Radical Face - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

[@NoxForest]

Radical face is REAL music. Ben Cooper's songs are poetic and tearful. The Best.

[@seanclancy2587]

I emailed Ben once because I wanted him to come play in my state. He hasn't come yet but he sent me a really nice reply email. He is such a cool guy. I love that he does his own tutorial videos for his songs on youtube.

[@southwestjacque]

He's on tour now! it's amazing!

[@pkrish1424]

Whats his email ?

[@Ralsei_Loves_Racing]

Such an underrated artist.

[@oliverdemill4547]

It's a huge honor when an artist records an original version of a song at your studio. I love that she thanks Ben for the slight alteration in the first song, then he follows it up with the greatest, mind-blowing version of Along the Road on record.

[@MetroVirus]

I am so glad that I've had the opportunity to experience Radical Face live. It was better than you could ever imagine.

[@CYTRONBANDERS]

Lucky fella

[@yuweeandkyst]

AWWW YEAAAH ! Nothing's better than a Ben Cooper live video !

[@DogtownPower]

Yes! Radical Face ! THANKS.

[@lonogonzo4118]

A very close friend I hadn't spoke to in a decade just today recommended this band. What an amazing sound. Truly music has not died. But we as a whole have stopped listening to sound and feeling. Bands need to rise again and prove that we can conquer with taste and dignity.

[@minhhan7390]

I never heard of Radical Face until Ben's interview on NPR today. The first song captured my imagination. Now I can't stop listening. I might have to buy the entire trilogy.

[@horsesrmylife78]

Do it! You won't regret it! (Assuming that you like the non-live versions of the songs too)

[@tastyneck]

+Minh Han Check out Electric President, his other project. The sounds a bit different but if you like Radical Face, you'll probably like his other band.

[@HugoRBLX]

I found old genmi at a cafe I'm so glad that they played that song Now I have his whole album

[@artsyhipster]

I've always loved Ben's songs since his Electric President days. Beautiful music. Beautiful songs that always transcends through my heart and soul.

[@danielmarsden2277]

This is just pure awesome! I found these guys through a camera advert but instead of sticking to one song I went old and listen to he produced. Through this very video I have found some more awesome bands.

[@FushiguroMegumi79]

OH MY GOD. I love Ben Cooper!!!!! :D

[@danman6669]

Thank god for Pandora. If it didn't exist, I may never have discovered this amazing band.

[@runfwd]

Great Performance

[@pabloperi1]

I am fan from Chile. Amazing music and lyrics.

[@dpoisonedburritos]

Oh man, The Gilded Hand is such a banger live! Radical Face is one of my all time favorites!

[@Clonov02]

Radical Face - Always Gold We were tight knit boys Brothers in more then name You would kill for me And knew that I'd do the same And it cut me sharp Hearing you'd gone away But everything goes away Yeah everything goes away But I'm going to be here until I'm nothing But bones in the ground And I was there, when you grew restless Left in the dead of night And I was there, when three months later You were standing in the door all beat and tired And I stepped aside Everything goes away Yeah everything goes away But I'm gonna be here until I'm nothing But bones in the ground So quiet down We were opposites at birth I was steady as a hammer No one worried 'cause they knew just where I'd be And they said you were the crooked kind And that you'd never have no worth But you were always gold to me And back when we were kids We swore we knew the future And our words would take us half way 'round the world But I never left this town And you never saw New York And we ain't ever cross the sea But I am fine with where I am now This home is home, and all that I need But for you, this place is shame But you can blame me when there's no one left to blame Oh I don't mind All my life I've never known where you've been There were holes in you The kind that I could not mend And I heard you say Right when you left that day Does everything go away? Yeah, everything goes away. But I'm going to be here 'til forever So just call when you're around.

[@siradymccoy]

i am waiting their new album now!! Hurry Ben!!!

[@jwest88]

+Ady Adnan Me too! He said on facebook that he hoped for a fall release of the last family tree album. I'm hoping that happens! Music is one of the things that keeps me going and more Ben Cooper is always a good thing.

[@Lobzorg12]

+Ady Adnan there it is)

[@Martin-8oll]

Until now I saw this Radical Face performance in KEXP. Loved the performance and the interview. Nice person/artist and band. And of course with Cheryl Waters who is also awesome.

[@arnaldqueiroga4185]

I'm from Brazil, and since I found Radical Face on Spotify, I could not stop listening your songs.

[@jimjohnson8430]

Wow! I love watching great musicians live. Thanks!

[@TheRoarer]

I was so worried, watching the individual videos that Cheryl wasn't going to interview them. I'm sooooooo happy! Thanks KEXP!

[@farahnadiafnr5334]

the lyrics in every songs are radical x

[@nicholasbarron3374]

Very nice love it

[@meganellingburg7274]

radical face! What a great band, Roots is mu favorite. Wish they would come to milwaukee

[@margotb1871]

please come to Texas! i have got to see you perform live! please come to Deep Ellum!!!

[@csfm00]

Beautiful soul!

[@Clonov02]

Along the road There, along the road, was a tiny home The yard held dead machines behind its fences Like they were it's kids Broken down, but still worth a lot to someone It made me stop and grin Light from a dying moon It blurs our eyes And we wear a cape of fireflies And after the world's in bed All the ghosts come sing along But we'll forget them When the morning comes And I slept on the ocean last night I could see you all, and you all were dancing sideways Your feet stuck to the skies And I could see the airplanes dance behind your eyes And I was glad I found the time

[@Clonov02]

Reminders: I wish I had more nice things to say But I was raised not to lie I'm either honest, or I'm an optimist But never both at the same time And everyone knows the deal Gotta take what you can 'cause anything I don't steal Just winds up in someone else's hands There's only so much good a man can take When he ain't so good himself You remind me of what I could've been But that reminder ain't much help So it's better if you were on your way If you were somewhere far from me So you could dream I turned out well And I... I could just go to sleep I wish I had more nice things to say But I was raised not to lie I'm either honest, or I'm an optimist But never both at the same time

[@aidancutlan]

I have the roots and branches on both cd and vinyl, i am glad he is as good live as he is recorded. Brilliant recording, wish this was available on vinyl...

[@callumramage]

I thought this was a triple j post for a second

[@atomik12345]

FINALLY!! THANK YOU!

[@SamAndersonpb2525]

Great performance!!!! Would love to see and feel Radical Face live. Hoping to get a show in Nor-Cal on next tour. Ben Cooper is this generations Dylan in my opinion. Just listening to the songs "Wrapped In Piano Strings", "The Gilded Hand", "Ghost Towns", or "Always Gold" sends chills up my back. Can't stop them from playing in my head.

[@matthewtopping564]

amazing. I can't get enough.

[@londrinadave]

Such great music.

[@FatunmoleOlanrewaju]

awesome , nicely very cooling and calm i love it

[@DancingAngelicR]

I sooo love your music!!

[@antwaterton2151]

Incredible music!

[@cojosooke1]

Introduced to this band on a pyranha kayaking video ,kayaks travelling down the grand canyon.the background song was Always Gold.Original great sound and lyrics.One of my favourite tunes.:)

[@cord2807]

The way they did live sound effects is cool, especially with the drumstick dragging on the cymbals.

[@katalinsolt949]

It's wonderful

[@valerioamendola96]

fantastic!!!!!!!!

[@claire12322]

i love this live

[@rickmorris9142]

You guys have filled the REM / Grandaddy void nicely, thanks.

[@veronicatierney2642]

I listen to Gungar on Pandora and these guys popped up....I just love them! Some of the most talented musicians I've heard in a while!

[@JL-rt9mi]

Hooray! Ben Cooper is a friggin' genius. More, more, more!

[@allaboutfood8501]

Love from India, Ben. ❤

[@getpent9149]

Thanks for feeding my soul.

[@headythomas954]

Absolute Genius

[@CDNcoyote]

Its such a shame Ben doesnt tour more often. I know so many people from all over Canada that would love to see him live and experience one of his shows.

[@amymiller3863]

Amazing =)

[@torbenhinkel2122]

everytime speechless after listening to his music! the last one and its louder interpretation was interesting. little bit different to his usual quite songs. like it!

[@EauRouge]

People of Planet Earth: THIS IS MUSIC

[@realisticreality7705]

Eau Rouge Your so correct. Not this electrical shit. Iam not even that old yet I was young enough to be exposed to REAL music. Today I can't find a station where I live that not is eather Rap or rich girls voices who go into recording studios & boom there's an album. Notice they all have such a pretty young face. Plus disgusted that they get younger & younger. Example we don't hear much a/b Kelly Clarkson since she put on weight. Iam not huge fan yet she has been through hell in industry due to her up &down weight. However if you like I did have ever had chance to here her voice with NO computers it actually sounds better then with.Thats my feminist prospective.Then we have bands like Radical Face, we'll never see at the Grammys. Imagine this shit going down when Queen,Claption, Zeppelin, The Band & The Dead ETC. were around at their height? They would of vomited. Wait they never had their fall from grace at least from this girls eyes.

[@jwest88]

SHOW ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT! (Rick and Morty reference).

[@sinistra7450]

Along The Road is much better live than the studio! Wow!

[@tapiooca9301]

Hum. Amazing, luvit.

[@fishing11001]

Epic!

[@where_the_vatniks_are]

That dude, that plays guitar and keyboard, he is secret weapon of this band)

[@jawaandme]

Everything goes away.

[@Clonov02]

Open eyes adjusting to the dark The growlin' of machinery Can't say if it's night or day And you know, somewhere in there you know There will be a price to pay 'til all this goes away So we walk the empty halls, the dirty walls We smear our names in them Dirt we find beneath our nails Can't be scrubbed from our tired hands, never clean We're never clean We're never clean Walk the halls, soot along the walls Some will smear their names in it While some just go away And you know, somewhere in there you know There's nothing here but surviving 'til something goes away But through the cracks in this machine We see the light, we see the sun dissolve And we feel the pulse of life A better life on the other side, and we wait And so we wait And so we wait Time is lost, found cracks along my bones This metal god is all I know Now something's gone away And you know, somewhere in there you know Our blood's in the machinery Our heart's in the machinery And that's what went away

[@jeremiahjohnson668]

hahahah I love all the awkward looks after each song.

[@chicken539]

Brilliant. That's all.

[@bathorymk]

wow what jewel i just found.

[@GyBE88]

Radical face - Here am I as always

[@judasjules]

That drummer is so cute!

[@BassBooking]

thanks.

[@judasjules]

jack ringca :O :D

[@tuneslover]

BEN COOPER! Tour man... A LOT!

[@guillermomontoyo]

Now these boys are good musicians! Forget "Head and the Heart" and all the rest of em.

[@BassBooking]

thank you.

[@andredutoit3053]

That's what's up ^ ! :)

[@dotanoob6222]

what's the name off the last song? that was great

[@jwest88]

The gilded hand is what it is called. It's off his newest album, but according to a face book post of his (Ben Cooper) the last album (of the family tree albums) should hopefully come out this year around fall.

[@angelacurino6618]

what's the name of the first song ?

[@Phwelo2]

damn this isn't a genre i listen to and that second song is real as fuck

[@DikkeJantJe]

what's the name off the first song he sings ??!

[@BassBooking]

reminders.

[@stachiano]

Lyrical alchemist

[@where_the_vatniks_are]

Hey guys! Come in Russia, right in Far East, right in my village! Ah?

[@HObOReV0LuTion]

howd the guitar make that sound in the beginning?

[@BassBooking]

the block and bar in that particular guitar is rusted in a particular way. we also used a strymon bluesky and mxr carbon copy very lightly. best of luck replicating it.

[@LisaThomasVerde]

jack ringca love that sound, too.

[@HObOReV0LuTion]

jack ringca THANKSS!

[@nclempark1]

Its just turned up with high gain and he's controlling the feed back with reverb in the signal.

[@BassBooking]

that's not correct. the squeeky bar and block we had in that strat, shimmer effect and delay are what's making the sound. no feedback at all. i promise you.

[@chipchopperson3867]

I prefer the Cheryl Waters EYYYYYYYYYUP. Excellent performance though

[@MichaelKingVids]

C'mon, Seattle or KEXP. You're like the artsy scene in Canada.

[@HoratioAccel]

He looks like a killer off criminal minds

[@betraytheteam]

I'm sorry, but this sucks.