What an amazing review. This entire album has completely broken my desire to ever listen to another band. I was obsessed with periphery and dance Gavin dance for YEARS and now I'm just stuck on sleep token and it's been well over a year.
The vocalist Vessel plays piano. He also writes and records everything except the drums. The bassist and guitarist are pretty much there for performances. Also all the electronic beat sounds are all played live by the drummer and not just on a backing track
Watching your brain explode during Ascensionism was exactly the entertainment I was looking for today. Thank you for the full album reaction. Worship! ❤
YES. Please do a deep dive! You will not regret it. As a long time Sleep Token fan, it brings me so much joy to see someone so moved by this band just as much as I was when I first heard them. They are truly special.
I can’t explain it, but you have such a beautiful spirit and lens by which you experience music. Thank you for exploring this album and enjoying Sleep Token publicly. It’s cathartic and lets us experience the magic again. Much respect and best wishes - have a great weekend.
As I said to a friend of mine a while back, that Aqua Regia into Vore is probably the wildest transition I've ever heard. Nothing in my life could've prepared me for that.
You’re doing Sleep Token listens real justice, glad you enjoyed! I wasn’t able to get a code or ticket despite registering, happy you’ll be able to see them! Ready for your reactions to the other albums and ep’s.
This video resonated with me so much when I got to the Vore section. What you said about this band being made for you and how it makes you feel is exactly how I feel. And weirdly, the last time I had the same feeling was also Silverchair but with Diorama.
I was giggling to myself when you pulled out the Billie Eilish vinyl and even mentioned ‘When The Party’s Over’. Vessel’s version on the Sundowning deluxe edition (From The Room Below) is beautiful :)
Great to see a new sleep token fan, as I become a few weeks ago. This band blows my mind also and since my first listen song, the hole album is running every day. Love your naturally reactions and I hope you will enjoy the concert ❤. Want to see them tooooooooo 😢
@@ashlenamusic hehe cool. So I hope, sleep token will come soon to Switzerland, than I will invite you and your daughter to visit us in Switzerland. You are in Canada ? Very nice country too, will visit it one time :).
I cannot tell you how exciting it is to see someone have the same reaction as me to this album! After taking in the songs and doing a 2nd listen thru, i was sobbing over the lyrics. Vessel is a genius, i swear. Worship!
So glad you made this video. It's really awesome to be on this journey with you. Im in my late 40s and my oldest son turned me on to ST after the release of TPWBYT, and my initial reactions were very much like yours. They have easily by far become my all time favorite band. I wish i was able to see them live on this tour, especially now that they've blown up so much more. I just can't wait to see what they do next. It's really going to be hard to top the storytelling and lyrical and musical genius of this trilogy, but I am here for whatever they bring. So f#$%ing good!!!
I love when you tell people about sleep token and it's like yah yah we all heard it before you need to check this band ... Ya ya... Then they listen and like WTF... Hooked
I'll give you a top 5 cuz I can't narrow it down to 3: The Summoning, Granite, Ascensionism, The Apparition, and the title track. II, the drummer, did an hour long interview/performance with Drumeo where he talked about his influences and he said the urban dance music scene in London is one of them and you can definitely hear that in a song like Granite. DYWTYLM is definitely my least favorite song on the album but I don't think it's bad either, just not my cup of tea. I'm a sucker for some piano, so I love the way Vessel incorporates beautiful piano parts into several songs. Usually I would get bored with the really calm, ambient sections, but with Sleep Token I know it's always building to an epic climax. I'm not a huge hip hop fan but I do like artists that do it well and I really like Vessel's flow every time he raps and that trap beat in The Apparition was SICK, shoutout to The Warning.
DYWTYLM has become one of my favorite songs of theirs and my favorite band for the past 20 years has been Meshuggah. Vessel makes anything she everything work for me
2023 album of the year for me, and it wasn't even close. this album was so fire it almost ruined everything else that came out that year because nothing could touch it. seeing your reaction to the whole thing was like reliving it again, so thank you for doing it lol. so jealous you're going to see em live, that's gonna kick ass. Also, funny you should pull out the billie album, because they covered one of her songs. it's a bonus track off their first album sundowning, so you should jump back there and do the full thing, then follow it with their 2nd album 😜
Listen to their albums 1-3. And remember their first song and last song. It will give a sense of euphoria and peace. The end to a chapter. The end to a story. The finale to the trio
Hello! Thank you for this video. I love finding ST reaction videos, for the reasons so many others have said, but normally only single song reactions at a time. I saw this video, having never watched your content before, and something about your aura on the thumbnail made me click it and give a listen, and I am so glad I did. Your personality, unfiltered honesty, love, and appreciation for music comes through so clearly and powerfully. Keep enjoying music, and thank you for sharing that joy with others.
This was a gift. Thank you so much for this. I had a similar moment when I discovered them, where it just clicked, and I felt like somehow it was created FOR me. I attribute a lot of it to Vessel's songwriting and what feels like incredibly emotionally raw delivery, but in the end it's everything. Worship, and welcome.
I fricken love this album so much it gives me the chills every time I hear it. My top three songs of the album for sure are the summoning, the apparition, and rain.
Loved the reaction! Check out the night does not belong to god, then listen to euclid again. It hits you right in the feels. So much from their previous albums is just as good as this, enjoy your journey!
Amazing video. The fact that you not only listened to each song, but you took the time to analyze the lyrics and then the whole thing about not saying who they are and that you're just there to listen to their music. Peak sleep tokening. I just smashed subscribe :)
This was awesome, thank you for sharing your reaction with us! You should definitely react to their first two albums as well if you have the time. If you listen to DYWTYLM and think of the lyrics as a conversation Vessel is having with himself, it's pretty heavy. "Should we hit delete?" Please don't, Vessel.
You’re in for an absolute treat. This tour will be my 3rd ritual in the last 15 months. They’re incredible live. It’s the closest I’ve ever been to having a religious experience.
I respect you and the way you look at music. I just found your channel and immediately subscribed :) Worship! Hope you have a wonderful time at the concert. Im jealous ;) Also thanks for introducing me to Silverchair
Pretty good review, i felt everything with this band. Just a big masterpiece for us to discover. Really excited that you loved that. I can’t do nothing but say to listen to EVERY SINGLE SONG they did. They are all sooooo good. Worship.
Love watching you react to them I discovered them summer of 2023 when this album dropped. I immediately went to listen to Sundowning and This place will become your tomb. I’m OBSESSED and they are just insanely talented and just out of this world. Be sure do to all the full album reactions!! So jealous you get to see them but I am so glad you can experience them too!! Welcome to Sleep Token #WORSHIP
Highly recommend listening to the 3 albums back to back as it’s one whole story and I can promise you, by the time Euclid plays, you’ll have cried more than you wished
Ashlena, I am so happy you are getting to see them live. I wasn’t able to get tickets unfortunately, as you aware getting them were a nightmare for many of us. My top 3 from this album would have to be Ascensionism, Take Me Back To Eden, and Euclid. I pretty much tear up any time I hear them. Glad you are finally here with the rest of us. Worship, lol. ❤😂
just a little back story, vessel (the singer and screamer) did almost everything in this album. he does the singing and screaming, and he wrote and recorded all of the instruments on the album other than the drums. the vessel II (the drummer) did everything drum and drum sample wise. as far as i know vessel and vessel II are the only two core members of the band when it comes to writing and recording. then when they do live shows vessel III and vessel IV join the band covering electric guitar and bass. as well as the band has brought a 3 person choir to the live shows.
Awesome reaction! It's such a fantastic album and I think it works best as an album. I can highly recommend Ruby J, think you'd appreciate her. She definately deserves a whole lot more coverage than she gets.
That feeling you said you got when listening to that Silverchair album; I think this album was my first time experiencing that feeling. It really does feel like the music was made for me. I absolutely adore it. I’m so glad you are getting to experience it as well and get to see them live! It’s an unforgettable experience! The whole band is flawless and you can tell they love what they’re doing.
I've watched 100's of Sleep Token reactions and by far, BY FAR, yours is the absolute best. You win the Internet hands down. I lived again through your emotions what it was like listening to this album for the first time. Thank you so much. I just can't wait for some more ST on your channel. Much love from the UK ❤🖤❤🖤❤
Thank you for this amazing full album reaction! So I started your video before bed and let’s just say I went well past my bedtime 😂. Seriously I can’t get enough Sleep Token! I too am a very eclectic music enthusiast and this music hits different. I found ST last year around April and have been obsessed. I saw them last October and let me tell you that you are going to be blown away. The line to get in started 6 hours early and wrapped around a city block. I went 3 hours early and had no issues getting in or purchasing merch. You described it best when you mentioned being your 14 year self while listening to there music. Thats exactly how I felt! Music is my life and Sleep Token is my soul mate. No doubt in my mind that once go through the entire discography you will feel the same. Thanks again! Worship
Love watching new folks get into Sleep Token. Amazing reaction and I enjoyed your commentaries, especially the one on when you had the moment when you haven't had an artist grab you until now. I had that same moment after 20 or so years myself with Sleep Token. I would love to see you react to some older material as well!
@@ashlenamusic So I found Sleep Token in 2019, but before that, I really connected with Deftones in the late 90's. Especially during the Around The Fur/White Pony era. Just something about how they tried new things in a time when a lot was very much the same. Very similar patterns as ST I think. Also, I too, am a big Silverchair fan. Frogstomp was a defining album in my early musical journey. Love your vibes and positivity too!
I got into Sleep Token right before Christmas. I knew of them, but wasn't sure at first. Euclid was my first song, knowing nothing of the significance or context. Euclid hooked me. I had goosebumps, and I cried when the guitars hit. Such a beautiful song from a wonderful soul in Vessel. I liked your reactions to this album. It's so rare to find a band that really executes all their inspirations so incredibly well.
I saw them live in NYC a few months ago in a small venue. when I tell you his vocals are even more beautiful live… it’s an understatement. every single member in the band lives through the music, and you can tell on stage. i’m seeing them again at Radio City. I cant wait! you will be blown away. I definitely recommend checking out their other albums. their set list are usually very diverse.
I’m so glad you’ve reacted to Sleep Token. I just got through watching your reactions to Sundowning and the bonus tracks and now I’m at your reaction to vore. When you say it reminds you of hearing Silverchair at 14 years old for the first time it makes me enjoy your reactions even more. A friend of mine asked me about Sleep Token and I told her that I don’t know what it is about their music but it feels like it’s unlocked feelings I didn’t know I had and that it feels like reconnecting with someone from the past, familiar but new and exciting at the same time. I am absolutely enamored with this band and I saw them live back in September and luckily just scored a ticket to see them in Atlanta, I cannot wait!
YES EXACTLY. I have a really hard time with my memory when I was a kid.... even in my early teens... and hearing this unlocked a full blown visual memory that I haven't been able to do EVER and it was intense. Enjoy the Atlanta show!!
~SILVERCHAIR~ YES! You nailed it there with a band that gave me “that feeling” when I heard these guys for the first time last year. An added treat, there are 2 more albums that are so good as well.
I had a similar feeling about this album. Like the first time I heard "Dark Side of the Moon". Yeah once you get through their other albums Euclid hits hard. The lyrical layers go very deep, even to things before ST(If you know, you know). I am glad you loved this album. It is an album to obsess over.
28:41 YES exactly my exact experience. I’m 40 years old and very very picky. And these guys come along and saved me musically. They restored my faith in the possibility of great new music.
Your reaction was my reaction,lol. And probably many others. So sad that i have missed out on them until this year but ive gone back and listened to every thing they have done...not a single bad song, unreal. Ascensionism, Granite and Rain are my personel faves. Vessel covers When the Party's over by Billie Eilish also
Also wanted to say that they get hate for pushing genres together but the haters don't understand they make music not confined by genre and have been since the beginning. Much love
I can’t believe you just mentioned Silverchair! That was my favorite band as a teen when they came out! I love them! When Neon Ballroom came out, I was hooked, just a masterpiece of a album! Emotion sickness is my favorite too! We must be the same age lol, I love their others too, except young modern, but the rest are amazing!
Ahhhh amazing! I only know one other person who is obsessed with silverchair as much as I am. I’m 39 🫣 yeah young modern was meh, I went to the young modern tour. It was the only time I’ve seen them live but worth it
@@ashlenamusic oh I would have loved to see them live! I remember when they had that one show on TV maybe MTV I forgot, but they played a whole set, it was when freakshow came out Daniel was wearing that white button up shirt lol, and Bens super long a$$ hair lol, other than my one buddy you are the only one I’ve ever heard mention them, oh and 39 looks amazing on you! ☺️
You mentioned Silverchair towards the beginning and I was like, SHE'S GONNA LOVE RAIN. The beginning of Rain reminds me SO MUCH of something that could have been on Diorama/Young Modern. Very similar vibes. (i miss silverchair 😭❤️)
Congrats on getting a ticket! I'm going solo to Boston on 5/24! Whatever you do, don't watch a video of them doing the Summoning live before you go - there's a very very special twist they pull off that will blow your mind. I'm checking back on this comment after you see it in person lol
@@ashlenamusic You're welcome and enjoy. Just got to the title track on here, Vessel plays all the piano and keyboard parts. He also traditionally tracked all the guitar and bass for sure on their earlier albums, though it's hard to know for sure nowadays with how secretive they are
With you on Silverchair. Neon Ballroom is top 10 record of all time for me, and in Ascensionism when the “chorus” hits “you make me wish I could disappear” I hear Daniel Johns.
Euclid is still my favorite sleep token song after all I've heard. I dont know how it still gives me goosebumps after hundreds of listens but it gets to me every time.
Congrats on getting a ticket to ST! They sell out so fast! Saw them last year and the shows are epic! I can tell you they don’t sing all their songs live from this album, unfortunately 😒. Still well worth every penny though!!! Worship!!!!!
HEEEEEYYY!!!! IM ALSO GOING TO THE LAST TORONTO SHOW!! sorry caps. Just exciting. I saw them in Arlington on May the 4th be with you and I have to say it was a truly magical experience. During the song rain when Vessel said "rain down on me" lightning struck behind us in the lawn and it started storming sooo hard!! One of the guys behind us said "this is biblical!!!" It truly was an epic show. So much so I bought tickets to the Messay hall show on the 28th. I'll be in front row of 202. Maybe I'll see ya there!!
That’s crazy that happened!!! Reminds me of seeing Chris Cornell singing black hole sun while it’s pouring out at an outdoor venue and the sun started shining 🤯 And yesss I’ll be there! I’m be at the far left of the stage in the front row. I doubt my red hair will let me hide 🤣
Love your reaction! I’d love to see you react to their first and second album! Also I think you would loveeeee the song Jericho by sleep token. I love what you said, sleep token has made myself and a lot of people excited about music for the first time in along time! Oh one last recommendation,, the final track of their first album lp sundowning has a song called bloodsport. The room below version is something to behold. Please do a reaction , to it, I don’t want to build up or undersell,,, just experience it.
I'm going to the Montreal show! I didnt even attempt at the code, but over the weekend the band posted that there were tickets left and now im flying cross country in May
@@ashlenamusic Have you heard 'The Love you want?' The video is so good! Vessel swinging a sword and tying bows around red moss covered limbs. It's pure magic.
The best way to prepare for the show: just listen to their whole catalog! If you like albums, do Sundowning, then TPWBYT, and then go back to the EPs. If you want to do songs, my humble suggestion is to start with these: The Offering, Dark Signs, Higher, Gods, Alkaline, Hypnosis, The Love You Want. Then listen to The Night Does Not Belong to God, and immediately go back to Euclid… for a lot of fans these 3 albums are like… a journey they’ve been on, with the band in some sense, for years now. Something about their work makes a fair number of people feel personally invested lol. So I think the catharsis in the sound and lyrics of Euclid itself just gets so much bigger in the context of that whole adventure as they’ve built a story, a catalog, a following, all that. Also in addition to the above they loooove playing Atlantic, Like That, and Bloodsport live, so be aware of those for sure
The previous albums do have actual music videos for Bloodsport from the room below which you need to watch that to take in his emotions in full, alkaline has a music video, so does the love you want, nazareth and the way that you were, definitely watch those videos when you check out those albums. But once you do listen to everything, come back and listen to Euclid again and it will make you teary
I think you should react to their cover of Outkast’s song Hey Ya. It brings a whole new meaning to the song, it sounds so beautiful. Also if you haven’t Vessels performance of their song bloodsport is a must. It’s from the room below, it’s just him and a piano.
If you thought you were getting emotional listening to Ascensionism, wait until you've heard Blood Sport on their first album Sundowning. The version from the 'room down below' on the deluxe version hits even harder as well, I will actually like award you an oscar or something if you don't cry 🥲
found em in 2023 and my god they are my favorite band. After this album you need to go back and listen to Sundowning and This place will become your tomb.
the live performance they use 3 women as backup singers and they do an amazing job. Check out the music video for The love you want imo its actually a good one that follows the lyrics.
When you listen to the night does not belong to god I’d love to see your face as you put together all the callbacks in this song to it. So good. Don’t worry I did it backwards too. Still a wonderful trip.
WTF! No this band is made for me.!!! Wait til you hear the next song Are you really okay & the rest of the album.?! Balled my eyes out Then my mind blew up 🤯at the end of the last song Which was from the 1st song from the 1st album Wow…???!!! Didn’t see that coming Must listen to EVERY SONG THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
what i think is very clever about their song writing is you almost never hear the same section twice so you just left wanting to hear it again. for example in chokehold you only actually here the full chorus with vocals 1 time at the end. the first chorus is basically instrumental. this is why i think my ear never gets bored of hearing there songs. even tmbte the longest song has 3 chorus but they are all presented differently ambient/pop/rock.....
So, TMBTE is a stunning album, but you also need to listen to This Place Will Become Your Tomb: Atlantic, Hypnosis, Alkaline, The Love You Want. Just sublime.
Great react! Hope you do a react on sleep token's "The love you want". It's an underrated gem. Please don't cut the songs as we are also singing along 😁
I loved your reaction! You get it the way I do!!!! (I had never heard of Silverchair but now I do…loved them). Oh just start with their first album, head phones, and just listen! They are phenomenal!!!!! Oh check out their cover of Billie Elish “When the Party’s over”!!!! But my favorites of the previous albums: Sundowning: The Offering, Levitate, Blood Sport from the room below TPWBYT (This place will become your tomb): Atlantic, Hypnosis, Like That, Alkaline And I dont always recommend these but I think you will love them too! Album Sundowning: The Night Does Not Belong to God, Give, Gods, Sugar, Drag Me Under Single: Is It Really You (collab with Loathe), Shelter from the room below Album TPWBYT (This place will become your tomb): Telomeres, Missing Limbs
"I'm a winged insect; you're a funeral pyre." This is the best I've ever heard someone say, "like a moth to a flame." The very thing Vessel is attracted to will take his life.. 😳 GENIUS. Great channel/reaction, and enjoy the show!
38:38 I actually think everyone is missing the point of what he’s getting at here. Ascensionisim I think is essentially about our instincts gone wild. We’ve walked ourselves into a dark ally motivated by a desire to explore and progress, what are we left with? Self, obsessing about the self, trying to peel itself off of self. More specifically humanities obsession with digital and cyber medium. Diamonds in the trees pentagrams in the night sky (cell phone towers with unlimited potential) (and satellites flying over, transmitting the gods we worship) all of which tugs at our instincts, not only physical desires but spiritual natures as well. In fact I think he’s pointing to the idea that spiritual is the most real.
@ashlenamusic Ok. Lol. Great googly moogly. Vore is definitely my favorite, if I had to pick. Just because it's a gut punch. I think I read somewhere it wasn't supposed to be a love song, considering the word vore is a term for cannibalism. To me it's just that all consuming love, like when he says "let's get swallowed whole" However Take Me Back To Eden. Second place for sure. The production on that. Phenomenal. The fullness of it. Perfection. Are You Really Ok.....I can't even. That one hit me for personal reasons. Same as me, as you said a band that's made for you. This dude I swear. Lyrical wizard. I'm not sure if you've watched Bloodsport yet? The room below version. Blew my ass off. Then listen to the album version. Super jealous you got a ticket, sometimes Vancouver gets left out for certain bands. Yes to vlogging it! You better!! Love as always!! ❤ 🎵 Edit** Also you mentioned drums a couple times. Seen Drumeo yet?
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What an amazing review. This entire album has completely broken my desire to ever listen to another band. I was obsessed with periphery and dance Gavin dance for YEARS and now I'm just stuck on sleep token and it's been well over a year.
They’re just so good!!! Thank you for the super thanks!
The vocalist Vessel plays piano. He also writes and records everything except the drums. The bassist and guitarist are pretty much there for performances. Also all the electronic beat sounds are all played live by the drummer and not just on a backing track
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II, the drummer has also been given songwriting credits.
Watching your brain explode during Ascensionism was exactly the entertainment I was looking for today. Thank you for the full album reaction. Worship! ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
YES. Please do a deep dive! You will not regret it. As a long time Sleep Token fan, it brings me so much joy to see someone so moved by this band just as much as I was when I first heard them. They are truly special.
Awww thanks! And yes I will!
With dywtylm imagine hes singing to himself in the mirror. Great reaction!
I love that song and people seem to hate it but I'm glad someone else sees it from the view point as I do.
wow
It’s so good
I love the lyrical callbacks in Take Me Back to Eden "it was no accident" and "we were tangled up like branches in a flood" from Chokehold
I can’t explain it, but you have such a beautiful spirit and lens by which you experience music. Thank you for exploring this album and enjoying Sleep Token publicly. It’s cathartic and lets us experience the magic again. Much respect and best wishes - have a great weekend.
Wow, thank you! Music is my passion it always has been, and always will be
As I said to a friend of mine a while back, that Aqua Regia into Vore is probably the wildest transition I've ever heard. Nothing in my life could've prepared me for that.
“I like it, I’m just confused” 😂 that is so accurate. Watching you fall in love during Vore was epic. Great reaction 🙌
Thank you!! 😁 I’m still in love with vore
You’re doing Sleep Token listens real justice, glad you enjoyed! I wasn’t able to get a code or ticket despite registering, happy you’ll be able to see them! Ready for your reactions to the other albums and ep’s.
Aww im sorry and yes more reactions to come
Euclid was the perfect song to end the album. Call backs to previous songs, albums, and even Vessels previous band.
And the most impactful line in the entire song got skipped over. It hurt my soul.
This video resonated with me so much when I got to the Vore section. What you said about this band being made for you and how it makes you feel is exactly how I feel. And weirdly, the last time I had the same feeling was also Silverchair but with Diorama.
Guess what? Vessel has a cover of "when the party is over". 😉
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I was giggling to myself when you pulled out the Billie Eilish vinyl and even mentioned ‘When The Party’s Over’. Vessel’s version on the Sundowning deluxe edition (From The Room Below) is beautiful :)
Don’t forget he also covered Hey Ya ❤
Another beautiful one not to miss is a joint song between sleep token (vessel only) and Loathe - is it really you?
@@YogiGeek LOATHE is so good 😭💗🔥 Great reminder.
Great to see a new sleep token fan, as I become a few weeks ago. This band blows my mind also and since my first listen song, the hole album is running every day.
Love your naturally reactions and I hope you will enjoy the concert ❤. Want to see them tooooooooo 😢
And you have to check the interview with the drummer “two” on drumeo :). With this clip I was become a sleep token fan 😅
@frevels amazing!!
You are very sympathetic :). If sleep token will have a concert in Switzerland you are invited to see them with me in Switzerland :))))
I would love to go to Switzerland I’m all the way in Canada though
@@ashlenamusic hehe cool. So I hope, sleep token will come soon to Switzerland, than I will invite you and your daughter to visit us in Switzerland.
You are in Canada ? Very nice country too, will visit it one time :).
I cannot tell you how exciting it is to see someone have the same reaction as me to this album! After taking in the songs and doing a 2nd listen thru, i was sobbing over the lyrics. Vessel is a genius, i swear.
Worship!
Yay! Another Toronto fan! I get excited every time i see/meet one here. I hope to see them in Toronto too. 🤞
I hope so too!
So glad you made this video. It's really awesome to be on this journey with you. Im in my late 40s and my oldest son turned me on to ST after the release of TPWBYT, and my initial reactions were very much like yours. They have easily by far become my all time favorite band. I wish i was able to see them live on this tour, especially now that they've blown up so much more. I just can't wait to see what they do next. It's really going to be hard to top the storytelling and lyrical and musical genius of this trilogy, but I am here for whatever they bring. So f#$%ing good!!!
Aww thanks!! I honestly think they will continue to make amazing albums. Looking forward to reacting to more!
I love when you tell people about sleep token and it's like yah yah we all heard it before you need to check this band ... Ya ya... Then they listen and like WTF... Hooked
Hooked!!!!!!!
I'll give you a top 5 cuz I can't narrow it down to 3: The Summoning, Granite, Ascensionism, The Apparition, and the title track. II, the drummer, did an hour long interview/performance with Drumeo where he talked about his influences and he said the urban dance music scene in London is one of them and you can definitely hear that in a song like Granite. DYWTYLM is definitely my least favorite song on the album but I don't think it's bad either, just not my cup of tea. I'm a sucker for some piano, so I love the way Vessel incorporates beautiful piano parts into several songs. Usually I would get bored with the really calm, ambient sections, but with Sleep Token I know it's always building to an epic climax. I'm not a huge hip hop fan but I do like artists that do it well and I really like Vessel's flow every time he raps and that trap beat in The Apparition was SICK, shoutout to The Warning.
Hahaha love the warning shoutout xx
And wow I definitely need to watch that
DYWTYLM has become one of my favorite songs of theirs and my favorite band for the past 20 years has been Meshuggah. Vessel makes anything she everything work for me
2023 album of the year for me, and it wasn't even close. this album was so fire it almost ruined everything else that came out that year because nothing could touch it. seeing your reaction to the whole thing was like reliving it again, so thank you for doing it lol. so jealous you're going to see em live, that's gonna kick ass. Also, funny you should pull out the billie album, because they covered one of her songs. it's a bonus track off their first album sundowning, so you should jump back there and do the full thing, then follow it with their 2nd album 😜
Shut up they did??? That’s amazing!
Listen to their albums 1-3. And remember their first song and last song. It will give a sense of euphoria and peace. The end to a chapter. The end to a story. The finale to the trio
Hello! Thank you for this video. I love finding ST reaction videos, for the reasons so many others have said, but normally only single song reactions at a time. I saw this video, having never watched your content before, and something about your aura on the thumbnail made me click it and give a listen, and I am so glad I did. Your personality, unfiltered honesty, love, and appreciation for music comes through so clearly and powerfully. Keep enjoying music, and thank you for sharing that joy with others.
Awww thank you so much 🥹
This was a gift. Thank you so much for this. I had a similar moment when I discovered them, where it just clicked, and I felt like somehow it was created FOR me. I attribute a lot of it to Vessel's songwriting and what feels like incredibly emotionally raw delivery, but in the end it's everything. Worship, and welcome.
Wonderful!
I fricken love this album so much it gives me the chills every time I hear it. My top three songs of the album for sure are the summoning, the apparition, and rain.
it was so fun to vibe to that with you! loved the reaction and how much you felt the music and skill
Thank you xx
Loved the reaction! Check out the night does not belong to god, then listen to euclid again. It hits you right in the feels. So much from their previous albums is just as good as this, enjoy your journey!
Thank you! Will do!
Amazing video. The fact that you not only listened to each song, but you took the time to analyze the lyrics and then the whole thing about not saying who they are and that you're just there to listen to their music. Peak sleep tokening. I just smashed subscribe :)
Awww thanks so much xx
Luv ur react ❤ WORSHIP 🙏🏻
Thanks!!
This was awesome, thank you for sharing your reaction with us! You should definitely react to their first two albums as well if you have the time. If you listen to DYWTYLM and think of the lyrics as a conversation Vessel is having with himself, it's pretty heavy. "Should we hit delete?" Please don't, Vessel.
Will do!!
You’re in for an absolute treat. This tour will be my 3rd ritual in the last 15 months. They’re incredible live. It’s the closest I’ve ever been to having a religious experience.
I am so excited
I respect you and the way you look at music. I just found your channel and immediately subscribed :) Worship! Hope you have a wonderful time at the concert. Im jealous ;)
Also thanks for introducing me to Silverchair
Awww thanks for the sub!
Pretty good review, i felt everything with this band. Just a big masterpiece for us to discover. Really excited that you loved that. I can’t do nothing but say to listen to EVERY SINGLE SONG they did. They are all sooooo good. Worship.
So good!
@@ashlenamusic yeah I just saw that you already listened to everything they did loll, my bad 😅🤷🏻♀️
All good xx
Love watching you react to them
I discovered them summer of 2023 when this album dropped. I immediately went to listen to Sundowning and This place will become your tomb. I’m OBSESSED and they are just insanely talented and just out of this world. Be sure do to all the full album reactions!! So jealous you get to see them but I am so glad you can experience them too!! Welcome to Sleep Token #WORSHIP
Highly recommend listening to the 3 albums back to back as it’s one whole story and I can promise you, by the time Euclid plays, you’ll have cried more than you wished
I definitely will! Just finished sun downing but my video is blocked :(
Ashlena, I am so happy you are getting to see them live. I wasn’t able to get tickets unfortunately, as you aware getting them were a nightmare for many of us. My top 3 from this album would have to be Ascensionism, Take Me Back To Eden, and Euclid. I pretty much tear up any time I hear them. Glad you are finally here with the rest of us. Worship, lol. ❤😂
Awwww I’m sorry you couldn’t get a ticket
@@ashlenamusic Thank you. It’ll happen one day. 🤞🩷
Love the positivity!
just a little back story, vessel (the singer and screamer) did almost everything in this album. he does the singing and screaming, and he wrote and recorded all of the instruments on the album other than the drums. the vessel II (the drummer) did everything drum and drum sample wise. as far as i know vessel and vessel II are the only two core members of the band when it comes to writing and recording. then when they do live shows vessel III and vessel IV join the band covering electric guitar and bass. as well as the band has brought a 3 person choir to the live shows.
So insane!!!
Awesome reaction! It's such a fantastic album and I think it works best as an album. I can highly recommend Ruby J, think you'd appreciate her. She definately deserves a whole lot more coverage than she gets.
Thank you for this! Would enjoy seeing you react to the other two albums at least. Euclid and the first song on Sundowning go hand in hand.
Will do!
That feeling you said you got when listening to that Silverchair album; I think this album was my first time experiencing that feeling. It really does feel like the music was made for me. I absolutely adore it. I’m so glad you are getting to experience it as well and get to see them live! It’s an unforgettable experience! The whole band is flawless and you can tell they love what they’re doing.
I've watched 100's of Sleep Token reactions and by far, BY FAR, yours is the absolute best. You win the Internet hands down. I lived again through your emotions what it was like listening to this album for the first time. Thank you so much.
I just can't wait for some more ST on your channel. Much love from the UK ❤🖤❤🖤❤
Omg this is so kind thank you 🥹🥹
@ashlenamusic you're very welcome.
@ashlenamusic can I recommend "when the bough breaks " as a reaction please.
A very early ST track.
Can't wait!
I love how into it you are. You listened to it exactly as I did. And it was such a wild ride. Instant sub and like
Aww thank you!
Thank you for this amazing full album reaction! So I started your video before bed and let’s just say I went well past my bedtime 😂. Seriously I can’t get enough Sleep Token! I too am a very eclectic music enthusiast and this music hits different. I found ST last year around April and have been obsessed. I saw them last October and let me tell you that you are going to be blown away. The line to get in started 6 hours early and wrapped around a city block. I went 3 hours early and had no issues getting in or purchasing merch. You described it best when you mentioned being your 14 year self while listening to there music. Thats exactly how I felt! Music is my life and Sleep Token is my soul mate. No doubt in my mind that once go through the entire discography you will feel the same. Thanks again! Worship
Hahaha that’s crazy!!!!
Loved you’re reaction! They have truly made me fall in love with music again. Seeing them May 3rd in Austin❤
That's awesome!
Love watching new folks get into Sleep Token. Amazing reaction and I enjoyed your commentaries, especially the one on when you had the moment when you haven't had an artist grab you until now. I had that same moment after 20 or so years myself with Sleep Token. I would love to see you react to some older material as well!
What was the artist that grabbed you before?? Don’t hold back!! I will definitely be doing more older material
@@ashlenamusic So I found Sleep Token in 2019, but before that, I really connected with Deftones in the late 90's. Especially during the Around The Fur/White Pony era. Just something about how they tried new things in a time when a lot was very much the same. Very similar patterns as ST I think. Also, I too, am a big Silverchair fan. Frogstomp was a defining album in my early musical journey. Love your vibes and positivity too!
Lucky! I didn’t get my code for the Atlanta show until the next day around lunch, then struck out on Thursday presale and Friday general sale 😭😭
Awwww I’m sorry
I got into Sleep Token right before Christmas. I knew of them, but wasn't sure at first. Euclid was my first song, knowing nothing of the significance or context.
Euclid hooked me. I had goosebumps, and I cried when the guitars hit. Such a beautiful song from a wonderful soul in Vessel.
I liked your reactions to this album. It's so rare to find a band that really executes all their inspirations so incredibly well.
So true!!
I saw them live in NYC a few months ago in a small venue. when I tell you his vocals are even more beautiful live… it’s an understatement. every single member in the band lives through the music, and you can tell on stage. i’m seeing them again at Radio City. I cant wait! you will be blown away. I definitely recommend checking out their other albums. their set list are usually very diverse.
Wow lucky!! I am beyond thrilled I got a single ticket
I’m so glad you’ve reacted to Sleep Token. I just got through watching your reactions to Sundowning and the bonus tracks and now I’m at your reaction to vore. When you say it reminds you of hearing Silverchair at 14 years old for the first time it makes me enjoy your reactions even more. A friend of mine asked me about Sleep Token and I told her that I don’t know what it is about their music but it feels like it’s unlocked feelings I didn’t know I had and that it feels like reconnecting with someone from the past, familiar but new and exciting at the same time. I am absolutely enamored with this band and I saw them live back in September and luckily just scored a ticket to see them in Atlanta, I cannot wait!
YES EXACTLY. I have a really hard time with my memory when I was a kid.... even in my early teens... and hearing this unlocked a full blown visual memory that I haven't been able to do EVER and it was intense.
Enjoy the Atlanta show!!
Hope you enjoy the Toronto show as well!
Ty!
Seeing them in May
I can’t wait
It’s going to be Awesome!!!
Seeing them in May as well!
This reaction rocks so happy you found them this was easily AOTY
~SILVERCHAIR~ YES! You nailed it there with a band that gave me “that feeling” when I heard these guys for the first time last year. An added treat, there are 2 more albums that are so good as well.
I’m so glad other people are resonating with me on this haha I love silverchair and miss them so much
I had a similar feeling about this album. Like the first time I heard "Dark Side of the Moon". Yeah once you get through their other albums Euclid hits hard. The lyrical layers go very deep, even to things before ST(If you know, you know). I am glad you loved this album. It is an album to obsess over.
So good!
This video made my 2024 so far. Cathartic. Bravo
Aww thanks so much!
28:41 YES exactly my exact experience. I’m 40 years old and very very picky. And these guys come along and saved me musically. They restored my faith in the possibility of great new music.
Awww I love this
Your reaction was my reaction,lol. And probably many others. So sad that i have missed out on them until this year but ive gone back and listened to every thing they have done...not a single bad song, unreal. Ascensionism, Granite and Rain are my personel faves. Vessel covers When the Party's over by Billie Eilish also
Also wanted to say that they get hate for pushing genres together but the haters don't understand they make music not confined by genre and have been since the beginning. Much love
I need to hear that cover
Ascension hits you in the guts, it makes you growl and cry at same time and head bop
Pure Artistry 😵
This album just hits different. Only started listening to them a week or two ago. They really have no bad songs, it's pretty wild.
It’s insanity. Can’t wait to see hear their other albums
I can’t believe you just mentioned Silverchair! That was my favorite band as a teen when they came out! I love them! When Neon Ballroom came out, I was hooked, just a masterpiece of a album! Emotion sickness is my favorite too! We must be the same age lol, I love their others too, except young modern, but the rest are amazing!
Ahhhh amazing! I only know one other person who is obsessed with silverchair as much as I am. I’m 39 🫣 yeah young modern was meh, I went to the young modern tour. It was the only time I’ve seen them live but worth it
@@ashlenamusic oh I would have loved to see them live! I remember when they had that one show on TV maybe MTV I forgot, but they played a whole set, it was when freakshow came out Daniel was wearing that white button up shirt lol, and Bens super long a$$ hair lol, other than my one buddy you are the only one I’ve ever heard mention them, oh and 39 looks amazing on you! ☺️
a great album, and i was fortunate enough to get a ticket to the Radio City Music Hall show in NYC
Amazing enjoy. That’s such an iconic venue.
Omg me too!! It's going to be my first time going to that venue. I'm excited for that show
Lovely reaction and play through, thank you x
Glad you enjoyed it
You mentioned Silverchair towards the beginning and I was like, SHE'S GONNA LOVE RAIN. The beginning of Rain reminds me SO MUCH of something that could have been on Diorama/Young Modern. Very similar vibes. (i miss silverchair 😭❤️)
I miss silverchair too 😭😭😭😭
Congrats on getting a ticket! I'm going solo to Boston on 5/24! Whatever you do, don't watch a video of them doing the Summoning live before you go - there's a very very special twist they pull off that will blow your mind. I'm checking back on this comment after you see it in person lol
OMG thanks for the heads up
@@ashlenamusic You're welcome and enjoy. Just got to the title track on here, Vessel plays all the piano and keyboard parts. He also traditionally tracked all the guitar and bass for sure on their earlier albums, though it's hard to know for sure nowadays with how secretive they are
Crazy!
With you on Silverchair. Neon Ballroom is top 10 record of all time for me, and in Ascensionism when the “chorus” hits “you make me wish I could disappear” I hear Daniel Johns.
Omg right???? Glad it’s not just me. And yes agreed. Neon ballroom is definitely in my top 10 as well.
Euclid is still my favorite sleep token song after all I've heard. I dont know how it still gives me goosebumps after hundreds of listens but it gets to me every time.
It’s so good. I am stuck between vore and the summoning
Congrats on getting a ticket to ST! They sell out so fast! Saw them last year and the shows are epic! I can tell you they don’t sing all their songs live from this album, unfortunately 😒. Still well worth every penny though!!! Worship!!!!!
HEEEEEYYY!!!! IM ALSO GOING TO THE LAST TORONTO SHOW!! sorry caps. Just exciting. I saw them in Arlington on May the 4th be with you and I have to say it was a truly magical experience. During the song rain when Vessel said "rain down on me" lightning struck behind us in the lawn and it started storming sooo hard!! One of the guys behind us said "this is biblical!!!" It truly was an epic show. So much so I bought tickets to the Messay hall show on the 28th. I'll be in front row of 202. Maybe I'll see ya there!!
That’s crazy that happened!!!
Reminds me of seeing Chris Cornell singing black hole sun while it’s pouring out at an outdoor venue and the sun started shining 🤯
And yesss I’ll be there! I’m be at the far left of the stage in the front row. I doubt my red hair will let me hide 🤣
Love your reaction! I’d love to see you react to their first and second album! Also I think you would loveeeee the song Jericho by sleep token. I love what you said, sleep token has made myself and a lot of people excited about music for the first time in along time! Oh one last recommendation,, the final track of their first album lp sundowning has a song called bloodsport. The room below version is something to behold. Please do a reaction , to it, I don’t want to build up or undersell,,, just experience it.
Ok definitely doing both those albums
I'm going to the Montreal show! I didnt even attempt at the code, but over the weekend the band posted that there were tickets left and now im flying cross country in May
Omg good for you!!!
I was here, but I didn't stay toooo long 😊 you know me by now 😂
Thanks for coming🥰🥰🥰
aqua regia may be my favorite song of all time. Just makes my brain feel warm and fuzzy in all the best ways, totally mellows me out too
It’s so good
Obsessed with this album. And it gets even better with every listen. So genius
Truth! I’ve been listening non stop
Should check out Drumeos interview with their drummer ii as well. His snare tone 👌
Love your reactions to Sleep Token!
Glad you like them! More to come!
@@ashlenamusic Have you heard 'The Love you want?' The video is so good! Vessel swinging a sword and tying bows around red moss covered limbs. It's pure magic.
The best way to prepare for the show: just listen to their whole catalog! If you like albums, do Sundowning, then TPWBYT, and then go back to the EPs. If you want to do songs, my humble suggestion is to start with these: The Offering, Dark Signs, Higher, Gods, Alkaline, Hypnosis, The Love You Want. Then listen to The Night Does Not Belong to God, and immediately go back to Euclid… for a lot of fans these 3 albums are like… a journey they’ve been on, with the band in some sense, for years now. Something about their work makes a fair number of people feel personally invested lol. So I think the catharsis in the sound and lyrics of Euclid itself just gets so much bigger in the context of that whole adventure as they’ve built a story, a catalog, a following, all that. Also in addition to the above they loooove playing Atlantic, Like That, and Bloodsport live, so be aware of those for sure
EUCLID is my new favorite
Isn’t it just magical?
I'll always vote up a full album reaction.
Appreciate it
The previous albums do have actual music videos for Bloodsport from the room below which you need to watch that to take in his emotions in full, alkaline has a music video, so does the love you want, nazareth and the way that you were, definitely watch those videos when you check out those albums. But once you do listen to everything, come back and listen to Euclid again and it will make you teary
Euclid is just so beautiful
I FELT that “yo” in the middle of Aqua Regia!
Hahahaha
"Alkaline" and "Nazareth" also some of my favourite songs by them. I think this is one of the best albums of last year, maybe years.
Listen to it all. Everything they've done is pretty essential.
those last 3 minutes of take me back to eden make me float every time
I think you should react to their cover of Outkast’s song Hey Ya. It brings a whole new meaning to the song, it sounds so beautiful. Also if you haven’t Vessels performance of their song bloodsport is a must. It’s from the room below, it’s just him and a piano.
I had no idea they covered that 🤯
@@ashlenamusic I discovered it a year ago, and for me I like it more than the original, more emotional sounding
If you thought you were getting emotional listening to Ascensionism, wait until you've heard Blood Sport on their first album Sundowning. The version from the 'room down below' on the deluxe version hits even harder as well, I will actually like award you an oscar or something if you don't cry 🥲
😩😩😩😩
found em in 2023 and my god they are my favorite band. After this album you need to go back and listen to Sundowning and This place will become your tomb.
also if you like granite listen to dark signs. i think you will dig that song too. The love you wanted is also a favorite of mine.
the live performance they use 3 women as backup singers and they do an amazing job. Check out the music video for The love you want imo its actually a good one that follows the lyrics.
When you listen to the night does not belong to god I’d love to see your face as you put together all the callbacks in this song to it. So good. Don’t worry I did it backwards too. Still a wonderful trip.
LOVE THIS! SUBBED xxxx
Awwww thank you!!!
WTF! No this band is made for me.!!!
Wait til you hear the next song
Are you really okay & the rest of the album.?!
Balled my eyes out
Then my mind blew up 🤯at the end of the last song
Which was from the 1st song from the 1st album
Wow…???!!! Didn’t see that coming
Must listen to EVERY SONG THEY HAVE
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
Insanity!!!
what i think is very clever about their song writing is you almost never hear the same section twice so you just left wanting to hear it again. for example in chokehold you only actually here the full chorus with vocals 1 time at the end. the first chorus is basically instrumental. this is why i think my ear never gets bored of hearing there songs. even tmbte the longest song has 3 chorus but they are all presented differently ambient/pop/rock.....
So, TMBTE is a stunning album, but you also need to listen to This Place Will Become Your Tomb: Atlantic, Hypnosis, Alkaline, The Love You Want. Just sublime.
Great react! Hope you do a react on sleep token's "The love you want". It's an underrated gem. Please don't cut the songs as we are also singing along 😁
Noted!
I loved your reaction! You get it the way I do!!!! (I had never heard of Silverchair but now I do…loved them). Oh just start with their first album, head phones, and just listen! They are phenomenal!!!!! Oh check out their cover of Billie Elish “When the Party’s over”!!!!
But my favorites of the previous albums:
Sundowning: The Offering, Levitate, Blood Sport from the room below
TPWBYT (This place will become your tomb): Atlantic, Hypnosis, Like That, Alkaline
And I dont always recommend these but I think you will love them too!
Album Sundowning: The Night Does Not Belong to God, Give, Gods, Sugar, Drag Me Under
Single: Is It Really You (collab with Loathe), Shelter from the room below
Album TPWBYT (This place will become your tomb): Telomeres, Missing Limbs
Nice list! You haven’t heard of silverchair until now??? 🤯
@@ashlenamusicI know! I must have been living under a rock
"I'm a winged insect; you're a funeral pyre." This is the best I've ever heard someone say, "like a moth to a flame." The very thing Vessel is attracted to will take his life.. 😳 GENIUS.
Great channel/reaction, and enjoy the show!
Thanks so much!!
38:38 I actually think everyone is missing the point of what he’s getting at here. Ascensionisim I think is essentially about our instincts gone wild. We’ve walked ourselves into a dark ally motivated by a desire to explore and progress, what are we left with? Self, obsessing about the self, trying to peel itself off of self. More specifically humanities obsession with digital and cyber medium. Diamonds in the trees pentagrams in the night sky (cell phone towers with unlimited potential) (and satellites flying over, transmitting the gods we worship) all of which tugs at our instincts, not only physical desires but spiritual natures as well. In fact I think he’s pointing to the idea that spiritual is the most real.
I don’t know if anyone else mentioned it, but Vessel has a piano/vocal cover of “when the party’s over” on Sundowning deluxe edition
she already reacted to sundowning and the extra songs
@@El_Gordo_Chechy Ill check that out then 😳
Worship 🙏
@ashlenamusic Ok. Lol. Great googly moogly. Vore is definitely my favorite, if I had to pick. Just because it's a gut punch. I think I read somewhere it wasn't supposed to be a love song, considering the word vore is a term for cannibalism. To me it's just that all consuming love, like when he says "let's get swallowed whole"
However Take Me Back To Eden. Second place for sure. The production on that. Phenomenal. The fullness of it. Perfection.
Are You Really Ok.....I can't even. That one hit me for personal reasons. Same as me, as you said a band that's made for you. This dude I swear. Lyrical wizard.
I'm not sure if you've watched Bloodsport yet? The room below version. Blew my ass off. Then listen to the album version. Super jealous you got a ticket, sometimes Vancouver gets left out for certain bands. Yes to vlogging it! You better!!
Love as always!! ❤ 🎵
Edit** Also you mentioned drums a couple times. Seen Drumeo yet?
I have seen drumeo! I’m a big the warning fan so I watched the awards. I gotta check out the interview!
Top 3 tracks: Ascensionism, TMBTE, and Euclid. This is my favorite album of all time, but you get so many points for the Silverchair love
Awww thanks silverchair was my everything.
But yeah for some reason I keep listening to Vore over and over….
@@ashlenamusic Vore doesn't get enough love. Its one of my favorite tracks, but Apparition has me hook atm
Nice!
Vessel does,he shows a master class at it
Nice!
This new Album should have gotten a Grammy.?!