Ought - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

KEXP.ORG presents Ought performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded October 15, 2015.
Songs:
Men For Miles
Beautiful Blue Sky
The Weather Song
Passionate Turn
Host: Cheryl Waters
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Luke Knecht & Justin Wilmore
Editor: Jim Beckmann
kexp.org

[@scammin4pigham150]

Where the 2024 listeners at?? Unforgettable imo

[@Matilda_the_Hun]

hello i wish it was 2015

[@johnvegas9059]

Their new band Cola is absolutely epic

[@shiningbuddha]

​@@johnvegas9059 ought much better

[@jamiecal11]

the dude playing keys caught me by surprise, always thought it was a guitar on record.

[@Jose_punk]

Hah, I thought the same

[@joelshields8807]

Same. Those are some cool key tones.

[@ennui_cherub]

Prolly goin thru a guitar amp

[@davvethewavve2182]

Same. 5 years later.

[@billypilgrim1]

I like how they use the Nord synth as a rhythm guitar

[@borjafam]

I fucking love Beautiful Blue Sky.

[@matrocious]

Borja Aranda maybe #circasurvive

[@FcoAndaur]

yes!

[@lydon2956]

me too

[@madwithpower62]

i wish i could get my band to play like this

[@frankiewilliams9844]

Me too boss

[@jolann_k]

Cheryl : Great host, great tastes Cheers

[@JakeWyattMcNeil]

+Jolann synchronicity, was just thinking this. EVERY show with Cheryl Waters as a host is amazing and tickles me fancy.

[@Dylskills]

+Jake McNeil Cheryl talks to much... She would be a better host if she stopped talking during the set.

[@sizone]

00:21 Men for Miles 06:07 Beautiful Blue Sky 19:18 The Weather Song 23:55 Passionate Turn

[@sizone]

love the ending of Men for Miles little guitar riff - so very very Swell Maps

[@FlyBird]

Getting strong Life Without Buildings vibes from these guys. Hell yes.

[@benthegardener6304]

LWB are a great great band

[@JayGerland]

Thank god I'm not the only one that thought this. I keep expecting to hear her voice come through.

[@mucous-membrane]

Both bands are totally up there. There's some footage of Life Without Buildings on YT these days.

[@iwillnevergetone5]

KEXP does it again! there are so many bands that constantly see around but never get around to listening to. then i see that they've done a KEXP session and i know for a fact that the session will bring out the best in them. guess i'll be getting Ought's records now. Another solid session! thanks to Cheryl for being awesome as alvvays and the rest of the team for engineering/filming these

[@CapnBuzz]

Do u listen to the Fall? This band is great and intentional or not you can hear a bit of the fall in the vocals

[@iwillnevergetone5]

***** i'll check them out for sure!

[@papaonta]

that fellow too eerily have similar feature as Mark E Smith

[@Supermodelyum]

Yes.... As in exactly the same. - Funny how he didn't sound like that on the first Ought EP. (More like Dream Pop vocals). Someone must have given him a Fall cd and told him they were obscure. (sheesh)

[@sizone]

sure he did. and David Byrne :) he has many personae

[@mhbackman]

David Byrne would be proud of these lads!

[@daddyofisabel]

+Marc Backman Was thinking Thurston Moore might be a little more proud, or pissed, depending on his disposition.

[@sizone]

dont forget Mark E Smith-uhhhh

[@eugenekassakov3402]

@@sizone Nah, Mark E. would be definitely pissed. Cause they rip him off-ah!!

[@sizone]

@@eugenekassakov3402 naw, not a ripoff, just influenced. there's joy division, wire, swell maps, damned, buzzcocks, talking heads, fall, etc in here. oh wait, I forgot Elvis Costello (the weather song)

[@briancox9357]

I found these guys yesterday after overdosing on The Fall. What a band. Really hits the spot. Cheers from Northampton England.

[@sshagent]

Hey Brian!!!! I know thee. I love these too. Hope you're well (James ~Northampton)

[@melindalemmon2149]

I am 59 and this is my new favorite band. Were any of the guys music majors? Wow. Wow.

[@christophermartin7927]

I am now 60 and I like them too. Drahla are another new band who reflect the punk lyric and style.

[@fabiodewitt9140]

Finally! Beatiful Blue Sky is awesome ''I feel alright,ifeel alright,i feel alright''.

[@JusticeDigger]

+Fabio Dewitt Yes! Yes!

[@fabiodewitt9140]

''I no long afraid to dance tonight''.I love this band.

[@StrangeMachines1]

Yeah !! That was 3 years ago but still.. feel alright feel alright feel alright... :D

[@miguel-vo1cb]

Long live ought❤️❤️❤️

[@janee.4830]

Ms. Cheryl is ALWAYS there to host my favorite bands

[@blackfang04]

The way 'Passionate Turn' builds is just amazing. What an awesome band.

[@AirBallers31]

Absolutely dying to see these guys live

[@palbo4]

Hope you got to see them without dying

[@AirBallers31]

@@palbo4 Thanks I lived

[@cheeseboy777]

The outro to Beautiful Blue Sky is so .... beautiful.

[@ericbrown2116]

Cheryl, you are the god damn best.

[@Goblin-Nixon]

This band is excellent! However, I am having trouble reading the drummers shirt, perhaps for the next album the drummer could get a shirt with larger text.

[@jackdaniels450]

It says "I was in Paris" if anything, he should get a shirt with smaller text for each tour, just to mess with you

[@brain.in.a.body.]

Gotta love the drums on Passionate Turn. The drummer nailed it. Really great performances all around.

[@clinthowardonjenkem4439]

I love the KEXP videos. Especially with Cheryl hosting. Great band. Remind me of The Rikters out of Chicago. Ought's singer has a freakishly long neck.

[@TehAwesomer]

The drummer is SLAYING IT : 23:08 🥁

[@jameshaydock]

Nobody can touch these guys. Utterly brilliant. People will be playing (and enjoying this) 20 years from now. Quality never goes out of style.

[@96powerpower]

the fall + life without buildings + talking heads. too good!

[@johnnyFishborn]

The way of singing is fantastic crazy! I love it

[@RushReverie]

Reminds me of Television a lot, I fucking love this.

[@florianschneider9043]

From an enormous album !!

[@invisiblecurious856]

RIP OUGHT. BEST POST PUNK BAND EVER

[@existDFN]

they're back as 'Cola"

[@invisiblecurious856]

@@existDFN thanks for informing. Yes they are back. I wonder where is their drummer goes?

[@zmnm]

i was at the polish show - age of 15 by then - and it felt like a concert experience of a lifetime, that one performance which completely changes your perception of what music is about. i havent really recovered from that i wont be able to feel it all over again, being more of a fully shaped person

[@AirBallers31]

New favourite band

[@liammackenzie3150]

These guys love Television

[@Idiotequeish]

SOOOOOO Good!

[@erickovach3062]

Mash them up with Protomartyr = Epic

[@deepdriedinkelvin]

love this band so much

[@jayk9777]

stellar band will live long in the memory

[@kellyloomis6385]

Excellent!

[@oblistr]

There's hope for good music!

[@CarlOperatingSystem]

what a great surprise

[@Christhyfy]

I was waiting for this!

[@andiedeal]

Holy shit, they're great!

[@TheCalypsoMakeup]

yeeeeeeeeah thanks kexp i love you

[@sweetdave540]

This stuff is great!

[@banfasso3109]

Sonic Pavement

[@andresjacome296]

+Ban Fasso nah... more like The Fall, Wire and Magazine

[@sizone]

television burma head.

[@diarmuidhopkins8701]

This band ....feckin perfection

[@SwoonLP]

Thanks Cheryl and all the team for the wonderful guests you get on this studio. Viet Cong, Algiers and Ought performances were all amazing. Any plans to do a session with Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeuld ?!

[@angelportal5378]

they got substance

[@nevilleandann]

SUPERSTAR AND STAR HERE . BIG BIG HUGS EVERY ONE . CALL US.

[@danssescheveux60circuits95]

Très bon groupe.

[@hansy3]

Ought reminds me of Buckley ‘95. Wild com

[@elrompevag1nas554]

I really wanted to see Ought in KEXP, thanks guys keep the good work.

[@sergioacaldarella4627]

great band

[@AlbinWest]

Beautiful Blue Sky reminds me a lot of Dismemberment Plan.

[@Yathera]

+AlbinWest similar sentiment to Back and Forth

[@JesperBear]

+Yathera Hm, I've always thought of Back and Forth as very sentimental though. Beautiful Blue Sky sounds more critical of casual social pleasantries to me. I agree with the similarities in sound though, both are amazing bands!

[@Yathera]

I think in terms of overall content you are completely right. What I meant was the relationship between the two song titles and the role they play within their own songs. Ought is critical while D-plan is nostalgic, but I think they're both reacting to the absurdities of life. Ought looks to the sky for and d-plan dances away their existential panic. Even more similarities in "Beautiful Blue Sky" is the "I'm no longer afraid to dance tonight" line. It reminds me of the chorus of "back and forth". So, there overall worldviews may be very different, but their conclusion is similar.

[@christopherpreindl8736]

Fantastic band.

[@Peetrikanal]

Excellent band ! Hope to see and hear them in concert somewhere.

[@DamoresFl]

OUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GUYS!? loved you since the first album. Habit and weather song are precious to me man

[@FellDestroyedMusic]

What a sound

[@absurdstuff]

so awesome

[@JackKrausGuitar]

just for the record, these live sessions are so much better than other ones like audiotree

[@ascottcarter]

Idk man. Watch their Far Out Series. Meat Wave, Russian Circles.. it goes hard.

[@selvanegrra]

Absolutely fantastic! Lovely work from both KEXP and Ought! =D

[@holdercomm]

horrible ad cut on beautiful blue sky!

[@AsleepWithFireFlies]

Do you reckon they're fans of The Fall?

[@olivermangham6103]

+Francis Locrius No way. They definitely haven't ever heard of Violent Femmes either. Or Television.

[@thomasrainbow]

+Oliver Mangham Or Talking Heads. They've never heard them before. ;) Good stuff nonetheless.

[@dmack97]

+Copulaxoxi Ranbooi there's defs a big 'gangnam style' influence in these young boys

[@harperellenburg]

totally.

[@sergioalexandre9513]

+Francis Locrius And Wire, for sure.

[@2m7b5]

Schweeet. These guys are awesome.

[@joshfrenier6599]

that bassist is handsome as FUCK

[@petercompo8754]

Nice channeling of MX-80 Sound

[@jsmaack]

Nice lvl up shirt!

[@TheDankCrew]

the intro to that first song gave me an instant throwback to early tokyo police club

[@frooshante]

they're awesome but still young. they will bud into a fuzzy flower of what is.

[@douglasdaggart5444]

AMEXBLACK

[@chadholmes2411]

I believe Pitchfork initially introduced me to these guys. But I've been listening to them more since this session. I would say in a brief sum up 'Talking Heads meets the Post Punk genre' . SUPER creative

[@existDFN]

that thicc bass sounds amazing

[@jmhx8177]

Old School indie

[@Hops1221]

❤

[@millacol88]

Sounds like The Fall to me.

[@assquiat]

I'm talking out of my ass, because my heart is not open

[@headoverhillsuk]

No clue these guys were American Singing voice sounded more like British post punk in a way and especially they’re style.

[@daysofhalcyon]

sonic heads?

[@pdg887]

Talking Fall

[@eugenekassakov3402]

@@pdg887 The Talking Heads Fall

[@pedrozegarra9950]

sparks

[@thechillcomesover]

The buildup on Beautiful Blue Sky reminds me of Tom Verlaine and Television.

[@nightvisionsex]

Does anyone know the line he says at 3:08? Its still not that much clearer than it is on the record

[@arisromero7052]

The lead singer likes like my old boss Anthony Roger

[@matrocious]

by the second song, i'm beginning to understand why #beck won that grammy under such scrutiny, and how this could be some sort of neo-americana revival since #thenational went elsewhere after a few albums, distortion with age

[@matrocious]

some consideration to the formation of #thedivinefits for the sake of and older younger paradigm and likely where that second album has been hiding

[@joshyeung.]

Karaoke version of Beautiful Blue Sky - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnephWhjaKl4mdk

[@hunter2769aa]

the bass player looks like general hux

[@existDFN]

he kinda looks like a bully in the following kexp session

[@donkeyheads]

It's like the reincarnation of Mark E Smith...love the feels

[@marcuswatt9727]

First time I'd heard them, and I thought of Mark E. at about eleven minutes.

[@rafaelebukacontreras9507]

joder que buenos,me recuerdan a joy division.saludos desde spain.

[@sizone]

Um Its "excuse me would you say there's a chance of bringing this whole FUCKER down."

[@bamboozled8549]

Sad these guys broke up

[@sashwap]

did they??

[@bamboozled8549]

Yeah it’s a fucking shame. They’re took down their website and on the merge records website they aren’t on current artists anymore. I think dude just wants to make solo music now

[@jacksonparks3071]

Noooooooooo

[@TheKcdotz]

Are these guys still making music??

[@unweon1520]

they have been separated since 2020:(

[@acrata1312]

The Fall + The Strokes??

[@ThisIsNotACigar]

Can anybody remember the Blue Aeroplanes? This gves me a similiar vibe, especially the second song. Rubs me just the right way.

[@sonicpharmacist]

Yeah I remember them, but I don't think they sound anything alike. Is there a particular Blue Aeroplanes song you have in mind?

[@ThisIsNotACigar]

No, more the way of singing - the insrumentals dont't sound alike though. You're right there. Thats the reason I talked about a similiar "vibe" I get (which is a very personal/subjektive thing).

[@robertlobensteijn6227]

joy devision???

[@inefavelerrante]

What the hell happened with Darcy's voice? I miss so much his agressive vocals on Sun Coming Down... Fucking awesome album, though.

[@fabiodewitt9140]

+Gustavo Lopes Probably a lot of shows.

[@inefavelerrante]

provável... e uma pena.

[@fabiodewitt9140]

Pois é,achei a voz dele arrasada nesta sessão,no entanto instrumentalmente falando tá impecável.

[@Myarcademusic]

+Gustavo Lopes I talked to them just before they played kexp. They were pretty exhausted from touring the better part of the last two years, plus releasing a couple albums on top of that.

[@d0ntt0uchm3th3r3]

sounds like The Fall except talented

[@leonardodondi3529]

No

[@barnproductions]

Is this Ian Curtis's kid or his reincarnation?

[@Spazmatronicmonkey]

They remind me of The Strokes

[@cocodelful]

and me peter hamil

[@nickjbland]

How the hell Tim Darcy making that beautiful noise at 7:50? It's like a perfectly sloppy sweep pick or something...

[@rbrme]

+Nick Bland Reverb and purposely hitting a bunch of bum notes with weird timing.

[@olivermangham6103]

Where is the drummer from? His accent is ... tricky to pin down.

[@olivermangham6103]

+Oliver Mangham Google tells me he is from Australia.

[@cocodelful]

me fait bocou penser à peter hamil

[@harperellenburg]

is this the fall?

[@palbo4]

I don't know when exactly you posted this comment, but as of today, September 26th, it is the fall

[@harperellenburg]

palbo4 thank you wasn’t totally sure, only took 4 years to get an answer.

[@palbo4]

@@harperellenburg glad to help! Seasons are confusing