3:03 Never There 4:53 A Flag to Wave 12:52 Poverty of Self 17:17 Monsters 23:05 Kill the Ache 28:34 Let Me Leave 34:04 Origin 41:42 Split 48:08 Second Skin 52:38 How I Fall Apart 59:36 Better Days Love this album
Currents instantly became one of my top 5 bands of all time with this album. I connect to it on an emotional level. This album defines what I've felt my entire adult life. It's very close to me. Thank you for reacting to it.
Actually yes it can because the 2 albums I will compare to this album are Before I Turn-Lovelorn, and Make Them Suffer-How To Survive a Funeral I would say all three take the cake for 2020!
Ehh honestly there were a lot of good releases in 2020. Greyview got my AOTY but there were this album, Loathe, Virus by Haken, Caligula's Horse, Trivium's WTDMS, The Ocean and Indistinct's first album... Arguably a better year overall than 2021 and, probably, 2022. Though '21 had Vildhjarta, Indistinct's 2nd album and Jinjer and several really good EPs (Lorna Shore, TDWP, Inv-Animate...) Regardless, yeah, TWIE is definitely a metalcore hood classic though probably not as much as TPIFS.
Chris Wiseman (the guitarist) is also the guitaris for Shadow of Intent. The man is a monster and is definitely one of the top guitarists in the metal scene right now.
In terms of heaviness and guitar riffs, The Place I Feel Safest is much better but The Way It Ends had such more emotion and showcasing Brian's vocal range in every track. Either way, both albums are peak metalcore music 👌
The comparisons to Polaris are the reason why you start Polaris with The Mortal Coil and yeah, one more thing, the outro riff from Let Me Leave is just sooooo goooood
This album means so much to me man. It came out right as I went into one of my deeper and darker throws of depression. How I Fall Apart resonated (and still does) so deeply with me and is one of the few songs that's ever made me actually just sit there cry while listening to it. Even now hearing it in this video gets me in the feels, every time I listen to it. The musicianship of this band is absolutely incredible.
Aye same here man, I threw this album on with an open mind & next thing I know Btter Days chorus kicked in and made me tear up but I never wanted to tear up its their music it has that quality that emotion
Completely the same for me. I discovered this album at my deepest state of depression and it has since then a special place in my heart. I wish everyone who reads this recover from the inner darkness and senselessness. Life is beautiful ✌🏼😄
You should definitely check Current's "I let the devil in" EP, it has their two best songs in my opinion, if not THREE of the best!!! Best EP ever made, so you should really listen to it ;)
this album has gotten me through some tough times, every single song i can relate to a ton so i'm glad that you are this excited for it! i can't wait till you check out the rest of their stuff!!
53:57 the fact you picked up how amazing the piano melody is right before the chorus and then covered your face during the heavy made me so happy, How I Fall Apart is so damn good
Banger album. Current's guitarist is in another band as well, Shadow of Intent, don't know if you've heard of them. They're mostly death core with symphonic elements though. Very melodic. Also on the note of "Vildhjarta with another vocalist" shout out to my boys Indistinct. Very thall with some clean singing as well.
Yeah man I’ve heard of them and someone brought that up recently about shadow of intent sharing the sharing the same vocalist! One for the future for sure 🤞🏼🤞🏼
i got this album on vinyl for christmas in black and blue and i have been wanting it for about 5 months, this is truly one of those albums with everything packed. Pain, trauma, emotion, anger, incredible riffs, ambience, tasty screams, and also technical drums but not overly techy because i can still headbang, cried way too many times to this. i love every fucking thing about this. ive got half of this album on my personal playlist.
Glad you're finally checking out Currents. IMO their album "The Place I Feel Safest" is even better if you can believe it. Same tone and sound but a lot more diverse and technical. Should also check out Shadow of Intent's "Melancholy" album. Chris is the guitarist for both Currents and Shadow of Intent and they share some vibes although SoI is more deathcore/death metal. The technical section at the beginning of How I Fall Apart is basically if Chris wrote a Shadow of Intent song for Currents.
I was one of the comments that was like: He probably won’t like Currents (The way it ends) because he doesn’t like Polaris. To me, they don’t sound the same but they evoke the same feelings. I am more into sound spaces, than into the technicality of music. That is where I come from. Thanks for explaining your point of view. For me it is the oposite. I love metalcore (and post-hardcore) and sometimes I dive into prog and djent-y music to add some flavour. So, I now know where you are coming from. Prog is a lot more unpredictable and experimental and I enjoy it sometimes but I prefer the steadiness and more clear and straight forward approach of Metalcore/Post-Hardcore. And as far as I know, Core music originates form Punk, which is not very known for its finesse. It is more emotions and lyrics. (But that is a whole nother topic for another day - I am not too deep into music history though.) I love when music brings people together. I can see now, that your brain likes to be tickled by unpredicability of music. To me it is the energy that both bands bring to the table. Polaris is modern metalcore but it is not the flat, poiished version of Metalcore, that is also out there and boring to me as well. I can see that your brain doesn’t agree with me. My brain is put off by to much distraction. That is why I don’t listen much to Prog and Djent-y music. I hope, I can get my point across. This is the first time I have ever thought about this in depth. But I love it. This album reaction is challenging me and I like that. But I agree: This album is an absolute banger. I listened to it before I watched the video to refresh my memory and my thoughts around this album and my verdict was: Phenomenal. And it gets even better with the lyrics on screen. It jumped up a few notches - from a 10 to 12+. Through your perspective and explaination I could hear details, I hadn’t noticed before. They are hidden in plain sight (and not distracting at all to me). Good! I can see now that Polaris and Currents are not similar. In my head the both have albums out that resonate with me on a top tier level. But I haven’t found an answer to the question, what I love about Polaris. (Now I’m gonna go back and listen to Polaris with my full attention). Maybe it is because I enjoy the -core genres very much. (Edit: Yes, it is the same energy that is created by different things musically.) Currents’ playfulness (in compairison to Polaris) is not distracting. Thanks for pointing out the unpredictability of this record. I am more on the even side, you maybe on the odds side but we agree that it needs both to shine and to create the tension that our brains seek. So, thank you, Drew, for this incredible experience. At first I was a little bit down but (because I love Polaris a lot). But you made your point and I agree with you to a certain degree. And the best part is: You know, when the lows are lower, the highs become even higher. This reaction is a perfect example. Thanks for sharing it with us. I would love to suggest you more bands and albums but I am not sure, if this will satisfy your brain. - Caliban (German Metalcore band, around for a long time), The Opposite From Within (2004) - it is old school Metalcore. - Ill Nino, US Metalcore with strong latino influences. Earlier albums like Revolution, Confession or One Nation Underground would be my picks. I don’t know, if they have a chance to win a patreon poll, since both are 2000 music. But I leave them here, just in case you need something to react to. I don’t have the money to subscribe to your Patreon on a monthly basis. So, I end this here and hope that some more albums I enjoy, get reacted to. I saw Allt on one of the polls. I am looking forward to this reaction. Cheers!
What a comment - so much to digest but I took it all in my man. Appreciate how much effort went into that. That’s the beauty of these videos! At the end of the day, it’s all just opinions & they vary over time. I’m yet to go back to that Polaris album, but it was by no means a ‘bad’ album, it just didn’t click with me instantly like other records have(case in point; this album) As for the requests, I’m currently on the mission to get through all of the current(pun not intended, lol) ones we have running. But, the massive positive to all of this is that I’m not going anywhere and time is on our side my man. Again, appreciate the love & don’t stress about the Patreon membership bro. Comments like that are more than enough, much love my man❤️❤️
This album will be forever one of my favorites of all time. I love how at the end of Better Days everything comes together (clean guitars, distorted guitars, clean vocals, scream vocals), all of it comes together to close the album.
This video literally got me into Currents. I wasn't really big on them after hearing "The Place I Feel Safest" I think i only liked "Apnea" so.. after hearing this i've changed my mind.
This album was my introduction to Currents back when it dropped, and it ended up on my top 3 album of the year for 2020. I went back and listen to their earlier albums and I allmost love "The place I feel safest" more then this... Allmost. :) Good video, Drew. Keep em commin
Thank you Drew for doing Currents and this incredible album. They are a special band. Love your emotion and joy in the reaction. God bless and rock on, from Sweden!!
First time I heard the outro of let me leave I replayed it like 5 times and told a bunch of my friends to listen to that song specifically. One of the best outros I've ever heard.
I bought a 7 string just to learn the ending riff of Let me Leave (that and the new Lorna Shore album), but that song just scratches an itch never before found
i think it’s time for Before I Turns Lovelorn album. it’s got beautiful metal core cleans and nasty brutal heavy parts. it all has this overcast of beauty and darkness at the same time. i think you’ll def enjoy it
Holy shit yes!! I found this album like 6 months ago and it instantly became one of my favorite of all time, I can't believe they aren't more popular. Drew, I think you'll love it, it's unpredictable and imaginative, I'm sure you'll find a lot to love
Randomly came across this in my recommended, and Currents has been my favorite band since Life // Lost but listening to this whole album start to finish and hearing all your reactions made me feel like I was listening to it for the first time again. It doesn’t matter how many times I listen to it, Currents just knows how to make music that hits EVERYTHING just right, the feels in the lyrics, the djentiness, the breakdowns, everything. God I love this band If you like deathcore you should totally check out Shadow of Intent. Chris Wiseman of Currents also plays guitar and writes music for that band and they KICK ASS
BRO the call of duty montage comparison give you a new sub that was my child hood and early teenage years. Literally spot on Currents are on the up and up so excited to see them live
I’m one of the dinks that figured you wouldn’t like it as much because of your reaction to the Death of Me. I couldn’t be happier to be wrong for atleast this one. You helped me stay on the treadmill today because it was so enjoying to see this album loved.
Man i love currents. I saw them open for fit for a king in 2019 and was going in blind to them. After the show i binged their songs and have loved them since
So glad I found this video in my recommended... "The Way it Ends" has been my favorite album since it's release and I think watching you listen to this for the first time reminds me of my first listen. The album for me is like a book or a movie, everything flows from start to finish and it just makes sense. You can't take one song out, you can't change order of a song, this album was so well crafted. The feeling in the first half, djenty riffs and breakdowns, then kill the ache is a heavier ballad leading into let me leave... perfection. The last 2 songs are by far the highlight for me. How I fall Apart could have easily been the album closer, but they jump right back in with Better Days and how after the bridge the riff gets layered with a breakdown layered with the clean chorus layered with the screaming prechorus as it all culminates into an end is simply perfect. 10/10
Just want to say thank you for remaining authentic with your “reactions”. I’ve noticed a lot of reactors I’ve followed stopped being genuine with their reactions once they gained a following. They try to “sell” their reactions with this stupid front that’s so fake because they never acted like that with their old stuff and now all of a sudden are because they’ve gained a following. And then they like every single thing they react to. And it’s just so fake just to please an audience. But you’ve remained genuine and for that - thank you! You’ve become my favorite and most anticipated “reactor”. And you’ll probably never see this but that’s cool. Lol ERRA - Augment album
Man I told you, I'm so happy now! I dont even know anymore under which Video or Community post I mentioned them but you def saw it and also liked and replied... But then week after week they werent even in the poll but now BOOM first week in the poll, instantly won... Very nice
@@DrewFortune97 thank you ❤️🔥 really appreciate it! Btw i didnt really care for the Polaris album either 😅 but The way it ends basically completely filled my Spotify top songs of 2020 haha
YES YES YES!!!! Absolutely one of the best albums I’ve ever heard, regardless of genre. The vocalist is awesome and everyone else on the best if fucking talented. And don’t even get me started on Better Days, my fucking god I wish I could listen to that song for the first time again, it blew me the fuck away, excuse my language, I just got hyped remembering that. Awesome video like always Drew, keep killing it man, love ya ❤️
I’ve watched this video and the one for “the place I feel safest” by them at least 10 times a piece and I just realized my favorite song on each record is the one you say “this chorus is going to hit so much harder” on the second time around. And besides living in tragedy on the new record, remember me is my favorite.
Yeah that riff in Better Days is absolutely fucking mindblowing. Was probably one of my top 3 riffs of 2020 together with the final breakdown in Monarch by Invent, Animate. Also there's a lot more of that kind of riffs in Currents' first full length. First example that comes to mind to me is the second verse in Shattered. Just thought of this, in terms of replayability and being "satisfying", you have to check out Fit For An Autopsy. Honestly any one from their last 4 albums is amazing.
Little late to the party, but the way you expressed how you felt about the outro for Let Me Leave is... I have no words. I feel the exact same. It's literally the perfect riff! All of their albums are like 50% of what I listen to anymore. Incredible band. Please check out Life // Lost. It's nothing like the newer stuff, no singing, but it's so damn good!
This album has gotten me through so much in the last few years. I consistently love every single track. Currents is one of those bands that hits you deep and i love them for it.
when i discovered this album and this band i had a quick scan through their discography, and I thought the album and song titles were awesome, but didn't think too much of it. I noticed that the album before the way it ends is called "The Place I Feel Safest", and listening to the opening track of this album never there, I heard the lyric "Because the place that I feel safest, it was never there, never there at all". that's when i knew that this band is something special. chills
The Place I Feel safest is straight up in my top 6 albums of all time and while it took me a few listens to really vibe with this album it definetly grew on me a ton and ended up being in my top three albums of 2020. Can't wait for the next album.
Yes!!! Really glad you liked this one Drew, easily one of my favorite metalcore albums too (and maybe one of my all time favorites overall). Currents is such an amazing band, really recommend their other albums and the new single "The Death We Seek" (Cant wait for their next one). And I really do agree with your vision about Currents and Polaris, such distinct bands and I didnt really understood why other people were putting them in the same "basket". Dont get me wrong, I think Polaris is amazing and I listen to "The Death of Me" from time to time because is such an energetic album. But Currents in general has a much more complex approach to their music in general, and their riffage reminds me a lot of Keaton Goldwire writing too (Invent Animate lead guitarist, wainting patiently for you to react to their album "Greyview", the riffs in this album are stellar). Besides that, thanks for the great reaction! I hope you keep exploring these newer albums, there have been some amazing stuff being put out in recent years.
I actually listened to both "The Way it Ends" and "The Death of Me" in the past 10 days because they weren't on Apple Music in my country so I had to find them in other ways, and I agree with you 100% when you say that this album is much better, and I really liked "The Death of Me" as well. It's just that Currents' album has this specific atmosphere all throughout while being diverse. It's hard to put it into words but it's just a step above in songwriting and structure. However, I have to say that I loved "Masochist" sooo much as a track, the riff leading to the bridge and then the powerful emotional screams with the guitar in the background always get me. Also, please listen to Lovelorn by Before I Turn! I find it similar to this album, and it's soooo good and underrated
Honestly best album ever from start to finish. No bad song at all everyone is a banger. Seeing the joy on your face from listening to how I fall apart and better days is just how I felt as well
Ive been listening to 5-6 songs off this album for 2 years now consistently but i never realised how good “origins”, “Let Me Leave” and “How i fall Apart are.” Sometimes with certain bands im bad with going through albums and choosing the songs i like and never going back but i love how i basically found some new songs from an album ive already loved for years. Its a cool experience. Great reaction as always! Id love to see you go through more ERRA albums or maybe check out some August Burns Red because they are to Metalcore what Vildhjarta is to Thall, ABR is arguably the greatest metalcore band of all time.
Currents is legit the best metalcore band imo man! Also the Guitarist Chris Wiseman is the guitarist for Shadow of intent an also writes all the music for Both Currents and Shadow of Intent
The COD montage bit got me. I had to date-check myself because I pictured those montages with old Amity Afflication tracks but the game came out 3 years before their first album. Same energy.
This album is similar to a confused person lost in the woods at night. At one point, the person hears a roar echo in the forest. Upon looking in the direction of the roar, a giant wild beast appears and starts to run towards the lost person at an unnaturally fast speed, destroying trees and boulders on its way. The person has only enough time to feel an ill mixture of primal fear and surprise before the beast makes its way to them, grabbing them in one of their hands, big enough to ragdoll the entire body of the lost adult. The person feels slight pain on their sides from being squeezed, and for a short moment, they are able to look directly at the beast, as it holds them on its hand. The beast is suffering, with tears on their eyes and a mortified expression. The beast also appears to be mortally wounded, with a big, gaping wound on its chest. For a short moment, the lost person and the beast stare at each other eye to eye, just to be dropped down to the floor. The beast then takes a few steps back and proceeds to have a violent breakdown, falling to its knees, hitting the floor with both its fists. The beast convulses and shakes a couple more times before collapsing down to the floor and finally dying with a soaring, ear piercing roar. This is what i feel this album feels like.
Monster probably my favorite song by these guys. But also I thought that The Place I Feel Safest was overall a bit better of an album. And I LOVED this one!
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1,000 Likes for a Metalcore album would be HUGE 🤞🏼
welp, its happened
"U FOLLOW YOUR SORROWS" literally stack inside my head
Same, it’s been fucking months
Also the end of better days litteraly has the breakdown,verse AND chorus in the same section, that is fuckin hard to pull off smoothly.
Never even noticed that, great spot man!!
IMO one of the best bit in the album!
@@MrSouvikD are bhai bhai 🙏🫂
I saw someone else say it sounds like someone fighting with themselves and that's the perfect description.
late as fuck but they do something similar towards the end of night terrors
3:03 Never There
4:53 A Flag to Wave
12:52 Poverty of Self
17:17 Monsters
23:05 Kill the Ache
28:34 Let Me Leave
34:04 Origin
41:42 Split
48:08 Second Skin
52:38 How I Fall Apart
59:36 Better Days
Love this album
Thanks bro! Wait this is a year old…
@@AimlessAirsoftfrom 2020 😎
Currents instantly became one of my top 5 bands of all time with this album. I connect to it on an emotional level. This album defines what I've felt my entire adult life. It's very close to me. Thank you for reacting to it.
❤️🔥
Same here. Accidentally heard one song from this album and now they're one of my favourite bands of all time, easy.
Same
This one doesn't deserve to be compared to any album from 2020. It will always be a certified hood classic from that year. Amazing.
Hahahaha certified good classic, I love it man
Actually yes it can because the 2 albums I will compare to this album are Before I Turn-Lovelorn, and Make Them Suffer-How To Survive a Funeral I would say all three take the cake for 2020!
Invent animate greyview and this
Their life lost ep laughing in corner
Ehh honestly there were a lot of good releases in 2020. Greyview got my AOTY but there were this album, Loathe, Virus by Haken, Caligula's Horse, Trivium's WTDMS, The Ocean and Indistinct's first album...
Arguably a better year overall than 2021 and, probably, 2022. Though '21 had Vildhjarta, Indistinct's 2nd album and Jinjer and several really good EPs (Lorna Shore, TDWP, Inv-Animate...)
Regardless, yeah, TWIE is definitely a metalcore hood classic though probably not as much as TPIFS.
Chris Wiseman (the guitarist) is also the guitaris for Shadow of Intent. The man is a monster and is definitely one of the top guitarists in the metal scene right now.
@Rise Tragedy Holy Fuck I never knew this. Amazing! No fucking wonder. 🤘
YO WHAT love both bands, discovering this is mindblowing, what a beast of a musician
Mans a mega talent
The place I feel safest incoming then? :D In my opinon that album is even better some of the riffs and breakdowns are so unique and really stands out.
Abso-fucking-lutely
@@DrewFortune97 My favorite song of all time, Shattered, is on that album. I'm so excited for you to hear it
@@DrewFortune97 YESSSSSSS. Even better album than this one, imo
@@quicksword75 One of the best of that album for sure, relentless emotion
In terms of heaviness and guitar riffs, The Place I Feel Safest is much better but The Way It Ends had such more emotion and showcasing Brian's vocal range in every track. Either way, both albums are peak metalcore music 👌
Nice one, they are so underrated, one of the best metalcore bands out there. Nice to see some love for them here!
So fire man
Lol they are one of the most popular bands in the genre. How is that underrated? Fantastic band none the less
The comparisons to Polaris are the reason why you start Polaris with The Mortal Coil and yeah, one more thing, the outro riff from Let Me Leave is just sooooo goooood
you are the first person I’ve seen mention that riff. shit fucking SMACKS
This album means so much to me man. It came out right as I went into one of my deeper and darker throws of depression. How I Fall Apart resonated (and still does) so deeply with me and is one of the few songs that's ever made me actually just sit there cry while listening to it. Even now hearing it in this video gets me in the feels, every time I listen to it. The musicianship of this band is absolutely incredible.
Thanks for the comment man
Aye same here man, I threw this album on with an open mind & next thing I know Btter Days chorus kicked in and made me tear up but I never wanted to tear up its their music it has that quality that emotion
Completely the same for me. I discovered this album at my deepest state of depression and it has since then a special place in my heart. I wish everyone who reads this recover from the inner darkness and senselessness. Life is beautiful ✌🏼😄
You should definitely check Current's "I let the devil in" EP, it has their two best songs in my opinion, if not THREE of the best!!! Best EP ever made, so you should really listen to it ;)
this album has gotten me through some tough times, every single song i can relate to a ton so i'm glad that you are this excited for it!
i can't wait till you check out the rest of their stuff!!
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sameeee
They also just dropped a new song: The Death We Seek. It's a banger!
Bro this was my AOTY for 2020. It is STILL on repeat 🖤🔥 I was so ready for your reaction to Better Days 😂 Great reaction man. Keep it up!!
Every time I’ve seen this band live they were fucking amazing. Took photos with all of them!
I love your cod4 excursion so much :D
yea that was funny as shit
loool - Nostalgia is real man
Saw these guys in concert a few months back and the singer and guitarist were super nice and chatted about their lyric and riff writing processes
Nice man! Love the intimate gigs, the fact you can casual talk to the artists is so cool
I just seen them yesterday and holy fuck. These guys are on the come up and on the rise they’re gonna be everywhere very very soon
Been saying this since Life//Lost dropped and my god I'm so happy to see them finally taking off. These guys are gonna define an era.
I found Currents and this album a few days ago and I didn't know I needed music so bad at this moment in my life.
It is ridiculous how extremely hyped i am about a guy reacting to an album, but more ridiculously it works every time, keep up man!
hahaha love it man!
53:57 the fact you picked up how amazing the piano melody is right before the chorus and then covered your face during the heavy made me so happy, How I Fall Apart is so damn good
Banger album. Current's guitarist is in another band as well, Shadow of Intent, don't know if you've heard of them. They're mostly death core with symphonic elements though. Very melodic. Also on the note of "Vildhjarta with another vocalist" shout out to my boys Indistinct. Very thall with some clean singing as well.
Yeah man I’ve heard of them and someone brought that up recently about shadow of intent sharing the sharing the same vocalist! One for the future for sure 🤞🏼🤞🏼
@@DrewFortune97 same guitarist...not vocalist!!!
Yeahhhh Indistinct fans rise up! Super underrated
i got this album on vinyl for christmas in black and blue and i have been wanting it for about 5 months, this is truly one of those albums with everything packed.
Pain, trauma, emotion, anger, incredible riffs, ambience, tasty screams, and also technical drums but not overly techy because i can still headbang, cried way too many times to this. i love every fucking thing about this. ive got half of this album on my personal playlist.
Currents really doesn't have a bad project. The place i feel safest and their EP i let the devil in are both at this level imo
They might actually be better? And this album is a fucking banger.
Glad you're finally checking out Currents. IMO their album "The Place I Feel Safest" is even better if you can believe it. Same tone and sound but a lot more diverse and technical. Should also check out Shadow of Intent's "Melancholy" album. Chris is the guitarist for both Currents and Shadow of Intent and they share some vibes although SoI is more deathcore/death metal. The technical section at the beginning of How I Fall Apart is basically if Chris wrote a Shadow of Intent song for Currents.
I was one of the comments that was like: He probably won’t like Currents (The way it ends) because he doesn’t like Polaris. To me, they don’t sound the same but they evoke the same feelings. I am more into sound spaces, than into the technicality of music. That is where I come from.
Thanks for explaining your point of view.
For me it is the oposite. I love metalcore (and post-hardcore) and sometimes I dive into prog and djent-y music to add some flavour. So, I now know where you are coming from. Prog is a lot more unpredictable and experimental and I enjoy it sometimes but I prefer the steadiness and more clear and straight forward approach of Metalcore/Post-Hardcore. And as far as I know, Core music originates form Punk, which is not very known for its finesse. It is more emotions and lyrics. (But that is a whole nother topic for another day - I am not too deep into music history though.)
I love when music brings people together. I can see now, that your brain likes to be tickled by unpredicability of music. To me it is the energy that both bands bring to the table. Polaris is modern metalcore but it is not the flat, poiished version of Metalcore, that is also out there and boring to me as well. I can see that your brain doesn’t agree with me. My brain is put off by to much distraction. That is why I don’t listen much to Prog and Djent-y music. I hope, I can get my point across.
This is the first time I have ever thought about this in depth. But I love it. This album reaction is challenging me and I like that.
But I agree:
This album is an absolute banger. I listened to it before I watched the video to refresh my memory and my thoughts around this album and my verdict was: Phenomenal.
And it gets even better with the lyrics on screen. It jumped up a few notches - from a 10 to 12+.
Through your perspective and explaination I could hear details, I hadn’t noticed before. They are hidden in plain sight (and not distracting at all to me). Good!
I can see now that Polaris and Currents are not similar. In my head the both have albums out that resonate with me on a top tier level. But I haven’t found an answer to the question, what I love about Polaris. (Now I’m gonna go back and listen to Polaris with my full attention). Maybe it is because I enjoy the -core genres very much. (Edit: Yes, it is the same energy that is created by different things musically.) Currents’ playfulness (in compairison to Polaris) is not distracting. Thanks for pointing out the unpredictability of this record.
I am more on the even side, you maybe on the odds side but we agree that it needs both to shine and to create the tension that our brains seek.
So, thank you, Drew, for this incredible experience. At first I was a little bit down but (because I love Polaris a lot). But you made your point and I agree with you to a certain degree. And the best part is: You know, when the lows are lower, the highs become even higher. This reaction is a perfect example. Thanks for sharing it with us.
I would love to suggest you more bands and albums but I am not sure, if this will satisfy your brain.
- Caliban (German Metalcore band, around for a long time), The Opposite From Within (2004) - it is old school Metalcore.
- Ill Nino, US Metalcore with strong latino influences. Earlier albums like Revolution, Confession or One Nation Underground would be my picks.
I don’t know, if they have a chance to win a patreon poll, since both are 2000 music. But I leave them here, just in case you need something to react to.
I don’t have the money to subscribe to your Patreon on a monthly basis. So, I end this here and hope that some more albums I enjoy, get reacted to. I saw Allt on one of the polls. I am looking forward to this reaction. Cheers!
What a comment - so much to digest but I took it all in my man.
Appreciate how much effort went into that. That’s the beauty of these videos! At the end of the day, it’s all just opinions & they vary over time. I’m yet to go back to that Polaris album, but it was by no means a ‘bad’ album, it just didn’t click with me instantly like other records have(case in point; this album)
As for the requests, I’m currently on the mission to get through all of the current(pun not intended, lol) ones we have running. But, the massive positive to all of this is that I’m not going anywhere and time is on our side my man.
Again, appreciate the love & don’t stress about the Patreon membership bro. Comments like that are more than enough, much love my man❤️❤️
Worlds longest comment...if that's what you call it!!!
"Better Days" is phenomal. One of the best songs ever for me, that's for sure. "The Death of Peace of Mind" is probably the 2nd.
My favorite album of all time ❤. The feelings it gives me. Uncomparable
This album will be forever one of my favorites of all time. I love how at the end of Better Days everything comes together (clean guitars, distorted guitars, clean vocals, scream vocals), all of it comes together to close the album.
This video literally got me into Currents.
I wasn't really big on them after hearing "The Place I Feel Safest"
I think i only liked "Apnea" so.. after hearing this i've changed my mind.
Better days is probably top 10 songs ever. Such a banger
This album was my introduction to Currents back when it dropped, and it ended up on my top 3 album of the year for 2020. I went back and listen to their earlier albums and I allmost love "The place I feel safest" more then this... Allmost. :) Good video, Drew. Keep em commin
Make them suffer - how to survive a funeral....cmooooon
You have no idea how happy this made me. I love this album to death and watching you react so positively to every song was awesome.
Christ it’s been a while since I’ve heard this album, ngl I got a little emotional when never there started. I know this is gonna be a fun video ✌🏾
Enjoy the ride bro, incredible album❤️🔥
You know the music's good when you get up from your chair!.. LOL love this album reaction! Put it on my playlist as well. cheers
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I subbed for the COD4 montage reference, I can totally see what you were explaining lmfao
This is my favorite band got me through a lot of hard times and this album means a lot to me I’m glad you enjoyed them too man
Recently discovered Currents. (I’m a hermit, lol) I’m going through a bad breakup and my god this album has helped in more ways I can even count.
Thank you Drew for doing Currents and this incredible album. They are a special band. Love your emotion and joy in the reaction. God bless and rock on, from Sweden!!
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I wish someone reacted to their Life//Lost EP cause it fucking rips!
Let Me Leave is my personal favourite to this day, glad you liked it too
LOL that montage bit was GREAT, I could 100% see it used back in the day
First time I heard the outro of let me leave I replayed it like 5 times and told a bunch of my friends to listen to that song specifically. One of the best outros I've ever heard.
I bought a 7 string just to learn the ending riff of Let me Leave (that and the new Lorna Shore album), but that song just scratches an itch never before found
i think it’s time for Before I Turns Lovelorn album. it’s got beautiful metal core cleans and nasty brutal heavy parts. it all has this overcast of beauty and darkness at the same time. i think you’ll def enjoy it
YES PLEASE
I agree. Great album, great band
Holy shit yes!! I found this album like 6 months ago and it instantly became one of my favorite of all time, I can't believe they aren't more popular.
Drew, I think you'll love it, it's unpredictable and imaginative, I'm sure you'll find a lot to love
Ayee!! Lovelorn is such a good album
Claustrophobic is probably my favorite from them but lovelorn would be huge!
Thank you man. this video made me revisit this album and upon relistening it went from a pretty cool album to one of my favourite albums of all time
Randomly came across this in my recommended, and Currents has been my favorite band since Life // Lost but listening to this whole album start to finish and hearing all your reactions made me feel like I was listening to it for the first time again. It doesn’t matter how many times I listen to it, Currents just knows how to make music that hits EVERYTHING just right, the feels in the lyrics, the djentiness, the breakdowns, everything. God I love this band
If you like deathcore you should totally check out Shadow of Intent. Chris Wiseman of Currents also plays guitar and writes music for that band and they KICK ASS
How I Fall Apart was my most-listened to song of last year.
BRO the call of duty montage comparison give you a new sub that was my child hood and early teenage years. Literally spot on Currents are on the up and up so excited to see them live
hahahaha, love it man - thanks for the sub
I’m one of the dinks that figured you wouldn’t like it as much because of your reaction to the Death of Me. I couldn’t be happier to be wrong for atleast this one. You helped me stay on the treadmill today because it was so enjoying to see this album loved.
I’m late to this comment! Hahaha love it man. I’ll invoice you for that PT session ;)
dude i love ur passion
Man i love currents. I saw them open for fit for a king in 2019 and was going in blind to them. After the show i binged their songs and have loved them since
Same thing happened to me. Now they Are my favorite band !
So glad I found this video in my recommended... "The Way it Ends" has been my favorite album since it's release and I think watching you listen to this for the first time reminds me of my first listen. The album for me is like a book or a movie, everything flows from start to finish and it just makes sense. You can't take one song out, you can't change order of a song, this album was so well crafted. The feeling in the first half, djenty riffs and breakdowns, then kill the ache is a heavier ballad leading into let me leave... perfection. The last 2 songs are by far the highlight for me. How I fall Apart could have easily been the album closer, but they jump right back in with Better Days and how after the bridge the riff gets layered with a breakdown layered with the clean chorus layered with the screaming prechorus as it all culminates into an end is simply perfect. 10/10
Just want to say thank you for remaining authentic with your “reactions”. I’ve noticed a lot of reactors I’ve followed stopped being genuine with their reactions once they gained a following. They try to “sell” their reactions with this stupid front that’s so fake because they never acted like that with their old stuff and now all of a sudden are because they’ve gained a following. And then they like every single thing they react to. And it’s just so fake just to please an audience. But you’ve remained genuine and for that - thank you! You’ve become my favorite and most anticipated “reactor”. And you’ll probably never see this but that’s cool. Lol
ERRA - Augment album
You thought wrong 😈
Thank you bro, that’s a lovely comment to read - nice to know people appreciate the attempt to remain authentic❤️
Lmao respect for the dedication to the bit about 360 no scoping xD Great reaction and album!
Man I told you, I'm so happy now! I dont even know anymore under which Video or Community post I mentioned them but you def saw it and also liked and replied... But then week after week they werent even in the poll but now BOOM first week in the poll, instantly won... Very nice
Appreciate you bro, doesn’t go unnoticed ❤️🔥
@@DrewFortune97 thank you ❤️🔥 really appreciate it! Btw i didnt really care for the Polaris album either 😅 but The way it ends basically completely filled my Spotify top songs of 2020 haha
YES YES YES!!!! Absolutely one of the best albums I’ve ever heard, regardless of genre. The vocalist is awesome and everyone else on the best if fucking talented. And don’t even get me started on Better Days, my fucking god I wish I could listen to that song for the first time again, it blew me the fuck away, excuse my language, I just got hyped remembering that. Awesome video like always Drew, keep killing it man, love ya ❤️
Love bro
I’ve watched this video and the one for “the place I feel safest” by them at least 10 times a piece and I just realized my favorite song on each record is the one you say “this chorus is going to hit so much harder” on the second time around. And besides living in tragedy on the new record, remember me is my favorite.
Yeah that riff in Better Days is absolutely fucking mindblowing. Was probably one of my top 3 riffs of 2020 together with the final breakdown in Monarch by Invent, Animate.
Also there's a lot more of that kind of riffs in Currents' first full length. First example that comes to mind to me is the second verse in Shattered.
Just thought of this, in terms of replayability and being "satisfying", you have to check out Fit For An Autopsy. Honestly any one from their last 4 albums is amazing.
Yes, yes! This album is 10 out of 10. What an hour. Thank you for your reaction.
Little late to the party, but the way you expressed how you felt about the outro for Let Me Leave is... I have no words. I feel the exact same. It's literally the perfect riff! All of their albums are like 50% of what I listen to anymore. Incredible band. Please check out Life // Lost. It's nothing like the newer stuff, no singing, but it's so damn good!
FFFFFF YEAH!
this is the one I was most excited about for you to go thru :D LFG
Better Days 10/10 song! Good reaction brother
I love thier newest album but this made a sound that i think ill be listening to until i die
This album has gotten me through so much in the last few years. I consistently love every single track. Currents is one of those bands that hits you deep and i love them for it.
Thank you very much man, that was my suggestion too. hehe
Hahaha, watching your reaction to “Monsters” was priceless. I had pretty much the same journey
You should check out Structures- Divided By. 2011 album, but is one of the meanest albums ever. Way beyond it's time
when i discovered this album and this band i had a quick scan through their discography, and I thought the album and song titles were awesome, but didn't think too much of it. I noticed that the album before the way it ends is called "The Place I Feel Safest", and listening to the opening track of this album never there, I heard the lyric "Because the place that I feel safest, it was never there, never there at all". that's when i knew that this band is something special. chills
Watching you just sit with the end of Better Days as it unfolds is hilarious and relatable. It's like "Jesus Christ, hold on! this is too much!"
The Place I Feel safest is straight up in my top 6 albums of all time and while it took me a few listens to really vibe with this album it definetly grew on me a ton and ended up being in my top three albums of 2020. Can't wait for the next album.
Yes!!! Really glad you liked this one Drew, easily one of my favorite metalcore albums too (and maybe one of my all time favorites overall). Currents is such an amazing band, really recommend their other albums and the new single "The Death We Seek" (Cant wait for their next one).
And I really do agree with your vision about Currents and Polaris, such distinct bands and I didnt really understood why other people were putting them in the same "basket". Dont get me wrong, I think Polaris is amazing and I listen to "The Death of Me" from time to time because is such an energetic album. But Currents in general has a much more complex approach to their music in general, and their riffage reminds me a lot of Keaton Goldwire writing too (Invent Animate lead guitarist, wainting patiently for you to react to their album "Greyview", the riffs in this album are stellar).
Besides that, thanks for the great reaction! I hope you keep exploring these newer albums, there have been some amazing stuff being put out in recent years.
Between Shadow of Intent and Currents, even Our Eternity, Chris Wiseman is a fucking genius
I keep coming back to watch this video because this album was just crazy fucking good
I actually listened to both "The Way it Ends" and "The Death of Me" in the past 10 days because they weren't on Apple Music in my country so I had to find them in other ways, and I agree with you 100% when you say that this album is much better, and I really liked "The Death of Me" as well.
It's just that Currents' album has this specific atmosphere all throughout while being diverse. It's hard to put it into words but it's just a step above in songwriting and structure.
However, I have to say that I loved "Masochist" sooo much as a track, the riff leading to the bridge and then the powerful emotional screams with the guitar in the background always get me.
Also, please listen to Lovelorn by Before I Turn! I find it similar to this album, and it's soooo good and underrated
Love this band, lyrics are amazing too! Can't wait for The Death We Seek!
Honestly best album ever from start to finish. No bad song at all everyone is a banger. Seeing the joy on your face from listening to how I fall apart and better days is just how I felt as well
I had the absolute pleasure of a life time being able to see Currents in concert a few weeks ago. If you ever get a chance to see them, do it!!
Yesssssss. Currents is currently my favorite right now. They are an amazing band, so hyped you are reacting to this.
Currents will always be S+ tier. They are just on a whole different level from most other bands.
My god two more likes and it'll hit 1000! Damn I hope you'll check out the place I feel safest when it happens
Man this album is a lot better than "The Death we Seek", this has so much more emotion
I like the Death we Seek but yeah, this one’s my fav by them. Lots of emotion
Best metalcore album i've heard since 2005
Remember Me changed my life man. Tbat shit just rips at your heart strings
25:30 YOOOO, you were there for the grizz era too? you had grizz, small beans, zerkaa, toy soldiier... i miss that man. i miss that so much
Going on an 8 hour road trip tomorrow, I was planning on listening to full albums front to back and this just made the list.
Ive been listening to 5-6 songs off this album for 2 years now consistently but i never realised how good “origins”, “Let Me Leave” and “How i fall Apart are.” Sometimes with certain bands im bad with going through albums and choosing the songs i like and never going back but i love how i basically found some new songs from an album ive already loved for years. Its a cool experience. Great reaction as always! Id love to see you go through more ERRA albums or maybe check out some August Burns Red because they are to Metalcore what Vildhjarta is to Thall, ABR is arguably the greatest metalcore band of all time.
Thnxs Bro, this álbum is super important to me
Saw them live back in 2019 with Northlane and Erra. Currents is super dope man! This album is full of so much emotion. 🙏🏻
Currents is legit the best metalcore band imo man! Also the Guitarist Chris Wiseman is the guitarist for Shadow of intent an also writes all the music for Both Currents and Shadow of Intent
Currents, ERRA and WCAR have always been my top 3 for life
The singer you're thinking about while listening to Let Me Leave is definetly Rise Against's singer!!! I've always though the same!
As someone with crippling depression songs like how I fall apart and better days live rent free in my head.
In my top 10 of favorite bands figured you would fall in love lol.
Ayeee my favorite band in metalcore, sick review
The COD montage bit got me.
I had to date-check myself because I pictured those montages with old Amity Afflication tracks but the game came out 3 years before their first album. Same energy.
Literally my favorite album of 2020
11/18/2023 and I’m still playing this entire album on repeat. Absolutely fucking disgusting!!! Masterpiece
This album is similar to a confused person lost in the woods at night. At one point, the person hears a roar echo in the forest. Upon looking in the direction of the roar, a giant wild beast appears and starts to run towards the lost person at an unnaturally fast speed, destroying trees and boulders on its way. The person has only enough time to feel an ill mixture of primal fear and surprise before the beast makes its way to them, grabbing them in one of their hands, big enough to ragdoll the entire body of the lost adult. The person feels slight pain on their sides from being squeezed, and for a short moment, they are able to look directly at the beast, as it holds them on its hand. The beast is suffering, with tears on their eyes and a mortified expression. The beast also appears to be mortally wounded, with a big, gaping wound on its chest. For a short moment, the lost person and the beast stare at each other eye to eye, just to be dropped down to the floor. The beast then takes a few steps back and proceeds to have a violent breakdown, falling to its knees, hitting the floor with both its fists. The beast convulses and shakes a couple more times before collapsing down to the floor and finally dying with a soaring, ear piercing roar.
This is what i feel this album feels like.
Monster probably my favorite song by these guys. But also I thought that The Place I Feel Safest was overall a bit better of an album. And I LOVED this one!