u/ranchdressinggospel

Alright, we're going to try this thing out. Some tracks might get a lot of discussion and others hardly anything, and that's OK.

Welcome to the first AWOLNATION Song of the Day post and discussion! We will be going through AWOL's entire discography, beginning with Megalithic Symphony and concluding with The Phantom Five. Discussion can be focused on, but not limited to, things such as:

• What you like or dislike about the song
• Favorite part of the song or anything you would change
• Song structure, music theory, etc.
• Vocals, instrumentals, etc.
• Feelings or memories you associate with the song

My goal is to do three Song of the Day posts per week (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays).

To kick things off, we're starting with the first two tracks on Megalithic Symphony as they're shorter tracks.

Megalithic Symphony (Megalithic Symphony) - https://youtu.be/XwnUdhFeKlY?si=PJ0Q68kv2iFlOybs

Some Sort of Creature (Megalithic Symphony) - https://youtu.be/2rz0d-85eAU?si=qTBazkHLVTIp6_L5

As an album, Megalithic Symphony feels more to me like a collection of bangers than a cohesive album. With that said, I feel that the title track "Megalithic Symphony" is an appropriate introduction to what we’re about to experience, and I like the “AWOLNATION” robotic voice. I believe they used to play this at the beginning of their shows very early on.

I don’t really have any thoughts on “Some Sort of Creature”. Aaron has mentioned that it's based on something that happened to him, but nothing more. If you went to any of the shows in 2025 for The Phantom Five Tour, I really liked that they played distorted audio for Some Sort of Creature as the guys came out on stage before transitioning into Jump Sit Stand March. You can hear it pretty well in the first 35 seconds of this video, which is a video of the full show played in Warsaw, Poland. Big shoutout to the ‘I Saw It Live’ YT channel for posting this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SNtIWEivL4&list=RD3SNtIWEivL4&start_radio=1&t=1500s

They absolutely kicked ass again. Easily the best and most fun of the openers for Poison The Well. Makes me happy to see Aaron and the guys having so much fun with this project. Fingers crossed we’re still getting one or two new AWOL singles and maybe that stripped down/acoustic record this year.