Aha Shake Heartbreak is perhaps my favorite KOL album, followed by Because Of The Times at a very close second (but I also really love Youth and Young Manhood, and Come Around Sundown). It’s just a masterpiece. And marks a very particular, very specific place in time at the turn of the new century. It was such a breath of fresh air coming out of the dark and murky grunge and goth time periods, to get some old school, full throttle, soulful, loose, hard punching, real rock and roll with a punk soul and southern drawl; and at the chewy center, very naughty😂. So I remember when this album came out, and I heard it for the first time, just being so blown away by it; not just with the music itself, but their impressive growth from 1st to 2nd album was just unbelievable. Aha is the definition of a perfect album too. No filler, all killer. Every song a keeper. None go in the bin😉Also remember back then I was the only one I knew who had heard of them stateside, having just come back over from London, where their first album Youth And Young Manhood was all the talko; yet in the US they were obscure, unknown and untested. But I told everyone who would listen about this incredible new band, just wouldn’t shut up about them; played everyone their music, and passionately lauded how they were the real deal, and that if they could stay together and stay alive king enough, they were destined to become legends. 21 years later, and I for one am very glad they’re still around, still making excellent, ever evolving music, with live shows that are second to none, and that they all lived to tell the tale (confirmed true tales of their hard partying, hard drug, hard drinking ways of old were EPIC); they all stayed around long enough to become rock and roll legends. And that is very, very cool.
Damn I love both family tree and the b-side Benath the surface. Killer bass on both tracks. Their b-sides rock. 'My Third House' is kick-ass and woo-hoo is a bop as well.
@@JeffintheD Beneath The Surface would have been a sweet little addition to Only By The Night replacing 17. Matt's sweet little solo at the end is really cool.
Aha heartbreak just simply genius. Whole album back to front. Will always be on my playlist forever. Just floored me the day I heard it. Keep it simple don’t ever change 👌👌👌
Yes,yes & yes to this! I picked it up blindly when it was just released in October,2004 (never heard of them before) & it blew my mind off. It marked the new beginning in my life at the time...I couldn't understand most of the lyrics or the meaning of them,but it sounded to me like a spell, or some mystical coded stories about life experiences. I loved that they've almost never use cliche lyrics,phrases. It was so different.And Calebs voice 😩.This album is my special album, because of the time I found it, of all the circumstances and how instinctively I was drawn to it. It kind of shaped me. Then Because of the times came out & it cemented the love for KOL. Only by the night I was scared to listen to because I didn't want to be disappointed (how many albums from one band in a row you can actually love?) & I loved too. They just couldn't make a bad album or a track😭. Come around sundown down and the rest took me longer to learn to love and appreciate. But I don't think they can make bad music. We might not connect to certain albums or connect less, but they are truelly a great band. Sorry for a massive post. I had an urge to let my love for this band out 😂
I feel like the interviews for this album are a lot more involved because theyre not put on the spot in front of a big audience, they look a lot more chilled out and relaxed.
@@samgra67 Da fuq? How is that simping? I told about three people I know that KOL made my 2021. I’m just agreeing with the statement. 🤦♂️ Jesus Christ.
Yeoooo what’s with the hate for Family Tree? That’s such a banger. 😩 Up there Tonight / Rock City / Don’t Matter / Supersoaker / Temple / Wait For Me as Mechanical Bull’s better half
I can't believe Caleb would put Beneath the Surface in the bin!!! That is one of my favorite songs.. it's a b-side not on any album.. play it every day!!?
Dave Berry is such a fine interviewer. I often watch interviews on 1.75 speed, but Dave speaks in 1.75 speed, so all is good. For the record, I saw Kings of Leon in Boston circa 2008, and Caleb had ZERO stage presence.
'Beneath The Surface' is on the 'Notion' EP and on the Japanese release of 'Only By The Night'. It might not be their greatest but it's still a pretty good track. I was really surprised he picked that one!
Awe, I actually like Beneath the Surface. It didn't make it on an album - it's one of their lost B sides, but it's still good. But I'm biased and like anything they make.
@@heatherjones1661 Uh no.. which album in particular are you talking about? I've been a KOL fan since day 1 lol. For the most part.. all their albums were mixed great.. This new one in particular is just so strange. Listen to the opening vocals on their new track "Stormy Weather" The vocals are obviously there but it doesn't sound clear. It sounds almost muddy and distorted. Just not a fan of that mixing at all.
@@MrGameChats the hate for Family Tree and 17 is too real 😤 something from Mechanical Bull like Work On Me, and early boring stuff like Rememo / Velvet Snow / Genius can go instead
It’s not a good record. I don’t think anyone brought there best. The lyrics are boring and the melodies are generic. I don’t have anything positive to say about it. I didn’t think it was possible for them to make a bad record but they did it with this one. Everything about feels like they didn’t care.
Initially, I wasn’t excited about it, but after a couple listens I enjoy it. It’s def their red headed step child of albums but it’s thought out and good in my opinion. I’d still give it a solid 3.3/5.
Always interesting how people hear things differently. I loved this new album from first listen! Some of their best stuff to date and I've been a fan since the very beginning. This might just be their BEST album, in my opinion of course.
@@michaeltroy7777 I’m glad you like it. I really wish I did. I have it on the lp player but it’s not doing anything for me. Hopefully things will change.
@@thebigredwagon Yea, I get where you're coming from.. Sometimes a band's new album just doesn't hit right. I've experienced it. Had others telling me how GREAT a new album is, actually a LOT of people saying it, and I'm just not able to get into it. These are usually BIG albums from BIG bands and have a mob-rule kind of thing about them. Usually for me if the masses love it, I don't. Considering what's out there right now with very little new rock being made, this KOL album really is a very good one. I needed this Right Now. Been jonesin' for some new rock and this hit the spot.. Be patient and give it another listen or two. It might surprise you with a fresh set of ears. It really is an incredible album! The entire thing.
A masterpiece and now my number 1 after hearing it live multiple times, it was 'ok' I liked listening to the album version but once hearing it live changes the perspective massively for me personally
Remember Dave's 2011 all access interview with KOL in Nashville. Nice to see an interviewer who genuinely seems to care about the interview-ee.
What a fucking deadly interview that was. Him drinking red wine with Nathan and partying at Jareds. Great interviewer
1:28 he couldn't keep his hands off his organ 😂😂
Caleb - the king of one liners.
we were concerned...
Aha Shake Heartbreak is perhaps my favorite KOL album, followed by Because Of The Times at a very close second (but I also really love Youth and Young Manhood, and Come Around Sundown). It’s just a masterpiece. And marks a very particular, very specific place in time at the turn of the new century. It was such a breath of fresh air coming out of the dark and murky grunge and goth time periods, to get some old school, full throttle, soulful, loose, hard punching, real rock and roll with a punk soul and southern drawl; and at the chewy center, very naughty😂. So I remember when this album came out, and I heard it for the first time, just being so blown away by it; not just with the music itself, but their impressive growth from 1st to 2nd album was just unbelievable. Aha is the definition of a perfect album too. No filler, all killer. Every song a keeper. None go in the bin😉Also remember back then I was the only one I knew who had heard of them stateside, having just come back over from London, where their first album Youth And Young Manhood was all the talko; yet in the US they were obscure, unknown and untested. But I told everyone who would listen about this incredible new band, just wouldn’t shut up about them; played everyone their music, and passionately lauded how they were the real deal, and that if they could stay together and stay alive king enough, they were destined to become legends. 21 years later, and I for one am very glad they’re still around, still making excellent, ever evolving music, with live shows that are second to none, and that they all lived to tell the tale (confirmed true tales of their hard partying, hard drug, hard drinking ways of old were EPIC); they all stayed around long enough to become rock and roll legends. And that is very, very cool.
I love Beneath the Surface!
Yeah I know, is a great song!
Same!
Me too
Me too. That hurt
One of the best album i hear in a while
@Erik Brice Ledford hell yea brother
Damn I love both family tree and the b-side Benath the surface. Killer bass on both tracks. Their b-sides rock. 'My Third House' is kick-ass and woo-hoo is a bop as well.
Me and you both!! Actually gonna go listen to Beneath the Surface now haha
Beneath the Surface is a jam. These guys have no taste in music, clearly.
@@JeffintheD Beneath The Surface would have been a sweet little addition to Only By The Night replacing 17. Matt's sweet little solo at the end is really cool.
@@Abhishek.Basnyat replace 17? blasphemous
@@007ferguson007 I don't hate that song but Beneath the surface deserved to be on that album and 17 could have been a b-side.
Aha heartbreak just simply genius. Whole album back to front. Will always be on my playlist forever. Just floored me the day I heard it. Keep it simple don’t ever change 👌👌👌
Yes,yes & yes to this! I picked it up blindly when it was just released in October,2004 (never heard of them before) & it blew my mind off. It marked the new beginning in my life at the time...I couldn't understand most of the lyrics or the meaning of them,but it sounded to me like a spell, or some mystical coded stories about life experiences. I loved that they've almost never use cliche lyrics,phrases. It was so different.And Calebs voice 😩.This album is my special album, because of the time I found it, of all the circumstances and how instinctively I was drawn to it. It kind of shaped me. Then Because of the times came out & it cemented the love for KOL. Only by the night I was scared to listen to because I didn't want to be disappointed (how many albums from one band in a row you can actually love?) & I loved too. They just couldn't make a bad album or a track😭. Come around sundown down and the rest took me longer to learn to love and appreciate. But I don't think they can make bad music. We might not connect to certain albums or connect less, but they are truelly a great band. Sorry for a massive post. I had an urge to let my love for this band out 😂
I usually dislike synthesizers but I love the sound of it 100,000 people great song great album
This interview made me smile. Thank you
WALLS was their experimental album for sure. WYSY in my opinion is a meld of all the sounds from their past albums.
I think it’s in their top 3 best albums. I think Walls is last...
@@jackcross8616 agreed 100%
Walls is a great record!
Beneath the surface is one of my absolute favourites
Mine too!!!!
@@brunoatkinson Same here!
I feel like the interviews for this album are a lot more involved because theyre not put on the spot in front of a big audience, they look a lot more chilled out and relaxed.
They should've been relaxed. They were doing an interview from the comfort of their homes! lol
Los amamos mucho "Kings Of Leon" Saludos desde México 🇲🇽🇲🇽
Finding out Caleb binge watches King of Queens has caused two worlds to collide for me lol
One of my fave ever artists watching one of my fave ever shows. My body ain’t ready for this kinda info
Oh man! “King of Queens” !!! My favorite show! I knew there was some reason I liked them! 🤟
Thanks for saving 2021 KOL 💖
That’s why I’m saying too! I’m so done with this pandemic bullcrap. I need to go to a concert now!
@@miguelgonzalez6495 stop simpin brah she ain’t replying to you
@@samgra67 Da fuq? How is that simping?
I told about three people I know that KOL made my 2021. I’m just agreeing with the statement. 🤦♂️
Jesus Christ.
@@miguelgonzalez6495 bahahahahahaha
Matt’s synch stuff was cool!
Yeoooo what’s with the hate for Family Tree? That’s such a banger. 😩 Up there Tonight / Rock City / Don’t Matter / Supersoaker / Temple / Wait For Me as Mechanical Bull’s better half
Kind of hokey it’s def on their worst song list for most folks i think
I'm with you there. Rock City is one of my favs. I hope they revisit that direction again.
I don’t even remember Family Tree, that’s how bad it is lol
Wait! I love beneath the surface.
I can't believe Caleb would put Beneath the Surface in the bin!!! That is one of my favorite songs.. it's a b-side not on any album.. play it every day!!?
Dave the boy Berry! Haven't seen him since his nickelodeon days, loads of early 2000s memories unlocked
They should release an album of their B-Sides
Dave Berry is such a fine interviewer. I often watch interviews on 1.75 speed, but Dave speaks in 1.75 speed, so all is good. For the record, I saw Kings of Leon in Boston circa 2008, and Caleb had ZERO stage presence.
Beneath the surface??? He’s nuts, that song rocks
See you in Toronto boys... I got my Tickets!!
Love Mathews hair blonde, they all look great truthfully
Yo amo king of leon desde Chile very good band🇨🇱
Love this.
Love this band
Aw, Family Tree is a brilliant song! Don't get rid of that one haha Iliked the direction they were going on on Mechanical Bull
Mechanical bull much better then their new album
matt probably gets bored playing that song. the rhythm section really dominates it.
And Frontier City is also very good 💪
King of Queens my favorite series too haha
'Beneath The Surface' is on the 'Notion' EP and on the Japanese release of 'Only By The Night'.
It might not be their greatest but it's still a pretty good track.
I was really surprised he picked that one!
3:18 Caleb picks up The Beatles Abbey Road mug. Nice
So awesome! I almost screamed at my phone when he did that
Remember how everyone forgets the first three Kings of Leon albums?
Mathews never looked and acted so normal
I love "Family Tree" I feel personally attacked
Awe, I actually like Beneath the Surface. It didn't make it on an album - it's one of their lost B sides, but it's still good.
But I'm biased and like anything they make.
Deftones!!!!!
How is CHARMER not the one that is bagged? Only song in their library that I have actually removed from my iTunes library.
They still like to open with Charmer because it's a ripper 😤
@@SAINTSLUMBER ...it's awful.
Shame on you. That song is incredible
That’s one of their best tracks ever lmao
Son tan perfectos y son la mejor banda, los amo KOL ❤😭
Cool Content, Keep the Grind Up!👑
Matthew looks incredibly handsome with his blonde short hair!! ❤
King of Queens 😂😂 I love it
Family Tree is a straight banger!! One of my favourites of theirs!!!
I love Beneath the Surface haha
If you don't love KOL we can't be friends
What an album
For the people complaining of the family tree song, every artist has something they have done, they don't like, it's normal
Has anyone ever asked them why they go by their middle names and not their first names?
I think it’s a southern thing. I know lots of people from the south who go by their middle name.
I’m not a fan of Family Tree either, Matt. 😆
i actually like beneath the surface
I wish he could of asked them why the new album was mixed like that? Some songs, the vocals sound low and faint.
I feel like they do that on a lot of their albums. Kind of their thing.
@@heatherjones1661 Uh no.. which album in particular are you talking about? I've been a KOL fan since day 1 lol. For the most part.. all their albums were mixed great.. This new one in particular is just so strange. Listen to the opening vocals on their new track "Stormy Weather" The vocals are obviously there but it doesn't sound clear. It sounds almost muddy and distorted. Just not a fan of that mixing at all.
It was done purposely to give the album a Vintage/ Indie vibe.
@@Abhishek.Basnyat Yeah i see that.. just not a fan.. it's basically why mono was so terrible and stereo will always be better lol.
Family tree? Wow that’s one of my favorites
Damn. Family Tree slaps!
Beneath The Surface is a good song :'(
Family Tree is an awesome tune
I honestly do agree with the family tree comment and I'm thinking to myself what else don't I like......honestly I just don't know
If I HAD to pick one I'd pick 17.
Are you kidding, family tree is great!
@@MrGameChats the hate for Family Tree and 17 is too real 😤 something from Mechanical Bull like Work On Me, and early boring stuff like Rememo / Velvet Snow / Genius can go instead
@@kenny_dlc Genius, nooo way. Genius beats every track on the new album.
@@kenny_dlc 17 is so underrated
Flyers for raves
Yeah, Family Tree wasn't my favorite. Never heard Beneath the Surface, will have to find it.
Family tree I didn't like either... I'd say 17...Mary.... Rock City (maybe).... Conversation piece (the only weak track on walls imo)
Mary is a clinker!! Love it ❤️
@@raymondliotta9021 ugh its dirge.... Droning, terrible and I've of their worst... In my humble opinion of course 😊
@@iad77 fair enough matey 👍
I love Rock City!
Last 4 tracks are filler, the rest is as good as their best. 100,000 people is now my favourite song after Knocked Up and Slow Night, So Long
Damn Caleb is just 39 and he looks like my father who's in his 50's.
Congrats to your Dad on looking younger than his years...I hope you're not surprised when you ask him what 'facials' he uses!
Rock and Roll baby 😂
@@SpicyJohn69
Well said
Celebration is the only song that belongs in the bin.
Fuck no
Lmao I like the way you said this and I agree.
😂💜
Family Tree, and Birthday are their worst songs and I’m a HUGE KOL fan.
Fuck no
Family Tree the only bad song the group has ever produced! Cannot bring myself to even listen to it 😝
Such a terrible interview. I mean seriously, what are those questions about?
Why the hate, I think those questions were good. Different from the obvious. I guess.
Family Tree is my least favorite KOL song too
It’s not a good record. I don’t think anyone brought there best. The lyrics are boring and the melodies are generic. I don’t have anything positive to say about it. I didn’t think it was possible for them to make a bad record but they did it with this one. Everything about feels like they didn’t care.
Initially, I wasn’t excited about it, but after a couple listens I enjoy it. It’s def their red headed step child of albums but it’s thought out and good in my opinion. I’d still give it a solid 3.3/5.
@@lightgren8ds267 I’m glad you like it. It sounds like nothing to me unfortunately
Always interesting how people hear things differently. I loved this new album from first listen! Some of their best stuff to date and I've been a fan since the very beginning. This might just be their BEST album, in my opinion of course.
@@michaeltroy7777 I’m glad you like it. I really wish I did. I have it on the lp player but it’s not doing anything for me. Hopefully things will change.
@@thebigredwagon Yea, I get where you're coming from.. Sometimes a band's new album just doesn't hit right. I've experienced it. Had others telling me how GREAT a new album is, actually a LOT of people saying it, and I'm just not able to get into it. These are usually BIG albums from BIG bands and have a mob-rule kind of thing about them. Usually for me if the masses love it, I don't. Considering what's out there right now with very little new rock being made, this KOL album really is a very good one. I needed this Right Now. Been jonesin' for some new rock and this hit the spot.. Be patient and give it another listen or two. It might surprise you with a fresh set of ears.
It really is an incredible album! The entire thing.
When you see yourself is probably their best song and album.
A masterpiece and now my number 1 after hearing it live multiple times, it was 'ok' I liked listening to the album version but once hearing it live changes the perspective massively for me personally