ANIMALS AS LEADERS - Arithmophobia

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[@omerquiaragua2]

ME: i hate math.. i better become a musician" *listen to AAL* .... ME: fuck my life

[@blueskythinking4745]

Lol it doesn't quite work like that. Nice meme though.

[@wrxhex]

Exoplanets that's why it's a joke... lol

[@David-rj1ru]

the person who told it clearly didn't understand the parameters of reality.

[@behindthen0thing]

I doubt any math goes into this

[@BassAsLeaders]

Same for me, I hate math, and then in Jazz harmony analysis class what happens? math.

[@JoeFromPho]

what is this, indian jazz metal?! so fuckin progressive i can't even

[@jkol323]

you should check out mattias eklundh

[@AnwayPramanik]

JoeFromPho and the Indian band Mute The Saint

[@BYRONSLAM09]

"you are listening: space sci-fi/positron arith metal, with some jazz influences" ._.

[@swervingthonl.goodingsplat6049]

+nicksesta231289 werd you kno wusgud

[@yichenghu4622]

+nicksesta231289 the new album exodus is 10 times better

I need to get a math textbook to calculate when I should headbang :-D

[@mrsmith9882]

Lol, that was a funny joke.

[@sigmamale520]

I'd like to agree with Mr Lewis, that, indeed, was a funny joke.

[@DeathBringer769]

Arithmetic As Leaders

[@sandansaiyan5675]

Martin Šurych math metal😏

[@Amrani964]

nah u need a matt textbook

[@tristanyoungquist7121]

My heart is beating in polyrhythms after hearing this.

[@lucassurgeon4122]

Tristan Youngquist you might want to get that checked out

[@jasminelav.332]

I had that happen too...

[@OBsurdityTV]

RIP Rest in Polyrhythms

[@stinkybojangles4128]

@@cegant Y E S

[@snow5772]

@@stinkybojangles4128 I A M W O R M

[@denom]

this is the progressive of the progressive

[@Grim08]

So many feels

[@TheTonyDanza]

post djent

[@akuikage]

post-prog for new genre confirmed?

[@DankHill]

This is so progressive Flo is joining the band

[@TheCMONEY54]

I never comment on videos, but dammit that is the funniest thing I will read today, thank you.

[@4lemer]

Mathematicians as Leaders

[@reshmanaik8376]

Myriadman 😂😆😂😆😂😆😂😆😂😆😂😆😂😆😂😆lmao makes sense

[@joeyboey6000]

♥couldn´t help myself but i 8 Sum Pi.....sorry! ;) but i made a 9/4 division of this Pi :D

[@bigkuntry3538]

You can tell they stopped reading at the equation above😂😂😂😂

[@SynysterGates70]

I definitely have a fear of numbers now.

[@himawarii_gg]

MATHEMATICS TRIGONOMETRY

[@rtbaldwin777]

CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS

[@OpticalDelusionOfficial]

Eian Carlo Arellano Vaspane Gas.

[@Afreddyman]

I CANNOT FATHOM THE ACCRETION DISK SYMBIOSIS

[@blueskythinking4745]

Cringe..

[@Richerodt]

Rectangles for life.

[@CrisRYMER]

More like Arithmophilia

[@MikeDrops94]

Cristian Baz thank you

[@PhilipHS]

I love you

[@TheMrTi2]

Thought the same!

[@kingdomofheavenmusic3]

I had the same thought.

[@vaishnavplays203]

love you

[@GRiMHOLDx]

The Brain Dance was the perfect mix of "Beauty and Aggression" Arithmophobia is the perfect mix of "Aggression and Beauty"

[@Dieyeon]

The time sig goes 1/tan + 3.67^-23

[@I_am_Angerer]

Headrush top comment.

[@martinr7728]

tan what?

[@colepenick5238]

Tosin would probably actually do this. Make a time signature a function of rhythm rather than a constant. Utter musical chaotic good.

[@martinr7728]

omg new function. To-sine

[@BritishArmyTributes]

Martin Roussev Your comment deserves many likes, sir

[@zackscruggs4543]

rip to the producer who had to record this lol

[@stevensauls2013]

FRIGGIN SAME

[@LeVezz]

The producer is actually Javier Reyes , the guitarist

[@snow5772]

@@LeVezz *one of the guitarists

[@natebassili2143]

I'm convinced these guys are from a higher dimensional plane.

[@phillycheesesteak6177]

I stated something similar in a much older video. XD

[@natebassili2143]

Well if it wasn't apparent back then, I'm positive that this track proves it lmfao

[@clayunderearth1884]

AAL is a truly unique band. I can't find another band that's like AAL. They are beyond our understanding.

[@FrejaHedeAnd]

Plane 8, brah

[@ranrjbneztnarf8932]

Snakes on a plane maybe

[@kerrywalsh7415]

"High, this is AAL and we found a way to make math audible .. This is calculus in sound "

[@TheEviltaco666]

kerry walsh high

[@effnuts25]

kerry walsh High my name is GreatWhiteNF

[@alesanatheengineer8503]

More like Ordinary Differential Equations.

[@smaddady]

Extraordinary Differential Equations?

[@BrainSeepsOut]

AAL is the integral of Djent.

[@down7unedpc740]

I knew the next song would be super djenty after they released the brain dance

[@officialjustdatdood]

Sammeeee

[@1missing]

I imagine theyd play this nearly spot on live. Those guys are fucking robots man

[@jorem88]

Indeed. They don't miss a note

[@MrLioncash]

Set metronome, 50 bpm. Create phrase, repeat phrase until you don't think about it anymore. Add. Repeat. Suddenly you have music like this.

[@matthewpickwick3442]

I caught them in Manchester, UK, and Matt messed up or something mid-song and they just stopped playing and were like "wow, this never happens to us and we're not really sure what to do, anyway onto the next song".

[@brianlopez3018]

I'm never touching a math problem ever again after listening to this song.

[@ErkaaJ]

First I thought, "Wow, 4/4? Really?". I have never been so wrong in my entire life.

[@Shitockiful]

It could be interpreted as a measure of 13/8 + and a measure of 6/16

[@drumfynnfun]

It is actually for most parts in 4/4

[@heyosss1050]

@@drumfynnfun Can someone please get me like a visual metronome so I can actually count along to this song? I like it so much I practically have it on loop, but I still can't hum along to half of it.

[@drumfynnfun]

heyosss The tempo is 150 bpm. You can synchronize the metronom with the intro electro part and you are good to go! Matts rhythm repeats after 8 bars.

[@Meurieza]

heh

[@prosperduffours]

It's all about THIS FUCKING SNARE

[@dennisplotnik1783]

Is every instrument playing a different time signature? LOL this is amazing, great work guys!

[@lecoffeebandit]

Polymeter is a beautiful thing

[@salimn.1097]

In short, it's when.. every instrument is playing a different time signature, but all at the same pulse and tempo - not necessarily a quarter note one. The most common way it's used in djent metal is the guitar(s), bass and bass drum all playing the same odd-time or not signature (goes from good ol' 5/4 and 3/4 to 13/8 and 41/16 and 41/32) and the rest of the drums in 4/4 to keep it listenable to the audience. Keep in mind: polymeter =/= polyrhythm.

[@alexanderhamilton7753]

Yes! The amount of folks who don't understand the difference between polymeter and polyrhythm is insane.

[@TheFrygar]

should we post your comment on /r/iamverysmart? Why don't you explain the difference smart guy? Let's see if you truly understand.

[@lecoffeebandit]

Pollen Applebee I mean I go on that subreddit most days so sure? All I said was "polymeter is a beautiful thing"? I mean? There isn't much more to it. I meant it in the least pretentious way possible. Salim posted a wonderful explanation above, certainly better than I could do. Tosin uses polymeter well, I think it sounds nice and stuff. Yeahh...that's about it. Nice try though! Gr8 b8 m8

[@TobyKBTY]

The fuck with these guys, man. Every release they make is like them making a different astral plane of music each time.

[@Buddlebot]

Differential equations, Abstract algebra, let's breaks fields, all numbers are elements.

[@PanasonicTooth]

My butt is made of stars.

[@MrBrendan20004]

slayed me

[@ShaunStruwig]

Theme tune for stokes and greens theorems.

[@SaturdayNightSocks]

Shaun Struwig very true haha

[@nickalfieri]

Tosin, you should get a microtonal guitar for next album and get even more weird. this is fire

[@kylestaples465]

Tosin can play microtones on a toothbrush.lol

[@stinkybojangles4128]

Don't encourage him lol

[@snow5772]

what does microtonal mean?

[@silverdoesmc891]

notes between standard notes on a guitar (or any instrument, I find guitar to be the best example). Take a look at King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's 2017 album "Flying Microtonal Banana"

[@fredleber2432]

dude, that would actually be complete fire. i bet itll happen eventually

[@anthonyfrank2410]

i thought they were gonna go into The Simpsons theme around 5:19

[@iamcreator2.0]

haahahhaha

[@elementoband3434]

Anthony Frank that's a Panzerballett style of personalizing songs 😁

[@conr114]

the power of the lydian

[@metalhih-band39]

conr114 in fact its mixolydian #11 because you can hear the flat seven in the harmony just after :)

[@conr114]

metal HIH-band ah thanks. I'm an amateur lol

[@bassheadjazz2708]

this is an incredible musical puzzle. I can imagine working through it and the satisfaction of figuring out just a section of this.

[@danielonfire10]

Tosin Abasi for President!

[@ThatCarGuy]

We need Tosin to play for Aaron Rodgers and McCarthy... Maybe he will start playing better again and McCarthy might see a whole new dimension of coaching LOL. We need to beat duh bears LOL.

[@ThatCarGuy]

***** If Tosins grooves cant get Aaron back into the groove nothing will LOL

[@bryanbeckett869]

wardkdouglas wow, fuck you.

[@wardkdouglas]

Bryan Beckett No thnx

[@houseeater56]

+wardkdouglas L

[@M4ND1NG0X]

2:05 is where the true magic begins! This song is intense as hell

[@CalvinScherer]

The most 'Prog Rock' AAL have ever been Digging all the variety in tempo and dynamic

[@blueskythinking4745]

It's Frog metal

[@johnvincent1823]

It's shit is what it is

[@Letter_J]

Is that Tosin on the right? Sick calves, bro.

[@fizzlefresh14]

i think its cg

[@McYates24]

-____-

[@mtdrew5484]

LMAO!

[@sandmitches]

Silver surfer

[@kevinriveraguitar]

r u rlly dat dense bitch

[@jonathancondor508]

Currently addicted to the riff at 2:25

[@hensoakira]

Sounds good for a war scene

[@maayanelbaz5534]

Javier's line at 3:16 ... OMG that shit made my ears to smile!!

[@nicolasgorszczyk9291]

This is madness

[@angelogrijalva1621]

madness? this is TOSIN

[@nem6952]

Nicolas Gyszyrszczhayak 'Tis The Madness Of Many bruh

[@whitemau5707]

Sparta

[@HiIamTwist]

your surname is not that bad, either

[@nicolasgorszczyk9291]

***** thanks, it's polish

[@themagnanimous1246]

we get it you guys really enjoyed math class

[@GarethMcNicholBriggs]

This is a wormhole to higher consciousness my brain is not yet prepared to take.

[@Tachtzehn]

Love the change of pace partway through this song, and the groovy Jakub Zytecki vibe in the solo from 4:02 - 4:36

[@AaronQ1222]

I'm not into the whole "djent" thing, but this band is certainly an exception.

[@NickAcker]

AaronQ1222 I recommend Plini, he isn't very "djenty" if that makes any sense but there is a lot of feeling and technicality to his music. very proggy aswell

[@HammersmashedTaco]

just chiming in, theres a difference between a band using djent sound/structure in a song (bands such as AAL, Tesseract, Periphery etc) and a djent band (see: Volumes, Wormholes) the entire song is boring repetitive djenting. It seems like you're looking for Prog metal bands, in which case I'd recommend the the progmetal subreddit (r/Progmetal) for countless lists of delicious proggy bands.

[@Oh_its_Mike]

Yeah, prog is for le real intellectuals, no fun hardcore music allowed. Volumes fans get out reeeeeeeeeeee

[@HammersmashedTaco]

Just my opinion of Volumes. Wouldn't have considered them hardcore tho. A Wilhelm scream is a pre dank hardcore band tho.

[@MrLioncash]

This isn't djent to me at all. Tesseract is Djent... but Tesseract is a shit load simpler than this... in terms of rhythm, you can actually clearly hear and define tesseract grooves, they don't take much time to interpret... as it the same with most djent bands, they have more structure... stuff like AAL reminds me of Messhuggah and Sikth... actual, thought out complicated grooves with a lot of structure and fluidity.. If anything this music is more "fusion" than anything, it's like the new Steve Vai or Dave Weckl stuff..

[@NOTO-_-]

These guys are gonna go down in history as one of the best/most innovative bands of all time. I just know it. This shit is incredible.

[@youssefezzeddine923]

This album is like a perfect combination of weightless and a joy motion

[@lowki1606]

This whole album should be put under a new genre. Progressive prog sounds about right to me

[@nospoon17]

As a drummer there are no words to describe how grateful I am to be able to hear drumming this dang good gosh darn it. Gee wiz! Thanks Matt Garstka for your awesome and inspiring drumming!

[@TheMeatballMen]

4:02 "and now, for your local, on the 8's."

[@TheMeatballMen]

a thousand points to anyone that gets this reference

[@POLARIS2]

TheMeatballMen the weather channel?

[@TheMeatballMen]

Joe Camastra you win if you can tell me why I made that reference

[@POLARIS2]

It sounds like the background music of the weather channel at 4:02

[@TheMeatballMen]

Joe Camastra you win!

[@AronMikaelMusic]

I tried dancing to this. Now I'm back from hospital

[@phillycheesesteak6177]

With the brain dance I was like oh this is cool still dont know if this album is going to live up to the others, but then....BAM with arithmophobia it just changed everything and has made me think this could very well top the rest now! HOLY SHIT!!!!!!

[@bulletsmichael]

Philly Cheesesteak agreed

[@tylerseidel809]

Philly Cheesesteak did you listen to the single version of Brain Dance on the Sumerian page, or the full version?

[@phillycheesesteak6177]

Tyler Seidel full version. I preordered the album.

[@uomo_favico]

I play drums and I loved to play along some of yours songs, but how am I supposed to play this? it's just too good and complex and wow

[@kornonthecob16]

Learn how to play in 5 instead of 4 and you'll be on your way!

[@balduineldhopp4219]

i play guitar but i find it unplayable for my level. maybe it's time to level up our skills

[@uomo_favico]

I can already play in five, but how can I replicate the touch? How??? Anyway, it's just a compliment to the band, they get better each album. Love 'em. :)

[@jacobdrums4386]

Leonardo Peruzzi i can play tooth and claw bot for me this song is just to tight and complex

[@yorklovesrush]

jacob drums yeah same here

[@2Kakor]

Brain dance wasn't my jam at all so I started thinking "Maybe this album won't deliver". This song punished my feeble mind for even having that thought.

[@ovafofah6635]

Same dude! I was worried because I really wasn't feeling the brain dance, but I fuck with this song heavy.

[@Sueizi0]

It took me 1 year and 3 months to fully realise how good and complex this album is. Fuck me. I hardly believe there's any other band out there than can confront Animals As Leaders.

[@twelvelookslike]

This is what machine elf's listen to

[@colepenick5238]

Self-transforming chrysanthemums

[@RobBaron6]

Don't abandon yourself to amazement.

[@A55455In47I0n]

'Death by astonishment.'

[@RobBaron6]

Said the jeweled self dribbling basketballs.

[@horatiotrismegistus616]

Try not to be amazed...Try to do what we're doing!

[@jacobwagner1942]

THIS REMINDS ME OF THE DEBUT ALBUM AND IT MOISTENS ME

[@theyngveohlin]

this is even better than the previous works, the mood is darker, never heard anything like that

[@ultranate8618]

That was amazing I can't be live it took me four years to find these guys.

[@nicholascavanaugh5970]

Rhythm simplified: the whole song has the same subdivisions. It starts and ends in 9/8, and in the middle, it switches to something obscene, but the quarters are five 16th notes from the 9/8 section.

[@williamcompitello9493]

Any way I head bang, it's WRONG!! Is the time signature a quadratic equation?

[@J_buttas]

William Compitello you just gotta feel it, bro!!

[@houseeater56]

polynomial of degree 9001 with non real roots actually

[@cameranbarbieux2802]

Its OVer NINE THOUSAAAAANDDD!!!

[@404pleasetryagain]

houseeater56 That has an odd degree, there has to be one real root (sorry!)

[@electronicsandroboticsclub750]

William Compitello no it's a quintic equation. It can't be solved.

[@blacktaxi2d]

inspired by that guy on sitar that covered AAL?

[@jamesjohnson4432]

possibly. If so..

[@paulendymion9096]

rishabh seen is his name

[@AHmusic]

or maybe The HAARP Machine?

[@Eccentrics]

Rishabh Seen! Remember that name man. :)

[@MichaelAveryMusic]

Sounds like more hip hop/EDM influence to me.

[@Porcupethtonia]

I think Animals as Leaders is one of the most innovative guitar based bands to come along since Meshuggah.

[@Oh_its_Mike]

What is so good about Meshuggah? Their songs are all boring as fuck...I can't get into them.

[@Porcupethtonia]

What is so good about Meshuggah? lol u wot m8? They might not be everyone's cup of tea, but they pioneered a revolutionary guitar sound and style for their time, which has spawned countless imitators and an entire sub genre of metal.

[@Oh_its_Mike]

BDP Games Ahh, so much like The Beatles...they're terrible but innovative.

[@Porcupethtonia]

lol U WOT M8? Did you just call the Beatles terrible?

[@spoompls42069]

I think somebody needs a time out...

[@tarunjeetsingh3396]

5:19 , now I know where Simpsons took their inspiration from

[@LayDownYourGuns33]

That intro is so cool. This band is so beyond others it's unreal.

[@absence7445]

The beginning when the guitars and drums come in reminds me a little of the opening of Nostrum by Meshuggah. This sounds fucking amazing

[@miman3]

Your picture... :D

[@thurmanmerman6173]

What are you doing?

[@levelont5560]

Dude, best avatar ever!

[@Bunters196]

Only way way better, because it doesn't do that for the entire track.

[@StartedBlastin]

By better, do you mean a jumbled up shitstorm? This is far from AAL's best work. Almost no lead parts to carry the "rhythm" guitar part. I hope the entire album isn't a proggy mess like this.

[@NIIVES]

This band has transcended metal, mastered jazz and obtained world music, I sure hope their next step will be more funky/fusion stuff. I mean if you add a little Snarky Puppy to Animals As Leaders, I don't know what will happen to the universe man...

[@saugatpaudel5400]

Snarky as leaders, anyways.

[@theexperiencemusic9446]

I think the world would collapse within itself in all the right ways

[@Yarkhan]

Puppies as Leaders!

[@headbangercani]

Animals as Snarkys

[@SALT--]

holy shit i dont think that could happen but if it ever does holy shit

[@voxextremos22]

I love the drum sound it's very tight and punchy. Matt really kills it on this song

[@DrewDawkins]

As a listener, I'm often just blown away by what these guys produce. Every song just pulls me in, even their weaker material.... As a guitarist, I'm in pure awe of some of the passages. Barely human, but not alienating in any way. I feel more curious and interested than disheartened or demeaned in any way. I love these guys with a passion.

[@ControlKey]

This is still to this day my favorite AAL track, Monomyth is a very close second.

[@808Deathmetal]

I can't keep up with the drummer. He is a fucking machine from another dimension. Jesus.

[@lukesmith9059]

My face literally melted

[@Venoch_]

Sorry to hear that man, I'm sure you'll find some who loves you for you, melted face and all.

[@prathamdangi3388]

@@Venoch_ lol

[@MrLioncash]

the more I listen to this album the deeper it get's.... there are SO many intricate parts that sound like blurs at first but become so defined later... this album is truly one of the most progressive and immersive things I have ever listened to.

[@erikferal]

When the math test is so hard, it has it's own Boss Music...

[@NeilF]

Yeah the brain dance was good, but it sounds like one of those breakthrough songs in between the classic AAL heaviness, like air chrysalis or para mexer. But I feared that they weren't going heavy with this album, then BOOM. Arithmophobia put my fears to rest. Odd time signature, alien metal-ish, sitar-ish, djenty excellence.

[@bejaphet]

There's no jamming to anything else after this, there's simply waiting for the next track. AAL is ALL .

[@aminusaleh1996]

Someone needs to hire these guys to make an action video game soundtrack, their music would absolutely be killer to hack and slash too.

[@RyanxDunn]

i love this song's progression, with that fudging awesome sitar, and then that broken down solo part, then back to the fudging sitar!!! AAL is awesome...

[@manuelsotelo4242]

thats the best avantguard djent I ever heard

[@aranrun6785]

Gods As Leaders

[@baptoufragilise]

Aran Run Well that's the opposite point that they're trying to make though

[@_Not_Retarded]

Religions are bad m'kay ?

[@anomalou.s7400]

This is progressive metal taken to the next level. The rhythmic complexity, the melodic and harmonic variety, the outstanding technical abilities of Tosin, Matt, and Javier: absolutely mind-boggling...so much so that listening to it properly (what to speak of playing it) takes a lot of skill.

[@vykroft]

Tigran Hamasyan, I sense you...

[@blackcitadel37]

"OUT 11.11.16" "11/11" "11+11" "1+1+1+1" "4" "Half-Life 4 confirmed"

[@Demiurge66]

error.exe windows has crashed unexpectedly

[@xTB99x]

funny

[@JosiahClelland]

haha

[@iliev93]

but...how about 3?

[@stareatthedot]

don't say that

[@emanuelegalla9539]

who am I? what's this world? are we even real? aliens can walk throught time?

[@MusiicyPowaa]

5:50 That final just SO loud and angry, I wish it lasted longer. Other than that the whole song is just that good, the jazzy middle part especially sounds amazingly refreshing, the melodic score there sounds like nothing I've heard before. I'm loving these guys more and more !

[@GalacticEntropy]

4:30, serious Weightless vibes. Awesome sounding album so far. AAL always surprises and intrigues their fans in a tasteful way.

[@marioparot01]

AAL, Intervals, Plini, what a tour pity i dont live in the US u.u

[@glecko9241]

phero the Same line up was in Europe this summer

[@marioparot01]

I'm from South America xD hope you enjoyed the concert bro :)

[@petruccichile]

phero i live in Canada, gonna see them live in four weeks :D

[@VillaCarrington]

I've expected some Kendrick Lamar bars at first.

[@AnwayPramanik]

VillaCarrington hahahahahahahahahahaha ma man

[@NutsTesticles]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to think that.

[@NineMicRecords]

VillaCarrington alright. I thought I was tripping at first lol

[@PanasonicTooth]

Kendrick AAL collab would be genius.

[@blueskythinking4745]

+PanasonicTooth that would sound stupid.

[@jakemccorkle980]

Literally named the song "the fear of numbers" only to have one of the most complex timing signatures. Well played.

[@Tifany_Riffany]

I like that they are becoming more avant garde / progressive / jazzy and less commercial!!!!

[@mikeyszoch1767]

Who else is really fucked up and this is the best thing you've ever heard in your life

[@Daddyfatclaps]

complex music has this neat ability to turn many people off.....personally I'm loving the freedom these new tracks have, but then again i'm not waiting for that chorus to come back around so I can sing along either.

[@Jeff-ee7rt]

this album is blowing my mind! it's a breakthrough in science!

[@HydraSperati]

This feels like a massive throwback to Weightless and I couldn't be happier

[@IIBBEEXX]

This song caused me to travel to Egypt and back...I don't know how they do it

[@LukeKrona]

TRIGGEREDONOMETRY

[@holliswilliams8426]

When he made the guitar go dun dun dun, dun dun dun, dun, dun dun dun, I felt that

[@augustogomez9372]

It's like a musical explanation of differential equations with partial derivatives

[@amatsuregi]

This will be cove.... wait , nope .

[@Sholps]

Ha! Eat that, Nic Nocturne!

[@tonynurrahman3467]

CALCULUS AS LEADERS

[@FabioEloi]

"Cover this, humans" --AAL

[@AbsoluteSkycaptain]

This feels very reminiscent of Weightless, love it!

[@TheChromeMan3]

Agree!!! Unpredictable and less metal tones.

[@michaelkozma5929]

I think the intro is in a compound 3/9 time signature or just a 6/4 with accents, I can't tell. this is so beautiful and complicated....... I don't know whats going on, i love it. Liking the Sitar flavor.

[@zachary4421]

3/9 doesn't exist. It's 4/4 with syncopation out the ass.

[@michaelkozma5929]

Zachary Excuse me yes you are right my bad, a 9/8 compound not 3/9. Yeah i think you're right just a 4/4 going mayhem on syncopation. He is an animal!

[@aidanloewen2712]

yeah just focus on the sitar and 4/4 it is :P

[@zachary4421]

Haha hence the name Animals as leaders.

[@brycewalburn3926]

My sense is that this album will be great, but it just won't match The Joy of Motion. I'm sure many will disagree with me, but JOM is incredibly hard to top in my book.

[@boarderking133]

Bryce Walburn quite an opinion from 2 songs that have come out.

[@yugiboy1649]

I'm starting to feel the same way lets see what the album brings though.

[@brycewalburn3926]

Dylan Howard Yeah, agreed. That's why I said it's a sense. I like every song on JOM more than both of the songs that have come out, so that's why I have that sense.

[@jcmatias]

I got it, its my fav too. Its the perfect mix of technique and beautiful harmonies. I find the previous two albums harder to listen

[@MDAM12716]

Bryce Walburn Why compare jom to this though?

[@lucentauri9774]

the part starting at 2:25 makes me feel like I'm falling into a black hole gj aal 10/10 will listen again

[@Deebrewski]

I feel like this might be their best album yet. Super excited.

[@bakedandsteaked]

I would love to see the sheet music for this 💀

[@jweezyswag526]

dawsonw128 it will look like a quantum physics equation on music bars

[@TheMadisonMachine]

Imagine a Synthesia video

[@MikleShnikle]

YO THE DRUMS SOUND PERFECT

[@BrandonDrumsMusic]

This is some good stuff! Matt's playing is just phenomenal as well as the other players

[@Jeffkingson]

AAL is in another musical level