and the first to feature the band’s core duo, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun. Often described by the band as a "glorified mixtape", it served as a creative bridge between their independent roots and their major-label debut, Production and Independence
If you find a physical CD copy of (referring to the 2011 original pressing), you are holding a relic worth between $500 and $2,000.
is famously divided into two categories: songs that were later re-recorded for and those that remain exclusive to RAB. Exclusive RAB Tracks Re-recorded for "Slowtown" "Guns for Hands" "Holding On to You" "Glowing Eyes" "Ode to Sleep" "Kitchen Sink" "Car Radio" "Anathema" "House of Gold" "Be Concerned" "Lovely" (re-recorded as a bonus track) Discontinuation and Rarity Twenty One Pilots - Regional At Best 21
This inaccessibility has only deepened its mystique. For the casual fan, Vessel is the beginning. For the devoted Clique, Regional at Best is the origin story. It is the messy, brilliant, and unfiltered diary entry written just before the author became famous. It reminds us that before the skeleton hoodies, the elaborate lore of Dema, and the Grammy awards, Twenty One Pilots was just a regional act trying to answer one simple, terrifying question posed in “Kitchen Sink”: “Are you searching for purpose? / Then write something, yeah it might be worthless / Then paint something, and it might be wordless / Pointless curses, nonsense verses / You’ll see purpose start to surface.” Regional at Best is that purpose, surfacing in all its raw, beautiful, and irreplaceable glory. It is not just an album; it is the sound of a future empire being built from spare parts and unwavering hope.
Since it is not officially on major streaming platforms like Spotify or iTunes , fans use these methods: and the first to feature the band’s core
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Many of these songs were later re-recorded for their major-label debut, Vessel . Holding On to You Ode to Sleep Slowtown (YouTube exclusive/Rare) Car Radio Forest Glowing Eyes Kitchen Sink (featuring Zack Joseph) Anathema Lovely Ruby Trees Be Concerned (featuring Jocef) Clear How to Listen in 2026 Exclusive RAB Tracks Re-recorded for "Slowtown" "Guns for
Many fans recognize Regional at Best as the blueprint for their major-label debut, Vessel . Several iconic tracks were originally recorded for this project and later "polished" for the 2013 release. Guns for Hands Holding On to You Ode to Sleep Car Radio Trees
To understand Regional at Best , you must understand the business disaster that followed it. In 2011, Twenty One Pilots—then just Tyler Joseph and Chris Salih (drums) before Josh Dun joined later that year)—signed with the indie label Atlantic Records . However, the relationship was fractured. Regional at Best was recorded in a basement studio in Columbus, Ohio, with a limited budget. It sounded like it: raw synthesizers, untrained screams, and lo-fi production.