The consolation of math rock is that the unexpected is expected. The listener is often presented with a non-conventional sensory overload and, as the song finishes, are left picking up the many pieces and trying to make sense of them.
Since their self-titled release in 2011, And So I Watch You From Afar has been crafting a unique blend of boisterous and energetic instrumental rock, with heavy emphasis on guitar shredding and digital pedal trickery.
As far as we can tell, Anthony Fremont, whose namesake adorns Anthony Fremont's Garden Solutions is not in fact a physical member of the Ohio math-noise quartet. Rather, he is (purportedly) a 6 year old monster who, in between transmogrifying reality based on the thoughts he hears inside people's minds, writes music vicariously through guitarist Marcus Drake.
Full disclosure: I have never listened to Faraquet.
Yes, I know. Feel free to opine to me on Twitter about all the wasted hours spent in my hovel, nose in...
Four years have passed since Sacramento-based math wierdos, Tera Melosreleased their last record, Xe’d out; a gap which, aside from their month-long US tour with Chon and company, earlier this year, has seen the band remain relatively quiet...
If you came across the new Panji & the Buffalo EP without a proper introduction, you'd be forgiven for thinking that You Slut! was back at it. And you'd onl...
The strongest indicator for what Two Songs has in store is in it's opening moments, as a sort of free-associative drumroll meanders through different tones ...
London math-rock/post-hardcore band Nitkowski have unleashed one of the most primal and musically complex albums of the year with Effortless Charm. It’s b...
In their 14 years of existence LITE have always been good at doing something new on each release; using different instruments, adding a sprinkle of other genres one wouldn’t normally associate with them and generally keeping things fresh. Yet they always seems to maintain a mix of clean guitar twiddle and filthy funk rhythms that is theirs alone.
