R.I.P. Steve Albini who engineered this album, would love some reactions to his other production work since you were a fan of the Pixies! I highly recommend Rid of Me by PJ Harvey and Goat by The Jesus Lizard
A dear friend of mine introduced me to this album. I remember sitting on the banks of the Tennessee River. He was playing a guitar and singing "Hold On Magnolia." He was an engineer and something like a scientific genius, but Molina brought out the sentimental troubadour in him. He passed away a little over a year ago--too young. I'll never listen to this record again without thinking of him. You think something will last forever. It won't.
In the realm of dark depressive indie folk, I can also highly recommend "Purple Mountains" - s/t, "Bonnie Prince Billy" - I See a Darkness, "Smog" - Red Apple Falls, "Kaufmann & Caboor" - Songs from Suicide Bridge, "Silver Jews" - The Natural Bridge and of course "Songs: Ohia" - The Lioness for my favourite Jason Molina related record.
RIP Steve Albini who engineered this and many other classic albums. he passed away a few days ago You should listen to atomizer by albini's band "big black" some of the best noise rock ever on that album
I had no idea Steve Albini produced this album til reading these comments. I knew him from his work with my other favorite band Godspeed You! Black Emperor
If you enjoyed this album you should definitely hear Didn't It Rain and/or Ghost Tropic. Both albums are pretty different than this one but still similar atmosphere-wise.
Ghost Tropic is one of the greatest albums of all time imo, it’s a complete masterpiece of song structure and sound that tons of people have overlooked.
This album is incredible! MJ Lenderman’s self titled album sounds very similar to this, without ripping it off. Both are great in their own way. It is not going to win any poll since it’s not well known.
Beautiful album choice! One of my favorites. Another good album you could listen to from Songs:Ohia is The Lioness. I would also strongly recommend listening to The Big Game Is Every Night on your own time. It’s a bonus track for this album, but it really should’ve been on the album imo. It’s probably the heaviest hitting song on here, believe it or not.
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MY GUY a few recommendations: Process - Sampha (experimental r&b, great production) Nurture - Porter Robinson (light summer electric with fun production) Koi No Yokan - Deftones (very heavy, sexier and heavier radiohead imo) Hypochondriac - Brakence (very experimental emo rap, glitch pop) Reading Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays (the smiths ish, with beautiful female vocals)
John Henry is an American folk hero. An African American freedman, he is said to have worked as a "steel-driving man"-a man tasked with hammering a steel drill into a rock to make holes for explosives to blast the rock in constructing a railroad tunnel.
RIP JASON MOLINA RIP STEVE ALBINI wtf i just started listening to this record when i heard albini died and got super hooked up to it and then you release this!! love you
Amazing album! Defintly check out the two extra songs on the deluxe version Whip Poor Will and The Big Game is On Every Night. Two of the best on the album imo. If you want a real sad one, checkout What Comes After the Blues by Magnolia Electric Co (Which is the name of the next Molina project after Songs; Ohia)
what i love about this album most is how subtle and restrained most of these instrumentals are. it makes the moments where it crescendos like at the end of hold on magnolia so impactful. Even in the more intense songs they keep the arrangements themselves simple and melodic.
After this album, Jason Molina, the main singer and songwriter for Songs Ohia, changed his main stage monicker to Magnolia Electric Co. Under that name he released the live album “Trials and Errors” which is one of my favorite albums of all time and in my opinion the perfect follow up to this album if you want to get more into him
I'll use this opportunity to again recommend the amazing album Black Sheep Boy by Okkervil River whose lead man, Will Sheff, created the cover art for Magnolia Electric Co (and tons of other great art that can be found on his website). It is one of those rare albums where someone had something they needed to say and did so in perfect form.
Will sheff is the lead singer of Okkervil River but the artist who did the Magnolia Electric Co cover is Will Schaff. Very similar names but not the same person
Love your reactions, very entertaining. Here are a couple gems I think you might particularly enjoy: The Nightblooms - self titled Novak - self titled Mice Parade - self titled Ride - Nowhere The Wedding Present - Seamonsters The Notwist - Neon Golden 18th Dye - Tribute to a Bus The Fall - Perverted by Language Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn Explosions In The Sky - Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
First of all, kinda new here, I absolutely love your content. A lot of times I wish I could listen to records for the first time again and your reactions makes me do that in a way so thank you so much! This is one of my favorite albums of all time, Jason Molina was a genius, if you want to listen to something else by him I would higly recommend Didn't it Rain. Also reaction to Ys by Joanna Newsom when (also recorded by Steve Albini, RIP)
Still recommending: Let's Dance by David Bowie. It seems like most people these days just stick to the title track and forget there are other great bangers in the album Also: Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears.
Album recommendations: Waiting to Spill- The backseat lovers When we Were Friends- The backseat lovers Something you needed- Flipturn Shadowglow- Flipturn Songs- Adrianne Lenker Unreal Unearth- Hozier Close to Paradise- Patrick Watson Young Americans- David Bowie Everything so far- Pinegrove RMCM- Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners Good For You- Houndmouth The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We- Mitski
Goes without saying that you’ve gotta check out more from Molina (Ghost Tropic, Didnt it Rain, Lioness), but you’d also be doing yourself a disservice if you didn’t check out the Big Game bonus track. Easily on par with some of the best of the album. The centrepiece that never was.
WTF I literally just randomly listened to this last night after a friend recommended it like two months ago. Shit was good, I need to relisten cause I wasn’t paying full attention but I really liked what I heard.
If you like this I implore you to please do a sparklehorse album specifically Dreamnt for lightyears and good morning spider like Jason he was troubled till his life too soon but his music was amazing.
Smags, when you gonna do video on Volcanic Bird Enemy? once you told me it's gonna be in april, still waiting tho, love all your videos that's why im looking forward to your reaction to one of the best and unique album of the decade, peace man stay consistent, never change 🙏 ps RIP Steve Albini fucking legend
It’d be really sick to see you check out some Red House Painters or Sun Kil Moon, though Mark Kozalek is a terrible person and a SO, so I’d understand if you don’t wanna support that, but similar vibes just more depressing lmao
My favourite album ever. Farewell Transmission was recorded in one take, the "listen" bit at the end is Molina telling the band to wind the song down. RIP to him and Albini
RIP Jason Molina
RIP Steve Albini😞
"Texas Jerusalem crossroads" review when? Best album cover of all time
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BASED needs to happen
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shit gave me a fever the first time I listened to it the lyrics are so obtuse and the art was just poisoning my brain
Would LOVE to see this one. I wasn't expecting it to be one of the best albums I ever heard
R.I.P. Steve Albini who engineered this album, would love some reactions to his other production work since you were a fan of the Pixies! I highly recommend Rid of Me by PJ Harvey and Goat by The Jesus Lizard
What about Big Black - literally his band and it's a classic, Atomizer would be a great start
no way is that the okayest computer of niche Instagram fame??
time for the whitehouse reaction
the amount of times you say "oh my fucking god" describes this album perfectly
I can not say i expected jason molina to pop up on this channel but boy am i glad he was so talented
A similar album to this thats incredible is Sun Kil Moon Ghosts of the great Highway !! Its one of my all time favorites
Or Red House Painters 1
@@itmightbe true it's also very good but ghosts of the great highway is a better first project from Mark Kozelek
PLEASE DO THIS PLEASE DO THIS
YES PLEASE
hold on magnolia is such a pretty song
A dear friend of mine introduced me to this album. I remember sitting on the banks of the Tennessee River. He was playing a guitar and singing "Hold On Magnolia." He was an engineer and something like a scientific genius, but Molina brought out the sentimental troubadour in him. He passed away a little over a year ago--too young. I'll never listen to this record again without thinking of him. You think something will last forever. It won't.
this made me so sad he sounded like such a beautiful person
In the realm of dark depressive indie folk, I can also highly recommend "Purple Mountains" - s/t, "Bonnie Prince Billy" - I See a Darkness, "Smog" - Red Apple Falls, "Kaufmann & Caboor" - Songs from Suicide Bridge, "Silver Jews" - The Natural Bridge and of course "Songs: Ohia" - The Lioness for my favourite Jason Molina related record.
Great picks. I love Bill Callahan and David Berman
YOURE THE COOLEST PERSON EVER EVER
Songs fron suicide bridge is one the most beautiful albums ever
Actually never heard of this but this is like so beautiful what the fuck
RIP Steve Albini who engineered this and many other classic albums. he passed away a few days ago
You should listen to atomizer by albini's band "big black" some of the best noise rock ever on that album
I had no idea Steve Albini produced this album til reading these comments. I knew him from his work with my other favorite band Godspeed You! Black Emperor
You should do silver jews and Bright eyes next specially their Im wide awake its morning...
Silver Jews-Natural Bridge is an all-time album for me
"You forgot it in people" Reaction when?
Big agree
i honestly think i like the s/t better (i mean it has ibi on it) but yeah he should get into broken social scene
YES
yes!!!!
If you enjoyed this album you should definitely hear Didn't It Rain and/or Ghost Tropic. Both albums are pretty different than this one but still similar atmosphere-wise.
Ghost Tropic is one of the greatest albums of all time imo, it’s a complete masterpiece of song structure and sound that tons of people have overlooked.
@@stratford1 For sure.
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Thanks for reacting to this Smaggy ❤️
I'd recommend listening to You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene. Probably my 2nd favorite album of all time behind Distintegration.
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Holy shit, one of my top 5 albums of all time. Absolute masterpiece. (Duck Stab by The Residents is also in the top 5, which you should listen to)
Such an amazing album, such an amazing song writer.
So glad you decided to give it a shot
Silver jews are also great alt country idk what else youd call it
YES!!!
So glad you liked this album, "Hold on Magnolia" is one of the best songs I've heard in my life, keep up the good work, love your reactions🤍
please do american water by silver jews
whoa eventhough I've seen your other off the beaten path album reactions, I did NOT expect a Songs: Ohia reaction. nice.
Oh shit we in the big sad now boys
This album is incredible! MJ Lenderman’s self titled album sounds very similar to this, without ripping it off. Both are great in their own way. It is not going to win any poll since it’s not well known.
Beautiful album choice! One of my favorites. Another good album you could listen to from Songs:Ohia is The Lioness.
I would also strongly recommend listening to The Big Game Is Every Night on your own time. It’s a bonus track for this album, but it really should’ve been on the album imo. It’s probably the heaviest hitting song on here, believe it or not.
Acid baths when the kite string pops when?
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MY GUY
a few recommendations:
Process - Sampha (experimental r&b, great production)
Nurture - Porter Robinson (light summer electric with fun production)
Koi No Yokan - Deftones (very heavy, sexier and heavier radiohead imo)
Hypochondriac - Brakence (very experimental emo rap, glitch pop)
Reading Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays (the smiths ish, with beautiful female vocals)
John Henry is an American folk hero. An African American freedman, he is said to have worked as a "steel-driving man"-a man tasked with hammering a steel drill into a rock to make holes for explosives to blast the rock in constructing a railroad tunnel.
Definitely check out Smog, Red Apple Falls especially
Hold on Magnolia is one of my favorite country folk song
Townes van zandt self titled is the second country album I'd really recommend. Its more classic but just really beautiful
RIP JASON MOLINA RIP STEVE ALBINI
wtf i just started listening to this record when i heard albini died and got super hooked up to it and then you release this!! love you
Amazing album! Defintly check out the two extra songs on the deluxe version Whip Poor Will and The Big Game is On Every Night. Two of the best on the album imo.
If you want a real sad one, checkout What Comes After the Blues by Magnolia Electric Co (Which is the name of the next Molina project after Songs; Ohia)
Love this album! React to Rid of Me by PJ Harvey next!
my favorite album ever
what i love about this album most is how subtle and restrained most of these instrumentals are. it makes the moments where it crescendos like at the end of hold on magnolia so impactful. Even in the more intense songs they keep the arrangements themselves simple and melodic.
After this album, Jason Molina, the main singer and songwriter for Songs Ohia, changed his main stage monicker to Magnolia Electric Co. Under that name he released the live album “Trials and Errors” which is one of my favorite albums of all time and in my opinion the perfect follow up to this album if you want to get more into him
A great similar album to this is I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning by Bright Eyes. I highly recommend it ❤️
I'll use this opportunity to again recommend the amazing album Black Sheep Boy by Okkervil River whose lead man, Will Sheff, created the cover art for Magnolia Electric Co (and tons of other great art that can be found on his website).
It is one of those rare albums where someone had something they needed to say and did so in perfect form.
Will sheff is the lead singer of Okkervil River but the artist who did the Magnolia Electric Co cover is Will Schaff. Very similar names but not the same person
I was literally listening to this album when this came out lol
You would love Didn't It Rain by Songs: Ohia as well. It's even heavier and more beautiful. Thanks Smags!
This was one of my go to albums back in college. Didnt expect to see it here!
React to Feels by Animal Collective
one of the most beautiful albums ever. i agree
Saw the title and i know you're gonna love this one, its just so goooood
You said you dig the alt-country vibe, then Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway is a MUST on god
Day 82 of asking Smags to listen to:
Portishead - Third
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland
Tigers jaw self titled def underrated
Easily one of the most underrated albums ever recorded. Slowcore at it's best.
Love your reactions, very entertaining. Here are a couple gems I think you might particularly enjoy:
The Nightblooms - self titled
Novak - self titled
Mice Parade - self titled
Ride - Nowhere
The Wedding Present - Seamonsters
The Notwist - Neon Golden
18th Dye - Tribute to a Bus
The Fall - Perverted by Language
Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn
Explosions In The Sky - Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
woahhhhh no way been waiting for this one! amazing album! Would highly suggest Yves Tumor Heaven to a Tortured Mind
new to your channel, was going to suggest this and here it is. It's magic, just like this album.
RIP Albini
First of all, kinda new here, I absolutely love your content. A lot of times I wish I could listen to records for the first time again and your reactions makes me do that in a way so thank you so much!
This is one of my favorite albums of all time, Jason Molina was a genius, if you want to listen to something else by him I would higly recommend Didn't it Rain.
Also reaction to Ys by Joanna Newsom when (also recorded by Steve Albini, RIP)
I love this album with all my heart. Farewell Transmission gets better every single time you listen to it, it’s timeless.
if smags has no fans i'm dead
If you could do more Brand New, that'd be awesome. Science fiction or Daisy pleeeaase ❤
What an album!! Love it if you'd react to Jim o'rourke. But oh well, democracy will win in terms of reactions...
do ghost tropic by him next
Hey smags, if you ever want to continue the microphones/mount errie, listen to "it was hot we stayed on the water" great record!
Still recommending:
Let's Dance by David Bowie. It seems like most people these days just stick to the title track and forget there are other great bangers in the album
Also:
Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears.
Album recommendations:
Waiting to Spill- The backseat lovers
When we Were Friends- The backseat lovers
Something you needed- Flipturn
Shadowglow- Flipturn
Songs- Adrianne Lenker
Unreal Unearth- Hozier
Close to Paradise- Patrick Watson
Young Americans- David Bowie
Everything so far- Pinegrove
RMCM- Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners
Good For You- Houndmouth
The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We- Mitski
smags you should definetly review adrenaline by deftones 🔥🔥🔥
Great album, great reaction, my rec: The Wrens - The Meadowlands
Goes without saying that you’ve gotta check out more from Molina (Ghost Tropic, Didnt it Rain, Lioness), but you’d also be doing yourself a disservice if you didn’t check out the Big Game bonus track. Easily on par with some of the best of the album. The centrepiece that never was.
Fourth day of recommending Choir Boy - Gathering Swans 🙏
Smags, I know you've listened to In Utero already but would you by chance react to their MTV unplugged album? Cheers
RIP Steve Albini :(
could you do a review on future sounds of london dead cities
Superdrag when?
WTF I literally just randomly listened to this last night after a friend recommended it like two months ago. Shit was good, I need to relisten cause I wasn’t paying full attention but I really liked what I heard.
You already know what I’m going to ask. Yves tumor - heaven to a tortured mind
Absolutely unrelated and I might have asked for this before but I would def recommend M83s album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. It’s a classic
You should listen to Excuses For Travellers by Mojave 3. I'd call it alternative country
Try listening to The Jayhawks. Sound of Lies is a good introduction
If you like this I implore you to please do a sparklehorse album specifically Dreamnt for lightyears and good morning spider like Jason he was troubled till his life too soon but his music was amazing.
Would definitely reccomend listening to other Songs: Ohia albums. I would personally say to do The Lioness next.
Smags, when you gonna do video on Volcanic Bird Enemy? once you told me it's gonna be in april, still waiting tho, love all your videos that's why im looking forward to your reaction to one of the best and unique album of the decade,
peace man stay consistent, never change 🙏
ps RIP Steve Albini fucking legend
Omg sorry dawg completely forgot. I’m gonna get to it within the next 3-4
I'm Wide Awake It's Morning by Bright Eyes please!!!
Please give try to "I'm wide awake, it's morning" by Bright Eyes... You'll love the lyrics and vocals
I recommend the album Benji by Sun Kil Moon, please please please
Gaucho - Steely Dan
RIP Steve Albini
Please please please listen to Ghost Tropic, which is probably my fave Songs: Ohia album. It's muxh more sparse, experiemental, and sad than this one.
You need to react to MAYA by M.I.A
It’d be really sick to see you check out some Red House Painters or Sun Kil Moon, though Mark Kozalek is a terrible person and a SO, so I’d understand if you don’t wanna support that, but similar vibes just more depressing lmao
gotta listen to more boris
Please Do God’s Country By Chat Pile 🙏🙏🙏
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Please listen to Frank Zappa or The Mothers of invention I would You Would love it
pls , PLS Listen to Nebraska- Bruce Springsteen PLSSSS
Finally 😄
My amongus smagity smags pls react to what did you expect from the vaccines - the vaccines plss
Skibidi rizz only in ohia
magnolia bird enemy and the electric co.
if this is annoying please demand that i stop
@@resiseven7407I don't know what this means, but I suggest you keep going
@@Qwertyuiopaz thx fam
SAMPHA
Iggy Pop, The Idiot🎼
Day 14 of asking you to review BROCKHAMPTON!
Day 94 of asking smags to listen to creatures of Habit by kiltro
This is one of the saddest albums I have EVER heard
rip steve albini, rip steve molina
you react to too much peak its actually unfair
My favourite album ever. Farewell Transmission was recorded in one take, the "listen" bit at the end is Molina telling the band to wind the song down. RIP to him and Albini
I'm not sure, he says it in the demo as well
Im wide awake its morning by bright eyes
Didn't know this album but it's a pleasant surprise. Nice listening to at the end of a hot summer day 🌄