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Man, what a breath of fresh air this is. Like sitting under an apple tree in spring on your first day off from work in months.

@elizabethpowell9386

5 жыл бұрын

This is the best description. I couldn't have said it better.

@silverlionlb

5 жыл бұрын

Very much so. I honestly can't remember the last tiny desk vid I came across with so many hateful/joking/etc top comments. This one was simply a beautiful performance.

@freethesky10blue89

3 жыл бұрын

Most people have been off work for months due to the control agenda but I like your comment.

@MichaelIhde69

2 жыл бұрын

wow i couldn’t have said it better myself. my partner and i recently welcomed a newborn son and i’ve been working 50-60 hrs to make ends meet, working every day except sundays, sometimes working 2-3 doubles in a row. yesterday and today were my first full days off in a long long time and now i’m just sitting here with my son in the front pack while the sun rises learning to play Moon. spent a long time looking up chords and examining videos before i FINALLY realized that molly tunes the g string down one half step when she plays it 😭 what a breath of fresh air.

@nacarreira777

2 жыл бұрын

Pure magic

I love when Amelia looks at each of them while they have their eyes shut and they know she's looking and open their eyes too. 💗💗💗

"I had a different thing" (my favorite part :) )

Their harmonies are so spot on that their voices resonate with the guitar and carry with the chords. So stellar.

Props to the sound engineer- always soo good on these videos!

@jamosensei

5 жыл бұрын

That be the talents of the legendary Obi Wan Rogosin!

@JohnChapman7

5 жыл бұрын

Better than their album!

Someone at NPR should compile a "best of" edit of all the awkward stories/jokes told in between songs on Tiny Desk. Something silly lives in those moments that doesn't exist anywhere else in life. When a performer is trying to stay in the zone while tuning or just filling the awkward silence in a room of people waiting for whatever comes next. They reach into the grab-bag of their mind and pick out a random thought -- often times adding to the awkwardness of the moment -- and we love it.

@DanielC__

4 жыл бұрын

How bout “worst of”? This would be a contender for the top 20

@michaelclark1811

4 жыл бұрын

Why you gotta be so negative man??

@sarafina03

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanielC__ cranky pants

The way they look at each other when they sing... so sweet

This is something special. We need this soft energy right now, too.

@diondredunigan5282

3 жыл бұрын

And now, more than ever

i love hearing new things i never knew existed.. it's like seeing a new color

Definitely needed the calmness of their harmony today.

This feels so....genuine, like you can so obviously see and hear their friendship through the music and their mannerisms towards each other. Anyways, they have a new fan

@dyan785

5 жыл бұрын

it's inspiring

@rosea9737

2 жыл бұрын

I have always thought and felt this, please see Honeybee (Yours Truly Session) if you haven't already, it is indescribable.

@mundomagico7787

Жыл бұрын

Yes I’d watch the whole series in one night!

They're so sweet, they won a fan when they talked about their breakfast

What is with these ladies. I feel warm, laughter, and have the sense of feeling like I'm home. I'm from London and never seen these great ladies. A blessing.

@dyan785

5 жыл бұрын

you nailed it so well I'm crying now

@TRIPPLEJAY00

5 жыл бұрын

@@dyan785 Group hug 🤗😁

The breakfast chat was so wholesome and also stoned.

Amelia periodically making eye contact with the camera has Jim Halpert vibes hehe

This is so different from anything I've ever seen and is touching me. Then realized the Sylvan Esso connection, which is also wonderful music.

I really wanted Amelia’s dad to call in the middle of the set again like with her sylvan esso tiny desk.

00:00 -- Rang Tant Ring Toon 04:38 -- Moon 08:44 -- Stella

Bombay Bicycle Club + Mountain Man collab would be mindblowing :)

the sound engineer. You captured the amazing sound of these ladies perfectly 👏👏👏

Complex harmony minimalist guitar work very nice indeed .

@FrashOnTV

5 жыл бұрын

care to explain complex harmony?

@StJosephsCreatineEnjoyer

5 жыл бұрын

More like nuanced harmony wouldn’t call it overly complex.

@FrashOnTV

5 жыл бұрын

@@StJosephsCreatineEnjoyer genuinely curious, i don't have any formal training in music. i get the general idea of harmony, but i'm wondering what/why would it be caracterized as complex, or nuanced? from my point of view, it looks really easy to play, when comparing it to more "complex" genres, jazz/metal come to mind. cheers

@StJosephsCreatineEnjoyer

5 жыл бұрын

Mike simply put the harmonies are pretty simple. That doesn’t make them bad or easy. They clearly have practiced together a lot and are tight. However, the vocal range isn’t wide and the voices are locked into a basic pattern of harmonies that repeats. A complex harmony would include more voices and would cover a wider range of notes.

@cedric58

5 жыл бұрын

@@FrashOnTV To answer to your curiosity, my point of vue is these are complexe harmones because : - they did not choose the easiest way to harmonize (always the 3rd or 5th like we usually heard), but they add a lot of colors in their melodies. - their voices are likes enterlaced snakes, when the main singer is going up, the others do not always go up too. This is kind of 3 melodies (or sub-melodies, specially 1rst and 2nd songs) that are differents, but mixed together and they match so well. For me you can compare the harmonization like that to this kind of optical illusion ("do you see a duck or a rabbit") : www.all-about-psychology.com/images/rabbit-duck-illusion-psychology.jpg That's make their harmonies complexe because of that. For me complexe had never meant hard to listen or hard to play (even if their harmonies are probably quite hard to sing). This is my point of view and this is more a definition issue about what means "complexe harmony" which seems not to be the same as yours. Cheers :)

I lost it at "my breakfast is your breakfast"

They're _so_ made for this setting! God I missed them

I'll never forget the first time my friend showed me the "Animal Tracks" video. These ladies give me chills. Every video I've seen of them seems so intimate and their presence so genuine. I don't even know how to describe it. Another killer NPR, thanks!

beautiful how they hold space for one another. looooovely new discoveries.

performance of stella is incredible, can't get enough

NPR! Please bring The Staves on some time!

@joshzak8486

5 жыл бұрын

Yesssssss

@SalaWalter

5 жыл бұрын

Yessss!!! My life would be complete.

@domdom5491

5 жыл бұрын

Yessss

@morikie

5 жыл бұрын

CoasterNinja I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR THIS. PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN TINY DESK. WE WANT TO HEAR HOW THEIR HARMONIES WOULD SOUND IN YOUR PLATFORM

@Lilyhardeneded

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed

Wow. Suddenly I want to ride a unicycle and make my own shampoo.

@FartNSniff

5 жыл бұрын

Suddenly I want to make my own granola, buy a ukulele, and only wear hemp clothes.

@tishunnikco6019

5 жыл бұрын

I already make my own deteoterant. This makes me want to go on a sunrise bike ride and make some good overnight oatmeal!

@barrygoldwater9450

5 жыл бұрын

I hand craft artisan heirloom unicycles made from used needles and organic mushroom compost if you're actually interested. I can't detect sarcasm anymore due to environmental influences.

@StJosephsCreatineEnjoyer

5 жыл бұрын

This whole thing is like something from a Portlandia episode.

@armandom.5299

5 жыл бұрын

I'm wearing my brown huaraches the rest of the week and eating berries.

My favorite part is the eyebrow exchange at 1:42

@micky_knuckles

4 жыл бұрын

Amelia is definitely the most "animated" one in the trio.

@cyclopshot

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if anybody else had noticed that haha

I bump into your music, I must say, you young lady’s sound great harmonizing together. I feel better that I came across The Little Desk Concert.

When I saw mountain man I had to pinch myself so I knew it wasnt a dream. I've never clicked on a video so fast in my life!

I feel like I have arrived in Portland

@SmallMartingale

5 жыл бұрын

Nailed it👌

@maniestacio9245

5 жыл бұрын

Stuff only PNWers will understand...

@FWDoraDora13

5 жыл бұрын

This feels like they are playing a show at the doug fir lounge.

@coreyballard8359

5 жыл бұрын

Or Asheville

@tmead07

5 жыл бұрын

Or in this case, Bennington, VT

HELL YES! I wasn't sure they were still together since Amelia was doing the Sylvan Esso thing. This is the best news, and a beautiful performance as always

they're all so mesmerizing to watch in completely different ways also Amelia's eyebrows should get credit on this

So happy they're back! I found their music a few years after they released Made the Habor and fell in love. Always thought it was a shame they stopped making music together. And then this pops up! Definitely buying that new album today and checking for tour dates.

Good to see them getting recognition , first know them from Feist , they do the backup vocal on her tour , Alexandra is super cute

They are very talented. I started listening to Crosby, Stills & Nash because apart from writing great songs they are really good at doing very exact and crystal clear harmonies in perfect time. These girls do that too and it's awesome.

This was special. Can't wait to hear more from them.

Mountain Man + NPR =

the Siren in the blue denim jumper has me in a trace, cant stop watching her as she sings.

@mashedpotatojohnson6417

4 жыл бұрын

She is a goddess. Her name is Amelia, I think, and she also sings in Sylvan Esso. Check it out.

This was amazing! We all deserve friends, like these three, who inspire and support each other. Please keep making such fantastic and beautiful music.

I'm so damn glad this band is still alive.

I'm loving it, on repeat all morning...

I thought it was Slyvan Esso at first then I read the title and sTARTED SCREAMING. I LOVE Mountain Man.

I usually wait for the youtube upload, but I've already watched this a couple of times on NPR itself. beautiful

One of my absolute favorite bands. Super under rated. So is their other works.

Beautiful, suits brother where art thou, soundtrack, lovely has an Allison krauss feel.

I haven’t seen them in so long it is good to see them together and still making great music.

Always happy when I hear these voices. Reminds me of my good times at the end of the world 💜 feels like a homecoming

Them sirens did this to pete they loved him up and turned him into a horny toad 😂 beautiful group tho

@DDKroes-xr2qe

5 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly! :')

@christina-kd1dp

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha "a horny toad!"

@aricgoss

5 жыл бұрын

I don’t know their names. I SEEN EM FIRST

@rachelheath8550

5 жыл бұрын

"We thought you was a toad!"

@jordanyoung1675

5 жыл бұрын

DO NOT SEEK THE TREASURE!!

Perfection! Just what I needed. ❤️👍🏾

Organic harmony. Love y'all so much 💚

They all look like my English professor

@StJosephsCreatineEnjoyer

5 жыл бұрын

They purposely dress weird because that’s what indie musicians do. They have to conform to their non-conformity.

@itzhim313

5 жыл бұрын

lmao

@alexe8370

5 жыл бұрын

@@itzhim313 Your book report is due!

@justaperson1812

4 жыл бұрын

this is painfully accurate

Love these young women's great singing and songs.

Those tight gentle exquisite vocals are a balm for all the rough noisy edges of the world. Their kind repartee so tender, like home for the soul… couldn’t love this more❤

Finding new music fills my soul. You guys remind me of the Kossoy Sisters and my grandmom. Keep on keepin on. You have new fans in Philly.

The coolest! Three hip chicks! You help my heart breathe and my lips smile, differently than any lonely mile or hypnotic brook, but eerily the same. Hoping for some concert dates down south.

Just wonderful!

i love them so much for such a long time so glad to see them getting recognition !!!!

Every time. Every time. So grounding. So pleasing. Yes. Gratitude.

I love it. I listen to Sylvan Esso when I clean my house 😌

Feeling cozy!

Granola math lesson: 3 hot earthy musician + great audio mix = I am moving to a holler in West Virginia

Made my day, Big Love THANK You NPR.. i want to try the oatmeal breakfast! wow.. wanderlust listening to this.

Man oh man I love them so much

So greatful I found them - all thanks to Tiny Desk

the angelic sounds of these weird beautiful people always bring me to tears!

I love them. They are all talented. My new favorites.

This is definitely what music is all about, and life. If people would listen to this there would be no violence around.

they're so pure

i love how they share the guitar!!!

Moon song is incredible... All three are great but that one is super special.

Glad to hear from these voices again! Mountain Man + Maggie Rogers needs to happen.

Moon about to me made cry for it's delicate beauty.

Beautiful sound. I saw them in Bournemouth ,UK, when the toured with Jonsi (singer with Sigur Ross) on his solo tour.

YES! Thank you for that. Talent.

I really like their music. The harmonies and the guitar is awesome.

J'aime! Feel like singing in O' Sisters movie. Enchantée par ces Fées. Merci, NPR, ad libitum...

I like how the rhythm of the music flows through Meath-she can't stay still! Always swinging with the music.

Que lindo! I loved! Thank you so much!

Beaty beaty beaty music!!! I love Amelia, Molly and Alexandra....

I first heard Stella when I watched Grey House on Broadway last week and I was hooked ever since 🥲

This is just wonderful!

Wonderful. Hypnotic vocals.

This was enjoyable. Love Sylvan Esso as well.

3:33 is my favorite minute or so of radio, forever and ever.

wow, smooth as butter

Beautiful. Thank you!

With their heads so close together I can only imagine there is a halo of mushroom and garlic savory oatmeal breath and that’s all they smell and they love it

Love them

Like female triplet Nick Drakes with a drop of sunshine ☀️

Lovely harmony.

Excellent all

i really enjoyed them!

I loooooooved this!!

I am having a crush on all three of them now!

So much

I was waiting for this to happen again.... nice!

I dig it.