The message of self growth in the whole “Mirror to Mirror” and “Face to Face” is genuinely my favorite concept of any album, I can’t help my cry my eyes out when it gets to that instrumental climax in Famous Prophets (Stars). Face To Face perfectly captures the inner growth of overcoming that huge emotional hurdle in your teens or early adulthood.
beach life-in-death is such a perfect song, the 13 minutes feel so cohesive and entertaining. when listening to it again now, i had a little realization about he last lines, the ocean washed over/open your grave. i understand them as a mental challenge you face a tough breakup. the ocean is your thoughts and your mind, the grave is memory of the person you we're in love with, getting over the emotional struggle is wave of wanting to move on from the loss, and when washing open the grave, you remember all the memories you have and how the person made you feel. a wound refusing to close. idk im just high
him saying "your body could fall apart at any second" could also be him reliving a memory he has of his lover, if he stops thinking about it, the memory will be gone and the reality of him being alone again sinks in.
6:28 you say the lyrics aren’t right, it’s cause there’s 2 versions of this album, you’re listening to the newer re-recorded one (face to face). The original from 2011 (mirror to mirror) has the lyrics you’re reading on screen, for some reason some of the songs Spotify just never updated the new lyrics for
This album got me thru high school, I have to take like a year long break between listens of it because its so visceral like you said. Such a powerful and impactful album, one of my favorites
The drums throughout the climaxes of each song help me feel every punch. And will toledos voice is so angsty, monotone, and depressing that it feels relatable to me. It ironically adds so much genuine emotion to every song on this album
As for the mismatched lyrics in some songs, it is because this is the 2018 remake, and Spotify at the time you listened to this didn't update some the lyrics and used the ones from the 2011 original album
This is the first album you've covered that I also haven't heard yet that I've really wanted to dig into on my own. It's gonna be a great soundtrack for my new tattoo session now.
As an indietronica enthusiast I think an essential record is This is Happening by LCD Soundsystem, my favourite album of all time personally and something you'd definitely enjoy
Tracklist ;p 0:31 - My Boy - Twin Fantasy 2:51 - Beach Life-In-Death 9:30 - Stop Smoking (We Love You) 10:25 - Sober to Death 13:07 - Nervous Young Inhumans 15:44 - Bodys 19:02 - Cute Thing 21:54 - High To Death 25:11 - Famous Prophets (Stars) 30:02 - Twin Fantasy (Those Boys) Nice reaction man, keep it up :D
I always come back to this video bc I love it sm :) so enjoyable to hear you really listen to the music and to make your own interpretations. ty man you are a blessing
hearing him say "facts" to "i think evil is created by others to avoid dealing with their own problems" is so funny. thats like the absolute opposite message it was trying to portray. i'm not dogging him or anything i was confused about that line at first too. if your reading this will(the lead vocalist) has said in an interview "you are most succeptible to evil when you dont believe in it". also evil does exist and their called conservatives and nazis.
I would very much reccomend the album Repeater by Fugazi. Or 13 songs. Or just any fugazi album, but Repeater or 13 songs are the best introductions to them in my opinion. Also your channel is awesome. Good selection of albums and really great commentary. Keep it up dude.
Listen to Swans, but not the new one. The new album has references to previous albums, so I'd recommend listening to the Trilogy (The Seer, To Be Kind, and The Glowing Man) and Leaving Meaning before diving into the new album, The Beggar
Love your reactions dog. Super transparent and raw and give a fresh new perspective to these albums that I have yet to witness before. Appreciate what you do! Imma spitfire a few reqs maybe you could check ‘em out sometime! - 4eva is a Mighty Long Time by Big KRIT - Lateralus by TOOL - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by Smashing Pumpkins - Mezzanine by Massive Attack - BBNG2 by BADBADNOTGOOD - Around the Fur by Deftones - Slide by George Clanton
You should listen to Parannoul's "To See The Next Part Of The Dream" if you haven't already! Different Story but a similar energy to this one I would say :)
I would love to see a reaction to Third Eye Blind's self-titled debut. The band is mainly only known for two songs but that album is a masterpiece. A turbulent emotional journey imo. I was just chilling outside on a bench yesterday listening to it and I got so lost into the music.
You should definitely listen to teens of denial they are definitely companion pieces Plus u should listen to the original version of this album they are really neat reflections of each other
a lot of people (real) have been saying that you should react to come in by weatherday. it gets compared to this album a lot but I think its more of a Death grips comparison to any experimental hip hop artist type of comparison. Anyway would be cool if you checked it out :)
29:40 sorry to totally spam your comment section btw, this is the one song where I feel you kinda missed the mark of what it’s about, still your interpretation isn’t completely wrong (and mine obviously isn’t completely right), but he doesn’t wanna end up back together with her (Cate Wurtz, the ex who this whole album is about, she is transgender and when this album was written still identified as male) but rather the whole song and specifically the stars version is all about acceptance of a breakup and a lack of regret for the relationship. The metaphor of the Pain Star & of the mirror breaking kinda go hand in hand, this version of the album is called face to face while the older version is mirror to mirror, because in this newer version he’s able to look himself his feelings in the face rather than obstructing them with the reflection of the mirror. It’s a metaphor for growing up, as is confirmed by the ending speech (which is Bible verses Corithians 8-13) about childhood and growing up, the shattering of the mirror is now being able to see things clearly and realizing this was NOT an ideal relationship. He was only 18 when this album first released, wrote a lot of the songs when he was 17, he was a teenager through this relationship, and the breaking of the mirror represents maturity and outgrowing it, looking at it face to face. The deal with the Pain Star though, is a bit different but similar, the Pain Star shows up in Cate Wurtz comic series “lamezone” in a section inspired by a dream, where the character describes having a pain star entering the house. It only comes once every thousand or so years, incredibly rare, and if you touch it you’re met with the most inexplicable overwhelming pain ever, but only for a split second, then it’s gone forever. The character says he does not regret touching the pain star as it was such a unique and rare experience, even if it caused him pain. This parallels the relationship Will and Cate had, and in the song Will is saying that even though the relationship caused him pain and suffering, he wouldn’t miss it for the world. In the original album, the pain star & mirror metaphor aren’t included, but the reason they’re included in the re-recording 7 years later is because they represent maturity, knowledge, a lack of regret, and moving on.
why say he missed the mark on it if you admit that he's not entirely wrong and you're not entirely right? you could've just delivered your own personal interpretation on it's own instead. while i do agree with you for most of this there is also kind of no reason to dig into will's personal life here, and while it is public info, it's still sort of uncomfortable to namedrop her as will has gone out of his way not to after the negative response to the namedrop in minds (see: the second to last part of the vinyl version of life worth missing)
i loved this reaction, i think you didn't fully grasp the concept of high to death though, i'd really reccomend cardinal west's video on the song, it's great :>
You mention the lyrics aren't right. I haven't read other comments so someone might have told you. But they are from the original version of this album from 2011. So far this video is really cool.
please listen to Jon Hopkins Singularity! Electronic Tech-House goodness from your producers favorite producer. Big fan of your channel :) hope you blow up
i heard alot of shit talk abt car seat headrest (mostly from interpol fans, funny enough!) and this is my first time listening to them (i think) but they arent too bad! i gotta recommend the great annihilator by swans, or really any swans album at this point because alot of them are great….
I really liked your reaction and if you want a sort of continuation of the story there is another album about grieving the same relationship in this one and since you liked the twin fantasy I recommend you give it a try! the name is monomania and it's soooo good :))) hope you like it!!
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my fav part by far was "shout out to the submarine, that's tragic" and then a cutoff immediately to the song 💀
The message of self growth in the whole “Mirror to Mirror” and “Face to Face” is genuinely my favorite concept of any album, I can’t help my cry my eyes out when it gets to that instrumental climax in Famous Prophets (Stars). Face To Face perfectly captures the inner growth of overcoming that huge emotional hurdle in your teens or early adulthood.
i bought vinyl for this album around the time it came about because i liked the art. later i was sobbing to famous prophets
beach life-in-death is such a perfect song, the 13 minutes feel so cohesive and entertaining. when listening to it again now, i had a little realization about he last lines, the ocean washed over/open your grave. i understand them as a mental challenge you face a tough breakup. the ocean is your thoughts and your mind, the grave is memory of the person you we're in love with, getting over the emotional struggle is wave of wanting to move on from the loss, and when washing open the grave, you remember all the memories you have and how the person made you feel. a wound refusing to close. idk im just high
time truly heals you my friend
him saying "your body could fall apart at any second" could also be him reliving a memory he has of his lover, if he stops thinking about it, the memory will be gone and the reality of him being alone again sinks in.
this shit acc makes sense
It feels like five different songs in the BEST way possible
bro is high to death
he captures teenage angst in such a special and relatable way
6:28 you say the lyrics aren’t right, it’s cause there’s 2 versions of this album, you’re listening to the newer re-recorded one (face to face). The original from 2011 (mirror to mirror) has the lyrics you’re reading on screen, for some reason some of the songs Spotify just never updated the new lyrics for
Arguably the best rock album of gen-z
ever
Will is a Millenial buddy
@@ethan2k297the audience is mainly zoomers tbf
@@Waltar100 true, but i’m a zoomer and I feel like our best contribution so far is anything jane remover
@@ethan2k297 black country⁉️⁉️
i love car seat headrest, you need to hear how to leave town and teens of denial next
I HATE CAR SEAT HEADREST!!!
@@DiamondMan-bb4ibi love you viscerally
i love this, i’m obsessed with this album rn and living vicariously thru other ppls reactions are giving me life rn
:)
oh most definitely i kept thrashing around through this entire watch
i love beach life in death because it’s as spontaneous and as all over the place as our minds, it’s constantly going up and down and up and down
how is bro so consistent
im a robot
This album got me thru high school, I have to take like a year long break between listens of it because its so visceral like you said. Such a powerful and impactful album, one of my favorites
that’s how i feel every time i listen to My Boy. love that song.
The drums throughout the climaxes of each song help me feel every punch. And will toledos voice is so angsty, monotone, and depressing that it feels relatable to me. It ironically adds so much genuine emotion to every song on this album
Nah, another masterpiece on the world renowned Smags Reaction Channel. You spoil us.
As for the mismatched lyrics in some songs, it is because this is the 2018 remake, and Spotify at the time you listened to this didn't update some the lyrics and used the ones from the 2011 original album
This is the first album you've covered that I also haven't heard yet that I've really wanted to dig into on my own. It's gonna be a great soundtrack for my new tattoo session now.
The idea expressed by that woman, that her work is something of the past fits pretty well since its a remake of wills 2011 twin fantasy
As an indietronica enthusiast I think an essential record is This is Happening by LCD Soundsystem, my favourite album of all time personally and something you'd definitely enjoy
if we're going indietronica then you might as well throw in give up by the postal service because that one's a masterpiece.
@@lemmmakestunes8312 real
i second LCD soundsystem
@@lemmmakestunes8312I was going to say that and either Details by Frou Frou or Ellipse by Imogen Heap (of Frou Frou)
Ohhhh man yes please
man wills vocals are so incredible. i don’t wanna say he’s underrated but i don’t feel like people talk about how transcendent this music is
‘All of a sudden I miss everyone’ by Explosions in the Sky, 2007 post rock album, their sound is amazing, highly recommend
Dude, I've been binge watching all your videos, great stuff! Greetings from Brazil
Tracklist ;p
0:31 - My Boy - Twin Fantasy
2:51 - Beach Life-In-Death
9:30 - Stop Smoking (We Love You)
10:25 - Sober to Death
13:07 - Nervous Young Inhumans
15:44 - Bodys
19:02 - Cute Thing
21:54 - High To Death
25:11 - Famous Prophets (Stars)
30:02 - Twin Fantasy (Those Boys)
Nice reaction man, keep it up :D
Thank You!
I always come back to this video bc I love it sm :) so enjoyable to hear you really listen to the music and to make your own interpretations. ty man you are a blessing
Thank You!
One of the few albums I know every single word to
It's a deeply queer and furry album about growing up and i fucking love it
This Smags guy really just be reviewing all of my favorite albums
my favourite album of all time, listen to teens of denial also
I love your personality and reactions, lmao. Love car seat headrest and this is probably my favorite reaction to them I’ve seen
im rewatching this video for like the 6th time this year bc you are legit the only person who wants to listen to this album with me so thank you dawg
perfection in an album def top 3 albums oat for me
hearing him say "facts" to "i think evil is created by others to avoid dealing with their own problems" is so funny. thats like the absolute opposite message it was trying to portray. i'm not dogging him or anything i was confused about that line at first too. if your reading this will(the lead vocalist) has said in an interview "you are most succeptible to evil when you dont believe in it". also evil does exist and their called conservatives and nazis.
15:48 best part of the video by far
How to Leave Town is a masterpiece but Teens of Style is a great collection to hear the early stuff.
Great reaction. Great album. Saw them live. Great stuff.
Love you so much for reacting to this, all ur vids are so fun
My favorite song is by far sober to death, I can’t stop listening to it and it doesn’t ever get old
Car Seat Headrest are damn good.
I would very much reccomend the album Repeater by Fugazi. Or 13 songs. Or just any fugazi album, but Repeater or 13 songs are the best introductions to them in my opinion.
Also your channel is awesome. Good selection of albums and really great commentary. Keep it up dude.
famous prophets is the most underrated song on this album for sure
Listen to Swans, but not the new one. The new album has references to previous albums, so I'd recommend listening to the Trilogy (The Seer, To Be Kind, and The Glowing Man) and Leaving Meaning before diving into the new album, The Beggar
Brothers acting like it's lotr level of lore
I really love car seat headrest, and this album. Glad you enjoyes it!
someone else already suggested but This is Happening by lcd soundsystem would be so fantastic
i think beach life-in-death is truly one of the best songs of all time
Love your reactions dog. Super transparent and raw and give a fresh new perspective to these albums that I have yet to witness before. Appreciate what you do!
Imma spitfire a few reqs maybe you could check ‘em out sometime!
- 4eva is a Mighty Long Time by Big KRIT
- Lateralus by TOOL
- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by Smashing Pumpkins
- Mezzanine by Massive Attack
- BBNG2 by BADBADNOTGOOD
- Around the Fur by Deftones
- Slide by George Clanton
You should listen to Parannoul's "To See The Next Part Of The Dream" if you haven't already! Different Story but a similar energy to this one I would say :)
I LOVE CAR SEAT HEADREST
I would love to see a reaction to Third Eye Blind's self-titled debut. The band is mainly only known for two songs but that album is a masterpiece. A turbulent emotional journey imo. I was just chilling outside on a bench yesterday listening to it and I got so lost into the music.
I LOVE THE REACTION LOVE IT LOVE IT !!!! !!!!!
What the hell do you even say about an album like this, like I was speechless for a full hour
The initial "this person's kinda weird!" like yeah
Listen to 'For the first time ' by bcnr
You should definitely listen to teens of denial they are definitely companion pieces
Plus u should listen to the original version of this album they are really neat reflections of each other
thx for covering this one, this is one of the records that got me through quarantine :3 you should give blue rev by alvvays a listen!
a lot of people (real) have been saying that you should react to come in by weatherday. it gets compared to this album a lot but I think its more of a Death grips comparison to any experimental hip hop artist type of comparison. Anyway would be cool if you checked it out :)
I second this!!
29:40 sorry to totally spam your comment section btw, this is the one song where I feel you kinda missed the mark of what it’s about, still your interpretation isn’t completely wrong (and mine obviously isn’t completely right), but he doesn’t wanna end up back together with her (Cate Wurtz, the ex who this whole album is about, she is transgender and when this album was written still identified as male) but rather the whole song and specifically the stars version is all about acceptance of a breakup and a lack of regret for the relationship. The metaphor of the Pain Star & of the mirror breaking kinda go hand in hand, this version of the album is called face to face while the older version is mirror to mirror, because in this newer version he’s able to look himself his feelings in the face rather than obstructing them with the reflection of the mirror. It’s a metaphor for growing up, as is confirmed by the ending speech (which is Bible verses Corithians 8-13) about childhood and growing up, the shattering of the mirror is now being able to see things clearly and realizing this was NOT an ideal relationship. He was only 18 when this album first released, wrote a lot of the songs when he was 17, he was a teenager through this relationship, and the breaking of the mirror represents maturity and outgrowing it, looking at it face to face. The deal with the Pain Star though, is a bit different but similar, the Pain Star shows up in Cate Wurtz comic series “lamezone” in a section inspired by a dream, where the character describes having a pain star entering the house. It only comes once every thousand or so years, incredibly rare, and if you touch it you’re met with the most inexplicable overwhelming pain ever, but only for a split second, then it’s gone forever. The character says he does not regret touching the pain star as it was such a unique and rare experience, even if it caused him pain. This parallels the relationship Will and Cate had, and in the song Will is saying that even though the relationship caused him pain and suffering, he wouldn’t miss it for the world. In the original album, the pain star & mirror metaphor aren’t included, but the reason they’re included in the re-recording 7 years later is because they represent maturity, knowledge, a lack of regret, and moving on.
why say he missed the mark on it if you admit that he's not entirely wrong and you're not entirely right? you could've just delivered your own personal interpretation on it's own instead. while i do agree with you for most of this there is also kind of no reason to dig into will's personal life here, and while it is public info, it's still sort of uncomfortable to namedrop her as will has gone out of his way not to after the negative response to the namedrop in minds (see: the second to last part of the vinyl version of life worth missing)
i loved this reaction, i think you didn't fully grasp the concept of high to death though, i'd really reccomend cardinal west's video on the song, it's great :>
Certified banger
Deltron 3030 reaction would be sick!
You mention the lyrics aren't right. I haven't read other comments so someone might have told you. But they are from the original version of this album from 2011. So far this video is really cool.
Just finished the video. Love to see someone discover this album. Its such an impactful story and I'm glad you liked it. :) Brilliant vic
please listen to Jon Hopkins Singularity! Electronic Tech-House goodness from your producers favorite producer. Big fan of your channel :) hope you blow up
love your reaction
You gotta listen to the album congratulations by MGMT
teens of denial next please!!
You’d shit your pants reacting to Elliott smith anyways love your videos
Depressed 17 year old writes personal and cryptic lyrics with so much emotion that he puts most rock albums to shame
Heaven or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins
listen to a moon shaped pool
YESSS
yay
He's right, who is William ?
Will(-iam) Toledo, Mr car seat headrest himself
@@12sleep34 bahaha dont worry I was kinding I knew that
@@12sleep34cool username
Car Seat Headrest ruined my life!!! (and saved me)
i heard alot of shit talk abt car seat headrest (mostly from interpol fans, funny enough!) and this is my first time listening to them (i think) but they arent too bad!
i gotta recommend the great annihilator by swans, or really any swans album at this point because alot of them are great….
ermm its actually just 1 guy
@@solartea_not anymore
twin fantasy mirror to mirror ruined my life
Furry Toledo
please do trick by alex g
I really liked your reaction and if you want a sort of continuation of the story there is another album about grieving the same relationship in this one and since you liked the twin fantasy I recommend you give it a try! the name is monomania and it's soooo good :))) hope you like it!!
If you liked this band, you may enjoy a turkish group called “büyük ev ablukada” all 3 of the albums are great I recommend them a lot :))
self promo like this is lame as hell
@@olal9904 this is not self promo but go off you i guess
@@olal9904it isn’t self promo, and who cares if it was ?
my friend PLEASE listen to Twenty Twenty by Djo. Transformative.
gay dogs album!!!!!!!!
Listening to serotonin ii by yeule (人 •͈ᴗ•͈)
Fourth
Mr. Consistent back at it 😊
the only bad thing about this album is inhuman
the rest are perfect 💀
Nervous Young Inhumans is so fucking good
I hate furries.
also me:
This guy is a furry btw 😂
so
WHO IS FEEDING THIS MAN ALL THIS INSUFFERABLE MUSIC 😭 😭‼️
Your banner is perfect for your arrogant ass 😂