Alex G - "Soaker" & "Rules" (Live at WXPN's Key Studio)

Alex G performs "Soaker" & "Rules".
Recorded live at WXPN Studios in Philadelphia, on June 8, 2015, for a Key Studio Session.

[@max_mittler]

I love how he says "you're like glue" in this version

[@ilyfaii]

righttt i replay that partt

[@somes3cretcat]

What does he usually say

[@max_mittler]

@@somes3cretcat same thing, just without the cool inflection. listen to the studio version

[@max_mittler]

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[@echopit166]

Best version of soaker by far.

[@jakeh764]

nice beard

[@sandwichyourself4481]

Nice beard!

[@hllow-rt3ot]

agree and nice beard

[@MissTeenPennsylvania]

I agree that that is a nice beard

[@willcoffarchives]

True but also sick stache

[@JohnEliot98]

this is the best version of rules i have ever heard. the vocals give me goosebumps every time

[@danmankeyes]

Dressed in his sunday best xoxoxo

[@Gajenzask]

WHEN I GO YOU'LL KNOW BY MY FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW.

[@Chumba-cv2oj]

Finally Fred Armisen and Bill Hader are writing some serious music.

[@lonesome_crowded_life]

😂

[@treedrama]

This shit killed me

[@anaiii21]

inexplicably touching. the guitar in the second verse and the repetitive drums and his voice and the lyrical intimacy that still holds monotony its justttt idk i feel too much

[@subtozx3cy]

by my footprints in the snog

[@lLostGems]

soaker is life

[@-_valentina]

delectable version of rules I’m eating it roght now

[@ThoseWhoHaveFallen97]

he looks like he'd cameo in hey arnold i'm in love

[@ethD73]

This version of rules is dope

[@lonesome_crowded_life]

I’m here because a Modest Mouse support group user recommended it and I’m not upset about this.

[@rosspage4017]

how the heck did he grow so much hair so fast

[@Jo-ph9zo]

Ross Page acid

[@hihello-sx1sx]

Jo acid

[@rpoll613]

Biotin

[@DOUG42069]

HYDROXYCUT

[@markstowe9011]

Lysergic acid diethylamide can make your head grow 10 times the size it normally would

[@Julia-we6xb]

I need this on Spotify

[@PossessedTornado]

I love this version of Rules :)

[@n333ks]

The drummer girl ripped it

[@danmankeyes]

+Niko Castillo She's from Blank Spell!

[@MarsVoltaKA]

+Danny Keyes and Cape of Bats

[@sandytraan]

love this man so much

[@armsreached]

And all I ever dooo is soak through youu

[@Alice-bv5ty]

i love rules sm

[@ItsGibbyyy]

Love the mix on this

[@cmden]

hi gibby

[@hihello-sx1sx]

oG1BBY can’t rlly hear the bass tho

[@randomstuffandye]

Alex G is the best

[@cecilialoumusic]

I just love Alex G so much

[@1meqw]

i love this and alex g

[@Teen_Drama]

Justice for John and his bass ;_;

[@janattaaya]

I don't hear any bass. Its like they forgot to mix it in.

[@vajohnaldischarge]

2nd song is pure elliott smith

[@ferrisevans1926]

when I first listened to his stuff it sounded like such an Elliott knockoff to me lol.... when I talked to him at a show recently he said he exhausted es's discography listening to it when he was younger so he agrees that he was probably influenced by him which made me happy

[@justinmiles28]

totally. independence day by ES I think has a very similar sounding intro melody. but it doesn't derivative just very influenced. first time hearing and loved this

[@apinchofdisappointment]

This version of rules is so ducking good

[@TK-OK]

2:01 Rules

[@jscott3208]

this is so good

[@tkjp999]

Waiting for a 30min kexp set plz plz

[@ganmaanja]

uhh I think your dream came true, it was posted last year

[@JonahHall]

alex looks so much like Keir Gilchrist in this video is crazy

[@plopf1sh]

my mind is exploding hes so good najndmmmmmmmm m m m

[@masterzoroaster.6474]

tight

[@gamehoarders]

Give me his eyelashes NOW

[@daisychainsaw]

sam ❣️❣️❣️

[@gabewilson81]

Never knew Ben Shapiro was this talented

[@user-ra2tf6ac4e]

All i wanna doooo.

[@tsarennicke1282]

beautiful drummer

[@airanipour]

They're coming to orlando but im in tampa ; _ ;

[@freesolja1]

Crystylon boy I went to see them in Orlando and I live in the panhandle step up

[@zechs5079]

I love that soaker is about premarital Mormon sex

[@nitemarehippygirl510]

gLuEeEe

[@einalteshemd]

I wish I was the drumset

[@danyellog234]

He looks like the scout from tf2

[@grandolp22]

mad jeff mangum, neutral milk hotel and elephant 6 collective vibes

[@mikogale]

didn't even realise it until i read this comment, but definitely. imo not jeff mangum specifically, just generally an elephant 6 vibe

[@KidEatsKeyboard]

not beatles-y enough to be elephant 6

[@_scabs6669]

Alex G had short hair once?

[@padmesyt]

Quite often

[@colonelmacabre]

Honestly the new Soaker bassline that they do live is way better than this.

[@daisychainsaw]

jeans not loose enough bro

[@_scabs6669]

The trouble with a lot of these indie artists is that their music is so much better live. The stuff that they record alone is so quiet and weird and then they play it with other musicians and they rock out. He takes a quiet song and makes it a banger. This is partly because of the lack of collaboration involved in the solo artist bedroom rock scene, there's always more energy when you're playing together with other musicians in front of an audience, not in your room. But it's also a problem because, while we the fans dig that kind of mellow weirdo music that reflects our own grungey black souls, it makes it more difficult to get other people or other, older generations into their music: They might love the songs live, but the album is not their taste, and that's a barrier. I notice this with other indie musicians especially from the Austin scene who's live performance is very different and much more energetic than their recorded output.

[@T-soun]

I don't think this is a problem at all, lo-finess must be respected if you ask me

[@sammyh1897]

Not really

[@andrewj2761]

um.

[@chrisirado]

that is so fucking sad

[@sohaminyoh]

good

[@louiswalker5510]

man these guys must hate drummers..

[@marciplier]

why?

[@Isaac-jd6vr]

women drummer look so stiff and and not alive when playing

[@rafeguitarr]

loser

[@hillview73]

"women drummer" lmao fuck off