This month's YouTube Channel Profile presents some slight deja vu, as I just spotlighted this project's YouTube Music channel back in January, but as I pick these channels randomly, here we are again (but that's the fun in not pre-selecting!). What's there to see and hear when the artist in question is directly uploading content rather than relying on streaming intentions? Find out below in this entry in our long-running monthly series!
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Agnosticism (http://youtube.com/@agnosticism420)
Owner: Agnosticism singer/guitarist and local concert promoter Mikhal Muto, also known as the lead guitarist in Ha!ls and Vanity First, a bassist in The Apocalypse Afterparty, and as the founder of the punk solo project Choking On Appendages
Channel Timeline: Launched on August 2nd, 2021; Videos uploaded from that day through February 2023
Channel Summary: The official YouTube Music channel for the online page-less (Instagram aside) folk punk solo project, it features a separate free upload of most of their debut paid album "Happy Pills", as well as two early EPs that were not released for sale or on major streaming services after the fact. Six non-album songs were also uploaded here, plus one live performance video, and a vertical "Shorts" video was also uploaded to promote a new single from Vanity (pre First) in 2021.
Why You Should Watch: This will be worth your time if you like folk punk, emo, and Mikhal's singer-songwriter abilities! The channel nicely captures Agnosticism's early run and some material that both hasn't carried over to modern live sets, and was informed and was taken on by Vanity (they were originally named Agnosticism before rebranding, with Mikhal using the old name for his solo pursuits). While full of content, this channel does have an arguably redundant partial upload of "Happy Pills" (which is otherwise on YouTube Music and elsewhere with three extra songs), and does not feature any content from the past two years, despite Mikhal releasing two further EPs and two exclusive singles on YouTube Music and other services, as well as continuing to play live in this project.
Agnosticism - Playboy Magazine: In their early run, Agnosticism shared a little more in common with Mikhal's (inactive?) band Vanity First, and even played two Vanity songs on their initial two free EPs on this channel. "Breathe" (the only song on the 2022 Vanity demo to not be re-recorded for "Identity Crisis") was covered on "Chaotic & Dysfunctional", while "Playboy Magazine" (one of their best known songs with Mikhal on vocals) is featured on Agnosticism's December 2021 free EP "Eat Shit & Die". Effective acoustic rendition that Mikhal performs with good energy and verve, so fans of the full band version will like how it adapts in this solo format! "Eat Shit & Die", which was not compiled together in a playlist or a one-video upload, also features a plugged-in punk song named "Hard Feelings", but it is not the same song as the Vanity First track of that name.
Unholy Matrihomie live: Of the 31 videos on Agnosticism's channel, just one has live video of Mikhal performing their material, specifically this January 2023 video of Mikhal playing "Unholy Matrihomie" at an unidentified venue. Nice melodic take of one of Agnosticism's less aggressive originals, and while the video is relatively dark and distant, it's framed well to make use of the lighting, and the audience clapping adds to the feel! Note that the studio version of "Unholy Matrihomie" is one of three songs not on this channel's partial upload of "Happy Pills", the others being "Something About Anarchism" (though it was uploaded as a separate track) and the non-demo version of "I'd Probably Kill Myself If I Had The Motivation".
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I hope you guys liked this month's YouTube Channel Profile! Next month in this series, I've randomly drawn a channel that is very much active, namely that of YouTube user bretdrummer, a.k.a. Pillory drummer Bret Shuttleworth. Look for that on or around June 26th, and for more news and notes on the site soon! Thanks everyone!
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