to me

@karstenkroening

9 ай бұрын

that’s fucking dope. I remember my friend talked to them after a show and they said that they love goodnight pun pun a lot too

@keelyparker8466

9 ай бұрын

wow ok i'm convinced to listen now

@Devananta-Rafiq

9 ай бұрын

​@@karstenkroeninglove your style Karsten👏👏

@alphalax7747

9 ай бұрын

Weeb

If this album was called You Won’t Lamb What You Effigy you would’ve given it a 10

Saw them in Los Angeles twice in June with Have a Nice Life and Giles Corey. First time, played a lot of these songs without the backing track so it was just blasts of feedback and screaming with nothing underneath. It was interesting. Second time two days later, was with full instrumentals in a really intimate venue and it was a near transcendental experience. One of the best performances I’ve ever seen. This is album of the year.

@maxmiller1950

9 ай бұрын

Both of those shoes were unreal

@greenjadey8976

9 ай бұрын

Oh hey, I went to both those shows too. And I completely agree, they did not sound good when they played at the Fonda (i think it might be the sound system in the venue or smth) and the crowd was full of young zoomers who were so disrespectful so it made things worse. Their show at the Lodge Room was actually amazing and I liked it more than what I experienced at the Fonda. Plus the crowd was older and more respectful towards the artists.

@frostboltcaster448

9 ай бұрын

i was at the HANL show it was insane, they told a guy to shut the fuck up and then the dude just grabbed his crotch it was tight

@MediaBoy13

8 ай бұрын

What an incredible line up that is

@aaronfahey5517

3 ай бұрын

Sprain, Have a Nice Life AND Giles Corey? What a cheerful night out!

For me, a 10/10 without question. Not only album of the year, but one of the most crushing and monumental pieces of music I’ve ever heard in my lifetime. Genuinely in awe of every moment.

@surajpatra1916

9 ай бұрын

there’s a great video of the full album live on here the channel is @tinnituspaparazzi

@Dana__black

9 ай бұрын

Daddy chill

@oskarlindholm9509

9 ай бұрын

It’s ass tho

@alphalax7747

9 ай бұрын

Would reccomend bisch bosch for you its like this times ten

@tape991

9 ай бұрын

@@alphalax7747 The farts make it unlistenable

Just wanted to comment here to proudly share that I've been sober for 1,452 days.

@diegoescalante3914

9 ай бұрын

Amazing man, keep it up!

@SomniaCE

9 ай бұрын

Congrats!

@mikaelwhite9261

7 ай бұрын

no one cares

@PeterBarkerMusic

5 ай бұрын

W

@jameshogg633

3 ай бұрын

@@mikaelwhite9261any need? let him be proud man

Shoutout to The Flenser, their label. Been putting out banger after banger recently

@tmlss5054

18 күн бұрын

My music coach is signed onto that label he’s the primary songwriter on Scarcity who makes experimental black metal music

Okay, I haven't heard this album (yet) but can we all admit that "I've become an anathema/Intimately wed to the concept over practice/ The joke goes over my head but I'm still laughing at it" are some bars? Like, that's some wild lyricism there.

So incredibly sad that these guys disbanded. This is one of my favourite albums of the year and I was heavily looking forward to what they would do next. I can really just think wishfully that they are just a Flenser band being a Flenser band and trolling everyone with a fake breakup...

I'm friends with Alex and it's crazy how far they've come in a short time. Both albums have been my favourites of those years.

@anonymous01201

9 ай бұрын

W pfp

@qb4781

8 ай бұрын

WHAT HAPPENED TO THEMMMMMM

@irelandjustice683

7 ай бұрын

tell bro to make more music asap

@jameshogg633

3 ай бұрын

your friend is one talented dude, can’t wait to see what he comes out with in the future! :)

They played a live 2 and a half hour version of the album at their LA release show and the singer beat himself with the house mic until his forehead was bleeding

Extremely fantano-core album, will definitely be a lot of your fans favorite record this year. First song absolutely kills tho

@derfgerps4016

7 ай бұрын

Fantano core is not real. Learn to just enjoy something if it’s good

@ThomasPoulin

7 ай бұрын

@@derfgerps4016 I think by fanfano core I mean it makes sense why he likes it, it's not surprising that he liked it and once he says something is good, a lot of people base their opinions on it

@inksoldier5544

4 ай бұрын

​@ThomasPoulin happened in reverse to me here, heard this album and was in awe before I knew fantano reviewed it. He knows his shit, doing daily reviews for like a decade or so

Saw Sprain open up for Duster a while back, they're a great band, it's cool to see you review them

@p0werfu11

9 ай бұрын

Ew, Duster. They're not guilty of what happened to them, but they're a TikTok band now.

@MostlyHarmless.

9 ай бұрын

@@p0werfu11 was in 2019 before tiktok infiltrated duster lol

@arlingtonsunset

9 ай бұрын

@@p0werfu11 more people should know about Clay Parton so I think it's good they're a "tiktok" band now

@BlemishesNow

9 ай бұрын

who gives a fuck lol @@p0werfu11

@kadin7852

9 ай бұрын

@@p0werfu11 its not their fault that they are popular with a younger generation. dont be so shallow. i will say though alex did an interview right before this album came out and talked about opening for duster and he said hes not a fan of the lack of proggression they have had, which i kinda agree with but its not a big deal. not everyone needs to push their music to the extreme, happy he is though.

I don't care about the score, for me it's easily one of the most passionate and abrasive record that I heard in this decade. I love it. Thanks for the review Antonio.

It feels like some tracks of this record could’ve been produced by Tim Hecker.

This album is phenomenal. I was expecting the yellow flannel for it!

@surajpatra1916

9 ай бұрын

there’s a great video of the full album live on here the channel is @tinnituspaparazzi

@polarisnvega

9 ай бұрын

Same same same

This album wasn't on my radar at all until I got an email from The Flesner on release and I gave it a listen on impulse. This thing absolutely blew me away, easily the biggest surprise I've had in years and I couldn't be happier to have stumbled across it.

If this album was called “To Pimp A Lamb” you would’ve given it a 10/10

Absolute club bangers all the way through, although more in the beaten and banged with a club than going out to the club kind of way. I'm really hoping I can catch them live, as all the performances I've seen here on KZread seemed incredibly alive, raw, and just crackling with energy. The Flenser does it again and flenses us just the way we like to be flensed.

@mitch5944

9 ай бұрын

🤣 love it

@mitch5944

9 ай бұрын

Yes flenser best record label. I'm flensing uncontrollably.

Saw them open up for HANL/Midwife concert in LA, and I had went with the idea of their previous slowcore records but I was instead I was presented with noisy and earpiercing feedback, delusional angered fuel lyricism with a mixture of blood curdling screaming and opera-like vocals. It was also funny for Mr. Kent to tell a group of people to shut up when he was calling himself an idiot and then moments later started to hit himself like a deranged individual. Their live performance left me in awe and it is what got me completely hooked to the lambs of effigy.

@SamantherPanther

9 ай бұрын

Lmfaoooo I was there too and that moment was so great

This is the sound of the guys from Protomartyr, Have a Nice Life, Nothing, Codeine, and Michael Gira having to co-parent a very unfortunate child who was raised with the best applied skills and intentions; this is what came out of the factory and it's really very good. There are parts that are a dead ringer for modern Swans. "Margin for Error" made me think of an interview with Gira where he said something along the line of wanting to replicate the ways upper and lower tones occur in church music and the way they blend. I could be misremembering, so correct me if I'm wrong. Swelling, ascending and descending flows. Anyway, this is my top album this year besides Dying Fetus. If Krallice puts out something I'll re-evaluate.

@jacklange5478

9 ай бұрын

Krallice released an album in May, it’s good

@bigounce562

9 ай бұрын

@@jacklange5478 oh dang. There releases are split among Spotify (my preferred platform) and like Apple or whatever. Glad to know.

Thank you for reviewing this one, Anthony! 10/10 (and AOTY!) for me, but you did it better justice than Pitchfork’s 7 and my brother’s “most dog-shit thing I’ve ever heard.” 🤣

@unknown6390

9 ай бұрын

Pitchfork and your brother are on to something

@michaellooks2723

9 ай бұрын

@@unknown6390 Both of them are?? I’ve never heard of anyone giving dog shit a 7/10 before. 😅

@MaxMax-zo9vq

9 ай бұрын

A seven isn’t even bad hahah

@michaellooks2723

9 ай бұрын

@@MaxMax-zo9vq Oh, by no means! I just felt like Pitchfork, regardless of its positive score, missed the mark in terms of discussing the album’s content. I’m glad that Anthony gelled with and discussed the evocative, introspective and harrowing nature of the whole thing, as opposed to the tedious aspects that the former kept referring to (although I totally get that that part will be a turn-off to a great deal of listeners). I just got a laugh out of my man up there agreeing with Pitchfork AND my bro. 😂😂😂

This album is ABSOLUTELY KILLER ive had it on repeat the last two days

This review really makes me hope he covers Unwound in his classic review series at some point

@joshcraft197

9 ай бұрын

This album is like Unwound on datura

@meatgrinder9506

8 ай бұрын

I don’t think fantano likes Unwound that much

@dollarsaurus01

7 ай бұрын

@@meatgrinder9506 Damn, guess his taste isn’t that great after all lol

@demonssinglosongs

29 күн бұрын

@@meatgrinder9506idk where people are finding this, afaik hes never spoken about them

10/10 album of the year

@connorleary9178

9 ай бұрын

Spitting

god damn this album is insane, glad i checked out this review, this band is fucking awesome!

Been loving this album. Thanks for the review Anthony, it rules

"it maybe the shortest track on this record at 4 minutes" is something i would've never thought fantano would say

@Windows98.

9 ай бұрын

Why? The Godspeed you! Black emperor album lift your skinny fists that he gave a classic review of has every track that’s longer than the review he gave

@dahlgren23

9 ай бұрын

The shortest track on To Be Kind by Swans is 5 minutes and he gave that a 10.

@topofsm

9 ай бұрын

4 minutes is a pretty normal length song though??? Very understandable for it to be the shortest on a more experimental album.

This album is nuts, intensely abrasive and borderline unlistenable in places. Of course Melon likes it.

never expected to see a Classics review of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis

Saw Sprain back in 2019 at this small hidden venue in LA called the Rec Center. They were intense and amazing, and they shared the bill with Austin noise rock band Exhalants, I’d like to think they took some influence from them and other experimental droney bands who played at that gig

@TheDrummeistr

7 ай бұрын

Coincidentally that’s actually how I became aware of their existence. A band I play drums in released a split and toured with Exhalants (R.I.P. best band) the year prior. I saw Instagram stories of Sprain’s set when they played that show with them and I was hooked. Felt like an eternity waiting for As Lost Through Collision to come out, but it was worth the wait. Spun the fuck out of that record in my room staring at the ceiling, peak pandemic. I finally got to see them live for the first and last time around 1am under an overpass in Austin and it was pretty special.

This review is a reminder for me that you helped a lot of great music acts to get an opportunity. This album is massive and so entrancing. Thank you for introducing me to this.

I sprained something while watching this. Great review melon man!

I'll forgive your Protomartyr score for this one but I won't forget it. Interested in your thoughts on their last record.

My fav song is God, or Whatever You Call It. when he start singing I cant sing if ur looking at me with the flute crying alongside his voc is one of the best moment of the album imo

thank you for yet another brilliant recommendation. you do not miss

I thought surely this would get a 10/10 given the black and white cover and being unhinged noise/post rock.

@mitch5944

9 ай бұрын

Fr lol fantanocore at its peak 😂

Your reviews are so good even music I don’t give a crap about I still watch

Between this album, the new Model/Actriz and Mandy, Indiana, we have so much material to have a mental breakdown to.

I bought this record the second it came out, instantly, loved every single second

10/10 for me! This album is amazing!

@surajpatra1916

9 ай бұрын

there’s a great video of the full album live on here the channel is @tinnituspaparazzi

Sweet! More horrors beyond my comprehension!

Saw them at a bar in Eugene OR with some friends and they were sooooo good, highly recommend seeing them live if you can and supporting the band in general

@surajpatra1916

9 ай бұрын

there’s a great video of the full album live on here the channel is @tinnituspaparazzi

@palbo4

9 ай бұрын

Ugh, it kills me I missed that show! I live in Eugene and had a ticket for Animal Collective the same night. Which ruled, but man I hope I get another chance to see Sprain

This is sinner get ready's level. For me, a 10/10

I’ve almost listened to this album every day since it came out, easy 10/10 one of the most beautiful and horrific albums I’ve heard, this album brutalizes the mind and isolates you far from any other musical realities, just another level. 2023’s album of the year and one of the best records of the century.

Anthony you can't just pretend the band is Swans for the entire review

The first track sounds a bit like monster movies-era can. I dig it!

I found this randomly rated number 1 on RYM one day. Checked it out and my fucking god. 10/10 for me. Album of the year without question.

the way you spoke about this album, i was sure it would already usurp hell mode as your aoty

i knew you would love this album. i've been waiting for this rewiew.. ánd you said 'SWANS' twice, jaayy!!

This album restored my love for music. What a masterpiece

Dude, what a year 2023 has been for music

who is Anthony Fantano? 🙄🤭🤔🤫😰 in math: my solution ➗😊 in history: my king 👑😣 in art: my canvas 🎨🥳 in science: my oxygen 💨😝 in geography: my world 🌎🤯

@albinocify

9 ай бұрын

LIIIT

@a-love-supreme

9 ай бұрын

🏀🏀in my bedsheets: now wet✈✈

Was genuinely anticipating a 10/10

This thing had me Sprain everywhere

Was really hoping you'd catch this album its personally my album of the year. These guys are extremely wild live to you gotta catch em

@Tylerlyndon

8 ай бұрын

Not happening any time soon now lol

@gag5642

8 ай бұрын

@@Tylerlyndon shit.

@resiseven7407

8 ай бұрын

:(

This album is amazing, glad you gave it a good review

Been on a huge swans obsession kick so I’ll be definitely checking it out

Found out about this album when it shot up the rym charts for 2023. While I think it's far from the best albums of this year I still really enjoyed what I heard and I'm excited to see where the band goes from here

@meatgrinder9506

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, about that

Woohoo! Sprain! But no reiterations mentioned? Songs so good

Man, an experimental insane album with a black and white cover, but no 10? What went wrong here.

Ohhhhh Anthony…. Where is the Bewitched album review. I know you know what I’m talking about. Laufey is gonna bring back old school jazz!

This album is best enjoyed through the speakers of a phone placed in a coffee mug.

@PeterBarkerMusic

5 ай бұрын

This cracked me up I dunno why ☠️

Hey melon! Please review the new Roisin record, Hit Parade. It's bonkers!

ITS HERE ITS HERE, ALBUM OF THE YEAR

another certified black and white album cover classic

This came right after the DEHH Livestream was over

Would be interested to hear you’re thoughts on KARPEH by Cautious Clay for something recent or the Luv(sic) hexalogy by Nujabes for something older!

the focus on this video is so shallow what lens are you on?

This is the perfect Muse album Muse will never manage to release

I'm only on the first track, but this band already has what those early BCNR demos had. I could like this.

@joshcraft197

9 ай бұрын

In another world, this is what BCNR's sixth album sounds like

@unknown6390

9 ай бұрын

Disagree hard. Not as clever, concise, doesnt give hopeless romantic angst

@joshcraft197

9 ай бұрын

@@unknown6390 it's more in the vein of that MacBook/Algorithm piece they used to open with

@ShepTheBep

9 ай бұрын

I agree. Sprain doesn't have enough lyrics that make you want to tear your ears off, and they also don't vaguely remind you of that kid that nobody wanted to talk to in middle school. They also don't have a sax player.

@joshcraft197

9 ай бұрын

@@ShepTheBep lmfao

The Flenser never missing

This album is 🔥🔥🔥

Aesop Rock dropped a new single for his upcoming album. Any thoughts on that?

Slowdive- everything is alive?

Still waiting on that light teezo touchdown 6

new favorite intro

my favorite new band

Yes but what about the Slowdive review?

@MUSE1795

9 ай бұрын

Definitely going into the YUNO

I'm in love with this fucking album

@surajpatra1916

9 ай бұрын

there’s a great video of the full album live on here the channel is @tinnituspaparazzi

have you ever reviewed the album Loud Rocks by the Wu-Tang? If not, then I'd like to know what you think of it!

Nice to see fantano review something truly interesting.

Great album review.

theneedledrop Thoughts on (any of) the following melon? Albums Conway the Machine, 38 Spesh - Speshal Machinery Lil Peep, ILOVEMAKONNEN - DIAMONDS KAMI - It's OK Loverrr Frisco, INFAMOUSIZAK - Winning Team EP XXXTENTACION - ItWasntEnough

Why did this band blow up with this album all of a sudden is there someone notorious involved in it

I saw them with Shaki Tavi and Sun Colony in LA. A crazy show.

yea i called it right when i heard privilege of being i knew this was gonna be the new fantano core album

What’s your opinion on goodbye horses pledge

Thank you for this album Sprain, hope you reunite someday -

u finna do the review for teezo's album?

If Lingua Ignota was a man

where’s the teezo touchdown review

The king. The king. The king. The king. Please review it

Don’t let this distract you from the fact that Mr. Krabs sold SpongeBob to the Flying Dutchman for 62 cents.

wish i could get into this one

@parkourguy4567

9 ай бұрын

Why can’t you?

Are you going to review the new horrendous record?

I'm surprised it's not a 10/10, and after listening to you talk your thoughts and seeing all but 2 tracks listed as your favourite I am even more so.

Review FOR ALL THE DOGS WHNE IT COOMES OUT NEXT WEEKKK

Do the shaki tavi record next