Emptybottles – In Complete Sentences (2017)
Hong Kong’s Emptybottles have been quiet for a bit after 2015’s excellent and blissful Un/Titled EP whilst band...
LIGHT AND NOODLY
Good Game – Don’t Blow It. (2017)
Boston's Good Game just hit the math rock scene with their excitingly frantic EP Don't Blow It. All three tracks, but especially the aptly titled opener 'Cheating The NASA Space Physical' resemble the hectic, yet superabundantly melodic Emo-sound math-veterans like of Invalids and Colours...
Quadrilles – Amuse Bouche (2017)
London math-pop quartet Quadrilles first came on my radar in 2015 with their last release Isotopes, and their new full-length Amuse Bouche ...
Yvette Young – Acoustics EP 2 (2017)
If there are two traits that tie together multi-instrumentalist Yvette Young’s work as a whole; they are beauty and detail. Young’s new EP, her second collection of acoustic compositions, is a solid example of this, creating a gentle, emotive atmosphere that deepens with each song.
CHON – Homey (2017)
Back when I was but a mere pleb, it was the triple-attack of CHON, Mogwai and a happy accident while looking for some Falco, that drew me into math rock.
Art Contest – Two Songs (2017)
The strongest indicator for what Two Songs has in store is in it’s opening moments, as a sort...
Vasudeva – No Clearance (2017)
Vasudeva create wide sonic spaces, alternating between ringing open chords and bright lead melodies that set the vitalizing mood of No Clearance...
The Seafloor Cinema / Over Under – I’ll Drive You Home Split (2017)
It’s always interesting when bands join forces. Do they combine their respective writing styles to develop some sort of hybrid creation, or do they stick to their own influences?
You Break You Buy – Don’t Join The Circus (2017)
Don't Join The Circus is You Break You Buy's blazing follow-up to their 2014 debut Happy Happenstance, an album we were proud to stream exclusively back in February.
tortuganónima – ‘Asteral EP’ (2017)
When Tortuganónima’s Asteral begins it sends you right into the stratosphere with a bass envelope that's bobbing in space.
