Total Football is referring to the famous Dutch football tactics in which every player on the field (except the keeper) can all move around and change positions working together as one collective unit. The band symbolizes this with all these occupations listed in the chorus as every member of society needs to work together as a collective unit in order for progress. It is a really good football reference and extraordinary philosophy.
I love this album art. This is one that I would totally see in the record store and be like...I wanna know what that sounds like. I've actually never heard of these guys so I will definitely give it a listen.
Same!!! A lot of people just don't get me when I say album art is important. Countless times I've only given an artist/album a chance because the art was just incredible.
It looks symbolic. Something to do with the black character appearing to be in line with the white characters if you look at one foot, but actually being stuck behind them if you look at the other foot.
To be honest, I tried to give it a listen and I kind of hated it. Not because I think the music is awful or the lyrics are cringey or anything. It's just that I absolutely hate the style of singing on this. It sounds like he is deliberately doing a derpy voice. I know it's a style, but it's a massive turn off for me, don't know if anyone else agrees.
The guys are fans of European soccer and Total Football is a nod to a Dutch approach to playing the game that celebrated collectivism. The image of Tom Brady is a useful constrast with the collectivism they're celebrating in the song. NME did an article and interview with Savage confirming as much.
the album goes between witty minute men sort of punk tunes to this abstract talking heads style. perfect blend which keeps you thinking and coming back without dragging on. Couldn't agree more with the 9.
The Talking Heads influence I heard on my first listen made me think this would be right up your street - one of the best rock albums of the year by far.
Ant I doubt you’ll ever actually see this comment but you’re a true inspiration to just describing things. I watch these videos half for the musical discussion but for also the diversity in word choice and placement, u da man
Repav1 This album twin fantasy - car seat headrest All at once - screaming females Boarding house reach - Jack White Virtue - The Voidz Tell me how you really feel - Courtney Barnett Snares like a haircut - no age
Thats so cool! I know the bassist sean he was a worker at the mental institution i was at so i got to see him and talk to him just about everyday for 6 months
I found out about Parquet Courts because I was desperately trying to find a modern sounding "The Clash", and I'm proud to say these guys are probably the closest we will get to them.
I don't know if they're *technically* part of the scene but there's been a lot of really fun and creative art punk/post-punk coming out lately. Would recommend bands like Yard Act or Squid if you're looking for more stuff like this
do you know fontaines dc? their first album is clash-like imo, they went darker and more atmospheric with their latter two albums but they're all fuckin amazing
Superb review of what, 100 or so plays in, I think is already a masterpiece. No album has excited me this much in years, and every time I listen I pick a different favorite track (currently Extinction). I love their other albums too, but all are patchy to an extent despite many awesome cuts. I love how this record sounds from start to finish and the flow is remarkable. It's crisp and the bass is at the forefront, driving everything else. It is by far their best record. Cheers.
I revisited this album this year and still sounds urgent, fresh and with strong meaning. Im from Argentina and right now we are facing a dramatic political and cultural scene, influenced directly from the Trump and Bolsonaro eras. This is the kind of art that gives you inspiration to fight for your rights and seek strength in the collective, reject the individuality that they try to sell us as a solution to everything. Still relevant, still a 9/10.
I've been re-listening to this recently and it's such a great album. Probably my favorite of 2018, and maybe even a top favorite of the entire 2010s. Also, not sure how you can talk about Before the Water Gets too High without mentioning climate change.
Hey, y'all, update from yesterday. I got 200 something likes on my comment and I said I'd listen to a minute of Corey Feldman for every like a got. I tried, and my parents kicked me out of the house and took my smartphone (not that I was listening on speakers or anything, I had headphones on, but they are just really really into music and were ashamed). Thanks a lot!!!!!111111
damn this was the best album ive heard in a while. i honestly laughed pretty hard when i found out that they ended the album with a fade-out. i was expecting the last song to be some explosive blow-out, and the fact that they chose a fade-out makes me feel like they knew what i was expecting and just wanted to fuck with me
I never got into this group. Past LPs have been kind of middle of the road for me. I was skeptical going into this but wow this was surprising. This is pretty great
Hey Anthony, there is a band from Brazil called Muñoz, and they make some fantastic blues/stoner rock music that needs more exposure. They only have a few thousand followers and everything is free. They are a duo, both brothers, but their sound is absolutely huge and worth listening to
This thing is so different I absolutely love it so far Violence is really something special, and i could go on and on with every other track A brilliant record, one of the best punk records ive heard in a while
Honestly I'm suprised that this is a 9...given the FantanoTM track record. Hell, maybe the leadup teaser tracks made a real big difference. In a world of easily given low Fantano scores, this is pretty unexpected from me.
Great review! It's a more focused album for sure, but Human Performance I think is still the best album they put out. That said, this might be number two for me and might grow, idk, I find them to be a pretty consistent band in quality. PS check out Low Cut Connie's new album, just wonder what you think about those guys in general, doesn't have to be like a formal review or whatever
You need to review Bong's 'Thought And Existence' It's a short, albeit strong Drone/Psychedelic Doom album with only 2 tracks. The album does sound kind of 'samey' to itself, a certain amount of repetition is expected with drone. Very hypnotic and amazing if you're looking for something more in the vein of background music.
Anthony, I thought the review was rather enjoyable until the moment when you paused to give a belated mini review of Black Panther. Which I was completely fine with until you stated that the movie was an unnecessary black coffee stain on the perfectly Caucasian Marvel Cinematic Universe...... Not cool fantowan, your neo Nazi views have gotten out of hand, unsubbed.
Nina Lan I thought it had a really good original sound to it, but the songs did feel a bit same-y after a while. Also I’m So Happy, I’m So Sad, and Forgive And Forget we’re all pretty terrible songs.
melon only likes this album because it has an absolutely bopping bass throughout... real talk though it's the best bass i've heard on a recent album. it really makes this album so special
You ain't got no idea If you thinkin' that this boy about to cower in fear, nah You ain't got no idea Cuz I done been through a lot in these 15 years You ain't got no idea Said I done been through a lot, still I ain't show tears You ain't got no idea Said you don't know how I see it, you don't know how I see it
Total Football is referring to the famous Dutch football tactics in which every player on the field (except the keeper) can all move around and change positions working together as one collective unit. The band symbolizes this with all these occupations listed in the chorus as every member of society needs to work together as a collective unit in order for progress. It is a really good football reference and extraordinary philosophy.
i bloody enjoyed that comment :D
I love it from the first moment. Also the track seems to talk about communism
Johan Cruyff, my favourite person ever
@@kahn5234 Anarchism
@@tallcheetah5677 oh yeah, sorry i have mistaken those two words a lot
This next ones called Free Bird 2!
Your profile pic didn't age well
This next one’s called freebird two
Spotify then plays a completely different song
@@saulgoodman9188 funny how both songs started with organs
Damn, I didn't expect you to reveal a red flannel under your yellow flannel while screaming ''ROCK IS DEAD''
Hubblebub Lumbubwub lol
Hubblebub Lumbubwub don’t you mean 7, I didn’t expect you to reveal a red flannel under your yellow flannel while screaming rock will commit not alive
SAVAGE IS MY NAME BECAUSE SAVAGE IS HOW I FEEL WHEN THE RADIO WAKES ME UP WITH THE WORDS ‘SUSPECTED GUNMAN’
MY NAME IS A WARNING FOR THE ACTS YOU ARE ABOUT TO WITNESS
@@burrito270 WHICH CONTAINS IMAGES THAT SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND DISTURBING
I love this album art. This is one that I would totally see in the record store and be like...I wanna know what that sounds like. I've actually never heard of these guys so I will definitely give it a listen.
Same!!! A lot of people just don't get me when I say album art is important. Countless times I've only given an artist/album a chance because the art was just incredible.
Listen to light up gold and content nausea
Same. It feels very much like an album for a jazz album. Something a little upbeat and fun.
It looks symbolic. Something to do with the black character appearing to be in line with the white characters if you look at one foot, but actually being stuck behind them if you look at the other foot.
To be honest, I tried to give it a listen and I kind of hated it. Not because I think the music is awful or the lyrics are cringey or anything. It's just that I absolutely hate the style of singing on this. It sounds like he is deliberately doing a derpy voice. I know it's a style, but it's a massive turn off for me, don't know if anyone else agrees.
WE GOT A 9! *rings bell*
Daniel Pezzi least fav track
Ninethony Belltano
Gucci Mane 2soon :(
RING A BELL THO, RING A BELL
hahahahahaha thats good!
The guys are fans of European soccer and Total Football is a nod to a Dutch approach to playing the game that celebrated collectivism.
The image of Tom Brady is a useful constrast with the collectivism they're celebrating in the song.
NME did an article and interview with Savage confirming as much.
Your European soccer = football
Presumably your football = American football
@@raikoshumi hell yeah, those guys calling football soccer are so funny, in their game they barely use feet
Any idea who they support? Would love to know what club these guys cheer for
Karlthony Marxtano
Leonthont Trotstano here
B E G O N E T R O T
GetOffMyBoardREEE apologies comrade I couldn't think of any other.good puns. Man's not trot
u beat me to it lmao
Emmanthony Goldmano
The yellow flannel. I guess I have to listen to it.
You're one of the only "you're everywhere" guys who doesn't piss me off.
Jaden Warner I agree
Lmao I agree, parquet courts has always been decent rockers in general, should be good
Jaden Warner nah he kinda pisses me off sometimes he posts some weak ass basic ass comments but sometimes he's alright I guess
its nowhere near as good as the last one tbh
Album art is goddamn sick
Yeah, Savage is a really talented artist
is it though
@@RegularRyy yes
@@ulledienulle8211 meh
A really fresh and cool art
the album goes between witty minute men sort of punk tunes to this abstract talking heads style. perfect blend which keeps you thinking and coming back without dragging on. Couldn't agree more with the 9.
Owen Braid those are the 2 bands that Parquet Courts reminds me most of. Modern Lovers would be the third
You’re right, it does kinda sound like those two bands! That might be why I like them so much.
The Talking Heads influence I heard on my first listen made me think this would be right up your street - one of the best rock albums of the year by far.
the clash's influence is so bigger too
For sure! I'm not as familiar with their work as I am with Talking Heads which is probably why it sprang to mind first.
Human Performance almost screams Talking Heads and Velvet Underground
Definitely hear some heavy Talking Heads and Clash influence.
I’m hearing a lot of Minutemen tbh
10/10. I've been listening to this album since 2019 and it still slaps every time
It's one I come back too alot. Maybe in my top 10 of all time
@@ThatGuysAlrightcompletely agree!!
Is that the wiggles on the cover
Devon Palmer lmao thought the same thing I feel terrible
I was thinking it was some kind of Star Trek reference...looks like TOS uniforms.
they sure are wigglin
the wiggles were never the same after greg left
Yummy yummy
Ant I doubt you’ll ever actually see this comment but you’re a true inspiration to just describing things. I watch these videos half for the musical discussion but for also the diversity in word choice and placement, u da man
Well-put. I LOVE this album, but in many cases, I haven’t even heard the music. I just like the way he describes things
2018 REVIEWS SO FAR:
1/10 - 0
2/10 - 0
3/10 - 3
4/10 - 8
5/10 - 12
6/10 - 10
7/10 - 20
8/10 - 17
9/10 - 4 (Portal, A.A.L. (Against All Logic), Jack White,Parquet Courts)
10/10 - 0
awesomely nasty - 1 (Ruin)
dime-a-dozen - 1 (Lil Skies)
disappointing - 1 (Kero Kero Bonito)
it's solid - 1 (Gucci Mane)
lukewarm - 1 (Rejjie Snow)
meh - 1 (Saba)
notbad - 1 (Remo Drive)
solid - 1 (Ravyn Lenae)
NOT GOOD - 3 (Fall Out Boy, Wendy's, Lil Xan)
This is the 86th scored review of 2018.
Maarten Vorwerk Thanx, my dude.
Jack White's new album got a 9?! LMAO
We're shaping up for a tough top 50 list at the end of the year man
Elio Carranza fr the reviews are very positive this year and June-July is supposed to be filled with releases
Melon surely has a thing for 7’s
This year the rock's scene is so great
Rishi el paisano gimme some recommendations, I need good new music
Yeah fuck rap
Repav1 This album
twin fantasy - car seat headrest
All at once - screaming females
Boarding house reach - Jack White
Virtue - The Voidz
Tell me how you really feel - Courtney Barnett
Snares like a haircut - no age
not really, there are already two terrible rock albums like mania and america
Yudha Bagaskara That's just two.
Anyone else here after this album wasn’t featured on his top 200 albums of the decade list?
Yeah
Yeah like wtf melon
He said in a video that he just forgot to put it in the list.
@@melkercom8100 He forgot it in lists like twice
YELLA FLANNEL
Mattack Mattack that's the yella
PARKAY QUARTZ
This is the most British sounding album not from Britain
This positive review had me find one of my new favorite artists. Picked this one up on vinyl yesterday!
I respect this group so much, they’ve managed to continue getting better with every album. Glad you’re just as excited about this record as I am!
Im gonna put out an album of me reading the entire Communist Manifesto over smooth jazz so Ant’ny will give me a 10/10
but Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino got a 5???
John Smith Ill download the torrent if you don't report me to Cox
everyone hates smooth jazz
My cousin just got engaged to their drummer, Max. It’s so cool to see someone I know personally getting such recognition lately.
Thats so cool! I know the bassist sean he was a worker at the mental institution i was at so i got to see him and talk to him just about everyday for 6 months
Anyone notices the pun on the shelf? Opposite of Wide Awake is Sleep. LOL
I honestly love this album
I love it more
one of my favs of all time.
Suuuuuper tasty album. Cant wait to hear what they do next.
9/10 ALERT, my fellow Melon Seeds! Now we can all like this album thanks to our Melon and savior!
It's "my needle drops." Get it right moron
I know sean (the bassist) personally he was a worker within my mental health program and is working to be a therapist now
And awesome guy to talk to he was my favorite person there
I found out about Parquet Courts because I was desperately trying to find a modern sounding "The Clash", and I'm proud to say these guys are probably the closest we will get to them.
I don't know if they're *technically* part of the scene but there's been a lot of really fun and creative art punk/post-punk coming out lately. Would recommend bands like Yard Act or Squid if you're looking for more stuff like this
@@WiloPolis03 if they're anything like these guys then I'll be sure to give them a listen! Thanks
@@narrow3601 Np!
do you know fontaines dc? their first album is clash-like imo, they went darker and more atmospheric with their latter two albums but they're all fuckin amazing
Easily one of the most fun, versatile and lyrically captivating rock records of 2018
Superb review of what, 100 or so plays in, I think is already a masterpiece. No album has excited me this much in years, and every time I listen I pick a different favorite track (currently Extinction). I love their other albums too, but all are patchy to an extent despite many awesome cuts. I love how this record sounds from start to finish and the flow is remarkable. It's crisp and the bass is at the forefront, driving everything else. It is by far their best record. Cheers.
Mardi Gras Beads is an underrated masterpiece
Freebird 2 is my favorite track it’s sounds so original to me
it sounds like that song from that spongebob episode where he rips his pants
I revisited this album this year and still sounds urgent, fresh and with strong meaning. Im from Argentina and right now we are facing a dramatic political and cultural scene, influenced directly from the Trump and Bolsonaro eras. This is the kind of art that gives you inspiration to fight for your rights and seek strength in the collective, reject the individuality that they try to sell us as a solution to everything. Still relevant, still a 9/10.
Anthony, you do not realize how long I waited for another 9. Thank you.
Can’t wait to see ya on the tour just got the VIP tickets for the first NJ stop!
I've been re-listening to this recently and it's such a great album. Probably my favorite of 2018, and maybe even a top favorite of the entire 2010s.
Also, not sure how you can talk about Before the Water Gets too High without mentioning climate change.
So far this is my album of the year.
This album is aweeesssoooommmee!!!!!
WHERE IS BOOK OF RYAN
Album of the year so far for me. Absolute killer. Glad you rated it too! Violence is such a tuuuune
Melon will you make a video on the Kendrick situation? 🤔🤔🤔🤔
The one about him performing in Alabama or something?
Umm..is he gonna talk about the ameer vann situation??
tapuz gordon no it's nothing just some fans trying to get attention
Probably as a stinkpiece about the PWJ video
About the 7
Review Burial-untrue for Classics week
the bass on this album is DELICIOUS
Hey, y'all, update from yesterday. I got 200 something likes on my comment and I said I'd listen to a minute of Corey Feldman for every like a got. I tried, and my parents kicked me out of the house and took my smartphone (not that I was listening on speakers or anything, I had headphones on, but they are just really really into music and were ashamed). Thanks a lot!!!!!111111
Cola BotelsOVA Dad??
If this comment gets more likes then then the comment I’m replying too I’ll listen to Speedin bullet 2 heaven until my ears bleed
idiot
habean liliana Mom??
Brilliant
damn this was the best album ive heard in a while. i honestly laughed pretty hard when i found out that they ended the album with a fade-out. i was expecting the last song to be some explosive blow-out, and the fact that they chose a fade-out makes me feel like they knew what i was expecting and just wanted to fuck with me
I never got into this group. Past LPs have been kind of middle of the road for me. I was skeptical going into this but wow this was surprising. This is pretty great
Hey Anthony, there is a band from Brazil called Muñoz, and they make some fantastic blues/stoner rock music that needs more exposure. They only have a few thousand followers and everything is free. They are a duo, both brothers, but their sound is absolutely huge and worth listening to
My Album of the Year for 2018. I don't understand how Wide Awake has not placed on almost any year end list.
do you know melon reviews sitting in a chair.......woah
thats finna woke
Woker than this album
I was looking forward to this review so much, so sick!
What an incredibly melodramatic review
This thing is so different
I absolutely love it so far
Violence is really something special, and i could go on and on with every other track
A brilliant record, one of the best punk records ive heard in a while
I legitimately appreciated melons political commentary
I loved their single captive of the sun, I think I'll give this a spin, thanks Anthony :)
I’m seeing these guys this Friday in Portland, Maine oh man oh man I’m excited to hear this live! Ahee!
when i listened to this album i absolutely knew youd give it a 9! love it, hell yea
Ive never heard of this band...thank you for this review! What an awesome album!
Great review as always! I really enjoyed this album. I think "on point" was the perfect way to describe it. Thank you for the recommendation!
"Friendship ended with Iceage, now Parquet Courts are my best friends"
I know this is gonna be in my top 3 of the year, thnks for the rec
never heard of em, and just heard it all the way through. thanks melon, it was great. added most of it to my playlist
Can't wait to hear this, haven't quite had time to get to it yet.
"It's 2018, who's NOT getting political now"
**GETS POLITICAL**
WE GOT OURSELVES A *BATTLE*
Parquet Courts’ “Wide Awake
VS
IDLES’ “Joy As An Act Of Resistance
WHO WOULD WIN?!
This recored took a while to grow on me but eventually it clicked
growers are the best. the ones you like immediately are sometimes easier to get sick of
This album is a strong 9 for me. My goodness this is some good 2010's punk album for be.
Still waiting on that A. Savage review melon
adamh234 yes pls
can confirm this is a really good album
With the Jack White album, the Sleep album, the Portal album, and now this, I think we can say that rock, in all of its crazy forms, is back
Love this! Can't wait for the review of father john Misty's new album.
I've been listening to this almost non stop since it came out.
Are you still listening non stop thriftstoredan?
I guess this is my new favorite album, thanks for letting me know.
0:04 umm wtf um wtf it’s not a vinyl wtf wtf wtf my life is a lie? He’s sitting? Wtf wtf huh wtf wtf
I'm so glad that they're getting more attention.
The last chorus of Freebird II is orgasmic
I somehow knew you'd love this album. I adore Light Up Gold, but this is definitely their best release so far. So glad it got dat 9.
I got emotional thinking of this album while lucid dreaming this morning. I completely forgot about this album I'm gonna listen to this aaaaalll day
'violence' def has a big 'revolution will not be televised' vibe
Honestly I'm suprised that this is a 9...given the FantanoTM track record. Hell, maybe the leadup teaser tracks made a real big difference.
In a world of easily given low Fantano scores, this is pretty unexpected from me.
I am excited! Thanks melon!
IT'S A 9! A 9!
I am very glad this album got the rating it deserves. It's fantastic.
Such a great album; they're definitely my favorite active band right now.
one of the few 9's i'd agree with.
Definitely one of the best albums of this year so far!
Great review! It's a more focused album for sure, but Human Performance I think is still the best album they put out. That said, this might be number two for me and might grow, idk, I find them to be a pretty consistent band in quality.
PS check out Low Cut Connie's new album, just wonder what you think about those guys in general, doesn't have to be like a formal review or whatever
I love this cover art / back cover, they look like early belgian comic books.
You need to review Bong's 'Thought And Existence' It's a short, albeit strong Drone/Psychedelic Doom album with only 2 tracks. The album does sound kind of 'samey' to itself, a certain amount of repetition is expected with drone. Very hypnotic and amazing if you're looking for something more in the vein of background music.
Anthony,
I thought the review was rather enjoyable until the moment when you paused to give a belated mini review of Black Panther. Which I was completely fine with until you stated that the movie was an unnecessary black coffee stain on the perfectly Caucasian Marvel Cinematic Universe......
Not cool fantowan, your neo Nazi views have gotten out of hand, unsubbed.
Are... are you serious?
Edit: I'm an idiot.
these jokes are timeless
these aren’t funny
pritch Pritchy these jokes aren't funny
These jokes are funny
Hey melon comin at you again to request that Red Vox Another Light review. Best underground/indie rock album Ive heard in years.
Nina Lan too bad it’s a 2017 album, isn’t it? It’s too far gone at this point, seeing as we’re already at summer 2018
Repav1 So... its not like every review is of new stuff. Most sure. Not always.
Nina Lan I thought it had a really good original sound to it, but the songs did feel a bit same-y after a while. Also I’m So Happy, I’m So Sad, and Forgive And Forget we’re all pretty terrible songs.
Parquet courts is a ray of light that shows that a rock/punk outfit can have a truly earned place in 2018
Good review, Anthony. I was confused when you started to beat your meat yet impressed.
This is there best work so far, I didn't think anything would top light up gold or sunbathing animal
melon only likes this album because it has an absolutely bopping bass throughout...
real talk though it's the best bass i've heard on a recent album. it really makes this album so special
Normalization is my favorite track. Heard it live before the album dropped, and it was KILLLLLLER
hey Anthony, did you listen the the in between projects the band put out like "Milano" with Daniele Luppi or Andrew's solo album "Thawing Dawn"?
9/10 easily. Only one song was a miss for me but i love Parquet Courts!
not really my type of music, but still a very talented band
You ain't got no idea
If you thinkin' that this boy about to cower in fear, nah
You ain't got no idea
Cuz I done been through a lot in these 15 years
You ain't got no idea
Said I done been through a lot, still I ain't show tears
You ain't got no idea
Said you don't know how I see it, you don't know how I see it