The Wise Blood of Weyes Blood: "And in the darkness, Hearts Aglow" review

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The Wise Blood of Weyes Blood: "And in the darkness, Hearts Aglow" review

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Жыл бұрын

Intertextuality abounds in this analysis of the churchless church music of Weyes Blood. John Huston! Perfume Genius! Flannery O'Connor! Harry Nilsson!
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@Missjunebugfreak Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure this is my album of the year. Weyes Blood is one of the best artists working right now and she somehow seems to capture the abundant existential millennial heartache better than most of her peers.

@drfunkinstein1 Жыл бұрын

I wish I could go back in time and listen to this album for the first time again. That was such a magical experience.

@Missjunebugfreak Жыл бұрын

@@drfunkinstein1 Ugh same! I felt my soul floating when I got to God Turn Me Into A Flower. It was one of the best listening experiences I had this year.

@toro3543 Жыл бұрын

Perfume Genius and Weyes Blood have a collab called Sides on his album No Shape (really great song) so there’s the overlap you were asking about and I’m sure there’s a lot of overlap in fans as well.

@Missjunebugfreak Жыл бұрын

I adore both artists. I really hope they have another duet in the future since their voices work so well together.

@silver5986 Жыл бұрын

when you listen to other reviewers, they don't tend to say much. Yours is the best review I've ever heard. Detailed, intelligent, fascinating, connecting myriad topics beautifully - sad when it ended. Do more.

@blondiebear42 Жыл бұрын

My favorite bit of biographical nonsense is about her life as a noise artist. It’s a very subtle yet strong relation to noise you can hear on the wonderful interludes and instrumental tracks like In Holy Flux and the lead-in to The Worst is Done. There’s a cool article that explains a lot about it on her website

@pabm1994 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to hear more from you about Björk's work, since you already went through Fossora, you could go backwards and continue with Utopia, which reminded me a lot of “God Turn Me Into A Flower” and you can feel Arca's production + the Podcast "Sonic Symbolism" is very insightful.

@czbaterka Жыл бұрын

I loved that podcast ❤️

@Missjunebugfreak Жыл бұрын

Same here. I definitely would love to hear him talk about Vespertine and Vulnicura.

@bundickbabe Жыл бұрын

GTMITAF definitely grabs from Vulnicura, just to be more specific from Family

@jakedavis5375 Жыл бұрын

This was a really fascinating review, thank you professor! I'm definitely gonna be checking out Harry Nilsson and that book thanks to this video. This is without question my album of the year!

@LedBellyBullets 4 ай бұрын

Great review, this was one of my top 10 albums of 2022

@joaoassumpcao3347 Жыл бұрын

Definitely check out Titanic Rising if you haven't by now. It's similar to this record in some aspects, but TR is poppier and catchier, and both records work together (the artist said they are two of a trilogy, with the third one being her next output)

@cartersgoofsandgaffs Жыл бұрын

Jonathan Rado co-produced the album with Weyes Blood. He is, in my opinion, one of the most talented rock producers in the game right now. He’s worked with Tim Heidecker, The Lemon Twigs, The Killers, Father John Misty, and plenty more.

@jakedavis5375 Жыл бұрын

he brought new life to the killers, they're really having a late career resurgence right now

@ryebread495 Жыл бұрын

Thanks I learned a lot from this! You also turned me onto perfume genius who I’m liking a lot so far. Love how you dive deep into everything the way you do

@MrCactuss99 Жыл бұрын

I love Weyes Blood and Perfume Genius soo much!! Their song "Sides" is absolutely fantastic. Like other said, can't wait for you to review their earlier albums and also the ones you missed from Björk! Loved the video

@sonewwave8923 Жыл бұрын

She did a cover of "Everybody's Talkin'" that is available on streaming services! Just found it myself a week or two ago

@judeosborne3177 Жыл бұрын

Yo love the vids. can you review quadeca's new record?

@hono9722 Жыл бұрын

Please this!

@Ihavetoomanyvolvos Жыл бұрын

Listened to this album on a flight for the first time and it was amazing

@Sharkwood Жыл бұрын

Same!

@twoguystalkmusic Жыл бұрын

"A little eye candy as opposed to the Skye candy " is your best line so far

@markstuartwakeley Жыл бұрын

Great vid, great reaction, stay safe

@vinicius99157 Жыл бұрын

You should listen to titanic rising. I'm not saying you should review it, I know its not your thing. But you should check it, because its great

@syntheticsilkwood2206 Жыл бұрын

Please please please review vespertine by björk it's my favorite album of all time And I really wanna see you talk about it now after all these years because no one else does justice to the lyrics so.... yeah I would appreciate it if you do a review

@umbreas3648 Жыл бұрын

I am enchanted by you.

@aiden359 Жыл бұрын

How do you get these videos out so fast

@professorskye Жыл бұрын

Mostly with the notes app. Every time I listen I can put my thoughts down and then organize before recording. No editing & No scripting also keeps things prey fast.

@ajayyyswiftie13 Жыл бұрын

Please also talk about her Magnum Opus Titanic Rising from 2019. That album is a masterpiece

@syntheticsilkwood2206 Жыл бұрын

Take a shot everytime professor says 'hipster douchebag'

@mileslounsbury2535 Жыл бұрын

You say you enjoy Tim Heidecker's art, have you seen On Cinema? If so I'd love any kind of video about it perhaps on the other channel. To me that universe is the greatest piece of comedy I've ever seen/heard.

@cartersgoofsandgaffs Жыл бұрын

I completely agree. Gregg Turkington is also a genius in his own right.

@johnbanks441 Жыл бұрын

Love, love this album. Up there with my favs of the year. I buy the Southern gothic / Steinbeck vibes idea and is a worthy way of listening. Also agree with idea of an intetextual conversation, that's fascinating. Interesting, I get those intextextual conversation vibes as well with Alvvays's Blue Rev.

@spncrbghmn Жыл бұрын

Just wanted to drop a comment (since I don't comment on many things) and say Perfume Genius's 2012 record "Put Yr Back N 2 It" is the most immediate comparison I can make to Weyes Blood's "Titanic Rising" -- both of them being two of my absolute favorite singer-songwriter records of the previous decade.

@carlscott5447 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting stuff, sir...will have to check out Nilsson, I guess it's a black mark that he's only a vague name to me. BTW, on my substack, PostModernConservative, I have an extended commentary on one of the songs of the new album, "Worst Is Done."

@iethergy Жыл бұрын

you should really think about listeing to some of Bjroks newer music! I assmume you would like hearing vulnicura, some of her saddest songs and amazing string work throughout. Vespertine too is such an amazing album, and Utopia is a beautiful album featuring some great woodwind passages. Her other albums are also spectacular, just a little harder to get into first time around.

@redd2182 Жыл бұрын

I really want to hear your opinion about Titanic rising

@chrilborn4138 Жыл бұрын

I've only listened through this album twice so far. It's a little underwhelming in comparison to Titanic Rising imo. Beautiful production but the hooks aren't as gripping. I do believe it will grow on me though

@carlscott5447 Жыл бұрын

Well...that's because Titanic Rising is what it is. Untouchable.

@chrilborn4138 Жыл бұрын

@@carlscott5447 yeah I feel like she should have carried things in a different direction maybe. This album has the aesthetic of titanic rising but the songs just don't stick with me, similar to her older stuff honestly. Very pretty while it's on but nothing that makes me wanna come back.

@carlscott5447 Жыл бұрын

@@chrilborn4138 It's early yet...give it time. I certainly think "Everybody," "Grapevine," and "Worst Is Done" pull at one's memory.

@Q-Ball. Жыл бұрын

Props are cool

@metalsalsa 2 ай бұрын

AVAA! Please check out Ben Levin's album from last year called "The Light is On You Return". You will not regret it. Criminally underrated artist. His wife, whose artist name is Justicecow, is also one of my favorite music artists/song writers.

@metalsalsa 2 ай бұрын

They were members of another amazing band Bent Knee until recently

@icnocuicatl Жыл бұрын

My favorite album of the year; Karen Carpenter is back, and she’s got unfinished business. IYKYK

@GaRtHwAlEs123456789 Жыл бұрын

A lesser known artist I would love to hear your thoughts on would be Marina Allen and her new album Centrifics

@thedestituteroofer7750 Жыл бұрын

I’ve only ever listened to the Point! soundtrack by Nilsson because it was my favorite movie as a kid

@francogabr Жыл бұрын

scenario props are cool keep it up please

@jamesmolloy7129 Жыл бұрын

I hope you can still do a video on the new brockhampton album "the family". I think you'd have a lot to say and I would like to hear it!

@mrfrosty3 Жыл бұрын

It says a lot about someone when they feel better about about their misery, if everyone else feels the same way. A very different type of person will find that idea very distressing and would prefer that no one feels as miserable as they do.

@riggamorrischan Жыл бұрын

I think it’s comforting in a way. Isolation can make you feel that whatever you’re facing, you’re facing it alone when really there are others that know how you feel. It can still be sad, as no one should feel that way, but it’s almost less depressing to know you’re not *completely* facing it by yourself

@underworld8805 Жыл бұрын

Titanic Rising is a masterpiece you should review it

@sherbanico Жыл бұрын

Jonathan Rado is the name of the producer. Perfect match ❤

@haleyleyley8951 Жыл бұрын

Just curious, I would like to know what's your setup when listening to musicand whatnot

@ThePieguy1112 Жыл бұрын

34:12, Arcadia! "My body is a map of LA"

@theolucero9571 Ай бұрын

did he ever did titanic rising ?

@theplanetruth Жыл бұрын

What’s the reason for characterizing any artist as “churchless?”

@Backpackguy12 Жыл бұрын

You’re not pompous my man. We can see you have heart

@JMD166 Жыл бұрын

😂when u suddenly go all spinal tap on the word ‘sustain’ about 46 mins in!

@ethanlammar5554 Жыл бұрын

Day 42 of Asking for you to Review the song Achilles Come Down by Gang of Youths

@axlgzrdmattick Жыл бұрын

This video is 50:13 minutes long, professor!

@nathanreiber6819 4 ай бұрын

Its toxic to say something like "yiud be surprised how many of his songs you know" to someone who doesnt know Nillson? What world am i living in? The irony here is that you took a review of a woman's record to talk about and reccomend a man's record and promote his music. You go on to talk about how great a reader you are and wax prwtentiously about loose vague influence on the artist.