I dunno if anyone agrees, but THE VOCAL MIX IS SO SICK!!! It has just enough distortion to dirty it up, but it still sits in the mix so cleanly! And the reverb in the beginning is absolutely perfect!
I relate heavily to this, though. Like, watching people live their best life on television and social media while you struggle to chase your dreams. And while we're waiting for our dreams to present themselves to us, we languish like "and old whale dying on a beach."
That EWI bass is absolutely INSANE! holy shit I’ve never heard something so heavy in that way. Something about the expression and just the force of the patch is just kaoapwhdbkfjdbe
I agree, it's highly kaoapwhdbkfjdbe. Although I feel its kaoapwhdbkfjdbeness is a bit on the nose, it kinda fits into the mix. Sometimes, you just need a bit of kaoapwhdbkfjdbity. Definitely better than not enough kaoapwhdbkfjdbation. Okay, I'm done.
Bent knee should put out like a 3 song collab with Adam arranging/producing it. You can really hear your aspect ben, of the bent knee sound coming through in this song. I would love to hear how beautiful that collab would turn out.
@@alamooji3716 Hey, be cool man. There's nothing wrong from wanting something you really like and always dream of, and it doesn't necessarily mean you forces the respective artists to realizing what you wanted.
Jessica's vocal is haunting, in a good way :) The song is absolutely amazing, I listened it like 10 times in a row -- since there's so much going on it doesn't get boring.
I love how much fun Ben looks like he's having when he plays. I practice with my band every week and I always have fun and jump around and get into it even though its just me and my band, no one watching.
I saw it written first (in Adam's video) and I read it as 'live' as in 'live television'. I was surprised when I heard it sung! That way has some nice kinda alliteration too.
@@hiqwertyhi I think Ben sang it like that in the demo too, maybe it was a deliberate subversion of expectations, but that would imply that it would be read before being heard, which is a bit of a reach. Either way, yeah, cool lyric!
Please more of this. You are like a weird Bill Nye of music collaboration. Adam is great also. Please bring all of your friends and acquaintances into this.
"Watching people live takes the life right out of me." Now there's a Ben Levin line if I've ever heard one.
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The dynamic range of Ben's moves really pump up and point out the changes in the music. Music flows through his body. Nice song, nice arrangement, nice shaku(ing) and ewi(ing) 🤘🏼
Let's be honest, we need more music like this. And by saying "music like this" I mean a piece well composed, well structured, with right sounds; something created during creative, artistic process. Great job! Love it!
The melody line and basically the entire midsection of this song is insanely catchy. The whole song is great but the middle portion really does it for me.
Loving this song! Without the vocals this is a hell of a jam song to just lay into for about 10-15 minutes easily. With the vocals, Asrelis is definitely right about the amount of grit used. It's gives an edge, a tension to the vocals which ties everything together. You and Adam make a damned fine team!
I loved the song and the vibes created by the band. Enjoying all the music intricacies, It's just full of paprika, cheese, broccoli, and forest spices. Thanks !
Holy shit tho'. I keep coming back to this. Like, obviously Adam and Ben gel well. But, the whole group brings a large, epic sound. The line "Watching people live takes the life out of me" always hits me in a big way. Being 'in' on the creation of this song just adds a special place in my stupid, musical heart.*hums The Lick*
Adam plays both the keys and bass, and in this specific song he exprimented letting different people take the bass role like the EWI and shakuhachi player, the vocalist, and himself in the synthesizer. Check out his video on making the song, it's pretty cool
Jesus Christ is that one disciplined drummer. Also, Adam, f***in jack-of-all-trades over there. This mix is flawless. You music students are on a whole other level, you know that?
This song is honestly mesmerizing, I've listened to it 10 times in a row now, and it still feels like the end comes too fast, even though I know it's 3 minutes. All I can say is absolutely AMAZING work!
I saw this video and was intrigued with Jessica Kion so I went to her your tube page which made me more intrigued and scared. What did I just watch!?!?!?
This is fkn splendid. Hadn't known what a great singer Jessica is. I also like skill shown in making a "pop tune"- no intricate harmony shwings or odd meters, but plain craft. Now where's the outtake clip with the neighbours banging the walls and yelling, *Don't stop that noise!* ? 🧸👌🏻💕🧚🏻♀️🎶
Wow! That was effing awesome. That's the way to beat the copyright bandits, i.e., do something so totally unique, they wouldn't DARE challenge you. Kudos Adam & Ben, et al.
Very interesting sound, I wouldn't make those choices myself but that is the beauty of everyone who plays music! Unique, creative, artistic and epic sounds. Love it
that spicy note tho
nadam eely
it's that paprika
Thanks for showing me this. I really enjoyed it and I feel like I learned a lot.
Fucking awesome song man. I absolutely love it, such a great track
It does bring a Portishead vibe to the song...
"Adam says he's in. Now all we need is a bassist."
3 of them. :)
I've heard that Adam plays bass, but I've never heard Adam play bass... even after watching a dozen or more of his videos.
@@toddhoustein He played the lick for like 12 hours on live stream.
He also has some original songs posted on his channel. They're years old
@@toddhoustein th-cam.com/video/0BRxDp2u02U/w-d-xo.html. One of Adam Neely's songs with his band sungazer
@@toddhoustein You can watch his gig vlogs
I dunno if anyone agrees, but THE VOCAL MIX IS SO SICK!!! It has just enough distortion to dirty it up, but it still sits in the mix so cleanly! And the reverb in the beginning is absolutely perfect!
absolutely my god i love that vocal distortion
1000000% agree.
YEAH, MAN!!!! PERFECT! I ALMOST CRY!
Agreed agreed
I agree, but I think the main thing is that the "program material" - the amazing vocals - have the harmonic content needed.
1:10 Ben is feeling the pulse of the beat as a quarter note while everyone else is moving with the half note
Lmao happens to me sometimes too 😂😂
Nice catch
The vocalist is dancing at the same tempo
I think Adams feeling both
It's true, that's so weird.
@@traderjoestar lol underrated comment
This should be a legit band. Call it Bent Neely
All fun and games until you Google something like 'playing with bent neely'
Bent nearly
Special ed band
yeah lol ben’s band is called Bent Knee I think
@@breadstuff it is. That was the joke. Lol
"Watching people live takes the life out of me" is such a snarky, edgy, and yet profound lyric in my opinion. I love it.
Yeah i really like it too; it's just a particular kind of emotion distilled into one catchy line.
I relate heavily to this, though. Like, watching people live their best life on television and social media while you struggle to chase your dreams. And while we're waiting for our dreams to present themselves to us, we languish like "and old whale dying on a beach."
I'm on the spectrum and massively introverted, and I've never related to a line more in my life. lol
I wasn't bi until I saw Zac Zinger play shakuhachi...
Alright but what about Shuhb Saran on the guitar. Hell this whole room is super attractive
ewwww
You'll be happy to know that the kanji for shakuhachi can also be slang for blowjob
@@bilbowaggins8967 That information makes me very happy
@Robert Grant Oh man you're right! Gosh, I never would have known without your insight. Thank you!
Digging the song! That would be hell of a lineup for an album
Agreed
Gwarnak i'd buy this shit and use it for some sick hyperlapse videos. it's too good just to be used as background music though.
Yeah, would absolutely buy this.
I want an album!
Alexander Dadaev same!
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At least a maxi sinlge with 3/5 songs that would be amazinfgggg
Bent Knee album is coming out soon.
That EWI bass is absolutely INSANE! holy shit I’ve never heard something so heavy in that way. Something about the expression and just the force of the patch is just kaoapwhdbkfjdbe
I agree, it's highly kaoapwhdbkfjdbe. Although I feel its kaoapwhdbkfjdbeness is a bit on the nose, it kinda fits into the mix. Sometimes, you just need a bit of kaoapwhdbkfjdbity. Definitely better than not enough kaoapwhdbkfjdbation.
Okay, I'm done.
It djents.
it's a very tame impala bass distorted bass sound
2:07
*_BWOOOOEN BWUOOOEEEEEWNWEEWN_*
-Bass
I need this on Spotify. And a whole album too
It is on spotify. The link is in the description
What about the album?
You and Adam posting seconds apart. My day is made
That ending is so heavy! Especially all the bass textures blending together
Love seeing the whole song after the work! Will you really take that 5s sample challenge? ;)
Bent knee should put out like a 3 song collab with Adam arranging/producing it. You can really hear your aspect ben, of the bent knee sound coming through in this song. I would love to hear how beautiful that collab would turn out.
I would like a Ben Levin Group x Sungazer album collab :-)
Just enjoy what you got thug
@@alamooji3716 Hey, be cool man. There's nothing wrong from wanting something you really like and always dream of, and it doesn't necessarily mean you forces the respective artists to realizing what you wanted.
@@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435 ok i feel that bro!
Free repeat button..2:06
Epic vocals!!!!
Jessica's vocal is haunting, in a good way :)
The song is absolutely amazing, I listened it like 10 times in a row -- since there's so much going on it doesn't get boring.
i see adam’s bass face translates into keyboard as well
I felt this on a spiritual level.
Wonne => :《
TWoTMo => : [
Thr33 => : <
Which one? I think the 3rd.
I love how much fun Ben looks like he's having when he plays. I practice with my band every week and I always have fun and jump around and get into it even though its just me and my band, no one watching.
"watching people live takes the life out of me" what a lyric though...
no its not
Stuck in my head absolutely
I saw it written first (in Adam's video) and I read it as 'live' as in 'live television'. I was surprised when I heard it sung! That way has some nice kinda alliteration too.
@@kungfuasgaeilge i hadn't thought of that, maybe that's what ben intended but jessica reinterpreted it. either way it's a great lyric
@@hiqwertyhi I think Ben sang it like that in the demo too, maybe it was a deliberate subversion of expectations, but that would imply that it would be read before being heard, which is a bit of a reach. Either way, yeah, cool lyric!
Please more of this. You are like a weird Bill Nye of music collaboration. Adam is great also. Please bring all of your friends and acquaintances into this.
"Watching people live takes the life right out of me."
Now there's a Ben Levin line if I've ever heard one.
The dynamic range of Ben's moves really pump up and point out the changes in the music. Music flows through his body.
Nice song, nice arrangement, nice shaku(ing) and ewi(ing) 🤘🏼
Anqel García you gotta see him live with bent Knee.
@@apothecurio oh, hopefully I will. 🤘🏼
I had to come back to listen to this again after watching the making of. I'd like a 12" version with extended EWI bass section please ;-)
Let's be honest, we need more music like this. And by saying "music like this" I mean a piece well composed, well structured, with right sounds; something created during creative, artistic process. Great job! Love it!
Let's be honest, you say that because you're too lazy to go and search for music like this
@@Squirrel354 Let's be honest, yes
@@KVBA Let's be honest, we all are
Can’t stop listening. Please help. It’s been 5 hours
Goddamn it, it sounds so freaking good.
I love the atmosphere, the presence of each instrument, really great arrangement.
I love this group of musicians.
I love this arrangement.
I love this song.
loving this tune!!! Jessica's voice is gold! I also sense the Bent Knee influence 🤘
Ben, it's beautiful how well your vocal writing fits in Jessica's voice!
If there was an album of this, I would have bought it before the song ended
The melody line and basically the entire midsection of this song is insanely catchy. The whole song is great but the middle portion really does it for me.
dude - so good.
WATCHING PEOPLE LIVE TAKES THE LIFE OUTTA ME.
ooof
damn, that got intense!
Love the EWI!
crazy how good this is
Loving this song! Without the vocals this is a hell of a jam song to just lay into for about 10-15 minutes easily. With the vocals, Asrelis is definitely right about the amount of grit used. It's gives an edge, a tension to the vocals which ties everything together. You and Adam make a damned fine team!
I'm here from Neely's vid and I might just stay. :D
The last 40 seconds of this is EPIC.
I loved the song and the vibes created by the band. Enjoying all the music intricacies, It's just full of paprika, cheese, broccoli, and forest spices. Thanks !
Madness, you just channeled Levin with that analogy! "paprika, cheese, broccoli and forest spices" I literally fell off the couch!!
Killer song, killer arrangement, killer playing (Zac!).
my geek brother, Ayo, sent me this link yesterday and oh my gosh, this is freakin' glorious! THANK YOU for the morning energy!
I'm gettin Snarky Puppy vibes here. Loving the tune and all the cool harmonies
I LOVE THIS. Shaku/vox doubling is so good, and the vox processing is wonderfully crunchy! and these harmoniessssss
Listening to this song puts the life into me!
Holy shit tho'. I keep coming back to this. Like, obviously Adam and Ben gel well. But, the whole group brings a large, epic sound. The line "Watching people live takes the life out of me" always hits me in a big way. Being 'in' on the creation of this song just adds a special place in my stupid, musical heart.*hums The Lick*
First time here so I don’t know if you always do this, but that end card transition is absolutely stunning.
Goosebumps all the way through. And I don't get them easily.
This a beatiful song and a soulful performance
This was some very, very good music. Thank you.
Mind blown. I still don't know how you guys come up with such wild and out-there music!
This sounds actually awesome! And I see Adam has changed instruments and became a keys player? Also, lovely to see the shakuhachi again.
@UrbanJackJr no, he actually just gave up bass. too overrated, he said
Adam plays both the keys and bass, and in this specific song he exprimented letting different people take the bass role like the EWI and shakuhachi player, the vocalist, and himself in the synthesizer. Check out his video on making the song, it's pretty cool
He actually started off playing piano/keys and then started playing bass cause his band needed a bassist
i literally cannot stop replaying this
great seeing you collab with zac zinger, the shakuhachi wizard :). looking forward for more
I hear this an go "now this is true composition". Need more of this in the world! Everything was on point!
Jesus Christ is that one disciplined drummer.
Also, Adam, f***in jack-of-all-trades over there. This mix is flawless.
You music students are on a whole other level, you know that?
Can't get this out of my head. More of this exact band please!
Jessica singing "my blood gasps" is my new favorite kink
1:31 that fill thou
having already listened 3 times on repeat, guess whos listening again!
This is amazing and deserves tons of view, congratulations Adam and Ben!
The tone of that EWI is DIRTY AF!
This song is honestly mesmerizing, I've listened to it 10 times in a row now, and it still feels like the end comes too fast, even though I know it's 3 minutes. All I can say is absolutely AMAZING work!
I saw this video and was intrigued with Jessica Kion so I went to her your tube page which made me more intrigued and scared. What did I just watch!?!?!?
Ready for the full album!
Holy cr@p, I had goosebumps all over me when the EWI bass kicked in. Hats off to y'all, well done!
Spectacular!
Yes. More. Please and thank you.
Listened in the car, on my phone while doing chores, and with headphones to really appreciate it. It was great every time
Fucking love Jessica's vocals, love the dynamics of the song and different instruments too
This is the best music I've heard yet from you and Adam Neely, this rocks
Fuck, what a ride. That lift, damn! I do love a song that's cruising along and suddenly it's nose up, throttles to the wall, and goodbye earth.
Love it...and that ending, DAMN!
Beautiful! Wish it was longer
I can't stop listening to this!
Awesome song and great performance
I'm so glad that you and Adam get along so well because you're both such different people.
Very good song! Please do more of these!
This is fkn splendid. Hadn't known what a great singer Jessica is. I also like skill shown in making a "pop tune"- no intricate harmony shwings or odd meters, but plain craft. Now where's the outtake clip with the neighbours banging the walls and yelling, *Don't stop that noise!* ?
🧸👌🏻💕🧚🏻♀️🎶
I just cannot believe how godly that is.
man that ewi bass is gnarly!
Such a cool song, and damn, that singer really sells the lyrics!
This is awesome! It was great to see how you created this with Adam :)
Ripping the replay button right now
I usually wouldn't like this sort of thing, but I can't deny, the song is awesome! Really groovy and full of feeling!
Really really really awesome!
I love the shakuhachi, the voice and how the different bases interplay with each other ❤️
Great song!
The bending of the flute is so sick 😍
Wow! That was effing awesome. That's the way to beat the copyright bandits, i.e., do something so totally unique, they wouldn't DARE challenge you. Kudos Adam & Ben, et al.
loved that shakuhachi and EWI. Also, the vocal was sickening.
Loved watching the process and its result. 'Twas bonkers, congrats guys.
I love this wayyyyy too much for just one track! MORE PLEASE
This felt like ASMR for my soul.
now i know how paprika sounds like!!
love this song, could listen to it for hours
PLEASE MAKE AN ALBUM WITH THIS LINEUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You will break the internet
Another awesome song; love it
Goosebumps! You guys have done it again!
I got serious chills from this song. Jesus. I just went somewhere new.
Best band ever! I'm looking forward to the full album.
oh how I wish this was a true band, I want to hear so much more
Damnit guys, why do you all have to be in a million bands already
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Very interesting sound, I wouldn't make those choices myself but that is the beauty of everyone who plays music! Unique, creative, artistic and epic sounds. Love it
2:07 is when it gets really good, strong finish 👍
Great song everyone...love it!