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The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Whenever, If Ever ALBUM REVIEW

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The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die has pulled together an undeniably solid indie rock album on this debut LP of theirs. If you like your vocals incredibly emotional--and slightly wimpy--this should appeal!
What did you think of this album? Love it? Hate it? Why? What should I review next, eh?
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FAV TRACKS: HEARTBEAT IN THE BRAIN, PICTURE OF A TREE THAT DOESN'T LOOK OKAY, YOU WILL NEVER GO TO SPACE, GIG LIFE
LEAST FAV TRACK: BLANK #9
THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND I AM NO LONGER AFRAID TO DIE - WHENEVER, IF EVER / 2013 / TOPSHELF RECORDS / EMO, MIDWEST EMO, INDIE ROCK
7/10
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?

Пікірлер: 497

@benyogenyo 6 жыл бұрын

how dare you wore the red flannel here.

@Gillz93fyi 10 жыл бұрын

You should go back in time and review American Football's self titled LP.

@tuasucks 10 жыл бұрын

i think the sloppiness of the vocals really contribute to the album rather than take away from it; they give it a more personal feel

@brengonefishin 10 жыл бұрын

thats how i feel about a lot of emo music. like snowing has some sloppy ass singing but i fucking love it

@sktrid 10 жыл бұрын

Brennan Vessel y'all hit the nail right on the head. WIFE (the electronic project of ex Altar of Plagues headman James Kelly) said he was more influenced by vocalists than singers, which holds true for emo, i believe.

@brengonefishin 10 жыл бұрын

Jacob Schulte completely agree man

@AEgamesFtw 8 жыл бұрын

+Tuatara Tim Lol of course the vocals are intentionally sloppy, Emo is an offshoot of hardcore punk / post-hardcore.

@Wiggibow Ай бұрын

@@brengonefishin stopping by ten years later just to say "fuck yeah Snowing slaps"

@theneedledrop 11 жыл бұрын

sup?

@4sLegacy 10 жыл бұрын

review Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) another promising emo band

@Gnarrkhaz 10 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!

@sjholmes101 10 жыл бұрын

Gnarrkhaz You Blew It!'s new record

@Gnarrkhaz 10 жыл бұрын

Spencer Holmes Too bad pretty much everything they did before was better than that album.

@blxxdwxrk 7 жыл бұрын

theyre such a slept on band, wish they'd get back together :/

@KarenRamone00 9 жыл бұрын

rites of spring in the back

@yoblackmama 10 жыл бұрын

I just heard thus album for the first time tonight and I absolutely love it. I'm so excited about this emo revival.

@tomharding 9 жыл бұрын

Mr Professional ***** you both have exceptional tastes in music. Quit arguing!

@InsomniumX 11 жыл бұрын

"Whenever, if ever, forever" should be the title of the remix album if one comes out!

@abhinayd9928 9 жыл бұрын

i think this album is an absolute masterpiece

@LuizFelipeFonsecaArt 10 жыл бұрын

Do you plan on reviewing the new Modern Baseball record?

@xXNimrod141 10 жыл бұрын

Please do!

@DoveTattoos 11 жыл бұрын

What I really like about TWiaBP is that they are capable of the lofty, dense emotional expression of their post-rock influences while keeping it grounded in the suburban everyman aesthetic, subject matter, and lyricism of emo. Another great band like that is The Brave Little Abacus. Anyone who really likes this album or this band's music in general should give TBLA's sophomore LP Just Got Back From the Discomfort... a listen.

@JordanLofgren434 10 жыл бұрын

I found this band from this same review last year and listened to it. It was great then, but oh my god has it gotten better with each listen. "Getting Sodas" actually makes me tear up in the second half.

@mikeswanofficial 10 жыл бұрын

I love that song. I'm trying to teach myself it right now.

@theneedledrop 11 жыл бұрын

@gregorycomey 4 жыл бұрын

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@hmm4214 3 жыл бұрын

@@gregorycomey this looks cursed af

@haro.3820 3 жыл бұрын

whenever, If ever

@robertzoolander7074 8 жыл бұрын

Can you do American Football?

@leathermask 11 жыл бұрын

This was one of my favorite albums of the year so far...

@jadeisme4345 4 жыл бұрын

Adam Moscinski it was for me too

@n0lain 8 жыл бұрын

Why haven't you done _American Football_ or _Sorry_ yet?

@KLCsoofresh 11 жыл бұрын

Big thanks to you Anthony. Without this review I porbably would never have discovered what is now one of my favorite albums of the year because it's in a genre I don't normally listen to

@DownInOut 2 жыл бұрын

Anybody else panic when they saw the red flannel?

@frankykapone 11 жыл бұрын

Love this album. Just saw them shred in a garage over the weekend. NEXT REVIEW: Flashlights - I'm Not Alone

@grapesodaboy 11 жыл бұрын

"A pretty slow moving and building version of indie rock music with a very very sad and somewhat sentimental disposition." Best way to describe Emo yet.

@kitohhh 11 жыл бұрын

It always amazes me to think of how much music Anthony surrounds himself in, nice review

@misha1151 10 жыл бұрын

i love this band. and please, make a review for the band 'From Indian Lakes" I'm sure you'll be surprised

@kolewaters1652 10 жыл бұрын

From Indians Lakes and The World is a Beautiful Place are two of my favorite bands ever

@brunomebamebameba 8 жыл бұрын

why he dont review snowing?

@JacobPadlock 11 жыл бұрын

Saw them live in Orlando and it was one of the most loud and spiritual things I've ever experienced.

@Unfantastic1 11 жыл бұрын

Obsidian - Baths, Pale Green Ghosts - John Grant, Once I Was an Eagle - Laura Marling.

@njreiswig 11 жыл бұрын

Your videos are just getting better.

@SenorTokess 10 жыл бұрын

Review Old Gray's latest LP

@samshepherd854 10 жыл бұрын

What are your favorite "emo"records? I can assume bands like Rites of Spring, considering I constantly see their record staring at me from the background, but considering the sheer abundance of albums coming out in the genre, there is a lot to go through.

@KayWhyz 11 жыл бұрын

I really liked this album. Sent here by the band's tumblr, solid review. I'm a fan of the whole "twinkly emo" thing, though, so maybe that's why I got into it easier than you did. I'd like to hear your opinions on some other twinkly bands, maybe Dads. Their newest album, "American Radass (this is important)" is very solid, and the band is just so interesting. Subscribed c:

@TalkinTunes 11 жыл бұрын

They just played here at a new fest called "It's a Spring Fling" with like 12 bands. Xerxes was also playing and Pianos Become the Teeth. It was at a local bowling alley! Sold out though, bummed I missed it ...would like to see these guys live let alone Pianos and Xerxes.

@benholman6708 10 жыл бұрын

Fair review! I think bands like this and others affiliated with them (touché amore, deer leap, one hundred year ocean, tigers jaw, etc.) are putting a new face on indie rock! Definitely agree with the modest mouse outlook, though think it's more similar to interstate 8 ep. All around great band and review ;)

@StoneKongStudios 11 жыл бұрын

May I just say I always love the genre names you come up with in the description besides the actual genre the album is

@PiGuyisaPiMan 11 жыл бұрын

i always love it when anthony reviews an album i'm familiar with, i like finding new music via this channel, but when you've already heard an album you can understand what he's saying rather than just hearing stuff about music you'll listen to later. in short, buy this album.

@bobytubeify 11 жыл бұрын

Whenever I watch your reviews I tend to pop on the album your taling about in another KZfaq tab. Really helps understand the review better especially if I haven't heard of the band!

@ceeingee 11 жыл бұрын

OH SNAP!! My drawing of Cal made it to the wall!!! I have officially arrived!!

@JonathanMerkt 9 жыл бұрын

They have a new LP coming out! From the singles that I've heard, I'm extraordinarily excited! Please review it, I'd like to know what you think!

@frignes3323 9 жыл бұрын

+Jonathan Merkt Just got it, it's pretty good. It is much more varied and has more musical hooks with the vocals. Definitely better then that EP they put out.

@WIZA327 9 жыл бұрын

+Jonathan Merkt yes! It's amazing, way better than anything they've done imo. I like Whenever, If Ever, but it didn't really hook me on these guys. Like theneedledrop said, the vocals sometimes really turned me off from it, especially when they were trying to harmonize and shit... The new album's vocals are phenomenal!

@motip51 11 жыл бұрын

Rites of Spring is in the background. That's a good start.

@sczombie 11 жыл бұрын

i've loved this band since their demo tapes, glad you enjoyed the LP, i'm off to go check it out myself!

@qdgyuu 11 жыл бұрын

I've only gave it a couple casual listens so far, but I really dig this album. I agree with the vocals, they can be rough to hear at times( I think the vocals on their other eps' were a bit better). Pretty much in the same boat rating-wise as you are, though i think with some more listens, mine will go up. Great review.

@vectorialalo 11 жыл бұрын

Rites of Spring LP in the background.... Classy FAntano, very classy.

@zetsuXitachi 9 жыл бұрын

this album's been totally growing on me and steadily becoming favorite. 9/10

@TheLoneDeranger 6 жыл бұрын

iF YoUr ArMs bEcOmE SmOwk i'Ll hAvE nOtHiNg LeFt tO hOlD

@ThatGuitaristPaisa 11 жыл бұрын

Anthony thank you for finally reviewing an emo album! I really enjoyed what you had to say and I personally feel the record to be a 9 but that's just because I'm more inclined towards liking the whiny vocals and twinkly guitars. But still super solid and fair review, that's why I enjoy your reviews man!

@ndSpaz 11 жыл бұрын

Rites of Spring on the shelf!!

@srolchi 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for reviewing this! Lets bring this band to a bigger audience. Great record. Also check out the other artists on topshelf records!

@StokeCityFC44 9 жыл бұрын

damn you need to bring back the here's a straw bit i loved it

@lawnfurniture 11 жыл бұрын

Nice Rites of Spring album lurking in the background ;)

@yrantiquebrand 7 жыл бұрын

pls review the Brave Little Abacus. You'll love it for its originality and distinct sound

@GeertVandermeersche 11 жыл бұрын

Hello Anthony, you might be interested in hearing (maybe reviewing) the new Dans Dans LP, called I/II. The first track "Au Hasard" might be a good introduction to the album. Keep up the good work!

@SeaBearsRAR 11 жыл бұрын

the emo vocals are my favorite part of the album, especially the group parts.

@buzzlombardi 10 жыл бұрын

Hell yea Rites Of Spring!

@AndrewEast 10 жыл бұрын

I agree with much of what you said, however i think the intro is perfect. You talk about how the flow is great in the middle of the album, but the intro flows perfectly into "heartbeat"

@_arfarf_x 10 жыл бұрын

Great review. This was one of my top 3 albums of 2013, I was totally floored.

@Khazgob 11 жыл бұрын

This album is awesome. Probably my top AOTY contender so far, just like You Blew It! was last year by this month (similar music style, too). The vocals don't bother me, in fact are part of the fun; I appreciate the passion in them, and I value that much more than the perfected approach that professional singers have. I swear some of this songs inject LIFE essence directly into me. That's what music should always be like.

@ufufu001 11 жыл бұрын

btw i'm glad you enjoyed this record. i listening to it nonstop since it leaked.

@CreativityCurve 11 жыл бұрын

Requested it before and got a response, but I'd still really love to see a review of TesseracT's Altered State album. After actually having listened to it a bunch, I can conclude that it barely counts as djent anymore at all, just some form of ethereal prog metal. There's a lot to talk about, so give it a chance? :) If only for those sweet ass sax solos~

@AmazingStuffTV 6 жыл бұрын

you clickbaited me into expecting a low score review with that red flannel

@cabalerios 11 жыл бұрын

The distressed vocals were always a very genre defining aspect of midwest-emo, but you should check out The Anniversary's- "Designing a Nervous Breakdown" for an older band. For more recent shit you'll probably love the new Their / They're / There debut EP and certain tracks from Hop Along's- "Get Disowned". Hell, I do.

@johnfohey5694 11 жыл бұрын

Great Review! Love this record! Bought it on BandCamp. Also, I love your review of In The Aeroplane Over The Sea.

@MrLesammartin 11 жыл бұрын

it's people like you who make me happy about music/the needle drop community. :D

@cabalerios 11 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU ANTHONY! I grew up in the 90's during the first emo revival- loved Braid, Promise Ring type's.. this latest batch of emo bands Algernon, Dads, Glocca Morra, Hop Along... are doing some fantastic work. I hope you do more of these. I know it's not for everyone, never has been, but you do have some Sub'rs who want to hear your Freakin' opinion on them. OKAY

@wealljammin 11 жыл бұрын

I'm seeing them, Dads, and Pity Sex on the 16th. I'm pretty excited

@juanolivas879 7 жыл бұрын

I love the Rites of Spring record in the back, thank you

@danielhenrysilver6607 10 жыл бұрын

You should look at Caspian and If These Trees could Talk. And review the new Caspian EP

@crazygamer8 11 жыл бұрын

Put me in the "Head over heels" category. Absolutely in love with it. Vocals aren't a minus for me. Probably my favorite thing to come out this year. But I was high on these guys before it released.

@WoolyColdie 11 жыл бұрын

Abra kadavar by kadavar!!!!!! It's a band from Germany that brings back the retro psyche doom rock sounds. It's really good

@LouderThanABomb91 11 жыл бұрын

Lewis Parker - The Puzzle: Episode 2 The Glass Ceiling. Bit of a long shot I know but better than recommending albums hes obviously going to review

@odinrave 11 жыл бұрын

I love this album so much I can relate a lot to the nostalgia of the suburbs. Really looking forward to this band's future.

@prettyflowerboysxoxo 11 жыл бұрын

>rites of spring in the background

@WarhawkLieutenent 9 жыл бұрын

I think the whiny vocals on this album can get a little annoying after awhile. It's not that I dislike whine, but that I think the band oversaturated the songs with it and put whining into places unnecessarily. Overall, I think the album is pretty good, but would have been even better had they cut back on the whining so that it's not too overbearing or even melodramatic.

@RayasNegroOvejas 11 жыл бұрын

Pretty matching considering Stravinsky's piece, too.

@TaraSue111 11 жыл бұрын

Death - For The Whole World To See I know its sort of an oldie but i would love to hear your opinion on it.

@RetroRoCkEt6 11 жыл бұрын

Hey my name is Doug! Thanks for the indirect shoutout!

@flaviomoraespe 11 жыл бұрын

i just love this band! im glad you reviewed this and im glad you compare this band to early modest mouse. i tought i was the only one

@LetsGetHighOnMorris 11 жыл бұрын

The ending on the song Getting Sodas is so fucking great.

@KazmaKit 11 жыл бұрын

Review Baths - Obsidian. You liked his last one. Interested to hear your thoughts on the new one.

@Injektilo26 11 жыл бұрын

Please review Jenny Hval's "Innocence is kinky", Bath's "Obsidian", CocoRosie's "Tales of a GrassWidow" and Dirty Beaches "Drifters/Love is the Devil"... Well, at least one of them, if possible.

@fpp4life23 11 жыл бұрын

dead on with a 7, but personally i thought an 8, the band reminded me a lot of cap' n jazz, american football, cymbals eat guitars, and i hate myself, a great find considering i made an impulse buy on sound supply drop, and it is now one of my favorite albums

@townsneverlosetheirsmells4571 11 жыл бұрын

Tom used to always record two vocals for twiabps songs, but they used to always get the pitched voice as the backing vocals, and in this album it's the opposite, maybe that's why some people are complaining about vocals but come on it's an emo band

@BSLakesideLife 10 жыл бұрын

When i saw these guys live, they were AMAZING. Their live performance is what got me to actually enjoy them.

@Wutwut1n1 11 жыл бұрын

The combination of the name of this album, the name of this band, and the fact that Fantano is so cool just makes me want to I don't know all over the place

@theodoresorrow 11 жыл бұрын

Non-linear timeline! Awesome!

@Divingup1 11 жыл бұрын

Have any plans to review Laura Marling's new album Once I Wan an Eagle? Would love to see it, if you do.

@coqui927 11 жыл бұрын

So glad you reviewed this.

@heyitsdrake 10 жыл бұрын

REVIEW SPRING SONGS BY TITLE FIGHT

@kykyfoofoo 10 жыл бұрын

You should do Cursive - The Ugly Organ

@MrLvilleLax 11 жыл бұрын

sunbather is on spotify!!!

@JCaverly 11 жыл бұрын

When Title Fights; Spring Songs comes out, please do that

@ManfredKlatt 11 жыл бұрын

It'd be cool to hear your thoughts on the album The Future Is Cancelled by Captain, We're Sinking.

@HiDantheBear 11 жыл бұрын

not super infatuated. it delivered on a lot of what i was left wanting more of from their split with deer leap. I am let to tire of listening to it on repeat