This artist means SO much to the people who listen to him. Sometimes in life we hit anhedonia, and all the music stops working, and the movies don't hold our attention, and the books just feel like dry leaves. Then you for some reason come across a song by Damian, and finally something reaches you and it sounds like it's in the next room, just like how you feel. It pulls you back a little.
For anyone interested, I recorded him playing an acoustic fragment of "on a green" (track included in this album where appears "I can't say goodbye") when we went to my past job for pizza time. Appears as a reel on my channel. We, him and his gf hanged around the whole day.
Sadness is a pretty new discovery for me, but I have been listening to his work a lot It brings a certain kind of melancholy that I haven't found anywhere else There is just such a bright sound surrounded in the darkness of all his work that I can't get enough of.
Perfectly described how I feel too. Am yet to hear another band/artist do what he does and do it consistently at that. And within different genres too. Just pure genius.
Sadness is my favorite band since 2018, and this song in particular is one of my favorites. I'm shocked to know that someone recommended this. Each sadness album has his own identity, and i recommend everyone to listen to the 2015-2019 albums. It's just incomparable masterpieces, but in order to appreciate sadness songs, you need to deconstruct a lot of things, because at the same time sadness looks like something we know, it doesn't.
Hi Bryan! Andreas here! Thank you for checking my suggestion out. It was very interesting hearing your thoughts on this track and how you perceived it. Sadness plays and blends so many styles throughout his discography from DSBM to Emo to Post-Rock and even Power Pop so it can be hard to pinpoint exactly what's going on at times and pretty much all of his releases have a different approach towards the production. But yes I do get that "sad happy" feeling that you mentioned from this song, I truly love that sorrowful sound but with a glimpse of hope or what to call it. I think you hit the nail on the head with the extended outro. To me that part kinda symbolizes when you really hold on to something and you make one final desperate attempt to not lose it before finally letting go. From a strictly objective standpoint I agree with you that it might have been better to just have that first fade out be the end of it, but with how it makes me feel personally and how I read into it I think it works. I thought it was funny how you pointed out all the things I also hear in this track but compared to me you didn't really care for them haha. To me this song is like one big build up almost. I can't really explain it, it just feels like every section is where it should be and leads you into the next so effortlessly and it doesn't sound forced. The wall of sound just adds to the overall feel since to me the whole song is like a wall of emotions coming at you and it kinda reflects that. Yes the melodies are somewhat subtle at times but they're there, and combined with the thick atmosphere they create that sad happy sound which makes the song a bit more open to interpretation instead of telling you outright how it should make you feel. I do believe some music is best experienced when simply listened to and just "felt in the moment" and not necessarily analyzed too much. In hindsight maybe that's the case with Sadness, or at least this track. There are songs that mean the world to me but if I'm not in the right mood or whatever I don't appreciate them as much. I just know that I've loved this song since the first time I heard it and have continued to do so after having tried to look at it through a critical perspective as well through the years. But that's the beauty of music, it hits us all differently. Thanks again for the video man, keep it up and best of luck to you and your channel!
Completely agree that some music works best when listened to casually. Most of my favorite albums are musically simple but mean so much to me regardless. Highly compressed music isn't my usual sound and that's definitely going to influence a first listen too. Thanks for the request though. This was a wild ride and I came to appreciate it more with each passing minute of the analysis.
Sadness, and all of Damian's projects (Trhä, life, Kaskaskia) are my most recent obsession. The lofi production is abrasive at first, but it grows on you the more you listen to it. It just provides a really unique and compelling atmosphere. While a lot of fans are attached to Sadness' earlier work, I think you might enjoy some of their most recent tracks (I personally have been really into 'encuentrame' and 'lowsun in a glistening,' both released this year). The production is a little less abrasive and the songwriting is a little more purposeful, even if the tracks are still really long and sprawling.
32:20 Fun fact, the guy behind this project actually has an emo project too (he's a pretty unique individual, has near 20 projects in total including black metal ones, dsbm, emo, shoegaze, ambient music, even synth stuff...). It's called life, there are numerous demos of it on spotify and it's what you seemed to describe. Although I didn't really agree with some things, I completely understood where you came from. The interpretation at 33:27 was beautiful, by the way. Completely reasonated with why I'm so emotionally invested in this song. Didn't know your channel but I'm glad I discovered it, loved every second of this.
@@CriticalReactions hey, yes, that's the name of the project haha. If you search for "life demo" it should appear on any streaming service or youtube. Definitely his most emo sounding project.
What a unique sound from the artist! I'm a sucker for the whole of the blackgaze scene, and Sadness seems to fill a certain niche of it quite well. Thanks for checking out another interesting track, and shoutout to Andreas for the neat pick!
Anyone with a passing interest in this own to themselves to check The Angelic Process, kind of the godfathers of this genre/subgenre, still amazing and far ahead of their time in the very late 90's/Early 2000's
I discovered this music about a week ago and I've been listening to several sadness albums obsessively. There's something very deliberate to everything, including that washed out production. In this particular track, that build up with the palm muted guitar at the end is something really special. It feels like it's building to a big powerful resolution and we get that.... But there's something subtly sour and off about that final chord..... It feels like finally achieving something you've worked for so hard and so long... Only to discover you don't really want it anymore
You are spot on with your analysis throughout the intro 5:10 "it's like Midwest emo done through a black metal production" "or you know maybe shoegaze done through black metal" That my friend is Blackgaze a post black metal genre. Check out Sadness - Teal
I really like Sadness project but his best release is the album called '''Leave''''. Woth checking out Misertus - Vascilating skies, or the full album Outland. Great post/ atmospheric black metal.
I love to see sadness picking up a lot of attention for your information sadness is a one man band he is the composer behind every instrument and i honestly hate to see a lot of hate on sadness the mans name is damian he had multiple musical projects all one man bands he said in a interview he works better alone his other projects include life left alone sadness and a i believe he has a few more that i can't recall alot of his music revolves around the melancholic atmosphere and i love that i personally feel like his music is a story and the broken understand it ive listened to Damian's music for years and i love a lot of the music he puts out i hope you'll check out more of his music and everyone keeps an open mind to it ive always felt the depressive black metal/shoegaze/atmospheric metal vibe but all in all i love his music and of course this is just my opinion
DAMIÁN ANTÓN OJEDA IS AMAZING ❤❤❤❤ I can't say goodbye Even though I'm never with you I can't stop crying I want you to see it Please come here Ven aquí Quiereme...
I love sadness, although some of their tracks tend to linger a bit too long. But as you say, might be very intentional. Bittersweet blackgaze is a good way to describe them.
Watching this, I wandered towards another video/ song recommended by @FishDish73... I was loving the music until the 'black' elements started... I read the reactions and saw a terribly sad message by @oldshitty - This is always my go to. I’ve been on this earth for 38 years and almost every second has been pain. I forgot how to feel anything but when I listen to this project I kind of remember what it’s like to not be dead inside. Curious I see she is a creator and wander to her (Emily Aideen) own 'music', largely noise... Well is seems Emily decided to leave this mortal coil.. Sad! Her page was full of messages to rest in piece. I wonder if the music you choose also determines in part your mental state? I loved this music, but it influenced me somewhat negatively. Whatever, please take care of yourselves , and if you are suffering please speak to someone. You have friends and you have worth!
I know this wasn't very similar to today's theme song, but with enough adjacency to make it quite a coincidental fit. I'm thinking of e.g. ambience, electronica and angelic voice features. Very much liked your journey with the analysis - finding more and more sence in what you listened to.
Wow nice, someone reacting to Sadness! I almost wish this album/song wasn't your first experience with Sadness because this album is just 4 previously unreleased tracks that were never finished. So the production is noticeably worse on this "album" compared to some of his other actual albums (Circle of Veins, Leave, April Sunset).
Definitely shoegaze here. I loved the overwhelming emotiveness of it, but I agree with you that it's not a 15-minute song: I think it would've been far better at around 1/2 to 2/3 of that. Production is fascinating though, and I think I would've been more enthusiastic if it didn't so overuse elements like the distorted kick drum, and especially when it goes into the fast double-kick section it's just too much for too long, and after it hits that climax it doesn't really find its footing again. Despite all this it still has me interested in the band, because craftsmanship can be learned, but knowing how to evoke emotion through production and style is artistic talent.
"Padding time." ....Yep. Got the exact same impression. Honestly, I'm immediately sceptical of artists/bands (but it's usually these one-man projects) that have these ludicrously prolific discographies. How much thinking and effort can you really be putting into your music if you're shitting out hours upon hours of it every month?
some people just make stuff nonstop. mac demarco just dropped a 200 song album. some of it is not great for sure. this guy probably just puts out most of the songs he makes, rather than cherry pick the best ones to put into an album. kinda interesting, it is like peeking into someone’s diary almost. that being said… this is not his best work in my opinion haha
@@sommelierofstench right. I'm not gonna be someone's editor for them as a listener, though. Every single project I've listened to where someone has multiple album releases per year often across multiple different band names, the music has been obviously lacking in some way. That might be extremely generic riffs, simplistic and repetitive songwriting, or padding out albums by having songs with one or two ideas with sections that are copy-pasted to increase running time to genre standards. There's too much good music in the world for me to waste time finding out if there are one or two cool riffs on the 9th album Rogga Johansson has put out this month. Learning a little self-editing is an important part of being an artist.
Yeah well, I guess that is something very specific that certainly not too many people like. I understand that (especially in that track), but I personally do like it since it adds a bunch of atmosphere for me. And yeah, it is certainly on purpose.
it’s like trying hard liquor by itself for the first time. you’re like damn this is terrible how do people like this. and then after a few years of trying it more and more you’re looking forwards to it. i do agree that this is a bit too washed out, but jams like this would not hit the same if they had big budget sounding production
This particular album is just a few unreleased tracks that were never finished with the mixing/mastering. So they all sound a little "worse" than usual.
![Sadness - I Want To Be With You [Drum Cover]](/img/1.gif)
This artist means SO much to the people who listen to him. Sometimes in life we hit anhedonia, and all the music stops working, and the movies don't hold our attention, and the books just feel like dry leaves. Then you for some reason come across a song by Damian, and finally something reaches you and it sounds like it's in the next room, just like how you feel. It pulls you back a little.
Yes.
this is exactly how i feel
The thing is, sadness is a single man band, it's voice is so pure and strong, love this shit
For anyone interested, I recorded him playing an acoustic fragment of "on a green" (track included in this album where appears "I can't say goodbye") when we went to my past job for pizza time. Appears as a reel on my channel.
We, him and his gf hanged around the whole day.
Damian (sadness) has 100s of tracks from all of his different projects, so many great songs! My personal favorite right now is Te Ame
He also released a new split with his cousin, every song is amazing
He has almost 200 tracks with Sadness alone
Sadness is a pretty new discovery for me, but I have been listening to his work a lot
It brings a certain kind of melancholy that I haven't found anywhere else
There is just such a bright sound surrounded in the darkness of all his work that I can't get enough of.
Perfectly described how I feel too. Am yet to hear another band/artist do what he does and do it consistently at that. And within different genres too. Just pure genius.
Sadness is my favorite band since 2018, and this song in particular is one of my favorites. I'm shocked to know that someone recommended this. Each sadness album has his own identity, and i recommend everyone to listen to the 2015-2019 albums. It's just incomparable masterpieces, but in order to appreciate sadness songs, you need to deconstruct a lot of things, because at the same time sadness looks like something we know, it doesn't.
Damiàn Ojeda has an indescribable compositional ability, he's great
Hi Bryan! Andreas here!
Thank you for checking my suggestion out. It was very interesting hearing your thoughts on this track and how you perceived it. Sadness plays and blends so many styles throughout his discography from DSBM to Emo to Post-Rock and even Power Pop so it can be hard to pinpoint exactly what's going on at times and pretty much all of his releases have a different approach towards the production. But yes I do get that "sad happy" feeling that you mentioned from this song, I truly love that sorrowful sound but with a glimpse of hope or what to call it.
I think you hit the nail on the head with the extended outro. To me that part kinda symbolizes when you really hold on to something and you make one final desperate attempt to not lose it before finally letting go. From a strictly objective standpoint I agree with you that it might have been better to just have that first fade out be the end of it, but with how it makes me feel personally and how I read into it I think it works.
I thought it was funny how you pointed out all the things I also hear in this track but compared to me you didn't really care for them haha. To me this song is like one big build up almost. I can't really explain it, it just feels like every section is where it should be and leads you into the next so effortlessly and it doesn't sound forced. The wall of sound just adds to the overall feel since to me the whole song is like a wall of emotions coming at you and it kinda reflects that. Yes the melodies are somewhat subtle at times but they're there, and combined with the thick atmosphere they create that sad happy sound which makes the song a bit more open to interpretation instead of telling you outright how it should make you feel.
I do believe some music is best experienced when simply listened to and just "felt in the moment" and not necessarily analyzed too much. In hindsight maybe that's the case with Sadness, or at least this track. There are songs that mean the world to me but if I'm not in the right mood or whatever I don't appreciate them as much. I just know that I've loved this song since the first time I heard it and have continued to do so after having tried to look at it through a critical perspective as well through the years. But that's the beauty of music, it hits us all differently.
Thanks again for the video man, keep it up and best of luck to you and your channel!
Completely agree that some music works best when listened to casually. Most of my favorite albums are musically simple but mean so much to me regardless. Highly compressed music isn't my usual sound and that's definitely going to influence a first listen too.
Thanks for the request though. This was a wild ride and I came to appreciate it more with each passing minute of the analysis.
Sadness, and all of Damian's projects (Trhä, life, Kaskaskia) are my most recent obsession. The lofi production is abrasive at first, but it grows on you the more you listen to it. It just provides a really unique and compelling atmosphere. While a lot of fans are attached to Sadness' earlier work, I think you might enjoy some of their most recent tracks (I personally have been really into 'encuentrame' and 'lowsun in a glistening,' both released this year). The production is a little less abrasive and the songwriting is a little more purposeful, even if the tracks are still really long and sprawling.
His recent split with Abriction is absolutely insane.
@@Dragobrath Yes ! Her Summer Morning Sky is such an addictive track
YESSS I JUST WOKE UP AND YOU ARE REACTING TO SADNESS THANK YOUUUUUU ANDREAS AND CRITICAL
Haven't seen a Sadness reaction on YT yet so had to get the party started I guess lol.
@@Andreas-mi4li I applaud you my friend
So cool to see sadness here
if u wanna do more of Sadness, i recommend his album Leave, my personal favorite
32:20 Fun fact, the guy behind this project actually has an emo project too (he's a pretty unique individual, has near 20 projects in total including black metal ones, dsbm, emo, shoegaze, ambient music, even synth stuff...). It's called life, there are numerous demos of it on spotify and it's what you seemed to describe.
Although I didn't really agree with some things, I completely understood where you came from. The interpretation at 33:27 was beautiful, by the way. Completely reasonated with why I'm so emotionally invested in this song.
Didn't know your channel but I'm glad I discovered it, loved every second of this.
Glad you enjoyed the video. I'm a big fan of emo so I'll have to check out that other project. You say the band/project is called "Life"?
@@CriticalReactions hey, yes, that's the name of the project haha. If you search for "life demo" it should appear on any streaming service or youtube. Definitely his most emo sounding project.
@@mvxsdreams Awesome, thanks!
bruh shout out to the person who recommended this. some deep cuts popping up as of late
What a unique sound from the artist! I'm a sucker for the whole of the blackgaze scene, and Sadness seems to fill a certain niche of it quite well. Thanks for checking out another interesting track, and shoutout to Andreas for the neat pick!
Thanks and no problem!
can you check out Suffering Astrid
La sensibilidad compositiva que tiene damian es algo increible. Que mal que no haga conciertos, seria una locura oir sadness en vivo
hay un concierto en vivo de Sadness, pero en mi opinion no se escucha tan atmosférico como los albumes, aun asi es lindo
I listen to this most nights when I'm absolutely drained and don't want to continue on anymore....
man you ok?
he's ok,he has sadness in his life
so glad to see this upload! been a longtime fan of damián and his work and i’m happy to see him getting more recognition as he deserves.
Anyone with a passing interest in this own to themselves to check The Angelic Process, kind of the godfathers of this genre/subgenre, still amazing and far ahead of their time in the very late 90's/Early 2000's
I discovered this music about a week ago and I've been listening to several sadness albums obsessively. There's something very deliberate to everything, including that washed out production.
In this particular track, that build up with the palm muted guitar at the end is something really special. It feels like it's building to a big powerful resolution and we get that.... But there's something subtly sour and off about that final chord..... It feels like finally achieving something you've worked for so hard and so long... Only to discover you don't really want it anymore
blackgaze with kid choir lol
I love sadness! You are the only person on RUclips I’ve seen react to sadness which is cool. Hope you listen to some of his other works:)
You should definitely check out his other band Thrä if you haven't already both are phenomenal both are just one guy
You are spot on with your analysis throughout the intro
5:10 "it's like Midwest emo done through a black metal production"
"or you know maybe shoegaze done through black metal"
That my friend is Blackgaze a post black metal genre.
Check out Sadness - Teal
I really like Sadness project but his best release is the album called '''Leave''''. Woth checking out Misertus - Vascilating skies, or the full album Outland. Great post/ atmospheric black metal.
Misertus is my favorite artist
I love to see sadness picking up a lot of attention for your information sadness is a one man band he is the composer behind every instrument and i honestly hate to see a lot of hate on sadness the mans name is damian he had multiple musical projects all one man bands he said in a interview he works better alone his other projects include life left alone sadness and a i believe he has a few more that i can't recall alot of his music revolves around the melancholic atmosphere and i love that i personally feel like his music is a story and the broken understand it ive listened to Damian's music for years and i love a lot of the music he puts out i hope you'll check out more of his music and everyone keeps an open mind to it ive always felt the depressive black metal/shoegaze/atmospheric metal vibe but all in all i love his music and of course this is just my opinion
this album make me cry, like I Want To Be There.
DAMIÁN ANTÓN OJEDA IS AMAZING ❤❤❤❤
I can't say goodbye
Even though I'm never with you
I can't stop crying
I want you to see it
Please come here
Ven aquí
Quiereme...
I love sadness, although some of their tracks tend to linger a bit too long. But as you say, might be very intentional. Bittersweet blackgaze is a good way to describe them.
Fantastic song
You should try Sadness from Switzerland. Album "Ames de marbre". Superb.
Watching this, I wandered towards another video/ song recommended by @FishDish73... I was loving the music until the 'black' elements started... I read the reactions and saw a terribly sad message by @oldshitty - This is always my go to. I’ve been on this earth for 38 years and almost every second has been pain. I forgot how to feel anything but when I listen to this project I kind of remember what it’s like to not be dead inside. Curious I see she is a creator and wander to her (Emily Aideen) own 'music', largely noise... Well is seems Emily decided to leave this mortal coil.. Sad! Her page was full of messages to rest in piece. I wonder if the music you choose also determines in part your mental state? I loved this music, but it influenced me somewhat negatively.
Whatever, please take care of yourselves , and if you are suffering please speak to someone. You have friends and you have worth!
I own this on vinyl, love it so much
FINALLY.
I know this wasn't very similar to today's theme song, but with enough adjacency to make it quite a coincidental fit. I'm thinking of e.g. ambience, electronica and angelic voice features.
Very much liked your journey with the analysis - finding more and more sence in what you listened to.
bet damian doesnt even know what fuckin masterpiece he does and how many lifes he saved with his music
This song was alright, but I'd suggest checking out his song somewhere. One of the greatest metal songs ever.
This song kills me😢
Not my favorite track/album, but I love Sadness! I was thinking myself of special selecting them and might still do later 😊
Yoooooooooo
Sadnesssssss
Let's fuxking goooooooo
Wow nice, someone reacting to Sadness! I almost wish this album/song wasn't your first experience with Sadness because this album is just 4 previously unreleased tracks that were never finished. So the production is noticeably worse on this "album" compared to some of his other actual albums (Circle of Veins, Leave, April Sunset).
Noooo don’t say goodbye to us, I just found you!
Damian is a genius
Definitely shoegaze here. I loved the overwhelming emotiveness of it, but I agree with you that it's not a 15-minute song: I think it would've been far better at around 1/2 to 2/3 of that. Production is fascinating though, and I think I would've been more enthusiastic if it didn't so overuse elements like the distorted kick drum, and especially when it goes into the fast double-kick section it's just too much for too long, and after it hits that climax it doesn't really find its footing again. Despite all this it still has me interested in the band, because craftsmanship can be learned, but knowing how to evoke emotion through production and style is artistic talent.
"MidWest emo"... hehe. It sounds more like English indie bands from the 90s, stuff in the Flying Saucer Attack or maybe Hood.
Yeah, it's in the title... "I can't say goodbye".
"Padding time." ....Yep. Got the exact same impression. Honestly, I'm immediately sceptical of artists/bands (but it's usually these one-man projects) that have these ludicrously prolific discographies. How much thinking and effort can you really be putting into your music if you're shitting out hours upon hours of it every month?
some people just make stuff nonstop. mac demarco just dropped a 200 song album. some of it is not great for sure. this guy probably just puts out most of the songs he makes, rather than cherry pick the best ones to put into an album. kinda interesting, it is like peeking into someone’s diary almost. that being said… this is not his best work in my opinion haha
@@sommelierofstench right. I'm not gonna be someone's editor for them as a listener, though. Every single project I've listened to where someone has multiple album releases per year often across multiple different band names, the music has been obviously lacking in some way. That might be extremely generic riffs, simplistic and repetitive songwriting, or padding out albums by having songs with one or two ideas with sections that are copy-pasted to increase running time to genre standards. There's too much good music in the world for me to waste time finding out if there are one or two cool riffs on the 9th album Rogga Johansson has put out this month.
Learning a little self-editing is an important part of being an artist.
I’m assuming it’s on purpose, and I don’t care. That production is awful. Unbearable.
Yeah well, I guess that is something very specific that certainly not too many people like. I understand that (especially in that track), but I personally do like it since it adds a bunch of atmosphere for me.
And yeah, it is certainly on purpose.
@@tystimyr I like it, reminds me of The Angelic Process.
it’s like trying hard liquor by itself for the first time. you’re like damn this is terrible how do people like this. and then after a few years of trying it more and more you’re looking forwards to it. i do agree that this is a bit too washed out, but jams like this would not hit the same if they had big budget sounding production
This particular album is just a few unreleased tracks that were never finished with the mixing/mastering. So they all sound a little "worse" than usual.
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