The War On Drugs - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

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  • KEXP.ORG presents The War On Drugs performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded August 1, 2017.
    Songs:
    Pain
    Holding On
    Strangest Thing
    You Don't Have To Go
    Host: Troy Nelson
    Audio Engineers: Jeff Byrd & Kevin Suggs
    Audio Mastering: Matt Ogaz
    Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Alaia D'Alessandro & Justin Wilmore
    Editor: Jim Beckmann
    kexp.org
    thewarondrugs.net
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  • @joscelynweatherhog1099
    @joscelynweatherhog1099 6 ปีที่แล้ว +579

    The War on Drugs break your heart and put your broken heart back together at the same time.

    • @philiphurst831
      @philiphurst831 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Indeed, they do. My 30+ year old son alerted me to these guys. I’m smitten. What a wonderful performance. 👍

    • @abdelrhmandameen2215
      @abdelrhmandameen2215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Joscelyn Weatherhog this is the best way to put it.

    • @josuemartinez9688
      @josuemartinez9688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes 😔

    • @jordiclusella
      @jordiclusella 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Couldn't say it better

    • @valeriaguerra6119
      @valeriaguerra6119 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jajajajaja

  • @jameshickson2574
    @jameshickson2574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +573

    I’m an old California grandpa who has heard a lot of live music from famous bands. I think “ The Deeper Understanding” is in the top 3 albums in the last 20-30 years. I don’t say this lightly. But deeply, with some understanding.

    • @davedufour6873
      @davedufour6873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you for the recommendation.

    • @Maclaren415
      @Maclaren415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I am 69 yrs old...haven't heard a band this good since the golden era of my youth.

    • @robynhood5912
      @robynhood5912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thanks Dan, your comment has brought me to stop and listen to this band I’ve never heard before. I can really feel your genuine and well heeled endorsement that I find refreshing. From one middle age California hippie to the next. ☮️

    • @PeaceAndLove0827
      @PeaceAndLove0827 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I agree with you. Certainly the best band since Y2000.

    • @ricardo2573
      @ricardo2573 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      First hearing I thought Tom Petty, Springsteen, Dylan well mixed and new. I Love it. Run to buy Lost in a Dream and deeper understanding... They are two of the best albums I own

  • @ericcrane3919
    @ericcrane3919 6 ปีที่แล้ว +693

    The best band to vibe out to while driving that's for damn sure.

    • @07foxmulder
      @07foxmulder 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Eric Crane Couldn't agree more, my friend.

    • @GnarlyArmorVT
      @GnarlyArmorVT 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I had some HEADY experiences with this album cranked, windows down, in Western Mass. One of my favs of all time!

    • @saintjabroni
      @saintjabroni 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tyler George-Minetti Heady...I like that. Respek

    • @davedavid427
      @davedavid427 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Meat Puppets II is pretty awesome for driving too.

    • @chefjonsf
      @chefjonsf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I will add Joshua Tree National Park to that as well. Or any wilderness for that matter.

  • @JohnnyF71
    @JohnnyF71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Adam Granduciel is one of the most under-rated musicians and songwriters in modern music

    • @FreshTake01
      @FreshTake01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He is incredibly exceptional, I went extra heavy on the choice of words for this magnificent being as I should.

    • @mikeferguson4816
      @mikeferguson4816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey cuzn! Indeed, so tasty, so REAL! No plastic (no over-production).

    • @JohnnyF71
      @JohnnyF71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mikeferguson4816 spot on Fergie 😉😊

    • @jasonbrowning546
      @jasonbrowning546 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sure is

  • @tnor43
    @tnor43 6 ปีที่แล้ว +905

    Still don't know why their TH-cam guy or gal doesn't do this for every video...
    Pain: 0:26
    Holding On: 5:35
    Strangest Thing: 16:50
    You Don't Have to Go: 23:32

    • @beddybomb
      @beddybomb 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      thanks mate

    • @goopah
      @goopah 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yeah thanks. I don't know this band (yet) and just stumbled in here, and had no idea where to start looking for the music until I saw this list of titles. Much easier than trying to find the titles again by backing up the video. I hate to interrupt a good song just to search back for the title. Phenomenal audio quality, BTW.

    • @varunjh
      @varunjh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      since they do upload the songs separately as well. people watching the whole set generally don't want to skip.

    • @Standbackforscience
      @Standbackforscience 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Real MVP, right here.

    • @shannonmartin8625
      @shannonmartin8625 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      man of the people

  • @ParvulaUniversum
    @ParvulaUniversum 6 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    That fucking drummer is something else

  • @patodonnell8605
    @patodonnell8605 6 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    First, the KEXP sound crew should get awards for this performance. Each instrument is perfectly staged. There is a lot of information to represent here but ALL of it is perfectly mixed.
    Second, I have never LISTENED to WOD before, yet this is a watershed moment for me musically. I can look back over the 50 years of my life and point to these moments and see their effect on my life. In 1981 it was Joy Division. In 1982 it was the Comsat Angels. In 1983 it was Stiff Little Fingers. In 1985 it was the Jesus and Mary Chain. In 1991 it was the Catherine Wheel. In 2018 it is the War On Drugs. I have been changed again. Amazing music.

    • @standardofexcellence
      @standardofexcellence 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sorry you had to wait another 27 years

    • @patodonnell8605
      @patodonnell8605 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm not, I admit I was starting to worry whether it would happen again! Thank you for the concern. Have you been listening to them for awhile now?

    • @thesuccessfulbarber
      @thesuccessfulbarber 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thats awesome man.

    • @tbonepep
      @tbonepep 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well said!

    • @WonsPhreely
      @WonsPhreely 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its a beautiful song ;) Btw What d'you think of this one? th-cam.com/video/1b85V2p4puw/w-d-xo.html&list=PLWehun4PmMf_00nsBZDretT5gHW_zhBeb

  • @DesignerFromMars
    @DesignerFromMars 6 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    There will be no better way to listen to A Deeper Understanding than listening to it while walking in the city at night after it rained.

    • @grfab
      @grfab 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I listen to it on repeat while riding my bike up and down to coast between San Diego and San Clemente.

    • @zoeletts9419
      @zoeletts9419 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      a road trip soundtrack

    • @D3r3k2323
      @D3r3k2323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Driving back from the beach to the city at night.

    • @Goodphish
      @Goodphish 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thats so rad man

    • @raysharp1969
      @raysharp1969 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      plenty of opportunity to just that in rainy old Dublin

  • @tara123tara
    @tara123tara ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The way "You Don't Have To Go" ends is something else. This album was my therapy for some time 5 years ago, and I had tears in my eyes every time this song wrapped up the album. It still gets me every time.

  • @denmun9722
    @denmun9722 4 ปีที่แล้ว +281

    im no audio engineer... amateur or otherwise, but KEXP has some of the best sounding live performances i've ever heard. everytime. they have turned me onto bands, i may otherwise would have shrugged right off.

    • @torkeltorkelsson5704
      @torkeltorkelsson5704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agree 100 percent!!

    • @mattdm11
      @mattdm11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Realize that this is how almost ALL recorded music could sound, if every freaking band and mastering engineer didn't brickwall the crap out of everything. The audio we could have from the past 30 years would be unbelievable....instead, it's all compressed. Look into the loudness war, if you're not aware of it. It is disgusting how technology has improved in every area of our lives, yet recorded music sounds worse now than it did 50 years ago. But that being said, yes, the KEXP sound crew does it right!! Best recorded performances out there. Go look up Local Natives and listen to how well that's recorded....the harmonies.....unbelievable. The KEXP guys should be consulted for all recorded music!! :)

    • @staylucky4727
      @staylucky4727 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mattdm11 what do you mean by brickwall?

    • @mattdm11
      @mattdm11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@staylucky4727 the quiet and loud are the same volume. The waveform looks like a brick. Google the loudness war...it will start you on your journey.

    • @rogerthat6787
      @rogerthat6787 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mattdm11 Interesting read on Wiki about this. Thanks!

  • @gmailgfg
    @gmailgfg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    This album takes me to another dimension.

  • @MrKillerNachos
    @MrKillerNachos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    The drummer is really feeling it, I love it

    • @dickbrett9827
      @dickbrett9827 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      think everyone feels it :) DO YOU FEEL IT?

    • @a-aron14
      @a-aron14 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He better - it all depends on him. He's amazing

    • @FishingforFisher
      @FishingforFisher 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Charlie Hall is the man

    • @nathanprice496
      @nathanprice496 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Plays the perfect amount - never overdoes it. In the pocket the whole time.

  • @user-wx6jk3gz7f
    @user-wx6jk3gz7f 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    We Love You Cheryl as much as we love The War on Drugs

  • @tombittikoffer412
    @tombittikoffer412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This station ROUTINELY mixes better than the albums. Whoever does that, amazing. And this is my current fave.

  • @Manchester102
    @Manchester102 6 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    KEXP deffo has one of the best live sounds ! Good job to the engineers!

  • @TheLibrarian2000
    @TheLibrarian2000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The War on Drugs, thank you for existing. Thanks for the music!

  • @JM-dh8jp
    @JM-dh8jp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Sitting here with goose bumps all over. FINALLY, some actual MUSIC!

  • @matthewmoss1589
    @matthewmoss1589 6 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    These guys need to put out a Live Album.

    • @hestonblumenthal4263
      @hestonblumenthal4263 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      TheCannedWalrus why no?

    • @idunsofiesalvesen9948
      @idunsofiesalvesen9948 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Totally agree! Sometimes their better live than studio

    • @iluvj00
      @iluvj00 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe what people understand as Live album tends to be sloppy. This KEXP LIVE is a controlled environment play. Not as they would play on a live stage with thousands of fans screaming and the guys moving around and the stuff that happens on a live show. This KEXP experience is very different from that.

    • @WildBoy4FunTime
      @WildBoy4FunTime 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      But does KEXP alter and improve the music afterwards? if this is the case, then it's the reason why it sounds that good?

    • @a-aron14
      @a-aron14 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      KEXP is basically a studio environment - its live but super controlled. Ever seen the Basement Session from RADIOHEAD - its unreal. Live is always dependent on the ROOM. There's nothing wrong with that though. I'd LOVE to hear a WOD really nice indoor theater album. Don't need a stadium album. Leave that to Beyond and music made for that scale.

  • @80twinks
    @80twinks ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Massively talented & massively under-rated,just seen their performance at Glastonbury on Sunday night & they are becoming one of my favourite bands,keep the albums coming boys!! 🎸👌🤘

    • @stevequinny
      @stevequinny 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Same. I've been aware of this band for quite a few years and really enjoy Slave Ambient and a few tracks from the following albums but when I watched their set live from Glastonbury it was a lightbulb moment. They looked and sounded absolutely spot on and in fact sounded better live. Always a good sign. Now I'm kinda obsessed with them tbh. Such a great set in the sun. Unfortunately I can't find it on TH-cam (just the audio). Best band by a hundred miles that weekend.

    • @scribblehead6385
      @scribblehead6385 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They're great but they're not under-rated. I read that so often in comments on various bands and I find it very parochial. They don't sell as many records as Taylor Swift, but they are current and one of the most popular and respected indie bands of the past twenty years. You don't get nobodies playing Glastonbury.

  • @thnkfl4mylf
    @thnkfl4mylf ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This music reminds me of a time that I struggled with. A fabulous radio station where I discovered this fabulous band! My momma was dying from ovarian cancer. The music gave me something I could hold on to! Strong music for my soul! Bittersweet and beautiful!

    • @RockIvan99
      @RockIvan99 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your story had me in tears ❤️

  • @MrNicolasBarte
    @MrNicolasBarte 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    There is so much nostalgia in their sound, like a distant love song, for some love you left on the sand’s beach, along the Pacific ocean.. 🥰

  • @Nosirrah2112
    @Nosirrah2112 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This song "Pain" when I heard it. Marked a moment in my life, when I went from kinda worrying about my little lane in life. To really feeling a part of this whole human thing. That we literally all struggle. That's music. Great music. It makes you really think really feel and just it's something many many paragraphs can't quite explain. Thanks Adam

  • @SonicVisionX
    @SonicVisionX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Great band. This is their time to shine.

  • @thezirons
    @thezirons 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    My ears are drooling....

    • @KitCalder
      @KitCalder 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh man mine too - I was swimming in my local river last week and got carried downstream right next to this sluice dumping human waste into the water and they got infected pretty bad; the doctor says I'll probably be able to keep them but I'll be lucky to regain full hearing, especially in the left one. Sucks because I've been on strong antibiotics so I shouldn't really drink but I was at my cousin's friend's uncle's wedding the other day so I had a few drinks cause it's rude not to and they hit me pretty hard so I didn't even notice the discharge leaking all over the shoulders of my best suit. I took it to the dry cleaner's the following day and they phoned yesterday saying there's nothing they can do to get the stains out since they're really impregnated deep into the fibres. So I yelled at them down the phone for like 10 minutes because what the fuck are they doing in the dry-cleaning business anyway if they can't get rid of a little bit of otic discharge, and now my dad has confiscated my pet snake because he tried to get some stuff dry-cleaned today and they wouldn't do it for him because apparently I used "racially inflammatory language" when I shouted at them and they're even considering pressing charges, which I'm pretty worried about because if the courts rule against me and it goes on my record then what college is going to take me once I graduate next year given the current political climate? So yeah be careful where you swim.

  • @jessemunson1352
    @jessemunson1352 5 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    It's like 80's Bob Dylan if he cared deeply about melody and band cohesion.

    • @bruno_dias
      @bruno_dias 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nail it!

    • @WonsPhreely
      @WonsPhreely 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its a beautiful song, thanks for sharing Jesse ;) Btw What d'you think of this one? th-cam.com/video/1b85V2p4puw/w-d-xo.html&list=PLWehun4PmMf_00nsBZDretT5gHW_zhBeb

    • @Collective239
      @Collective239 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thought the same thing. Esp these most recent albums.

    • @bittersweet_reign4159
      @bittersweet_reign4159 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He has a voice with a cross of like Bob Dylan and Bryan Adams

    • @larazonsonambula9179
      @larazonsonambula9179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bittersweet_reign4159 And Mike Scott

  • @rja861
    @rja861 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Love it. You could listen to the audio without video and think its the album being played. They are CRISP

    • @Mike9201984
      @Mike9201984 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I saw them live recently and it wasn't like that at all. Probably just the venue I saw them at but it was disappointing. This is one of my favorite bands!

    • @kiom2145
      @kiom2145 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mike9201984 You probably got very unlucky... I saw them 4 times already and each one of those performances was better than the last one.

  • @davidpunkrock96
    @davidpunkrock96 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Pain makes me cry like a baby

  • @leeyan9049
    @leeyan9049 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Okay guys, now we are witnessing pure art over here. My congratulations!

    • @Iglomaniac
      @Iglomaniac 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Granducilations to you to, love from war on durgs x

  • @holtonmattis9954
    @holtonmattis9954 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Shoutout to the bass player. Superunknown shirt is STRONG.

    • @flowingimage
      @flowingimage 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's not Superunknown it's Ba
      dmotorfinger dude !!!

  • @mariavitoriacamargo9771
    @mariavitoriacamargo9771 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I've watched the last KEXP War on Drugs performance like 3 million times. And now this! Awesome.. what an amazing band. Wish I could fly to America and see you guys on tour. Come to Brazil!!

    • @SUGAR_XYLER
      @SUGAR_XYLER 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I came to Rio

    • @slidecutter
      @slidecutter 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maria Vitória Garcia de A. Camargo ....and to Germany!

    • @jardelguedes1914
      @jardelguedes1914 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Também já assisti várias vezes as duas performances deles no KEXP. Simplesmente demais. Ia ser incrível se eles viessem ao Brasil

    • @OrsoGabriel
      @OrsoGabriel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ctz faz 8 meses q só dá eles e Mac DeMarco nos meus chills

  • @thefranvans
    @thefranvans 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That 'Strangest thing' solo gives me the chills, amazing

  • @mattyb808
    @mattyb808 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    One of the best bands out these days. Super underrated...real solid performance!

  • @miguelquintanilla7967
    @miguelquintanilla7967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I can't stop listening to this version of "Strangest Thing". It's amazing!

  • @connorbiddle4703
    @connorbiddle4703 6 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    Charlie is honestly one of the best drummers out there. He plays with such restraint yet such passion. And my god does he look different here than he did the last time they played KEXP

    • @joshuakoplin8864
      @joshuakoplin8864 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Connor Biddle in the pocket of the pockets pocket.

    • @Webleys
      @Webleys 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Great band! Notice that here he looks like Leon from Blade Runner.

    • @nadinekellman2182
      @nadinekellman2182 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      whats he using for a kick?

    • @jtech011ify
      @jtech011ify 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Nadine Kellman
      His foot

    • @tmw4138
      @tmw4138 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      dude, hes tight. almost electronic sounding. ...and hooo-lyyy fuck is he riding the wave, right now. i noticed the difference immediately! hahaha, its awesome!

  • @TheDoosh79
    @TheDoosh79 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Charlie bossing it just like the last KEXP session. He's so important to their sound, legend.

  • @mitchgirard4573
    @mitchgirard4573 6 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    I've been waiting 3 years for this!!!

    • @giorgiobalestrieri1431
      @giorgiobalestrieri1431 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You stole my comment haha

    • @francescoandaloro6164
      @francescoandaloro6164 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mitch Girard same here

    • @SUGAR_XYLER
      @SUGAR_XYLER 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      so , I been waiting 40 years to be in the total solar eclipse

    • @MrFaker181
      @MrFaker181 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      saaaaaaaaame

    • @elooijenga
      @elooijenga 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But it was worth waiting for 👌

  • @terptek1
    @terptek1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The deep tone of the sax riding along with the bass sets an incredible mood throughout the album. Heading down a hill on a recent road trip, I hit 90+ on a wide open 2 lane local route without noticing one bit.

  • @CD-Wales
    @CD-Wales 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    So, so so good. Best band in years.

  • @dinamitamena
    @dinamitamena 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The war on drugs makes my heart melt, i go from feeling hopeful to nostalgic, and then I jump back in to hope!

  • @calixa
    @calixa ปีที่แล้ว +4

    saw them for the 12th time recently. God damn, they just get better and better. Truly an incredible live force now. Cant wait for the next time.

  • @sjice69
    @sjice69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Strangest Thing is an Absolute Masterpiece.

    • @Scrubbini
      @Scrubbini 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What about thinking of a place?? Nearly every song on that album is s masterpiece

    • @sjice69
      @sjice69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Scrubbini Great Song.

  • @dan44762000
    @dan44762000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I first heard the track “Pain” on the radio and was immediately intoxicated by its beauty, immediately searched the album on Spotify, played it and smiled, and cried, it’s really something special, he’s far from a flashy guitarist but the secret is the notes you don’t play, amazing

  • @darrinsiberia
    @darrinsiberia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the bass player / tone and fills are on point. tasteful.

  • @bartdegraaf2161
    @bartdegraaf2161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My old old timer heart makes a jump . This band is the shower for my brains and and give my abig smile from ear to ear.
    What a sound. War on drugs is for me the band . EVERY DAY i listen to this AWESOME band.
    I love these guys.

  • @SaturnVII
    @SaturnVII 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    These guys sound freaking amazing in a live performance, almost studio level. Absolutely stunning.

    • @exponent42
      @exponent42 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds even better than their studio release

  • @shanekennedy1480
    @shanekennedy1480 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The most hypnotic voice!.... I found war on drugs by accident a little while back!.... What a very happy accident!....
    Simply outstanding!....
    😎👌🌾🌾🌼

    • @restorationhealthcenter952
      @restorationhealthcenter952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same. Can totally relate. Found them accidentally on Spotify and wow...just wow!

  • @user-xj6sw4gc7v
    @user-xj6sw4gc7v 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    im 25 and im sooooooo happy to have found this band!!! where have you been all my lifeee

  • @JeremyHorn
    @JeremyHorn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Bass dude in this band is quietly back being a stone cold killer. Best player in the band.

    • @chiefans
      @chiefans 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Keyboardist is pretty solid as well

    • @Jeanphilopo
      @Jeanphilopo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Those licks are so fire

    • @rogertamjet3899
      @rogertamjet3899 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do everything once,and enjoy.

  • @daisyxx2713
    @daisyxx2713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This makes every emotion you have ever felt come through, you feel your past, present and future in one rush. Stunning xx

  • @AlexVonCrank
    @AlexVonCrank 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Holy shit this is amazing!!! They sound so tight live!!!

  • @jeffreyscott4564
    @jeffreyscott4564 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Perfection. Lyrically, Musically, Emotionally,
    The band should be very proud of this entire record

    • @ILOVESTEAK10
      @ILOVESTEAK10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jeffrey Scott I agree
      ♥️

  • @choggerboom
    @choggerboom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Album of the year

    • @paulkubic786
      @paulkubic786 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      choggerboom ---could not agree more; best long road trip disc in years!! Play over and over! Disc of the year!!

  • @camilledoscher4236
    @camilledoscher4236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    First band that I can relate to with quality since the 60?s-70s. Thank you! Amazing…Brought so much joy into my life! Thank you!!!!💞

    • @diegopazos3879
      @diegopazos3879 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do you have recommendations? :)

  • @chrisbettiol
    @chrisbettiol 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Holding On live is incredible

  • @DavidRandallCurtis
    @DavidRandallCurtis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    CHERYL IS THE ONLY WOMAN I'VE EVER LOVED!

    • @mhbackman
      @mhbackman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      We are all her children. 🤘🏻

    • @TJSHOTWHEELS
      @TJSHOTWHEELS 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      David Randall Curtis I

  • @robertmcallister1323
    @robertmcallister1323 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    KEXP you have done it again! Great band and great sound highlighting the best music in the world. You guys in Seattle are spoiled with this quality. Thanks for sharing with the world. War on Drugs come to Ireland and meet your fans!

  • @joshpoe160
    @joshpoe160 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Fucking right on kexp

  • @jeebn7931
    @jeebn7931 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Cheryl said it the best.. "i dont even know what emotions are overcoming me"
    Those last 2 minutes are undescribably good, just reminds me of everything... my childhood , dead pets and on and on
    Have also bought myself a gretch semi acoustic guitar and started learning to play thanks to this! Love you guys

  • @Heaveah
    @Heaveah 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Such a beautiful performance. The War on Drugs is surely one of the Top American bands.

  • @ronshina4022
    @ronshina4022 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    0:25 Pain
    4:00 🎸(Pain)
    5:35 Holding On
    16:51 Strangest Thing
    23:39 You Don't Have To Go
    Lyrics: Pain, Holding On, Strangest Thing, You Don't Have To Go
    Pain
    ====
    Go to bed now I can tell
    Pain is on the way out now
    Look away and domino falls away
    I know it's hard looking in
    Knowing that tomorrow you'll be back again
    Pin your head and let me in
    I'm waiting
    So long
    I was staring into the light
    When I saw you in the distance, I knew that you'd be mine
    Am I moving back in time
    Just standing still
    I met a man with a broken back
    He had a fear in his eyes that I could understand
    I can even shake the hand
    When I break it in
    I've been pulling on a wire, but it just won't break
    I've been turning up the dial, but I hear no sound
    I resist what I cannot change
    But I wanna find what can't be found
    I'm aware you're tired and lost
    Like a demon in the doorway, waiting to be born
    But I'm here all alone, just begging
    Pull me close and let me hold you in
    Give me the deeper understanding of who I am
    Yeah, I'm moving back again
    I'm waiting here
    I'm just pulling on a wire, but it just won't break
    I've been turning up the dial, but I hear no sound
    I resist what I cannot change, own it in your own way
    Yeah, I wanna find what can't be found
    Holding On
    =========
    Once I was alive and I could feel
    I was holding on to you
    And I redefined the way I looked at dawn inside of you
    I went down a crooked highway
    Alone outside the line
    I've been rejected, now the man has turned and I'm out of time
    Ain't no way I'm gonna last
    Hiding in the seams, I can't move the past
    Feel like I'm about to crash
    Riding on my line, I keep keeping on
    Once we were apart and I could see red
    Never trying to turn back time
    Never meant to bring my pain to the front and into your life
    Now I'm headed down a different road
    Can we walk it side by side?
    Is an old memory just another way of saying goodbye?
    Ain't no way I'm gonna last
    Hiding in the seams, I can't move the past
    Feel like I'm about to crash
    Riding the same line, I keep keeping on
    And he never gonna change
    He never gonna learn
    I keep moving on the path, yeah
    Holding on to mine
    When you talk about the past
    What are we talking of?
    Did I let go too fast?
    Was I holding on too long?
    Ain't no truths from the past
    As silent as the sea
    And it holding on too long
    But you're right in front of me
    And I'm moving on a cast
    Shadows on my seam
    I keep moving with the changes, yeah
    Ooh
    Strangest Thing
    =============
    Some are right underneath
    And how I look today
    I've been hiding out so long
    I gotta find another way
    Late at night I wanna see you
    Will my eyes they begin to fade?
    Am I just living in the space between
    The beauty and the pain?
    And the real thing
    Now the sky is painted
    In a wash of indigo
    I've been holding on too long
    That I hardly know the score
    I recognize every face
    But I ain't got everything I need
    If I'm just living in the space between
    The beauty and the pain
    It's the strangest thing
    Yeah, should I surround my life
    Surrounded by a hole
    Surrounded by no other
    I wanna ride it home
    Yeah, be the writer of your own story
    Let it turn you onto love again
    Be the writer of your own story
    Let it turn you onto love again
    I wanna ride, I wanna ride
    You Don't Have To Go
    =================
    Love is a bird I can't even see
    Even in the darkness right in front of me
    And you were shining bright through the window in the morn
    There's a torrent that rises gently
    There's a wind
    You can be free, sometimes brave
    Sometimes all you want to do is run away
    I don't need a curse, the hurt is much too real
    But even worse, I'm silently waiting
    For her, the room will be painted
    Yeah, I know, it's hard, this time
    Yeah, I know, you know, this time...
    How could I wait until you recognized me?
    When you were there inside my dreams
    No, you don't have to go, I want to make you stay
    Goodbye, anyway
    I heard the news today
    I've been up since the break of dawn
    I lost my mind today
    I'm at the sea, and I can hear the trains
    Winds of change, so new
    Blow right through me and blow back through you
    And pull you into the light, yeah
    Now I'm home, and it's clear you're gone
    Lost my edge today, singing all my songs in the pouring rain
    Pushed and pulled apart by the scenes
    I can feel the change
    Winds of love blow few, and they move through me, and they blow through you
    And take you into the night, yeah

  • @Koshirozation
    @Koshirozation 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    i love that they dedicated "strangest thing" to Cheryl

  • @joshkeenan6134
    @joshkeenan6134 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love that drummer

  • @davemorrissey9133
    @davemorrissey9133 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Only just discovered this band 🎸🌻 my god this music is effortless and amazing

  • @coronitaspringsteen8056
    @coronitaspringsteen8056 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Me encanta esta banda me encanta la primera canción. Siempre la escucho aquí la pasan en la radio 99.1 doble nueve. El mejor rock del mundo.. Saludos desde lima perú 🇵🇪

  • @marendatrujillo
    @marendatrujillo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I fell in love with this band the first second I heard them. Best music I've heard in a while. Thank u for this amazing music. Love it.

  • @kennethfriedman6795
    @kennethfriedman6795 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Sound engineering here is incredible. Props to @KEXP! What a powerful sound, each instrument adding to the musical bliss. We are all Charlie Hall!

  • @faketales12
    @faketales12 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    21:08 listen to that White Falcon scream! Fly me away!

  • @Francisah
    @Francisah 6 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    That snare sounds so nice.

    • @clq336
      @clq336 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Francisco Santiago any idea what the sheet over his snare drum head is?

    • @Francisah
      @Francisah 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No idea! It honestly looks to me like he cut up an old t-shirt and taped it on!

    • @justinmartindale6855
      @justinmartindale6855 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Possibly another snare head he cut up? Take an old snare head and put upside down on top of your snare. Instant fat snare

    • @Francisah
      @Francisah 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Justin Martindale definitely more plausible than my t-shirt theory!

    • @sashachip
      @sashachip 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Here’s a better look at what’s going on with the snare. th-cam.com/video/LA1dvunsBdw/w-d-xo.html

  • @chandrashekhermishra5847
    @chandrashekhermishra5847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Strangest Thing: 16:48
    Summer ride on the beach
    Howl at the day
    I've been hiding out so long
    I gotta find another way
    Late at night I wanna see you
    Well my eyes, they begin to fade
    Am I just living in the space between
    The beauty and the pain?
    And the real thing
    Now the sky is painted
    In a wash of indigo
    I've been holding on too long
    In the howling of this cold
    I recognize every face
    But I ain't got everything I need
    If I'm just living in the space between
    The beauty and the pain
    It's the strangest thing
    Yeah, she runs surrounding me
    Surrounded by the whole
    Surrounded by no other
    I wanna run home
    Yeah, I can run slowly
    Don't run away again
    Yeah, I can run in the storm
    Don't you run again
    I wanna run, I wanna run
    Yeah, I can run slowly
    Yeah, I can run slowly

  • @zuzanarapcanova8369
    @zuzanarapcanova8369 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My 4 month old daughter is ´singing´ with Adam, love The War On Drugs!

  • @rwhertha
    @rwhertha 6 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    NOOO CHERYL COME BACK PLS

    • @roncv26
      @roncv26 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She does the midday show. This is the afternoon show.

  • @TheDoubledownA
    @TheDoubledownA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That will go down as one of the best sets to grace KEXP. Amazing!

  • @JasonInBuffalo
    @JasonInBuffalo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I cry every time. I am not able not to cry and it’s the most amazing thing ever. Thank you KEXP and thank you TWOD for the gift of your music.

  • @aRareCastleFilm
    @aRareCastleFilm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    La mejor banda en la mejor radio. Todo en su lugar.

    • @EclecticoIconoclasta
      @EclecticoIconoclasta 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      mejor está Despacito

    • @jmm2466
      @jmm2466 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EclecticoIconoclasta ಠ‿ಠ

  • @Mateowayneblanco
    @Mateowayneblanco 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’ll never forget hearing this band for the first time when my college roommate brought home a vinyl of “Lost in the Dream”. No problem with other commenters’ comparisons, but on the other hand, don’t much agree with any - Adam and Co are in a league of their own. Even tracks that I once felt were lacking tend to grow on me over time…one in a million

  • @maksqwe1
    @maksqwe1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The denim level in that room was like 10000

  • @allenroy1638
    @allenroy1638 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh my heavens! Strangest Thing was amazing! A very haunting song, "the space between the beauty and the pain"

  • @d-_-b
    @d-_-b 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Grammy well deserved.

  • @MyCioran
    @MyCioran 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Without words. They keep pulling me in....

  • @terrynew6701
    @terrynew6701 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant… I saw them live at the O2 in London in 2022…. Best band for me.
    The sound quality of this set is first class.

  • @iainboyle2711
    @iainboyle2711 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    they have some sound going on!! you could listen to them forever!

  • @toblerusseta
    @toblerusseta 6 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    Cheryll was on a date with Officer Surplus

    • @juliojimenez9961
      @juliojimenez9961 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Toblerusse i see what you did there

    • @Asaf.Shaked81
      @Asaf.Shaked81 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Saw the 2014 so many times :)

    • @CD-Wales
      @CD-Wales 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Toblerusse Haha, I watched the other video about 100 times!

    • @erics230
      @erics230 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      comment of the year. (thank you cheryll)

    • @gregwilmot4160
      @gregwilmot4160 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      This is like a WoD / KEXP inside joke and the best comment on the whole of TH-cam. Ever.

  • @christropiano4680
    @christropiano4680 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Timeless, truthful, transcending, and beautiful.

  • @futuropasado
    @futuropasado 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The best band in the world for the last 5 years, they made 2 masterpieces.

  • @dekentj95
    @dekentj95 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Goosebumps the whole video, so pure!

  • @balintszollar
    @balintszollar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I just found out about this wonder of a band like a month ago (i know..).. A deeper understanding resonates me on levels I did not know was possible. Cant remember the last time I was this in love with a band. Thank you for existing

  • @alathea4752
    @alathea4752 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the sort of music you can just listen to all day... it's endless goodness

  • @bigc2nyce
    @bigc2nyce 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    every live performance from this band is an absolute clinic on what a live band should sound like...

  • @FidelusEternum
    @FidelusEternum 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You are just something else!! Wow!!!!!

  • @misformay
    @misformay 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    You make me cry but I love how your music just creeps up total surround emotion ❤️come play Dublin ☘️

    • @dysentery481
      @dysentery481 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      May English They are actually playing Dublin this June

    • @davemorrissey9133
      @davemorrissey9133 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      There announcing arenas shows for UK and Ireland 🎸🌻😁

  • @chrismelancon7193
    @chrismelancon7193 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i find it amazing how Adam can just switch on and go to that ethereal place. that goes beyond pure talent.

  • @luchifex
    @luchifex 6 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    The sound on this record is bigger than this room. This album was made to be played on a stadium at night.

    • @ThisIsTheInternet
      @ThisIsTheInternet 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Sounds like a small bar to me. No music is good in a fucking stadium.

    • @luchifex
      @luchifex 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good for you, little boy.

    • @MrLonchu
      @MrLonchu 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Satanás

    • @xdman20005
      @xdman20005 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      well, some is. but often sounds better in small halls yes

    • @christopherrusch
      @christopherrusch 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      i can say with first hand experience this band is incredible when viewed on a huge stadium at night

  • @chandrashekhermishra5847
    @chandrashekhermishra5847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    You dont have to go: 23:30
    Love is a bird I can't even see
    Even in the darkness right in front of me
    And you were shining bright through the window in the mornin'
    There's a tone that rises gently
    With a wind
    You can be free, sometimes brave
    Sometimes all you want to do is run away
    I don't need the curse, the hurt is much too real
    Are we even lost
    I'm silently waiting
    For how the room will be painted
    Yeah, I know, it's hard, this time
    Yeah, I know, you know, this time
    How could I wait 'til you recognized me?
    When you were there inside my dreams
    No, you don't have to go, I want to make you stay
    Goodbye, anyway
    I heard the news today
    I've been up since the break of dawn
    I lost my mind today
    I'm at the sea, and I can hear the trains
    Winds of change, so new
    Blowin' right through me then blow back through you
    And pull you into the light, yeah
    Now I'm home, and it's clear you're gone
    I lost my edge today
    Singin' all my songs in the pouring rain
    Pushed and pulled apart at the seams
    I can feel the chains
    The winds of love blow few
    Let it move through me
    Let it blow through you
    And take you into the night, yeah

  • @trapnellcreative
    @trapnellcreative 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Those keys in that upper register are so sweet. Such a well spaced out mix. A lot more lively, bright sounding than on the record.

  • @kgconstrictors
    @kgconstrictors ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I recently discovered this band thanks to Spotify. I was listening to my Foals Radio channel when Pain came on! I honestly felt a connection to their music and started listening to everything they have put out.
    Change…in the woods.. OMFG you guys absolutely crushed it!
    Very surprised to have discovered another rare and truly talented group of professional musicians who touched my soul with their music.

  • @LaggyMcStab
    @LaggyMcStab 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Strangest Thing. Man that solo hits the heart.

  • @michaelbuter4253
    @michaelbuter4253 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    With all the rubbish music that is around these day's this is an absolute gem of a band. Brain cant handle the awesomeness!

  • @iluvj00
    @iluvj00 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is blowing my mind. Listening on a pair of Sennheiser HD 650.

    • @cool2b88
      @cool2b88 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hd598 here...amazing!

    • @michaelrosquist9965
      @michaelrosquist9965 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      listening through a pair of Jerry Harvey in ears Angie, absoulte amazing sound

  • @paullypaullyes
    @paullypaullyes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love when Adam lights up and starts talking about Sean everett. In my humble opinion, I think that they all made one of the best records ever here, and it's always such an absolute pleasure to listen to, and the attention to detail on all the recording and engineering is so noticeable if you sit with it for a moment, and pays off in such an incredible way, and to me, establishes so so clearly that Sean Everett is the baseline, the gold standard of what modern organic studio engineering looks like.

  • @restorationhealthcenter952
    @restorationhealthcenter952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So glad I discovered this band on Spotify. They are so underrated. Incredible road trip music.