People mention how in sync the bass and drummer are but the thing that really impresses me outside of Tim's guitar playing is the drummer's use of "negative space" - all the places he rests really add dramatic effect.

As a guy who’s poured 12 hours over the past 2 days to learn the first 20 seconds of this song at a little above half speed…I can tell you those 16th note triplet harmonic resolutions are no joke.

5:40 - I watched a documentary about Tim Henson and it had this anectode: A friend of Tim's asked him how he was so good at guitar. Tim said, "Practice". The friend said, "How much do you practice?" Tim said, "I don't know, like 12 hours per day."

Gonna be one hell of a ride once O.D. makes the rounds for your dive into the Polyphia rabbit-hole lol. Hella fun watching someone else experience these guys for the first time again, subscribed!

As a guitarist, I can firmly say that the "bridge" (the Bass/Drum duet) is my favorite part of this song. haha

Trust me bro, from Polyphia's first albumn to latest albumn their all songs are bangers...I swear!!!

The song "Yas" is another fun one. Great reactions, dude.

yes, same bass player. Bass and drummer are both named Clay, fyi. agreed, the band is tight and technically amazing. TBH though, at least in the videos...it is the production quality and editing that is so OP. Really glad you're diggin this Tony!

Loved seeing you notice the triplet (?) figure the drummer did. That's easily one of my favorite moments of the whole song. The use of space in this track is absolutely incredible.

One of the coolest live bands I’ve ever seen. I was into them, but I didn’t go to see them. They stole the whole entire show. They know how to get a crowd dancing.

Gotta love a band that is skilled enough to shock and amaze professionals as well as lure in the casuals with the same playing.

Man I love watching you react , found your channel recently and you’re one of the best for it ! You actually know what you’re talking about with music , mixing and production and because of that you give some awesome insight .the way you catch the tiny little details like the bassist and drummer lining up ! Polyphia truly is peak musicianship and has really been able to create something special in their tone . I think Tim and Scott are truly taking guitar into a new realm . I feel like guitar hasn’t been this changed up since evh made tapping famous

There are 'Making of...' videos on Tims channel where he breaks down how he wrote a song. He has one for GOAT, you may have found it already. I heard these guys for the first time a few weeks ago and still going down the rabbit hole.👌

I've never seen someone use a pick while simultaneously finger-picking.

It's always super fun getting blown away by a band. It's just about as fun to show it to a friend and watch their mind get blown. Then, needing to fill that hole, there is yet more pleasure to be found in seeing the work you praise earn the respect of subject matter experts. Thank you for validating my taste. These are the only reactions I really care about. Charismatic Voice and Geebz are my other go-tos. Subscribing here now.

Polyphia dropped a track called 'Ego Death' featuring Steve Vai!!!

I agree with the other commentors, OD, Look but Dont Touch, and 40 oz is great. I think Yas would also be great as it brings you to another great instrumental group in CHON! Also, Dance Gavin Dance Synergy or Man of the Year tree city sessions would be a great react!

Very awesome and genuine reactions, this band is very killer with mixing genres and specially they are very strong with the instruments they are playing, good combination of awesome unquie players in one go!

Highly recommend O.D. and Yas. Loved this reaction and your overall vibe, keep em coming!

Loved your reaction. Such a sick song, so many pleasureable sounds.

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From a video production standpoint I've always loved how they're wearing black t-shirts in "heaven" and white t-shirts in "hell."

Ahhhh man.. the look of defeat as a guitar player at 2:12 is priceless. Because my reaction to this was the same.. it just ain’t fair 😂

Dude, i fucking love these guys. It just makes me feel like the 20 years of playing guitar was like futile lol. They're just soooo gooood

Yep, this is the first song I heard of theirs and I was hooked immediately. Then I looked them up and listened to everything they had released! Been following them ever since! Love your content and your reactions. Yes, you stop and rewind a lot but at least when you do it you add value to why you did by giving us something more you caught regarding some detail you picked up! You have a great ear for even the smallest details. I just laugh now when you do it because of your enthusiasm! Plus, most likely you are going to point out something I either missed or also geeked out on, lol! Glad I subscribed to you when you did your reaction to Playing God! I hope you do more reactions to Polyphia! They have lots of songs that are bangers!

I wish you were my band director in high school, I found Polyphia in 2016 which is the year I graduated and having any level of appreciation for guitar music or drums is really cool

Got to see this live not long ago.. mind blown

Hope you keep doing Polyphia. One of the most unique bands out there right now and they only get better and better with every release.

Nice reaction bro!

Just discovered your channel. Really enjoying your reactions and breakdowns. I definitely recommend the drum cams for Tool - Pneuma and Sleep Token - Hypnosis.

Henson said in an interview that it took him an hour to get the guitar down…..wild!

It is indeed 4 years of hair growth lol

Tim started on violin at a very young age, switched to guitar in his early teens. His mother is Chinese.

Oh man. Once you see their song O.D. You’re gonna lose your mind! I just found your videos but I really like your presence on camera and I’m working through your other videos now! But yes, please, definitely try O.D.!!

I wish I could hear this song again for the first time and relive the moment

They come from heaven bro🤘

Awesome reaction.

A song to listen to by these guys is definitely Loud off of The Most Hated. Totally different vibe, kinda like post boss battle type stuff, while still including their usual crazy playing style!

love music. and rap n rock are my favorites. So this is awesome for me. And a very smart idea to take rock guitar playing and have rap vibes and bass with. That's pretty awesome they do that. So being a guitar solo guy and loving rap n rock makes this perfect imo. No vocals just badass guitar playing and having a rap like vibe with it is great.

I played classical guitar since I was like 10 but in highschool band I started at bass but ended up in precussion cause of the lack of bass parts and my rampant adhd id just chill back there most of the time till they started giving me the timpany

Great reaction, I would suggest checking out their video for the song O.D. next!!

Yeah, right? Blows my mind. This is the tune I send my guitar playing friends. It’s so tight. I’ve seen live video-it’s the same. There are a lot of talented players out there and a lot of amazing bands. Have you checked out Maximum the Hormone? Try the song Alien first.

Dude 40oz is no joke either with the sweep lick, Tim also did a super in-depth video on how he builds beats like goat and O.D. On the computer

Some must watches are G.O.A.T, Goose, OD, Yas, and pretty much their entire New Levels New Devils and The Most Hated albums. They are truly amazing.

Gorgeous music...

They were featured in a track called ‘real’ by the unprocessed. Highly recommend you take a listen.

When you hear complex music and just laugh... you know it's good

Hei am from indonesia and your reaction so good😎🤘🔥

Cool reaction! If you like Polyphia you need to check out the band Unprocessed. Deadrose or Rain from them are super good. They also have a song called Real wich features Tim and Clay from Polyphia

You should try Periphery - Erised, it blew my mind when i first heard that

You should check out the playthrough by the band Intervals of their song, String Theory!

watching experts doing a perfect execution...

Since you are at it..."Yas" next please?

🔥🔥🔥

First reactor to catch rege rhythm. Nice.

They were The Most Hated Now The Most Loved To become The Most Legendary

Can’t wait until you come across O.D. & Goose!

I feel like Saucy is one of their under rated songs, Clay lays down one of the nastiest bass lines I have hear this side of les claypool.

Down the Polyphia rabbit hole you go. Check out 40 oz. Goose, OD, the entire New Levels, New Devils album, and when they blow your hair back just go for the ride man.

If you like Polyphia, a band you might like to react to is Asterism. A young mostly instrumental prog/metal trio from Fukuoka, Japan. The guitarist HAL-CA (pronounced either hal-ka or Haruka, her real name) and bassist Miyu are probably my favourites in their respective instruments at the moment. The drummer Mio is also no slouch. They have been writing and performing their own music on stage since they formed when Haruka and Miyu were 12, Mio 14. Their first album 'Ignition' was produced by Bootsy Collins after he found them on facebook when they were 15, 16 and 18yrs respectivly, and included Buckethead as a guest on a couple of tracks. A good, gentle, introduction would be the track 'Church' off their latest album 'Guernica +A' kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ptGZfrZzvZ6ugHU.html Another great track is is 'Dawn', imho the best version is kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNuBg9l6s7DHcWQ.html despite the not perfect quality of the video you really get to see Haruka play, and her fantastic stage presence.

I recommend Dance Gavin Dance Man of The Year is a good one to start with

When you get a chance..maybe do a reaction on their song "O.D"

You should listen to their really early stuff. This is the album where they found their current sound.

People who dont recognize the loon call is so funny to me as a canadian

There's a Swedish flamenco player who covered this song and probably served as the inspiration for them to pick up acoustics.

Not only is there so much more polyphia to check out, there's also Ichika. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eriWrcyl2beYh5c.html

Tim Henson makes me realize that, if I had to burn my guitars to stay warm, I'd be fine with it! And, if you want any firewood, let me know. 🙂

"Where are they from? Texas?" Gimme some of that water

Polyphia - Crush is highly underrated. :P

you need to react to od by polyphia.Belive me you will like the drum part a lot:)

Do Goose next!

probably helps Tim is always hybrid picking

Do blood moon and in the cut!

'look but don't touch' is another banger that has more of a metal edge (it's pretty heavy). The clip is hilarious aswell :D

Between Tim Hansen Polyphia. Tulson Abasi animals as leaders and Will Swan dance Gavin dance I am throwing my guitar away so much joy watching so much agony knowing no matter how fast I drive I’ll never catch that F1

I'm glad you like them so much 😊 always happy to introduce new music to people. Hope you check out more of their stuff.

Please do Paradise

Check out their song culture shock

10 sec in......throws guitar out window

Should listen to Nasty by them

Enjoy the discover of polyphia. You’ll be seeing a bunch of new stuff now lol.

4 years of hair growth haha

On the "bands that cover a lot of styles" I'm going to once again suggest Snarky Puppy. Really anything off their "We Like it Here" album/session is a great place to start for reactions. And Larnell Lewis is a monster on the kit.

Regarding how many hours it took to perfect... In one of his interviews, Tim actually answered this question, sort of. He said that the most it took him to perfect a piece was 2 hours. It wasn't about GOAT specifically, it was just a general question, something along the lines of "how many hours does it take for you to master something after writing it?" 2 hours. That dude is an alien, I'm telling you. It's humanly impossible to be this good haha

DO THEIR SONG OD!!!!!

Check out OD and 40oz as next tracks from Polyphia!

same bass player Tim Henson (guitar) Scott LePage (guitar) Clay Aeschliman (drums) Clay Gober (bass) tim also does a shitload of the production. scott is also criminally underrated

O. D.

The only guy to properly react to the drum at 5:07 👏👏👏

Would be really cool of you checked out The Jungle by Polyphia since there aren’t many reactions to it, a more melodic and completely different style compared to Goat or Playing God

Great reactions! Try O.D for brainfuck

PLEEEEEEEASE do 40oz by Polyphia

Surprisingly ( or not ), GOAT is comparatively easy to play compared to their other stuff like OD and 40Oz.

Seahawks!!!

please do yas

Not my style, but the guitar playing is excellent

The Prog Rock kings of the 21st century. 1:44 - "keyboard stuff"? Not sure but I think they just use 2 guitars, bass and drums.

If you like this technicality of musicianship, you will love the band Animals As Leaders. They are instrumental. The drummer is God tier, the guitarists are God tier, I recommend the song "CAFO" I promise you will be mind blown!

other Polyphia personal recomendations by "genre": - (Jazzy) The Worst, Yas - (Jazzy-Funky) Saucy, Death Note (which features Ichika in a very particular, clever and tasty way), Drown (ft. a godly solo by the great Mateus Asato) - (Rock-Jazz) Ivory, Nightmare - (EDM-Rock-Jazz) LIT, 40oz By the way: This song name is correctly read as "Greatest Of All Time"

I'll honestly never ever understand how someone can "enjoy" a new song when they pause it every few seconds to talk about it...