Was bored in my room, went online to see what was on in manchester, saw 'Alex G' was playing just an hour before it started, listened to one song, decided to go on my own. Best decision of my life.
good to read this comment. I'm going alone to see Built to Spill...Alex G is opening. I hope it's this guy and not the female pop singer with the same name...
I saw him with Built To Spill as well, although I originally went for Alex and ended up getting into Built To Spill. It's gonna be a good show don't worry
1. Remember 0:00 2. The Same 2:08 3. TV 4:39 4. Gnaw 5:54 5. Trash 9:15 6. House 12:08 7. Crab 14:59 8. Go Away 18:33 9. Let It Go 19:30 10. Things To Do 21:45 11. Time/Space 24:24 12. Cross Country 25:44 13. Race 26:53 this took me a long time.
(Tw for sh) Bad day at work. Felt like the only people I loved hated me. I go home and lock my door, planning on hurting myself for the first time that night. My brother knocks on the door. "Wanna hang out in my room?" I say yes. We hung out until 2AM listening to Alex G and Carseat Headrest, and at that moment, I felt loved. He was the reason I was able to have the will to wake up the next morning. Now, every time I hear this nostalgic indie music, I remember that moment, and I feel okay. Thanks Owen.
Alex G's Race is one of the most incredible albums that I have heard in my lifetime. It's something about the creativity of each and every song. It brings you to a specific place just by the first three chords and when you realize you are involve in something bigger than you can imagine. His magnum opus if I had to say. Moved in every way and by every song. It somehow fits so well hearing this songs put together, although you cannot see a pattern or a defined genre in his music. It feels like being a kid again, and hearing music for the first time. It truly feels like a race. Are you really there?
These songs make me so uncomfortably comfortable while a erie nostalgia hangs in over me so much happiness and sadness that I don’t know I had in me come out it’s so raw and beautiful
This album feels like being in junior high school when you're outside on recess and you feel really hot and sticky. I can feel waves of quills coming up out of my arms.
My ex & i used to listen to this and Trick on repeat back in like 2013. It brings back some painful memories now, but i don’t think this album will never leave me. It’s too perfect to leave behind i feel like it’s buried deep in my subconscious at this point
i listened to this in the end of 2015, and since then i`ve been discovering a lot of different albuns and stuff, but i swear, i swear that i will never listen something as good as this . the feelings that this shit gave me are something that i`ll never be able to reciprocate. thank you, alex g
I feel the same! After all these years, I come back to Alex G (especially for the 'Race' album) and I get the same or at least similiar feelings again which I had when I listened to it from 2015 on.
@@melsorgan587 no, they aren't. But I love them, I was searching something with a sound (maybe more a low-fi taste) like coma cinema (or something from Mathew Lee Cothran) and when I discovered Alex g I enjoyed his music. Give them a second chance, they don't let you down
Hey, it’s me again 3 years later from my first comment. Using this album as a marker on where my life started getting better is what keeps me here. Just something about it, something
this whole album sounds like a large hole in your chest. the empty feeling, the feeling like someone or something is just missing. you try to breathe in, but the air cannot fill the emptiness that stubbornly proceeds to say that someone/something you lost a long time ago is the only thing that will patch it. that hole sits there for eternity. no matter how many tears that start from your eyes and end at the the dent-in pit in your chest, no matter how many times you meet a sweet new someone or discover something better than what you lost, no matter who or what is comforting you and telling you ¨you can find so much better¨,¨im so sorry that happened¨ or ¨im here for you¨, no matter how much fun you go out and make with the things/people you love and appreciate, you can't seem to take your mind off the piece that's missing and won't heal or even scar/scab. you know this thing you miss so much was horrible for you, but the trauma of it either just won't leave you alone, or you want what you had with it back (not completely getting why either).
I can say that some sort of "empty nostalgia" pinpoints how I feel when I listen to this album. Alex G seems to be one of the only musicians that can fully bring sound to the ways I feel. It's so strange.
Alex G was the soundtrack for my youth between 16 and 18 (I'm almost 21 years old btw) Every time I listen to him so many memories come up and I just feel that time in my life so heavy again
@@marcopivetta7796 yes, I am still young but my teenage years are more or less over and the songs by Alex G were part of it! I should have use the word 'teenage years' instead of 'youth', that's right!
1. Remember ~ 0:00 2. The Same ~ 2:08 3. TV ~ 4:39 4. Gnaw ~ 5:54 5. Trash ~ 9:15 6. House ~ 12:08 7. Crab ~14:59 8. Go Away ~ 18:33 9. Let It Go ~ 19:30 10. Things To Do ~ 21:45 11. Time/Space ~ 24:24 12. Cross Country ~ 25:44 13. Race ~ 26:53
My favorite part about loving music is, when I hear certain songs, I remember the feelings I had at that time. Like the first time I listened to Sarah, I know that when I'm older, I'll hear that song and remember the endless days staring at my computer doing online school, holding back tears from loneliness, peaceful nights where all I want to do is sleep but I can't help but stay up and think of all the good times I had before everything went bad.
Now that this album is older, it feels painfully nostalgic. It makes me a bit sad, even though I wasn’t happy at the time I’d listen to it. But for a moment I can feel what almost 10 years ago felt like. I don’t want to go back, but there is something sad about knowing you never can go back.
@@katielewis2144 you'd expect him to have enough money from his music career to stay at a hotel/motel or something like that, i wonder why he chose staying with tour attendants.
His music is so universal like watching waves on a beach. Theres just that feeling that everything is exactly how its supposed to be no matter how fucked up it seems
still his best work, absolute masterpiece. i dont care how good his production becomes because this is it, such a great album and i come back to it again and again and again and again.
Growing up with him as my little brother and having him as my drummer when he was at least 8 years old was definitely a chill moment and an awesome X factor !!
this album is literally one of my favourite albums ever so sad i cant get it on cd definitely a 10/10 album. hits like a brick, especially with the thought that he released this when he was about my age. crazy.
Alex G is just lightyears past his peers, so many other bands from our generation that i love but nobody is touching Alex G on any level, it blows me away.
It’s so weird and beautiful to me that my daughter who is 14 now is discovering the music that meant the absolute world to me when she was just an infant.
+julie winters Alex Giannascoli is 1 dude, yes. But he has a band that he performs with. So stop with that caps lock music nazi hipster knowitall bullshit.
+inmothlight ALEX G RECORDED THIS RECORD BY HIMSELF, BY COMMENTING ON THIS VIDEO OF THE ALBUM,"RACE", YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY REFERRING TO ALEX G AND ONLY ALEX G. SHE SHOULD HAVE SPECIFIED WHE WAS EXCITED TO SEE HIM AND HIS BAND PLAY.
@@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis dude alex g was on fader, i would NOT call him unknown. shop.thefader.com/collections/posters/products/sandy-alex-g-the-fader-issue-117-cover-20-x-30-poster?variant=28387988144200 he blew up in the past few years, well deserved.
Listening to this feels like the gentle hum of radio static in the background as you nestle down to sleep in an abandoned motel. Just that liminal, eerily comfortable and nostalgic feeling that you get from being displaced in a comfortable way.
Acho que é a forma como esse álbum evolui a cada música que me faz gostar tanto dele. Se tornou um dos meus favoritos desde que eu vi ele pela primeira vez...
Alex G is my hero at this point. He has improved my life tremendously, helped me when no one would and inspired me to partake in so many more things like make a band with my friends, join clubs ect. I just wanna say thanks, and i know that sounds cringe
Was bored in my room, went online to see what was on in manchester, saw 'Alex G' was playing just an hour before it started, listened to one song, decided to go on my own. Best decision of my life.
You look really good in you profile picture, Emma.
this made me lol
You do 2, girl. don't wurry.
good to read this comment. I'm going alone to see Built to Spill...Alex G is opening. I hope it's this guy and not the female pop singer with the same name...
I saw him with Built To Spill as well, although I originally went for Alex and ended up getting into Built To Spill. It's gonna be a good show don't worry
0:00 - REMEMBER
2:08 - THE SAME
4:38 - TV
5:55 - GNAW
9:20 - TRASH
12:04 - HOUSE
14:58 - CRAB
18:33 - GO AWAY
19:30 - LET IT GO
21:48 - THINGS TO DO
24:31 - TIME/SPACE
25:44 - CROSS COUNTRY
27:15 - RACE
BLESS
x jah bless
thanks fam
bless u
Love you
idk why this is in all caps but bless you man
1. Remember 0:00
2. The Same 2:08
3. TV 4:39
4. Gnaw 5:54
5. Trash 9:15
6. House 12:08
7. Crab 14:59
8. Go Away 18:33
9. Let It Go 19:30
10. Things To Do 21:45
11. Time/Space 24:24
12. Cross Country 25:44
13. Race 26:53
this took me a long time.
+Carson J. Upvote this to the top
thanks :)
+Carson J. thank u
+Carson J. Appreciate it, seriously.
thank u carson j !!!
(Tw for sh)
Bad day at work. Felt like the only people I loved hated me. I go home and lock my door, planning on hurting myself for the first time that night. My brother knocks on the door. "Wanna hang out in my room?" I say yes. We hung out until 2AM listening to Alex G and Carseat Headrest, and at that moment, I felt loved. He was the reason I was able to have the will to wake up the next morning. Now, every time I hear this nostalgic indie music, I remember that moment, and I feel okay. Thanks Owen.
I thank the lord for creating Owen's soul. He sounds like a great brother. God bless bro, I hope you have a good life despite the struggles.
Alex G's Race is one of the most incredible albums that I have heard in my lifetime. It's something about the creativity of each and every song. It brings you to a specific place just by the first three chords and when you realize you are involve in something bigger than you can imagine. His magnum opus if I had to say. Moved in every way and by every song. It somehow fits so well hearing this songs put together, although you cannot see a pattern or a defined genre in his music. It feels like being a kid again, and hearing music for the first time. It truly feels like a race. Are you really there?
you should listen to When you see yourself by Kings of leons
You should listen to happiness by starry cat
These songs make me so uncomfortably comfortable while a erie nostalgia hangs in over me so much happiness and sadness that I don’t know I had in me come out it’s so raw and beautiful
Matthew Frawley exactly my friend, exactly
So true
Art disturbs the comfortable and comforts the disturbed 😳
shut up, moron
I think tearful paragraphs are better with no punctuation I love it thank you
I discovered this in 2020. Kinda crazy how long it takes to find good things.
You should listen to Beach Music by him. His best album in my opinion.
2021 for me
Winner is my favorite album
winner, monsterhead, and this album are his best albums I think
Welcome to the Alex G cult
i love race so much. i could seriously write forever about how each song affected my life and all the memories attached to them. i love music
same here. this album is larger than life
THANK YOU FOR THIS BECAUSE TH-cam IS BLOCKING ANYTHING BY ALEX G
OKAY I'M GLAD I'M NOT CRAZY I SWEAR IF IT STAYS GONE I'LL LITERALLY DIE. THIS ALBUM IS MY LIFE SUPPORT.
@@lumintherainwing i found that alex g is still on spotify i your allowed to get spotify!
crab just gives me this nostalgia of a life i didn't have
maybe it was never yours to have 0__0
from today i’m doing what i want. i’m being who i want. this album just means a lot to me and it makes me want to be better.
this comment makes me so happy
hell yeah man go for it
This album feels like being in junior high school when you're outside on recess and you feel really hot and sticky. I can feel waves of quills coming up out of my arms.
you had recess in high school?
@@shedtheory1224 junior high
@@Friendlyman3 you guys had recess in junior high??????????
@@Friendlyman3you guys had recess in anything other that elementary?
gnaw makes me think of an old friend who i can't help but miss very much, despite everything that happened.
I feel ya man
Funny bc I have a friend who showed me that song, and he fits that description.
1. Remember 00:00
2. The Same 02:08
3. TV 04:39
4. Gnaw 05:54
5. Trash 09:15
6. House 12:08
7. Crab 14:59
8. Go Away 18:33
9. Let It Go 19:30
10. Things To Do 21:45
11. Time/Space 24:24
12. Cross Country 25:44
13. Race 26:53
i can't believe how young alex was when he made the best album of all time
how old was he?
@@alfonsotrevino9641 17 i guess
Alfonso Treviño he was 14
@@Isaac-jd6vr I read on vice it was recorded when he was 13, released when he was 14
@@wbgh nope he was 8
My ex & i used to listen to this and Trick on repeat back in like 2013. It brings back some painful memories now, but i don’t think this album will never leave me. It’s too perfect to leave behind
i feel like it’s buried deep in my subconscious at this point
i listened to this in the end of 2015, and since then i`ve been discovering a lot of different albuns and stuff, but i swear, i swear that i will never listen something as good as this . the feelings that this shit gave me are something that i`ll never be able to reciprocate. thank you, alex g
try Coma cinema
I feel the same! After all these years, I come back to Alex G (especially for the 'Race' album) and I get the same or at least similiar feelings again which I had when I listened to it from 2015 on.
@@leonardomonarca8073 it aint the same!
@@melsorgan587 no, they aren't. But I love them, I was searching something with a sound (maybe more a low-fi taste) like coma cinema (or something from Mathew Lee Cothran) and when I discovered Alex g I enjoyed his music. Give them a second chance, they don't let you down
@@leonardomonarca8073 Will do! Got any particular tracks to recommend?
i’m gonna cry GIVE IT BACK
i'll never get over this album.
I keep on coming back to this album as a reminder of where I finally started my life.
Hey, it’s me again 3 years later from my first comment. Using this album as a marker on where my life started getting better is what keeps me here. Just something about it, something
this is exactly how i feel too
There something very positive about this album. Maybe that why so much heaven is visible on the cover^-^
@@UnusualShrimp can't imagine how strange it is to read this now
this whole album sounds like a large hole in your chest.
the empty feeling, the feeling like someone or something is just missing.
you try to breathe in, but the air cannot fill the emptiness that stubbornly proceeds to say that someone/something you lost a long time ago is the only thing that will patch it.
that hole sits there for eternity.
no matter how many tears that start from your eyes and end at the the dent-in pit in your chest, no matter how many times you meet a sweet new someone or discover something better than what you lost, no matter who or what is comforting you and telling you ¨you can find so much better¨,¨im so sorry that happened¨ or ¨im here for you¨, no matter how much fun you go out and make with the things/people you love and appreciate, you can't seem to take your mind off the piece that's missing and won't heal or even scar/scab.
you know this thing you miss so much was horrible for you, but the trauma of it either just won't leave you alone, or you want what you had with it back (not completely getting why either).
I can say that some sort of "empty nostalgia" pinpoints how I feel when I listen to this album. Alex G seems to be one of the only musicians that can fully bring sound to the ways I feel. It's so strange.
A song doesn't have to be slow to be sad. This entire album proved that to me
I can't express how much I fucking love this album. Every song runs into the next one so perfectly and it russles my jimmies so right
Alex G was the soundtrack for my youth between 16 and 18 (I'm almost 21 years old btw)
Every time I listen to him so many memories come up and I just feel that time in my life so heavy again
you're still young lol 21? baby.
@@marcopivetta7796 yes, I am still young but my teenage years are more or less over and the songs by Alex G were part of it! I should have use the word 'teenage years' instead of 'youth', that's right!
@@velouriafiction5000 stay young at heart, bud, and keep this lovely music with you, too!
Woah hey you’re me in 4 years, is 17, been listening since 16
@@oscarwag9885 You're me in 1 year, I'm 16, just started listening to alex g and feeling like he's going to be my favourite musician :)
1. Remember ~ 0:00
2. The Same ~ 2:08
3. TV ~ 4:39
4. Gnaw ~ 5:54
5. Trash ~ 9:15
6. House ~ 12:08
7. Crab ~14:59
8. Go Away ~ 18:33
9. Let It Go ~ 19:30
10. Things To Do ~ 21:45
11. Time/Space ~ 24:24
12. Cross Country ~ 25:44
13. Race ~ 26:53
My favorite part about loving music is, when I hear certain songs, I remember the feelings I had at that time. Like the first time I listened to Sarah, I know that when I'm older, I'll hear that song and remember the endless days staring at my computer doing online school, holding back tears from loneliness, peaceful nights where all I want to do is sleep but I can't help but stay up and think of all the good times I had before everything went bad.
Now that this album is older, it feels painfully nostalgic. It makes me a bit sad, even though I wasn’t happy at the time I’d listen to it. But for a moment I can feel what almost 10 years ago felt like. I don’t want to go back, but there is something sad about knowing you never can go back.
this is one of the best albums ever made. he was so young. never fails to blow my mind
Way to find a hidden gem. Alex G is amazing.
This dude almost slept at my house when he was on tour. My friend's phone number is in his phone. Not super impressive but hey, I still cried from joy
When I saw him at a show he asked if he could stay at someone’s house
@@katielewis2144 he is a mysterious person, I can never be sure when he's joking or when he's being serious.
alex g slept at my house in 2018 and the couch still smells like him
@@TheKirapwner alex g doesnt smoke weed
@@katielewis2144 you'd expect him to have enough money from his music career to stay at a hotel/motel or something like that, i wonder why he chose staying with tour attendants.
His music is so universal like watching waves on a beach. Theres just that feeling that everything is exactly how its supposed to be no matter how fucked up it seems
still his best work, absolute masterpiece. i dont care how good his production becomes because this is it, such a great album and i come back to it again and again and again and again.
and again
and again
and again
and again
and again
I've only ever heard Alex G's unreleased stuff from a folder I downloaded.
Decided to check out his actual releases tonight. Not disappointed.
alex g saved my life
hi
got to meet him last summer nd he was so chill! love this album
Growing up with him as my little brother and having him as my drummer when he was at least 8 years old was definitely a chill moment and an awesome X factor !!
wish he played more of these songs at shows!
this really is one of the best albums i have ever heard
this album makes me so happy i have never listened to or related to a musician more :-)
keeps bringing me back to some good ol days. love this dude , all the way from Costa Rica.
That’s awesome he’s got fans worldwide
Yoooo im from Costa Rica too. I wish people here appreciated this type of music.
@@flameward3708 yoo maria paz hit me up on instagram so we can chill one day! @kevinmejia
I keep finding myself here.
i hope when this covid thing is all over I get to see alex g live. i'm so glad i discovered him last year.
was so happy that he had a tour but i got sad when he wasn’t performing in the west coast
@@israelcastelan4012 same i’m on the west coast too :((
Race with your only feeling that makes life amazing cause of you and everyone else life is pure !
Do you think will Alex G ever reissue RACE on vinyl? really want to own this album physically!
one can only dream my friend
i would love to own this on vinyl!
(also i see that deerhoof profile pic! you've got good taste!)
@@AuspiciouSC2 yessss, it's very similar
Good news yall
@@durkle8113 and it's sold out!!!
i had a fever then listened to this album and got better , i think it was a stress induced fever..
Listen to this every day.
When you fall asleep with the window open anything can happen
this album is literally one of my favourite albums ever
so sad i cant get it on cd
definitely a 10/10 album. hits like a brick, especially with the thought that he released this when he was about my age. crazy.
and this is the only reason I'll breathe today
Your lungs are your wings with wich you can fly into the highest heavens, where death is just the beginning and ending of birth.
i love you
i can't believe he made this at 17 i feel so behind in everything
everyone will start and end somewhere. enjoy the way there, and focus on being you and experiencing life!
He was 16 actually
Still my favorite Alex g album behind trick
Well, I found some old footage of my high school and was looking for the perfect music to accompany it. Looks like I've found it.
This guy made a masterpiece at 17
He's one of the most talented artists of our generation, without a doubt
Alex G is just lightyears past his peers, so many other bands from our generation that i love but nobody is touching Alex G on any level, it blows me away.
It’s so weird and beautiful to me that my daughter who is 14 now is discovering the music that meant the absolute world to me when she was just an infant.
14 years old right here! - this is so cute im gonna cry
@@tglzr 🥹same 😭
everything about this is perfect. I can't wait to see them on friday.
+Krista Williamson ALEX G IS NOT MULTIPLE PEOPLE
+julie winters Uh, he has a live band. In case you were unaware.
+julie winters Alex Giannascoli is 1 dude, yes. But he has a band that he performs with.
So stop with that caps lock music nazi hipster knowitall bullshit.
+inmothlight ALEX G RECORDED THIS RECORD BY HIMSELF, BY COMMENTING ON THIS VIDEO OF THE ALBUM,"RACE", YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY REFERRING TO ALEX G AND ONLY ALEX G. SHE SHOULD HAVE SPECIFIED WHE WAS EXCITED TO SEE HIM AND HIS BAND PLAY.
@@juliewinters9034 go hard on em julie
I hope one day I can say I’ve listened to every single Alex G song
I hate it when I'm searching for an Alex G song and all that appears is that Alex G chick. ugggghhh
+Sarah Sarita That makes so much more sense. I had never listened to either, but I was like this Alex G (chick) is not indie and terrible.
+Sarah Sarita relatable
+Sarah Sarita good luck Sarah.
right! fuck that bitch.... i totally would. but fuck her music
Jake Carroll chill
This is such a great album!
This band is one of the greatist bands of all time and their unknown
I hope they read the comments under this and their other albums on yt
@@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis dude alex g was on fader, i would NOT call him unknown. shop.thefader.com/collections/posters/products/sandy-alex-g-the-fader-issue-117-cover-20-x-30-poster?variant=28387988144200 he blew up in the past few years, well deserved.
this is my all time fav album, crab is the best song ive ever heard
crab is the best song in alex gs discography
波をつくる人は至るところに🌊🎵
私の古い友人Ｋ・シミズにも聴かせてあげたい気持ちいい音！
thank you sandy, youre the soundtrack of my best days
Listening to this feels like the gentle hum of radio static in the background as you nestle down to sleep in an abandoned motel. Just that liminal, eerily comfortable and nostalgic feeling that you get from being displaced in a comfortable way.
Thank you Alex G
its on spotify now. thank you for your service
Literally just found Alex G 45 minutes ago. I didn't realize I was missing this so badly :'(
Literally just discovered this beautiful man today.. I mean some people just have it. Alex g is good shit
Met a girl at the airport that recommended this album MAC what a treat awesome talk -jesse
Alex g por favor devuelvenos race a spotify😭
all time fav alex g album i dont think itd ever get old for me it just hits all the right spots
I have loved this Album for around 5 years and many more to come
His best album to date.
hell no dsu is way better
Acho que é a forma como esse álbum evolui a cada música que me faz gostar tanto dele. Se tornou um dos meus favoritos desde que eu vi ele pela primeira vez...
E continua sendo
This album is like a really good lullabye to me right now
God this takes me back
Very nostalgic album
I downloaded this album when I was thirteen (I think),, I’m 16 now and this album still hasn’t gotten old for me I fucking love this
Alex g was your age when he uploaded it
O i am back here againn, i hope i get to see him perform this May
You make me feel so peaceful
Race is removed from spotify (prolly other music platforms as well) and i already miss it it had the best songs
Things to do hits the middle of my chest hard as fuck everytime, I suddenly remember every teenage memory all at once
Alex G is my hero at this point. He has improved my life tremendously, helped me when no one would and inspired me to partake in so many more things like make a band with my friends, join clubs ect. I just wanna say thanks, and i know that sounds cringe
alex g please give it back
this is the album of all time
Best album of all time
fantastic music
i love this album it makes me feel the best i ever have
Btw, I love Alex G, reminds me of my dear Elliott Smith
Sarah Sarita Elliott Smith is amazing
ikr
Alex G is like Elliott Smith meets 90's era Modest Mouse, and it's so incredible!
has the songwriting ability but none of the musicianship
he said in an interview elliot is one of his idols haha
Saw them open for Speedy Ortiz this is that crack.
man i wish he'd put this on spotify
Its 2AM and i didnt think id find much but theres a few songs on this album imma keep listening to.
TH-cams life
just got taken down from spotify 😭
I was listening to TV when it happened lol, Shocked tf outta me
Dude it was his best album why th did it got taken diwn that makes me so mad dude
i dont know what it is about let it go but that song really has its hold on me and i dont know how to explain how i feel when i listen to it
Perfect album cover
Amazing :) thank you for the upload
been into Alex G for over a year now - I seriously slept on the track House
I’ve been looking for a physical copy of this album for a long time. Not many are out there.
this is the best album i have ever heard
only 4 songs in i already decided
I JUST remembered that this album existed. Nostalgia
love it all, so great