Adrianne Lenker - Simulation Swarm

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • This got deleted sometime last year from IGTV, but now it's back!
    Lyrics:
    I tried to tell you
    I didn't know how to stay
    You believed she can see through
    Cutting at the silent clay
    A relief back in deep blue
    Fettered in the minded sun
    Eat the gun as it feeds you
    Spitting up the oxygen
    Once again
    Once again empty horses
    Gallop through the violet door
    Follow their crooked courses
    Shadows in the moonlit moor
    Oh my stars winged creatures
    Galloping in silken height
    Like the last human teachers
    Machinery of constant sight
    Once again we must bleed new
    Even as the hours shake
    Crystal blood like a dream true
    A ripple in the wounded wake
    Can't believe, I believed too
    That you are the river of light
    Who I love that I cling to
    In the belly of the empty night
    From the 31st floor of the simulation swarm
    With the drone of fluorescence flicker fever filled with form
    And the warm gush and I wanna touch like we never could before
    I'd fly to you tomorrow I'm not fighting in this war
    I wanna drop my arms and take your arms and walk you to the shore
    I remember
    Building an energy shield
    In your room, like a temple
    Swallowed in the windless field
    Very thin, with your mother
    Tall as a pale green tree
    Very wild, right as winter
    Rising with the prison key
    Any child to deliver
    Tangled in the blood and vine
    As the first little angel
    Taken from the northern pine
    You believe, I believe too
    That you are the river of light
    Who I love that I sing to
    In the belly of the empty night
    From the 31st floor of the simulation swarm
    With the drone of fluorescence flicker fever filled with form
    And the warm gush and I wanna touch like we never could before
    I'd fly to you tomorrow I'm not fighting in this war
    I wanna drop my arms and take your arms and walk you to the shore
    I'd fly to you tomorrow I'm not fighting in this war
    I wanna drop my arms and take your arms and walk you to the shore
    Little Andy
    soft in his newborn skin
    Only one little Andy
    Will he return again?
    I believe we will renew
    Because there is no other
    Once again fall asleep with
    Our backs against each other
    I believe and you believe too
    that you are the river of light
    Who I love that I sing to
    In the belly of the empty night
    From the 31st floor of the simulation swarm
    With the drone fluorescence flicker fever filled with form
    And the warm gush and I wanna touch like we never could before
    I'd fly to you tomorrow I'm not fighting in this war
    I wanna drop my arms and take your arms and walk you to the shore
    I wanna drop my arms and take your arms and walk you to the shore
    **headbangin*

Комментарии • 224

  • @bruhguy26
    @bruhguy26 Год назад +402

    Y’all don’t understand how hard this guitar is

    • @heddaaxelsson3151
      @heddaaxelsson3151 6 месяцев назад +53

      😭been trying to learn it for like 2 weeks with minimal progress, this is the final boss of acoustic guitar playing

    • @usefulidiot-on1kh
      @usefulidiot-on1kh 5 месяцев назад +30

      And she's singing too

    • @cavmando
      @cavmando 5 месяцев назад

      @@heddaaxelsson3151try some elliot smith 😂

    • @leekkeeps
      @leekkeeps 4 месяца назад +6

      ​@shittybuttrue2819like any leo kottke is like arguably harder than this but even basic finger picking and to that extent, Travis picking, is like crazy hard to do fluently in it of itself. Singing and finger picking like that at the same time tho is like crazy to me still

    • @leekkeeps
      @leekkeeps 4 месяца назад +7

      Also like Nick Drake is the final boss of acoustic guitar imo. Him or Don Ross. They're just from another plane of existence.

  • @kevindrew2745
    @kevindrew2745 2 года назад +895

    I think we are witnessing the greatest songwriter of this generation. Adrienne is unmatched. Brilliant and beautiful. Thank you Adrienne, It helped me today.

    • @handymadness
      @handymadness 2 года назад +5

      Agree

    • @calvin7896
      @calvin7896 2 года назад +1

      Sufjan

    • @jqp1788
      @jqp1788 2 года назад +9

      Please respect the greatest songwriter, first by spelling her name correctly

    • @sidethinfinity
      @sidethinfinity Год назад +7

      uh... i mean there's alot of greats of this generation, depending on the genre, but yes adrianne lenker is an absolute jewel.

    • @macaroon147
      @macaroon147 Год назад +6

      She's not close to the best. But she doesn't need to be. She's amazing and she's doing her own thing

  • @MaybeMaxwell
    @MaybeMaxwell 2 года назад +642

    I like what they did with the studio version but the intensity of this is unmatched.

  • @JamesRone
    @JamesRone 2 года назад +185

    I assumed that that guitar break was Buck because it sounded so much like his style. Hearing her play it solo highlights what a great guitarist she is.

  • @ianblum22
    @ianblum22 3 года назад +516

    The breakdown after the final chorus is absolutely incredible. It’s so melodic, and the way she uses harmonics is amazing.

    • @Ruby-eq1qg
      @Ruby-eq1qg 3 года назад +29

      I had high expectations since I know she's a phenomenal guitar player but I was still blown away

    • @Mosey410
      @Mosey410 2 года назад +5

      The chord changes at the end are extremely satisfying against the repetition and droning . Glad I stumbled upon this on 89.7 and decided to look it up.

    • @issacswood1679
      @issacswood1679 2 года назад +6

      had this shit stuck in my head for a minute but couldnt place it. thought it was the driving melody of a song but after i found it realized its just this sick ass breakdown. crazy doing so much with so little

    • @handymadness
      @handymadness 2 года назад +2

      Agree

    • @Joshphone-bo7oc
      @Joshphone-bo7oc 5 месяцев назад

      Michael Hedges (one of her influences)

  • @Crowdraws_
    @Crowdraws_ Месяц назад +9

    Adrienne Lenker has got to be the best songwriter of this generation. All of her music is the most beautiful poetry and she's talented and skilled. Its insane

  • @mathewmaccenzie5006
    @mathewmaccenzie5006 2 месяца назад +18

    out of body experience. I cant believe what i ve just heard and saw, astonishing performance. Mind. Blown.

  • @Grogritark
    @Grogritark 2 года назад +110

    Total magic. One of the best songs I've ever heard.

    • @ROB7002
      @ROB7002 Год назад

      absolute dinger here!

  • @Grogritark
    @Grogritark 2 года назад +292

    This has to be one of the most fun songs I have ever learned on guitar. Finally after 15-30 minutes a day for the last five days I am totally in the groove and ready to share this one at my local open mic night! Magic stuff, thanks Adrianne!

    • @hoi7100
      @hoi7100 2 года назад +4

      Is there a tab?

    • @locolorenz
      @locolorenz 2 года назад

      Is it in Standart tuning +

    • @Grogritark
      @Grogritark 2 года назад +4

      ​@@locolorenz It's in open C. There are tabs online, yes.

    • @darwinallisany404
      @darwinallisany404 2 года назад +10

      ​@@locolorenz I think it is open c#

    • @markhanson6563
      @markhanson6563 10 месяцев назад +4

      "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." Rock on.

  • @en3rgyman
    @en3rgyman 3 года назад +106

    Her lyrics are pure poetry

  • @sophiafake-virus2456
    @sophiafake-virus2456 3 года назад +70

    That's a lot of lyrics to recall.

  • @rileywebb9
    @rileywebb9 3 года назад +93

    This song is too good to be true.

  • @drainclerk993
    @drainclerk993 3 года назад +89

    adrianne is just... different gravy

  • @OskarGoldman
    @OskarGoldman 2 года назад +70

    Saw this live at Adrianne's solo show in LA last Saturday. It blew me away! So beautiful and powerful. The imagery is so vivid.

  • @nickwest_acoustic
    @nickwest_acoustic 3 месяца назад +9

    This is one of the most important videos on RUclips

  • @hayward325
    @hayward325 2 года назад +25

    I wonder if she will ever realise the effect this song has on me. truly unmatched.

  • @rob9961
    @rob9961 3 года назад +82

    Adrianne is truly the best of us.

  • @nilsolofleif8886
    @nilsolofleif8886 3 года назад +145

    This is my favourite song.. I wish there was a studio version, holding my hope up to hear one in the future

    • @surajdave
      @surajdave  3 года назад +23

      i think it was originally removed cause its planned to be on an upcoming release. But idk for sure

    • @nilsolofleif8886
      @nilsolofleif8886 3 года назад +5

      @@surajdave I hope you are right! Every time I play this song I repeat it a few times. I even like that the singing is a little off in the beginning haha
      I love the rhythm of the singing. The guitar makes me want to dance and the lyrics are awesome.

    • @danielcowman9540
      @danielcowman9540 3 года назад +5

      Not sure if you saw it, but the band posted a video of them rehearsing or recording a full-band arrangement of the song, so I'd be surprised if it doesn't make it on an upcoming Big Thief album.

    • @martinsilbernagl2496
      @martinsilbernagl2496 3 года назад +1

      Would love to see that, @@danielcowman9540. Where was it posted?

    • @halt.halt.halt.
      @halt.halt.halt. 3 года назад +3

      And now they played it at P4K Fest. It sounded absolute killer as well.
      Really excited for a new BT release. The closer Dragon (also a Adrianne Solo before) was breathtaking.

  • @shonna_77
    @shonna_77 2 года назад +48

    this song (and the whole album) is giving me so much comfort during these crazy times. thank goodness for Adrianne. thank goodness for Big Thief. *crying*

  • @russelshannon9179
    @russelshannon9179 3 года назад +70

    Lyric rich,poetic and swimmingly sublime. Lenker is truly our 21st century muse.

  • @ElenaRodriguez-ck4dd
    @ElenaRodriguez-ck4dd 2 года назад +20

    Wow, how did she get to put all this words together., creating a beautiful song!!...

  • @sarahgaronce1880
    @sarahgaronce1880 2 года назад +17

    Adrianne and her band mates are some of the most talented musicians alive. I am blown away

  • @spillyrichX
    @spillyrichX 2 года назад +19

    I'm so in awe, this woman is brilliant.

  • @kydeant
    @kydeant Месяц назад +1

    I keep seeing this every day

  • @terrybeaud9348
    @terrybeaud9348 Год назад +16

    WOW !!!
    Adrianne is at another level.
    She's not about to crack orbit ... she already has !!
    She is absolutely one of my most favorite artists today, along with her entire band.

  • @elizabethtetaz4851
    @elizabethtetaz4851 2 года назад +25

    this song is altering my brain chemistry

  • @Barcles_G
    @Barcles_G Год назад +20

    What a song. 10/10 on every level. Would love to hear Thom Yorke cover this too

  • @chrissawyer4060
    @chrissawyer4060 2 года назад +14

    So that's how you play it huh. I'ma have to watch this a few hundred times. Hell I was going to anyway. Nice touch!

  • @michaellucas3308
    @michaellucas3308 3 года назад +36

    Gorgeous storytelling. Magic spiraling vocals and the guitar sequence is seductive .
    And Beguiling.

  • @VapurWV57
    @VapurWV57 Год назад +15

    Returning to this video every once and a while provides me with a comfort and warmth only the best music can. I love this song and all of Adrianne’s work so much

  • @flyingnematode
    @flyingnematode 2 года назад +54

    I love the band's version... but i really want her to officially release this like this. Hopefully on her next solo album

  • @josephsaah2613
    @josephsaah2613 2 месяца назад +1

    She opened her show in Oakland last night with this song: brilliant!

  • @Th-tg4zm
    @Th-tg4zm 9 месяцев назад +5

    what a beautiful soul

  • @asantsec6046
    @asantsec6046 Год назад +8

    Adrienne is one hell of a guitarist!

  • @heyjoemedia
    @heyjoemedia 2 года назад +40

    I had a theory that Isaac Brock must’ve been playing the solo on the studio version of this song. But now that I’ve seen this… Simply stunning and beautiful.

    • @j.m.2033
      @j.m.2033 2 года назад +6

      100% I heard that influence so strong!!!

    • @chaseduvall3081
      @chaseduvall3081 Год назад +3

      Yeah my favorite thing about the album was how much I thought it sounded like Modest Mouse or Summerteeth era Wilco. Definitely would’ve listened to this band all the time if they were around when I was in high school

    • @PoonScurvy
      @PoonScurvy Год назад +4

      Check out the Mimicking Birds album Eons, specifically Acting Your Age

  • @ashisokay3999
    @ashisokay3999 Месяц назад

    every time i’m sad, can’t sleep, angry, or whatever i come back to this video. Adrianne is such a beautiful person, and an incredible artist, i aspire to be even half as good as her someday ❤️

  • @munaali9685
    @munaali9685 3 года назад +18

    adrianne is a genius

  • @tsopuaifa
    @tsopuaifa 2 года назад +15

    This is pure genius, emotional genius.

  • @renee4117
    @renee4117 2 года назад +22

    There is crack in this song

  • @gentlejoejones
    @gentlejoejones 2 года назад +13

    She was talking about those alternate tunings in another video -- you can really see how that works here.

  • @evam7331
    @evam7331 2 года назад +11

    The studio version is gorgeous but I love the traditional feel of this rendition…we are so blessed by her talent

  • @kylegreen357
    @kylegreen357 2 года назад +29

    Only thing I really miss from the studio version is the bass line. It is fantastic

  • @ayeshanicoochi3094
    @ayeshanicoochi3094 2 года назад +22

    Tbh I kinda hope if she does another solo album that she can put this version on it (like how big thief took From and made it not acoustic idk😭), love the Big Thief version though!💖

  • @duncanmacphee200
    @duncanmacphee200 2 года назад +7

    Adrienne is operating on a whole other level.

  • @staticdistance
    @staticdistance 2 года назад +25

    The full band version is great, but I always find myself drawn to these solo performances of the songs over the Big Thief studio recordings.

  • @brettstuder
    @brettstuder Год назад +2

    I can’t stop watching and listening, such a magical recording

  • @danielrickettsmusic
    @danielrickettsmusic 3 года назад +11

    This song live in Lawrence was maybe the best live songs I’ve heard.

  • @Kidderman3
    @Kidderman3 9 месяцев назад +2

    A special performance of a great song. Adrienne started learning to fingerpick and stuck with it. A lesson for anybody thinking about trying it.

    • @aethrya
      @aethrya 4 месяца назад

      I'm a drummer but if I learned to play guitar I would absolutely do it this way.

  • @evildead2002
    @evildead2002 3 года назад +16

    This absolutely has to be released, hope it's not too different from the demo.

  • @eggeggs0
    @eggeggs0 7 месяцев назад +1

    one of the best tracks i’ve ever heard

  • @samuelcarter7694
    @samuelcarter7694 2 года назад +5

    Songwriting genius.

  • @granthawkins8956
    @granthawkins8956 Год назад +4

    I like the album version just fine. But this... well, this is something special.

  • @malachi6036
    @malachi6036 21 день назад

    my favourite song

  • @magnusholmes
    @magnusholmes Месяц назад

    forever the best version of this song

  • @michaellucas3308
    @michaellucas3308 3 года назад +6

    Brilliant in all ways possible.

  • @flootblunt
    @flootblunt 2 года назад +12

    How do you even begin to write music like this

  • @m.b.garcia4640
    @m.b.garcia4640 2 года назад +25

    Studio is great, but this kicks its ass by a mile, right?

  • @jefflucas8206
    @jefflucas8206 2 года назад +6

    She’s too good.

  • @NOELLE-cv4km
    @NOELLE-cv4km 2 месяца назад

    I love Adrienne lenker

  • @toejoe
    @toejoe Год назад +1

    INCREDIBLE for a demo ver !!!

  • @BJB1122
    @BJB1122 11 дней назад

    Brilliance ❤

  • @jessejafrnd
    @jessejafrnd 2 года назад +2

    Oh God, brilliant. She's brilliant.

  • @Catsmakemeselfconscious
    @Catsmakemeselfconscious 13 дней назад

    she literally eats every song

  • @chaselowe66
    @chaselowe66 3 месяца назад

    Unbelievable talent

  • @Maynardjones100
    @Maynardjones100 2 года назад +2

    Adrianne, I believe you are the river of light

  • @Scarpia9111
    @Scarpia9111 2 месяца назад

    Love her voice!!

  • @brooklynncarrillo
    @brooklynncarrillo Год назад +1

    i love this song more than anything

  • @whataboutthis10
    @whataboutthis10 2 года назад +1

    devotion, what devotion, she must have gone with it not stopping and bettering it until until yea its so poetically beautiful

  • @tarenflores
    @tarenflores 10 месяцев назад

    Okay guitar SHMOOOOVES!! & very moving songwriting as well

  • @MauraMcG
    @MauraMcG 3 года назад +7

    ***headbangin**. :) :) :)

  • @dw3508
    @dw3508 4 месяца назад

    this just revived my inspiration as a musician i cant describe it but yes nice

  • @raffigarabedian3
    @raffigarabedian3 3 месяца назад

    What an absolutely remarkable talent.

  • @eolden7749
    @eolden7749 2 года назад +1

    Brilliant guitar. And vocals.

  • @JonahUniverse
    @JonahUniverse Месяц назад

    Genius

  • @35mmonica
    @35mmonica 7 месяцев назад

    holy shit she was hitting those harmonics like tim henson. when she started headbanging you can feel the pure essence of emotion that the song is built upon and it's so beautiful

  • @huntsworthdoom
    @huntsworthdoom 6 месяцев назад

    The little solo in this song is insane. Trying to learn it right now

  • @LunA777._.
    @LunA777._. 7 месяцев назад

    Que energía, que voz, qué guitarra. Simplemente hermosa

  • @Reflekt0r
    @Reflekt0r 2 года назад +2

    This is metamodern. I believe. 🌠

  • @mollyp.sasser223
    @mollyp.sasser223 2 года назад +4

    Wiki: "She attended the Berklee College of Music on a scholarship provided by Susan Tedeschi of the Tedeschi Trucks Band."
    OK well THAT f_ckin explains it!!

  • @TheWayfarerFamily
    @TheWayfarerFamily 2 года назад +1

    New to you guys… and love it.

  • @diondredunigan5282
    @diondredunigan5282 3 года назад +6

    we need to studio version my GOD!

  • @jolisagoncalves256
    @jolisagoncalves256 Месяц назад +2

    Anyone here 7- 26-24?

  • @mckenzieweaver74
    @mckenzieweaver74 2 года назад

    so perfect .

  • @Msbeatricemay
    @Msbeatricemay 2 года назад +1

    No words 😭

  • @MixedUp_
    @MixedUp_ 11 месяцев назад +2

    I just found my favorite guitar player. Better than Hendrix, this is mind blowing.

  • @famousfriend2472
    @famousfriend2472 4 месяца назад

    absolutely mental, dafuc

  • @4LCLA
    @4LCLA 4 месяца назад

    WHAT U KNOW ABOUT SIMULATION SWARM THIS SONG IS EVERYTHING TO ME

  • @jeffm9603
    @jeffm9603 2 года назад +1

    Kevin Drew you nailed it and I will say this, we absolutely 100% are witnessing one of the greatest song writers off all time. I consider myself to be a good writer but when I read simulation swarm holy f*#k I already loved big thief and her solo work, this newest album is pure genius it’s so good

  • @19Paolo61
    @19Paolo61 2 года назад

    Più bella e brava che mai !!!! Applausiiiiiiiiii

  • @tom_from_myspace
    @tom_from_myspace 11 месяцев назад +4

    Am I the only one amazed by her guitar skills ? I can't play that and I'm not even close to that especially the end :(

    • @cernoso
      @cernoso 10 месяцев назад

      no, you are not the only one

  • @TheBreezing
    @TheBreezing 2 года назад +1

    Holy shit this is amazing

  • @gm4014
    @gm4014 2 года назад

    Great song

  • @heitorromero4652
    @heitorromero4652 2 месяца назад +1

    2:25 intense

  • @mmtnn
    @mmtnn Год назад +2

    ... again!

  • @kinhamid9665
    @kinhamid9665 9 месяцев назад +2

    This should be a song in The Last of Us part 3

  • @miles_al
    @miles_al 3 месяца назад

    that solo is fucking RIDICULOUS

  • @user-gw6zn2mt2w
    @user-gw6zn2mt2w 3 года назад

    Ecxellent! TY, спасибо)

  • @mike0nabike
    @mike0nabike Год назад

    Holy shit that was beautiful

  • @ThibaultLBRN
    @ThibaultLBRN 2 года назад +1

    Powerfull

  • @Teeheehee093
    @Teeheehee093 3 месяца назад +1

    If level of fame was determined by pure talent she'd be bigger than Taylor Swift