Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on Fake Empire ORIGINAL VIDEO // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WRWno_c_W8 VOTE ON UPCOMING THEMES AND SONGS // http://www.patreon.com/criticalreactions SPECIAL SELECTION REQUEST // https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/criticalcomposer OR // https://ko-fi.com/criticalreactions LINKTREE // https://linktr.ee/criticalreactions Contains links for Special Selection submissions, the CR Patreon, access to the CR Discord Server, the CR Twitter profile, and more. 0:00 Intro 0:29 Reaction 3:57 Analysis - Tons of Polyrhythm 7:18 Analysis - Rhythmically Jagged 11:54 Analysis - Lyrical Dive 18:36 Analysis - Thematic Tying Together 20:48 Outro #reaction #thenational #indierock ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n3tvxiRlIA

Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on The Decemberists' album "The Crane Wife" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOTE ON UPCOMING THEMES AND SONGS // http://www.patreon.com/criticalreactions SPECIAL SELECTION REQUEST // https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/criticalcomposer OR // https://ko-fi.com/criticalreactions LINKTREE // https://linktr.ee/criticalreactions Contains links for Special Selection submissions, the CR Patreon, access to the CR Discord Server, the CR Mastodon profile, and more. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 02:34 Reaction: The Crane Wife 3 06:58 Analysis: Complex Layering of Simple Ideas 09:13 Analysis: A Wonderful Intro 12:27 Analysis: So Many Beautiful Instruments 15:02 Analysis: Catchy Melody Writing 18:11 Lyrical Dive: The Crane Wife 23:23 Reaction: The Island 38:05 Analysis: A Subversive Second Track 41:33 Analysis: Supportive Music, Narrative Lyrics 45:08 Analysis: Strong Vocal Writing 47:20 Analysis: Instrument Focus 49:44 Analysis: Purpose of the Suite 53:10 Lyrical Dive: The Island 57:18 Reaction: Yankee Bayonet 1:02:07 Reaction: O Valencia 1:05:54 Analysis: Warm Atmospheres 1:07:38 Analysis: Definitley Folk Writing 1:15:16 Analysis: Dynamic Performance 1:18:53 Lyrical Dive: Yankee Bayonet 1:21:24 Analysis: Different Emotional Tales 1:25:50 Lyrical Dive: O Valencia 1:30:13 Analysis: Vocabulary and Voice 1:36:40 Reaction: The Perfect Crime 1:23:46 Analysis: Two Types of Music 1:30:07 Analysis: Differing Soundspheres 1:34:50 Analysis: Lack of Dynamics 1:36:37 Lyrical Dive: The Perfect Crime 2:01:50 Reaction: When The War Came 2:07:53 Analysis: Static Writing 2:14:14 Analysis: A Noisy Ending 2:14:53 Lyrical Dive: When The War Came 2:20:14 Analysis: Album Theme? 2:22:03 Reaction: Shankill Butchers 2:26:57 Reaction: Summersong 2:11:22 Analysis: Blurring The Lines 2:37:03 Analysis: More Beautiful Instruments 2:41:39 Analysis: Ominous Atmospheres for the Butchers 2:43:51 Lyrical Dive: Shankill Butchers 2:48:31 Lyrical Dive: Summersong 2:53:32 Reaction: The Crane Wife 3:05:19 Analysis: A Wonderful Climax 3:12:44 Analysis: So Many Layers 3:14:05 Analysis: Folk vs Rock 3:16:34 Lyrical Dive: The Crane Wife 3:24:02 Reaction: Sons & Daughters 3:29:31 3:10:21 Analysis: A Canon! 3:34:39 Analysis: A Perfect Merging of Styles 3:36:36 Lyrical Dive: Songs & Daughters 3:40:00 Analysis: The Aftermath of Loss 3:42:48 Reaction: Culling of the Fold 3:48:30 3:29:36 Analysis: Some New Compositional Ideas 3:50:45 Analysis: Unique Vocal Delivery 3:55:29 Lyrical Dive: Culling of the Fold 4:03:26 Outro #reaction #thedecemberists #artpop #experimentalmusic