A Pill in the Sea

[@WuRuiDe]

Get better soon Louis - the world needs your music.

[@Fahreun]

Whats happening?

[@AkosLukacs42]

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[@vkotis]

His nervous system is dysregulated. He's taking time off to heal.

[@dproctor18]

Wouldn't be surprised if he made an entire classical album or something while recovering from the drumming!

[@michaelshenton5760]

After writing a song like this no wonder his nervous system is breaking down

[@apocalypso1564]

This track is absolutely transcendent, what an incredible piece of music.

[@bossmanfucktheworld]

lol

[@nonono4347]

This is one of the greatest pieces of music ever created.

[@prahjex2501]

Accurate.

[@indigomosquitospeedos]

deepest cozmic classical shit ever !

[@apocalypso1564]

You can tell he was writing this stuff around the same time they'd have been writing Knower Forever, this track feels like the direct relative of Its All Nothing Until It's Everything. Louis is already a musical idol that so many are yet to discover. Swimming in his musical talent is personally keeping me and no doubt many others sane in this batshit crazy world.

[@mikes5918]

and definitely some clown core undertones

[@jackcurley1591]

Agree with both comments above. I personally think this is the culmination of the musical direction that Louis has been heading the last few years… absolute insanity from the harmony, orchestration, density of sound, drumming, songwriting, everything…. Pure genius

[@gdfauxtrot]

I was gonna say this track has some inspiration from Clown Core - the drum pattern and kick-synced keyboard notes fits right at home on that project, this track in particular feels very much like Computers. But there's so much more going on here, I'm all for it. I started off as a simple Clown Core enjoyer, and ended up being a Louis Cole fan for life.

[@apocalypso1564]

@@gdfauxtrot clown core? Nah, don't see it at all, all just coincidence.

[@DanWhiteT]

check out the clowncore Coachella performance, has major vibes like this (on a smaller scale, obviously).

[@soundtreks]

The whole album is a masterpiece. The fusion of styles and the level of orchestral integration is next level.

[@jaeldeepbassplayer]

yes yes and yes !!!

[@thefunkybassist9916]

I think this is Jules Buckley's addition, he has worked with many pop artists on orchestral songs and they are almost all masterpieces in that regard

[@drakeheisterkamp]

Man. Louis Cole. One in a million generational talent. He and this song are everything. Thank you for everything that you do Louis. Get better soon.

[@SenninSpace]

This makes me f*** cry. I spend every damn day thinking life has no sense at all.. Until I watch this. Thank you.

[@jackcurley1591]

This music was made for people like us, stay strong and best wishes!

[@SenninSpace]

@@jackcurley1591 🙏🏽💪🏽

[@MauriceMossisitnot]

I noticed your final fantasy covers and subscribed. I wonder if Louis Cole took inspiration from FF soundtracks. Life sounds a bit like a sped up One Winged Angel on steroids.

[@SenninSpace]

@@MauriceMossisitnot Totally agree hahahaha 😂 Man welcome to my channel then !! 🙏🏼 I was recording yesterday a "quick bass cover" of Pill in the Sea. Maybe I'll release it for fun. *CAUSE I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH.* 😭💜

[@mogglie]

Hang in there my friend. There are solutions if there’s a question. I’ve been through some deep s***t over the years. My best months of my life have been this summer. At 41 years of age.

[@gillesiachelini2082]

Had to rewatch to be surprised to hear the guitar solo played on the keyboard? What a champ!

[@Todd-_-Umptious]

I listened to it last night as it hit spotify in IE at midnight. Was looking forward to seeing who this guitarist was when the video unlocked. Minor confusion for a second when Rays name popped up XD Now off to listen to HQ bandcamp download while I wait for the mail man to bring my music frisbee.

[@toast1612]

i really couldn’t tell if it was pedro or rai when i was listening to it at first. so glad rai got a solo on this album he’s incredible

[@francoisbl4324]

Crazy solo! Seems like a very high pressure gig for the keyboardist but he kill it!

[@prodcrumley]

exactly my thought!!!!

[@SergeyMiroshnichenko]

Its a case when you think that all beautiful modern music is already played and you will never hear smt new. And then you hear new amazing song created by Louis Cole.

[@kraftyhandz]

Sheeeesh 😮‍💨 every time Louis comes back, he levels up. Insanity.

[@PatrickWatsonAstrologer]

Even for Louis Cole, this is exceptional music

[@catefreyer3214]

As a few have noted, the original drafts of this piece were called "Metal." You can see it on the sheet music 0:56. Louis Cole cracked the code. You can see it in everyone's face as they perform this piece. Jules Buckley and the Metropole Orkest are sublime. Rai Thistlethwayt is ill beyond words and just stays in tight focused pocket. Peak Louis Cole composition. It has everything.

[@chrispysaid]

please elaborate on what u mean by "cracked the code" what code did he crack and in what fashion and to what consequence

[@Will140f]

Rai is our modern day Keith Emerson, and I’m afraid he may one day surpass ol’ Emerson.

[@indigomosquitospeedos]

​@@chrispysaid this ain't the typical low standard cheater-code cheap imitation soul-$ell-out b.s. version of suck-sess --- this is pure ultra authentic stellar soul brilliance keeping thee ideal - REAL ! big thanks to all involved - and goddesspeed again regardless yawl . . .

[@dangeroustoothpaste]

@@chrispysaid well you see if we ask the question of what 100*(1-alpha)% of the set of all possible sample means may equal the population sample mu, and we follow from the Empirical Rule, then we may suppose there exists some number p such that p times the error corresponds to this percentage, where the sample error obviously is sigma/sqrt(n) for sample size n ... then we consider that for some lower bound in the error margin alpha, the number (1-alpha) would be the complement, indicating that the area under the approximately normal curve is given by the z-score of plus or minus (alpha/2), then that z-score is our multiplier to our error such that our percentage is, for a Riemann sum critical point function z(): z(alpha/2)*(sigma/sqrt(n)). QED.

[@Chris-uj3dh]

I'm 37 but I want to be Louis when I grow up

[@jackcurley1591]

Such a huge fan of the classical direction Louis Cole’s music is taking. 2:57-3:45 is such an incredible moment on this album, wow!!!

[@RyanSaranich]

The idea that this video only has 65k views today (3 months after launch) is a travesty. I'm sending it to everyone I know. The musicianship, writing and arranging are fantastic.

[@TeleviseGuy]

In the sea of jazz and pop music this is truly a unique song and album. I don't even know what genre this is, but I call it - magic.

[@blivion7203]

Orchestral Jazz-Funktronica? It's truly magical though.

[@dangeroustoothpaste]

@@blivion7203 eh who cares about genre, right? Orchestral? Yeah, there's an orchestra after all. Jazz? To some extent, in terms of music theory and the centerpiece of a Jazzy solo. Electronica? I'm not so sure about that. Maybe. Insofar as anything involving synths would be considered as such. Metal? Probably yeah, in terms of where it draws its inspiration, and the piece was originally named as such. Maybe Symphonic Jazz Metal is fair enough? Idk. I'm drunk. Have a good night, I love you.

[@rh9909]

That modal interchange in chorus is so simple yet satisfying.

[@wzOgjsdj]

There’s modal interchange from major (Ionian) to natural minor (Aeolian) and also one chord from Phrygian

[@tidjay]

Hope Louis is OK ! Too bad to be ill when your new album is coming out

[@terrat3048]

This is the angel music that we need right now. My arms expand of their own accord and relay the beauty to the whole effing cosmos. Yei!!!

[@lukes9192]

I wasn't expecting this to get it's release on this album, but man is this the best version with the orchestra and those harmonies Which, speaking of harmonies, I hope the world uses this as an entry point to Genevieve, Chiquita, and Fuensantas solo stuff if they don't know it already. There are literal days worth of great discography represented on that stage

[@Neon_Specs]

i love how aggressive Ray is, playing one note at the beginning LOL

[@RobbyHuang]

Favorite song from the album. It gets better with every listen.

[@johnventura1637]

What a band and orchestra!!!!! I've been a fan of Louis Cole, Sam Wilkes, Rai Thistlethwayte from different groups, so to see them together is fantastic.

[@cojabr]

I love these Meshuggah-like rhythms set in a completely different musical context.

[@Leese42]

Absolutely obsessed with this and that woodwind section outro is everything.

[@ChefShallzy]

No other work of poetry I've read or heard to date captures the experience of recurrent lifetimes, nonlinear consciousness, and all the phenomena associated therewith so magnificently. He nailed it. *I fucking love Louis Cole.*

[@TheFenderjo]

Turns out the incredible guitar solo is an incredible keys solo. Just Thistlethwayte things...

[@NateGH36O]

I thought the same thing when I listened first. Halfway through I was like “wait, that’s a fucking keyboard!”

[@paulsenification]

sitting, listening, becoming overwhelmed by the beauty of this....I mean I´m a tall guy but, but wait.. there is something in my eye...

[@MantasticHams]

One of my favorites off this album. Thanks so much Louis, this music has been sustaining me as of recent. I wish you a hasty recovery.

[@rdh3tt]

So I’ve listened to this track prolly ~200 or so times, when a whole concert (different night of this run) was on the NPO website the last two years. This version is even better, and only on hearing the outro on this mix, which I assume is the isolated horn section part, was I able to fully appreciate the beautiful and syncopation of that part. Which is kind of blowing my mind-there is just so much going on (in the absolutely best way possible) that it is hard to take it all in at once, so it is super cool to get these little studio-remix interlude/ seque bits. Not sure I’ve ever heard a live album do that, and it works so well as a cohesive seamless masterpiece of an album.

[@reidtrevar]

This album is such an incredible achievement

[@fynzyme]

my jaw dropped immediately hearing this, and the whole way through i was losing my shit at how good this was and it kept getting better. its parallels to its all nothing until its everything are very apparent, and that's my favourite song off knower forever, but this somehow surpasses that in its intensity and movement

[@R2daO2daBvan3Lly]

feels like the sequel this, where nothing is everything

[@Esrom_music]

So knower gets a full orchestra to cover clown core now... What a crazy time to be alive. Debussy would be standing on a chair screaming, "Brilliant, fucking brilliant!".

[@lindboknifeandtool]

What kind of…? Nevermind.

[@johannesschneider2367]

That's the best music I heard in a long time. Serious!

[@santotosh9259]

Louis Cole ..the future of musik

[@Robert.Novack]

I love you Genevieve ❤. And you also Louis. And the orchestra and music. Thanks you all. This is some kind of magic. Big Wows.

[@TreeHairedGingerAle]

Such an utter, joyful treat. Cole's music expands and expands into new landscapes as he continually pursues and ever improves his craft and his creations! A privilege, Sir. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 A privilege to listen to you this day. 🖖🏾✨🌿🌻🌌❤️💚☀️🌕☀️🌌💜❤️✨

[@blurrlightt]

In the UK this album released at midnight, so I stayed up for it, so glad I did.

[@Todd-_-Umptious]

Same for me, and then to wake up to all these videos unlocked :)

[@M3V13WT]

I wept earlier when the song released on iTunes, I heard it a couple years ago when it was referred to as the song “Metal”. This is one of my favorite bootleg songs. LOUIS COLE!!! “Who Cares”!

[@Akunda4]

This is the soundtrack to heaven.

[@janvanhoef]

Just came here to say that this was the song that made me sit up straight in the first few seconds. A bit like the "when things get serious" meme.

[@Darkpheria]

Gratitude & blessings ❤.

[@Catzzye]

Actual chills. It’s so good, there are no words. I hope you recover super fast and get some well deserved rest. ❤️❤️❤️

[@Ghostblock]

All of the singers look like they are having so much fun!

[@skeletontoucher5133]

Out of all the amazing music that Louis Cole has made this is definitely my favorite song by far!

[@JonArmstrong]

Epic. I hope Louis is feeling better soon. Healing energy and love your way.

[@amymalina5073]

At 3:00 in, just so gorgeous. And especially love everything that comes after that. Musical brilliance. Totally inspired.

[@PerlDrop]

I saw 3:32 teased months ago on twitter and the dark chords with major brass hinting through got me so hyped and the full song really blew me away. Louis Cole music is seriously the most creative music coming out these days, loving every second of these.

[@PhatTrumpet2]

I get major ELO "Fire on High" vibes from that portion

[@nathanaeldavenport2251]

Damn I’m crying. Damn you Louis Cole. In the best way possible.

[@michaelhockus8208]

I feel so privileged to have been on this journey from Knower until now. What a culmination of effort and talent. Unforgettable. Perfect clowncore drum breaks with orchestral accompaniment. What a time to be alive. Thank you Louis edit: each time I replay it I turn the volume up a little more

[@chynaginger]

Pedro Martins: "I'm going on break, I wont be able to guitar solo" Rai Thistlethwayte: "Dont sweat it, Ill do it on the keyboards" Insane

[@danielshade710]

That’s some smooth conducting at this tempo

[@MattMeskill]

This guy just keeps amazing us

[@justnowhy333]

Oh my! Oh my my! Third absolute masterpiece in the same LP! I just can’t believe it! The voices are incredible, the keyboard solo is incredible, the drum line is incredible, well you get the idea… I ordered the CD of course and I wish millions would do the same. It really is groundbreaking music! Kind of Kaleidoscope World (Swing Out Sister) elevated several orders of magnitude. Now I’m experiencing difficulties to listen to anything else.

[@philfichtinger3009]

rai, you absolutely crazy-good virtuoso! so neat, so gripping!

[@simonemaggi1533]

Ti adoro Louis, Genevieve e tutti i vostri fantastici musicisti !!!! ❤

[@A_VELO]

I have officially lost track of the number of lc songs that have made me cry

[@lillisongofficial]

Just found your work, it's beautiful!!!! YOURE SO COOL!! 🎉🎉

[@jo-mi4966]

Amazing, as always. Very disappointed that I won't be seeing them this year, but looking forwards to next year. Lots of love to Louis and I wish him a speedy recovery back to good health and happiness.

[@nickyruffcut949]

Possibly the best track from the best album to date. Dangnammit Louis, how can you top this?? This is your greatest opus to date.. Luvz X

[@thomasaugst4720]

Louis, you always topped yourself with a masterpiece of music. Everytime when I hear a new song from you I hear you development process from perfect to more perfect. Looking forward to the next one.

[@schat2724]

This may be the best thing I have ever seen in my life. ❤

[@renedescartes-ajouer8959]

Absolutely jaw-dropping

[@franzfluckiger729]

never before I was so much looking forward to a release

[@jaeldeepbassplayer]

Fantastic, crazy, brilliant, finally real music that speaks to the senses, that moves, that touches the heart. P... I've been waiting for this for so long! Bravo and a thousand thanks from France!

[@AQAMARINA]

Thanks for being the soundtrack of my late 20's, get well Louis, hope you can catch a show in cdmx, we loved the improvised gig u guys did. 🫶

[@Ghostblock]

Might be my favourite on the album. Amazing.

[@RoxyLegs]

I got goosebumps, this beautiful piece resonates with me in a way that brings tears

[@TheArtz19]

Like ClownCore peaking its head around the corner, a damned beautiful dark cosmic seizure that is just overwhelming. This is the song that stopped me completely out of all of this hour, and i had to just listen to it alone again. with no small part of it because of Rai Thistlethwayte.

[@Amins88]

I am so freaking proud of everyone involved in this project!

[@Anto0192]

Ray on fire🔥🔥

[@PhatTrumpet2]

rai

[@MattLuceen]

I got chills through the whole thing. 😊

[@abyss-h5o]

I love the music you make. From Japan.

[@Synwolf1985]

Well, this will be on repeat for an entire week!

[@guymann7614]

A pretty amazing performance!!❤

[@tormaks]

This is so beautifull

[@jevondaly5781]

perfection. this has it all.

[@igornegovelov8854]

i have no words stunning

[@sebuteo]

Wow… every track I listen to off this thing is blowing my mind.

[@jaeldeepbassplayer]

I know that the musical universe is different but I find in this music and this piece the emotions that I felt while listening to certain compositions of the Pat Metheny Group. It was about time because I was starting to decline musically!

[@srenrasmussen2792]

Incredible good 🎶

[@NikoDSchroeder]

that trombone section is WORKING

[@paulwhetstone0473]

Louis Cole really knows how to put an orchestra together with amazing drumming and vocals. I still wonder what his songs are about, though.

[@aaroncook6252]

Friggin Bad Ass! Get Well Louis Cole!

[@mariamaria5818]

You Jules are really pure genius i love you so much

[@aartur1254]

I love Louos Cole. He only gets tighter with time

[@Kwipper]

Yes!!! The very track I have been waiting for!!!

[@STEALTHKAOS]

GENIUS

[@bradleyfrank7933]

Holy crap Louis, this is so f*cking good

[@freudianslip4588]

The bassist is so into it i love it

[@aarocka11]

Love the clown core drums

[@OoDoRFoO]

Came here to say the same 🤡

[@haloetsont]

Absolutely awesome I am very happy about such musical surprises. I am inspired. Haloetsont always wishes you musical fun.

[@dnielv]

thanks Louis

[@Joseandresyanes]

insane song

[@weaintfoundsht]

This song is incredible

[@Wowjustwow37]

I feel as tho the most high had me skip work today so I could hear this album. This song in particular speaks to a part of my heart that couldn’t be translated until now. Thank you Louis. Thank you all. Godspeed to your healing. ❤

[@elimooremusic]

Unbelievable stuff. And Rai's solo 😭

[@tippidink]

I've listened to this like 300 times

[@jacobeid]

This is insane.

[@SAJGONwGLOWIE]

😭I love you guys, you're someone to look up to, made my many days ❤‍🔥