Drinking in the Park with Deafheaven - Sound Off! - Ep. 9

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Deafheaven instantly made a name for themselves with 2013's 'Sunbather,' an album that impressed critics and divided metal fans. In this episode of Sound Off, we follow the band through San Francisco to get some background on their origin and to check out their favorite party spots.
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[@collinm9469]

The funny thing is Deafheaven never called themselves a Black metal band. they have black metal influences and elements Just like Lemmy never said Motorhead were metal. he said Rock n Roll

[@isaiah2261]

ayy lmao

[@MalcomJuliaMorgan]

they suck under any label.

[@RibeiroGames12]

most bands are not fans of labels and stuff. but i'm pretty sure that theyve said once that they are a blackgaze band but were not the first ones for sure

[@shellacSOUP58]

In the end, I find it hard to argue with the quality of the music. A year after Sunbather, and the music still sounds great. So who cares about the word "hipster" anymore? Honestly.....

[@mykectown]

Well said, my friend.

[@RensFindhammer]

They are actually pretty well known, right? It's not even that hipster-underground-ish anymore

[@BucketPukes1969]

Rens Findhammer Hipsters arent underground, its like the main urban “culture” in america. They ruined my city (san francisco)

[@plewlonehitknown4812]

hipster is a word with no real meaning. Some jealous kids made it up.

[@DuskyRope]

So you can just...smoke weed on the streets of San Francisco?

[@ipwndrums]

yup

[@hanami_azn4880]

😱

[@lege5346]

you can smoke weed wherever you want my friend

[@h0pesfall]

@@lege5346 not in Germany… not yet…

[@StormWatcher313]

That's the least of their worries. Fent and Tranq and Meth are much worse.

[@iceveiled]

Dude can scream, the drummer kicks ass and the music is mostly interesting. That's what I want to hear when I listen to metal. I don't care if you have long hair and corpsepaint or the total opposite, it just doesn't matter. It's about the music, not the look. You like it or you don't. That's how art works.

[@Bandstand]

7:45.....glad the guy from the Endtroducing cover is still alive and well.

[@ficklefartrecordsco3451]

Lol

[@gmadman7]

what an awesome group of people

[@youtubeyoutubeyoutube9961]

They seem like really cool guys.

[@americanzero2114]

youtubeyoutubeyoutube they really are.

[@americanzero2114]

Super nice and chill too

[@BB-rt9nc]

You must be lame as fuck

[@rezzytheblackrose9212]

very nice

[@garrettwarrick4156]

I saw Deafheaven on Friday the 13th of this month, and it was the best concert that I've ever been to. George is the best frontman I've ever witnessed.

[@youtubeyoutubeyoutube9961]

Shotwell was an old political punk band back in the 90's who were from San Francisco. You know your shit Andrew

[@cajonbru]

this dudes are hipsters, but it's not their fault, this are the times we live, just like black sabbath were hippies, then Ozzy looked glam, it's hard to escape from the times you live , aesthetically

[@Frobbl]

"it's hard to escape from the times you live , aesthetically" is one way to put it. But I think it would be more accurate to point out the fact that it is weak to not be able to escape the times you live, aesthetically.

[@peacecoyote1592]

@@Frobbl weak or maybe stupid to try and force your way out of it? Brings to mind this quote from Allan Watts "social conventions still govern those who deliberately try to oppose them." No matter what you do you're going to look like you're from the time you exist cause that's when you exist

[@georgejackson4424]

@@peacecoyote1592 yeah but you don't have to follow every single aspect of every trend and then try to justify it with a "muh generation" excuse, those dudes just want that hipster pussy , end of discussion

[@peacecoyote1592]

@@georgejackson4424 more power to em

[@georgejackson4424]

@@peacecoyote1592 ...more power to conformity and bandwagon trends? Lol okay hipster

[@yazoo55]

So, enjoying your life and having fun is being an hipster ? I swear, Black Metal intergrists are the biggest hipsters.

[@adamshannon6253]

No, they're hipsters because they aren't from Norway, they don't burn churches, and they don't wear corpse paint and cover themselves in animal blood. Plus, their fucking guitarist has glasses. I doubt they're even prescription. Being happy definitely doesn't help matters either. And don't even get me started on playing shows for enjoyment. If you aren't miserable, and your fans aren't equally as or more miserable, then you aren't fucking black metal.

[@RicoSeattle]

What's an intergrist?

[@RicoSeattle]

gaijinplus1 What's a grist? I've never heard that word before.

[@RicoSeattle]

gaijinplus1 Oh! That makes so much more sense. I feel like an idiot. Lol. I was googling it and looking it up in the dictionary on my computer, and I couldn't find the word. I never considered that it was a typo. Ya, I love Deafheaven too; they're great. I wish I could find more bands like them. :( The closest I could find is a band called Vaura.

[@gerunkwon2598]

RicoSeattle thanks man for pointing out vaura, i was hoping to find more bands like deafheaven.

[@kKkites]

"I'm trying to think of Deafheaven in a Hyundai commercial." "We're not a band that's ever going to have to think about our ethics because some gigantic, faceless company wants to use our music." Then they were used in an Apple iPhone ad. Can't believe we're coming up on the 10 year anniversary of this album. This album has meant so much to me, I can't even begin to describe. Thank you Kerry and George, specifically. And Dan, who really tied the room together with his drums.

[@austinsmith3727]

Am I the only one who was like why are they smoking a 20 dollar bill when they could've bought more weed with it haha

[@yotabemtaghd419]

a random Antwon appeared!

[@unaaaaaaa1934]

lmao just saw that

[@srsucioguapodelsur8845]

OH SHIT WUDDUP TWON

[@freshseafood3036]

fuck antwon

[@fortvilelsensdyp857]

vocals are absolutely incredible

[@Sauce....]

Brilliant band, Sunbather is an awesome album, too!

[@V-SZN]

This just makes me want to move to San Francisco, fucking cool how everyone can just sit in the park, drink and chill. Without people sticking their nose in your business, love it.

[@rileylam2883]

the sweetest fucking guys. george is so easy to talk to in person and theyre all just goofs, love this band

[@thomasanthony5021]

Watching this now brings me such a nostalgic and fuzzy feeling.

[@Croot_Music]

These guys seem like they're having a good time being themselves. Fuck people who are so bitter that seeing other people enjoy life makes them angry.

[@centerrightpunk]

Black metal nerds don't even know the roots of the music they listen to. That 2nd wave atmospheric BM sound came about by using guitar techniques from Gothic/Post-Punk bands like Killing Joke, Amebix, etc. So basically, you can thank post-punk "hipsters" in the 80s for European metal heads digging it and incorporating it, otherwise those black metal bands you like would just be death metal bands with evil themes.

[@centerrightpunk]

evil or dark themes, you get the point

[@jasonren666]

+centerrightpunk these guys suck on so many levels

[@45Puar]

Cringey as hell.

[@centerrightpunk]

jasonren666 I can't really dispute that, lol

[@noname-oo5fz]

I've already read that under another video.

[@Steely_Danzig]

The band's lifestyle is almost too good to be true. They are so hip it hurts haha

[@griefoflinkocarinaofmajora5159]

How awesome these guys can be for real , mad respect

[@REPHIA]

they're so chill. can't wait to see them live in august!

[@aschemusicreations]

Their drummer is fucking good

[@StrageZa]

Really great interview.. down to earth and showing a cool side to the band.

[@HorrorHiro]

These guys are truly an inspiration.

[@illuviium]

I watched this noisey episode so many times over and over when I first learned about deaf heaven and thought I was so cool myself for discovering such a cool band. At the time I must’ve been like 18 or 19 and I was having a lot of good memories, lots of tinder hook ups and I was meeting alot of cool interesting people and just driving around at night alot and listening to this music and I’m rewatching this interview again and I’m getting all that nostalgia come back and I can’t believe how good the human brain is at familiarizing points of your life with things you used to associate yourself with

[@Metalheadaches]

Beautiful

[@InfinityDsbm]

such an amazing unique band

[@Nekrist666]

Awesome band!

[@sulfurskies9658]

If you identify with this genre it's hard not to love these guys!

[@c0wper97]

They seem so chill,

[@johndee3868]

man... that whole sunbather thing is really well thought out

[@Selim-qs1be]

thanks amazing video

[@miguel79287]

So chill

[@dirkheeres2206]

4:14 - 5:00 is beautiful

[@45Puar]

pretentious

[@cielosordo]

Is blissful.

[@mavisevelyn618]

N. Ayancan it’s like a dream

[@temerianlillies]

@@45Puar who isn’t in some way? Music is one of the most pretentious art forms to exist lol

[@mcs214]

badass power trip long sleeve

[@jacksonjxnatti596]

I like these kids and thank goodness something interesting is still happening in the Mission

[@Metaljonus]

Just got into this band a few weeks ago and i'm loving it!

[@anchorsawiegh669]

is the journalist the old bass player to Against Me!?

[@Gekkido]

+Jacob Throne yup

[@ozcartadeo2918]

"Sunbather is a natural person, I ditched school one day and there was a girl that was sunbathing, and I parked there for a moment and in the least creepy way possible I just kind of watch and was like man, I was so envious, it looked like she never cared in the world, she was totally content where she was, she had taken certain steps to sort of be that way and I felt like; what have I done differently to bring myself to this point that maybe this person hasn’t so that was like the seed and it kind of just, the whole record essentially revolves around the idea of my personal faults that result in my ultimate like…imperfect lifestyle."

[@ghy518]

great video

[@alex222pak]

Hahahhahaah the introduction is fantastic!!!!!

[@TheMorsiCA]

That power trip shirt at the end! Insaneeeee! Love PT

[@thewintereaglefly]

George is so pretty/stylish it hurts

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

Third bassist now, Stephen left due to touring issues. They got Chirs Johnson from Doomriders. Kerry's sober now-- so good for him.

[@viscountrainbows6452]

Drinking and smoking bud in public; I love this band for many reasons + this

[@isaiahjusice8072]

3:05 this is actually the same exact bed Jack Black used in the School of Rock.

[@gloom4139]

they seem like real cool guys

[@Ro700Repeater]

Nice Watford Jacket at the start haha

[@jacktadash]

They had three different types of crisps!!

[@MegaMrCreep]

Whys the guy wearing a WATFORD football jacket!?!??! HERTFORDSHIRE!??!?!?!

[@BGH10000]

Not my kind of music, but really cool people!

[@TheFirebird147]

My boy Andrew representing Watford F.C

[@emuntiburns]

In San Francisco! Nothing but a bridge away!!

[@martinp2985]

Brilliant young men.Simple. The highlight of a decade

[@turtlelefant]

for me it's Deafheaven, the heaviest post rock band

[@xkumanekox]

that Watford jacket though

[@noneofyourbusiness1114]

I just realized that's the rapper Antwon with deafheaven

[@MrP1nk92]

Fucking yes!

[@FreshHennessyRecords]

Dreamhouse,best track ever

[@johanneshorn4119]

It's kinda like Touche Amore with Black Metal vocals. Really nice.

[@kennerlymcveigh9444]

is that Antwon chilling?

[@TheAlbinoskunk]

Combining two things I like: blackgaze and Watford FC. nice

[@jessiegarcia9410]

The bar at the end look cool AF. Any idea what bar that is?

[@xDEATHCRUSHx]

lmao how do you misspell Dolores Park?

[@JasonTopo]

Funny how they talking about no commercials and two years later they did a Ray-Ban ad lmao Not hating tho, they`re one of my favorite bands.

[@leetorry]

One of the worst things I have ever seen in my life

[@doranstewartstewart6521]

did i really see antwon. but then yea he's been in punk ands so ive heard.

[@traci389]

This is the only time I get to see my cousin anymore George Lesage!!!!!

[@bassimprovjams3772]

I miss this bass player sooo much

[@adamromero3613]

Anyone know the name of the song that starts at 2:04? Thank you.

[@dimm94]

I'm just really stoked Antwon was in this video.

[@lukecosby7813]

It's Antwon!

[@Aginor27]

Oh hey just realised Antwon is in this.

[@reymontcantil199]

hipster may be dead now but it lasted a long time. plus that culture was never about one thing. sometimes that was not just being into metal but also being into spoon or the smiths or techno or witch house or whatever. deafheaven is a perfect example of that. smalltown kids who were into metal move to a big city and realize theres more to listen to than deicide and slayer rings really true. and you know what? sunbather still slaps.

[@dasdead]

ANTWON NATURE

[@skittlehappymatt]

The lead singer is fucking hot.

[@imcarriedinmybasket]

that btm tag

[@MsMicrosoftGuy]

Can noisy do a little something on Antwon? He's fucking cool as fuck

[@slipknotisdabest666]

Antwon was seriously the last person i expected to see in this video...

[@kwakuoti1364]

but deafhaven did a cover of one of antwons songs (?)

[@HEAVYHEARTSMUSIC]

@@kwakuoti1364 antwon and kerry collabed on an lp

[@PatrikHighlights]

Anybody else liked the kerry McCoy version of antwons "in dark denim" better than the original??

[@MisyeDiVre]

Had no clue Richard Spencer was in a band lol.

[@ghostof711]

I just found out about this band and I find it very interesting. I like the album (Sunbather) and as much as I'm intrigued about how their style is called, I don't really want to label them as something generic. I love the vibe, I enjoy the music. It may be not conventional Black Metal (which I listen to occasionally), but it has the features, with exceptions, obvsiously. This resembles traditional BM a lot more than DSBM in my opinion. Wikipedia also labels them as Shoegaze (which I didn't really know about) and I have listened to some other band labeled so and, honestly, I find a similarity in the general vibe. But again, why is genre so important? Why would it be? Anyway, you've got thumbs up from me! :D

[@goredonramslay]

It's not black metal at all, it's screamo music for the 2010's

[@declanrush3722]

What is the song at 2:04 ?

[@MrDaigoRiki]

Envy?

[@marstopia8992]

3:30-3:58 Try to count the "likes"

[@jamiecunningham1565]

Did the guy at the beginning have a Watford coat on??

[@tonyAJ420]

They need to play a show in Modesto.

[@FelixN]

can anyone id the track that starts at 2:04 ? all shazam is finding are weird techno tracks...

[@deadbird618]

Can anyone identify the song at 2:04 I've looked through all the comments, I've shazamed it several times, cant find it

[@Bwethhh]

is that Antwon? lmao

[@thomasacord2436]

NeoGunHero it looks like it!

[@TheOriginalKomamura]

The interviewer is Jack Swagger

[@Mumumumykul]

A bunch of normal ass dudes

[@MrDrew484]

Where they listing to yiking at like 458 lol

[@violindalola]

[@djlain]

Liked even tho you spelled Dolores wrong.

[@Cesarfro7]

Nice band! They smoke a lot!

[@trouttreghorst]

Random Watford jacket

[@Frobbl]

WTF Antwon in a Deafheaven video?! I would have expected a lot from Deafheaven but not Antwon poppin up on it a video by them.

[@ajahnke688]

Fuck Antwon