"You got time for one more?" "Yeah!" ...Plays 15 minute long song.

@fredderes

9 жыл бұрын

And what a song :)

@chadholmes2411

9 жыл бұрын

PopeSnarkyIII This actually introduced me to the song Death

@protomago917

8 жыл бұрын

+PopeSnarkyIII That song is my wake up alarm.

@abelisraelcruzayuso4682

6 жыл бұрын

At the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona, Death lasted around 20 minutes.... The last section was done with no PA to the audience just their own equipment....

@mihaiavram74

3 жыл бұрын

hahahaha! Yes. Vietcong's Crown Jewel.

Amazing! I can only imagine how a KEXP performance from Women would've been, such a shame they never had the chance!

It's been 5 years and this is still the freshest, most exciting (yet poignant) thing out there. It seems I'm seeing 40 something years of my favorite bands flashing right before my eyes in one group! Amazing!!!

@lukeechterling5580

2 жыл бұрын

SAME

@casicadaminuto1

2 жыл бұрын

totally

They remind me of Gang of Four, especially on Bunker Buster, and that's a very good thing.

@geathdrips1736

8 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, I just got White noises stuck in my head again.

I keep coming back to this KEXP, Cheryl and the Preoccupation boys are a match made in heaven

It should be on everyone's bucket list to see Death live

was lucky enough to play a show with these guys back in january - their last ever show as Viet Cong. fuck they shred hard

@spempo

3 жыл бұрын

What's your band's name man

Wow! Love this band. post-punk guitar meets krautrock rhythm. Passionate vocals too. Thank you for this.

@billypilgrim1

6 жыл бұрын

Post-punk usually meets Krautrock rhythm

Wish they played "Continental Shelf"

@ashtonyoung

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Betts I'm sure it would have been unrealistic at the time, but damn did I want to hear "March of Progress"

@SanglierMort

8 жыл бұрын

+Ashton Young March of Progress is out of this world, such a crazy song.

@EduardoTorres-ls6vr

7 жыл бұрын

Ashton Young the live version of that song is bonkers

@ashtonyoung

7 жыл бұрын

Do you have a video of it?

Dudes rock

So glad they played Bunker Buster.. My favorite song from the album!

still one of the best KEXP performances

As a gear nerd, I can't help falling in love with that blue Jaguar!

@TSgitaar

9 жыл бұрын

Its green, but still.... Very cool!

@Meth0rst1

9 жыл бұрын

sorry, you're right, I have problems distinguishing some colours!

@stella-vu8vh

6 жыл бұрын

I just wanna know what's up with that 12 string

@cojodoodoo112233

5 жыл бұрын

Hagström. Those guitars are fucking sick

@Thomas.harding

4 жыл бұрын

theLatinloser what about the double p-bass pick ups

Their album is so interesting. all songs are well connected together. the experience is worth it. i wanna see them live as soon as possible !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Double precision pickups on the bass??

Saw them live in Vienna on a hot summer night in a tiny venue. They had to stop after 45min as no one could stand the heat anymore- best 45min ever, sweat dripping out of every pore not only because of the heat but because of the energy spend speeding along to those tunes! Amazing. Included a nice chat with the band outside afterwards. Wish they‘d still perform & tour!

I saw them live and felt the best song-surprisingly-, was unconscious melody.

@sethmoore8484

Жыл бұрын

easily one of my favorites

This Heat Viet Cong

I love this show: three of their best songs with Matt's voice at it's best and an album quality mix.

Jesus that was some intense shit right there.

@matrocious

7 жыл бұрын

iTroozTrooperDown "they can't comprehend it"

Excellent performance, and I love how much the host so sincerely appreciates the band. Great energy on both sides!

That bass tone. For real.

Fantastic band... awesome album guys cheers from Brasil!!!

Mission of Burma. And Sonic Youth. And Interpol. AND JUST FREAKING AWESOME

@geathdrips1736

8 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Gang Of Four!

@3oko

8 жыл бұрын

+reedca97 and Joy Division

@candycane1686

7 жыл бұрын

I don't these guys only really sound like viet cong

@matrocious

7 жыл бұрын

reedca97 there are really no comparative listens, although it seems youtube has seen it's fair share of ultra-rare #noiserock uploads since two thousand fourteen, at least that's how i've noticed it

@stephenowen3383

5 жыл бұрын

The band This Heat definitely sound like these guys a bit. These guys are a bit less disjointed than This Heat but there are parts of their songs that sound pretty close, also some of the vocal harmonies.

Jeden z najlepszych mini-koncertów w KEXP !!!! Szacun, odjechałem ... :-)

dannys playing on bunker here is probably the highlight of this set

i swear to god cheryl waters makes the best interviews

They are unbelievably tight

Ugh Death is such a good song

SO INTENSE ! LOVE THIS BAND !

Drummers tshirt - Budenell Social Club, best venue in Leeds!

Love this video. I've listened to it about 20 times so far. I like the sound of this recording better than the album versions.

Amazing ! thanks for sharing*)

This music is exciting. I love it.

Amazing!

Dear goodness. This is wonderful.

you gotta see them live. It's something else, i'm telling you

listen with headphones- LOUD. absolutely mind-blowing. or maybe that was my eardrums..

@matrocious

7 жыл бұрын

Stampy Peacefrog simulated orgasm

More songs from them, please! I've watched this one 50 times since it was put up.

@MargotLOVEDyan

7 жыл бұрын

***** I found that out recently. I like their new stuff too.

Okay, I'll own up, I'm the listener that looked it up... "Where does the expression ‘by the skin of my teeth’ come from? After Shakespeare, a prolific coiner of new words, the King James translation of the Bible has been the biggest source of phrases in English. ‘By the skin of one’s teeth’ is one of them. Meaning ‘narrowly’ or ‘barely’, and referring usually to a narrow escape from disaster, the phrase comes from the Book of Job, in which Job is subjected to horrible trials by Satan, to be relieved finally by God. The precise phrase Job uses is slightly different: ‘My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth’ (19:20). Exactly what ‘the skin of one’s teeth’ might be is not entirely clear, and there have been many theories put forward. The most plausible explanation is that it refers to the thin porcelain exterior of the tooth (rather than the gums). In other words, Job escaped with his teeth, but just barely. Job is comparing the narrow margin of his escape with the shallow ‘skin’ or porcelain of a tooth: the equivalent, in fact, of a ‘hair’s breadth’." Source: blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/11/popular-idioms-explained/

@FIRE-mx6vc

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Seeing these guys not too long ago in Fredericton in a small pub was extravagant. They definitely have an amazing atmosphere live, a few times i forgot what life even was or that i had a body. Definitely was an amazing experience overall! I had known them under this name but never knew they had changed to Preoccupations and was definitely super surprised finding out who it was i was really getting to see.

0:25 oh the irony

@micito_lobotomia

3 жыл бұрын

little did Flegel know...

@tomo366

3 жыл бұрын

ik I wish they kept the name

When the drummer first started, it seemed like the video was sped up. Crazy tempo. Singers voice reminds me a little of Screaming Trees guy.

Glad I found this band. They sound pretty fucking good.

Increíble, dejan todo en el set.

I absolutely love his voice! I think KEXP should put a link to the band's official page in the description of the videos.

@kexp

9 жыл бұрын

JosephGallagher, we would love to , but they don't seem to have an "official page"? Label pages, Facebook and Bandcamp can be searched easily.

@whales

8 жыл бұрын

+JosephGallagher I think I like his brother's voice betta

@joshuapocalypse

8 жыл бұрын

+JosephGallagher I think it's pretty shit.

@tbhv

8 жыл бұрын

+JosephGallagher totally agree with you about the voice- really unique, even for the genre- and I also completely agree that KEXP should do a little more to promote their bands- a least a link would be appreciated!

@R.C_Ortiz

7 жыл бұрын

At certain times, his voice reminds me of Richard Butler from The Psychedelic Furs. Either way, Matt's voice is pretty rad! I know I'm a little late but here's their website: preoccupationsband.com/ facebook.com/Preoccupationsband/ They've changed their name to "Preoccupations".

Full Performance (Full Performance)

@cseffty

8 жыл бұрын

+Jacob Anstey funny!! i remember your sense of humour.. it used to make me laugh all the time... i miss you

I was going to go out and do stufff... but realized this was all I needed for the night.. in solitude with VC

I LIKE IT

I love this perforrmance, I really wanted to see Continental Shelf and Death is so much longer, but regardless, amazing job.

I loved Women and love Viet Cong/Preoccupations. For some reason I think they could do a killer collaboration with Spencer Krug of Sunset Rubdown or John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees.

❤️so goood ❤️

so coooool

great band!

Didn't knew the band, what a pleasant surprise!

I can't decide which one I like the most!

i love the brudenell social club

The mix is so fucking good.

i've watched this whole thing about 6 times since i found it a few days ago. holy shit this band kicks ass live, i know they just spent a whole year touring but i hope they do it again after they've chilled out for a bit and recorded some shit

@loreleikrauch9661

8 жыл бұрын

They're actually going to be touring a bit in the coming months around the release of their new album. I'm seeing them in DC myself, super excited :)

I like the Sampler used as Synth keyboard

My god I only listened to the self titled album like 5/6 times, finding it INCREDIBLE but THIS here it's UNBELIEVABLY GOOD. PREOCCUPATIONS is good but this was FIRE.

I want to see them live so badly. Hoping and praying they'll be in Michigan sometime soon 💕

@TheJessicaEllison

8 жыл бұрын

10/7 at the Crofoot, girl!

@closetastrologer

8 жыл бұрын

+Jessica Ellison yes!

Kevin Suggs - nice job. Viet Cong - excellent.

These songs are ridiculously complex.

@phoenixzappa7366

8 жыл бұрын

not really

@user-wz5qo9dp4m

8 жыл бұрын

+Dem Frootloopsies I have been learning a lot of their songs on guitar and they are quite easy. The difficulty in their music comes from timing between the two guitarists I feel. Just my opinion, not a great guitarist btw.

@connorsarsfield3774

8 жыл бұрын

+Salsa Verde It reminds me of Robert Fripp from King Crimson

@sadhomie9294

8 жыл бұрын

Salsa Verde When I said complex I didn't mean so much in the technical aspect but more from the timing and inventive writing.

@phoenixzappa7366

8 жыл бұрын

Connor Sarsfield It's like Spiral Architect. I love this kind of technical metal. That time signature change from 5/7 to 13/4 is crazy coupled to that polyrhythm.

Yeah!

They were going so hard on that last song that the drummers hat fell off from the sheer force they were exhibiting. Amazing. Definitely checking this band out

how do you play drums with a cat on your head?

The way they just start like that is so fucking cool

You know, on the first two I thought they started off kilt, and then DESTROYED!!!! Such goodness all around. Joy Division Forever!!

Death=finisher of the year

I WANT MORE VIET CONG.

Big up the drummer wearing a Brudenell tee!

YEAH

wow this is so ridiculously fucking good

The mix in this set is better than the album

funk yeah

unreal

Just god damn...

Underrated band.

That’s an interesting bass pickup configuration you have there

holy shit! dude

fuck yes, all the best to pat, rip chris, etc., glad they've carried on

"That was awesome!!!" - Cheryl

This some baller ass shit.

Pretty intense winter weather in Calgary eh? Come to Winnipeg.

Reminds me of Sonic Youth with a freaking amazing voice!!

Holy fuck! YES!

This what real original Goth music sounded like in the 80's.

when the lead singer talks he sounds just like coop in wet hot american summer

Watching with the sound off. Still good.

And the award for best guitar riffs goes to...

FUCK YES THANK YOU KEXP

the leadsinger is the bassist. It all makes sense now

this performance is un fucking real

This reminds me a hell of a lot of This Heat and to an extent Big Black.

Do they use timpanis in the record for that deep boomy drum side?

Can someone please tell me the model of guitar that the guy on the synthesizer is using?

@EliteMustard1

9 жыл бұрын

Dem Frootloopsies It looks like a 1967 Hagstrom H-12 or thereabouts. 12 strings, Strat-ish body, Gibson-ish headstock (Hagstrom have slightly more distinctified headstocks nowadays, it seems). It also has the nubs instead of your regular switches found nowadays. reverb.com/item/638036-hagstrom-h-12-1967ish-sunburst?_aid=pla&pla=1&gclid=CjwKEAjws5CrBRD8ze702_2dyjYSJAAAJK9yK46hhXuzUYm98FKh9YLjFrUksgazrzA_9kA-W6PFBBoC5zHw_wcB

Beauty 'eh.

AWESOME SET! Shouldnt expect anyless from a KEXP performance. Love Viet Cong and what is the deal with the double pbass pick up set up? Pretty cool, ive never seen somthing like that before.

Boy they love octaves Me too