Preoccupations | Juan's Basement Live

[@JarretLaMark]

I've loved this band since VC's first full length album. Each subsequent release under their new name gets better and better. I hope the band is rewarded with a level of success they set out to achieve, and honestly deserve, because this is a seriously talented group of individuals. Their beat timing, mood shifts, and overall music style is so unique and refreshing. I think they are one of the best bands going over the last 5 years or so.

[@0412lennon]

One of the best bands today

[@sevvvs]

finally, this is like the best live from juan’s basement

[@tonystanley69]

Better than Shame?

[@movimentodoscacos]

@@tonystanley69 yes

[@nickyesparza8321]

Jimmy Fallon is killing it on guitar

[@howardmanley]

More like jacksfilms

[@robertmitzenheim]

So glad Juan’s basement is back. and what a perfect pick w Preoccupations to start again. That setlist is just beyond amazing! Their live qualities are fucking sick. The moment Disarray drops in, maaaaan, goosebumps all over!

[@TheForlornEidolon777]

New Material is a damn fine album. Excellent performance gentlemen!

[@wxcltv_media]

the right music, by the right people - at the right time - and exactly what the worlds needs to hear right now

[@jorgarcia12]

LOL at 47:41 Mike (the drummer) thinks he has a cigarrette on his hand and tried to smoke it, when he realizes he didn't have it

[@PEGGLORE]

When I saw Preoccupations in London last year I was in the smoking area by the entrance, smoking before the gig and all over a sudden this guy with long blonde hair walked past me pointing at me and shouting "Sick shirt dude!" took me a few seconds to realise it was the drummer from the band complimenting me on my 'This Heat-Deceit' shirt I wore. Easily their biggest hidden influence on the band though. Ended up meeting the whole band afterwards and getting my albums signed which was cool. So that's my awesome story about the band, your comment reminded me of this moment.

[@mugenjump]

@@PEGGLORE I feel like This Heat can't be too hidden of an influence. Listen to March of Progress off of Viet Cong. Now listen to Horizontal Hold by This Heat.

[@PEGGLORE]

@@mugenjump Well yh, I mean hidden in the way that not that many ppl know who This Heat are, so they can get away with it ppl thinking they came up with the things that are copying This Heat. March of Progress has loads of dif This Heat moments in it, yes. I'm actually seeing This Heat tomorrow. final ever London show, 2 hour 45 minutes long, it is, should be special. Just about to phone the venue now to ask about when the doors open and things.

[@mugenjump]

@@PEGGLORE sick! have fun!

[@2dan4me97]

@@mugenjump March of Progress is much closer to Paper Hats

[@mr.bluesky4130]

God this version of Select Your Drone is so much better than the one on Cassette lol.

[@howardmanley]

I know right way better

[@neiljung731]

idk the cassette is pretty awesome

[@TobiasHoendervangers]

I've been listening to the record the entire week. Great timing, Juan! Disarray is my current fave (:

[@Stephanie-tz4nq]

Hell yeah I've been waiting for this one. Perfect timing too, as I'm planning on seeing them live in a few weeks. Great performance

[@LieLikesMusic]

That intro cracked me up 😂

[@howardmanley]

Good to see you hear lie

[@JB-fe5po]

Frontman is probably the best lyricist of the 2010s. INCREDIBLE BAND.

[@jimfirth8997]

These gnarly dudes are killing it live!

[@FLACreviews]

Killing vocals in Continental Shelf

[@distortedsounds9639]

BEST THING IVE SEEN ALL DAY!!! ANOTHER AMAZING PERFORMANCE BY THEM!!!

[@patrick_3723]

man..I cannot wait for live music to be a thing again. Firstly I missed you guys in the UK, then I missed you in Seville! (snow cancelled all flights) - hope to see you whenever things allow...x

[@Chicagomatic]

My new favorite band. So good!

[@cosmoqueen100]

Seeing them tonight!!!

[@brownayy]

damn I was expecting a 20 minute version of Bunker Buster

[@mahargllednif2250]

this

[@cruxcommissa]

This version of Bunker Buster is more or less perfect

[@kaylons]

Love their performance of Select Your Drone and other songs like Continental Shelf... so good

[@williamscerbo458]

god Espionage sounds so much sicker played at the faster tempo they do here

[@cruz5738]

just saw them at the echo and holy fuck they are so good man i wanna see them at least 20 more times

[@brandonburroughs7128]

PLEASE GET ARIEL PINK AND/OR THE GARDEN. IM TALKING TO YOU JUAN

[@umraansyed]

Viet cong rock!

[@jvaukman]

This session is just mind blowing!

[@thomas_walker]

Espionage's drop at 29:22 is awesome.

[@guso1330]

Saw these dudes in Columbus, amazing live band!

[@dromendus]

tbh I think I envy Juan more than any other person lmao. he's had Beach House and Preoccupations play in his fucking basement.

[@DRRNNDGL]

Interesting keyboard playing style at the end of bunker buster there

[@ColRon]

Pretty sad about missing their show in Winnipeg a few days ago, this video makes up for it though. Loving the new album!

[@danieljarillo9113]

AMAZING!

[@Kevin-sw7bx]

F_cking love this band!

[@ProfessorBoswell]

gotdamn nice work guys, really great

[@diegotg7071]

viet bong! :)

[@yung-stephen]

Diego Torres diet dong

[@kaylons]

Preoccupied

[@art-genis5337]

Amazing!

[@malaphor9016]

Nice! Bummed I missed them when they came through Brooklyn a month ago. Too slow on the ticket purchases :(

[@JB-fe5po]

They have the facilities at our disposal!!! 🎶

[@jplichta]

HOLY SHIT YES

[@Leonardo-lc1tp]

his voice in this live reminds me donald duck

[@mahargllednif2250]

the way one of the guitars is slightly out of tune on bunker buster scratches an itch i didnt know i had

[@particle808]

I fucking love this band!

[@elinix7932]

I miss the hagstrom

[@pmarci995]

48:45 love them funny eyes, twice 👀

[@LNE_Rec]

nice music

[@OliveAir26]

oops @ 10:21

[@ao1309]

Paulson glad someone else saw that haha. Great recovery though, Danny rules 👍

[@jarnok2283]

wait what am i missing

[@lovelesssometimes]

@Jarno K the guitarist/danny accidentally starts playing the opening notes to Disarray (14:42)

[@tonebenderx]

The Bauhaus vibe is strong

[@JarretLaMark]

Thus the live recording of Dark Entries on the Cassette album. While very few could truly emulate Peter Murphy's voice (David Bowie perhaps), the band nailed the rest of it, and doing it live. Love it, and maybe it's this similarity in sound that keeps me so interested in Preoccupations music. It's got a Bauhaus vibe, but yet is still very different and refreshing, as I mentioned in my previous comments on this killer video.

[@cruz5738]

how the fuck does this not have more views !!!

[@neonwind]

Brilliant! Same vain as UV POP and Modern English.

[@tylerdurden2219]

Yes

[@ThePalpitations1]

see you tomorrow!

[@buckrogez87]

I knew disarray was gonna be sick but God damn espionage is the fucking tittzzzz live!!!! Love the breaks in it, they really add to how sick the tune is!

[@johnathanwright2657]

Damn this is fucking fine music!!!

[@bicycleofviolence]

FUCKING YES

[@BGlasnost]

Might like this version of Espionage better than the recording

[@BillyBigLug]

The drummer was good in that film Die Hard

[@dretastic51]

SOLACE

[@sciacarlo]

Can't feel the power, low bass level

[@laguapa2375]

dude needs to cut down on those cigs ;_; ... listen to that KEXP they did as Viet Cong; his vox sound so much better

[@rossamundbrennan7248]

Touring will wreck anyone's voice eventually.

[@eclectico78]

Espionage!!

[@enricobucovaz9598]

Love that daffy duck voice

[@renatolima9956]

Niice

[@defaultuser8]

saw these dudes last Saturday Hard club @OPorto/Portugal . It was amazing and fucked up at the same time, the dummer is fucking insane and i wanna trademark the glue that sticks his arms together. Great Band! Congrats, you guys put a hell of a show!

[@veerchasm1]

There’s a good chance if I fell asleep to the Cure’s “Disintegration” it would still be playing when I woke up… (READ: it’s long and brilliant)

[@zacharyharris438]

Get Wolf Eyes....

[@Jorge.V.O]

When in Latam?

[@saivcelo]

me gusta un poco mas cuando hace la voz mas aguda

[@johncruz6489]

what voice effect use matt?

[@miztawafflz]

Marlboro, no filter

[@konnyknees]

@@miztawafflz lmao

[@Dissolve28]

Aaah yee

[@wyattadams2883]

It seems way faster, and I get it..I’ve done it..you get bored and just go as fast as you can...but I look back at what I’ve done..and wish I would have slowed down.

[@UndercoverNormie]

Don't mind me, just back to watch this a 12th time Viet Cong's drummer rules dude. Viet Cong rules. SORRY, """Preoccupations""" 😫

[@shoegazer021]

there is something wrong with the vocals

[@Tube_Chaser]

Too much reverb on em I think

[@particle808]

blasphemy

[@rbrme]

He just sounds fucking exhausted.

[@Tube_Chaser]

Must be from all the touring lol

[@Jack-dk7uu]

Think he's just a very rough vocalist live. Mostly in a good way imo, but it doesn't sound much like the vocals on the albums.

[@MrKingalow]

there was a cool post punk band from edmonton about 10 years before, some of you might like 'em: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6PGqY2ij7yEla8

[@lobster8086]

Great show but Mike's floor tom really bothers me for some reason

[@walterlane712]

Gee his voice got raspy

[@johnarcher2844]

damn, thought they were gonna open with a bloc party cover there

[@24antifa]

VietThong

[@johnrooks8271]

n e a t

[@mountaverage2706]

I just wish he wouldn't sing like that live and instead try to at least remotely sing like he does on the records...

[@BestMaxScheffel]

this one's rough cause we're listening to him lose his voice

[@mountaverage2706]

He always sings like this live.

[@Xkid902]

I can understand your frustration but it's a different environment to sing in when there's so much sound topping the vocals than with a studio session with a close up isolated microphone makes it sound easy and crisper.

[@mountaverage2706]

But that's not what I mean. I mean specifically his vocal style. He accentuates completely different, he screams, he swallows many words, and so on. I neither expect him to sound like on the albums nor do I wish for that. I want him to sound "live" and raw, as opposed to the albums. I just wish he wouldn't completely throw the original vocal performance out the window and thereby also changing the feel of the songs quite a lot. It's most evident in live performances of "Continental Shelf". This song has very sensitive vocals (albeit loud and aggressive at times) and they carry the song in a specific way. Live he just screams almost monotonously, depriving the song of its emotional harmonies. Just my two cents of course.

[@marvinm.messier1120]

I don't really get whatever everyone sees in them. I've heard it all before in their influences, but the singing is just awful.

[@yung-stephen]

Mattski Messy Marvin YOU'RE JUST AWFUL

[@ketchup5728]

This bands gone way downhill...

[@handsome_man69]

they look like nice men

[@handsome_man69]

this band is really good.. they are almost as good as Coldplay