Well, last month we started something that proved to be rather popular with you folk. Ya like ya new math rock releases in bite-sized summary form? Well, we’re totally happy to oblige going forward! It’s the end of another month and, as we nod our goodbyes to the international Commonwealth Games and embrace North Korean denuclearization, here is a round up of our favourite releases from April.
GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! – Memory Lame
File Under
Instrumental, math rock, tappity-tap, two-piece
Sounds A Tad Like
Pneu, Tera Melos, You Slut!
Price
$8US (Bandcamp).
Location
Massachusetts
Sloth and Turtle – Sloth and Turtle
File Under
Indie, emo, instrumental, math rock, post rock, tapping
Sounds A Tad Like
ASIWYFA, Enemies, Hikes
Price
Name Your Price (Bandcamp).
Location
Santa Rosa, California
Rob Ford Explorer – Rob Ford Explorer
File Under
Math rock, two-piece, experimental, noise rock
Sounds A Tad Like
Tera Melos, Land Wars, 100 Onces
Price
$4US (Bandcamp).
Location
Reno, Nevada
hipertelia – Goujard Orgoujom
File Under
Experimental, electronic, progressive, glitch, math rock, orchestral, avant garde
Sounds A Tad Like
Three Trapped Tigers, The Bob Lazar Story
Price
Name Your Price (Bandcamp).
Location
Rosario, Argentina
Galgo – Quebra Nuvens
File Under
Math rock, post rock, party riffs, dance
Sounds A Tad Like
Alpha Male Tea Party, Chancer, ASIWYFA, Gallops
Price
€10 (Bandcamp).
Location
Oeiras, Portugal
Poly-Math – House of Wisdom | We Are The Devil
File Under
Progressive, experimental, post-hardcore, punk, math rock
Sounds A Tad Like
The Mars Volta, Body Hound, The Physics House Band
Price
£10 (Bandcamp).
Location
Brighton, UK
Puerto Austral – 51°31’47″S 58°07’44″W
File Under
Emo, post rock, math rock, indie, vocals
Sounds A Tad Like
tide/edit, Tom’s Story, Enemies
Price
Name Your Price (Bandcamp).
Location
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Painting Life – Painting Life
File Under
Metal fusion, progressive metal, math rock, instrumental, shredding
Sounds A Tad Like
CHON, Animals As Leaders, Pomegranate Tiger, Pineapple Express
Price
Name your price (Bandcamp).
Location
Boston, Massachusetts
Uglyglow – Sad People Happy Fiestas
File Under
Noise rock, electronic, experimental, jazz, drone, world
Sounds A Tad Like
Yowie, Pneu, Schnaak
Price
Name Your Price (Bandcamp).
Location
Brazil
PinioL – Bran Coucou
File Under
Noise rock, math rock, progressive, jazz, experimental
Sounds A Tad Like
ni, PoiL, right?
Price
€7 (Bandcamp).
Location
Lyon, France
Hoof Glove – Hoof Glove
File Under
Experimental, noise, prog, punk
Sounds A Tad Like
BRITNEY, Boredoms, Classically Handsome Brutes
Price
£3 (Bandcamp).
Location
Leeds, UK
Black Matter Device – Modern Frenetics
File Under
Progressive death metal, math metal, mathcore, noise
Sounds A Tad Like
The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Ion Dissonance
Price
$8US (Bandcamp).
Location
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Delicious Death – Apples to Apples, Crust to Crust
File Under
Instrumental, math rock, prog rock, odd times
Sounds A Tad Like
Lucent, Fight Cloud
Price
$4US (Bandcamp).
Location
Nashville, Tennessee
READ MORE ABOUT ‘APPLES TO APPLES, CRUST TO CRUST’ HERE
Honey and Salt – Honey and Salt
File Under
Math rock, pop, indie, progressive, punk
Sounds A Tad Like
Cap’n Jazz, Tera Melos
Price
$7.99US (Bandcamp).
Location
Austin, Texas
LISTEN TO OUR INTERVIEW WITH HONEY AND SALT HERE
Tierpark – 바캉스 Vacance
File Under
Dreamgaze, math rock, post-rock, progressive, female vocals
Sounds A Tad Like
sub:shaman, Griffo, Paranoid Void
Price
$8US (Bandcamp).
Location
Seoul, South Korea
hauste – Leavings
File Under
Instrumental, math rock, post-rock
Sounds A Tad Like
Tom’s Story, Cloudnine(9), Origami JP
Price
$11SGD (Bandcamp).
Location
Singapore
Giraffe House – Folding Chair Fathers
File Under
Indie rock, math rock, jazzy, female & male vocal harmonies
Sounds A Tad Like
Delta Sleep, Tangled Hair, Colour
Price
$10US (Bandcamp).
Location
Bloomington, Indiana
alphones – alphones
File Under
Atmospheric, math rock, post-rock, loops, two-piece
Sounds A Tad Like
BRUXAS/COBRAS, a darker & moodier El Ten Eleven
Price
140CZK (Bandcamp).
Location
Brno, Czech Republic
Open – Sudden Terrors
File Under
Math rock, emo, post-rock, shoegaze
Sounds A Tad Like
Joan Of Arc, Pretend, Delta Sleep
Price
Name your price (Bandcamp).
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Golden Python – Biker Boys
File Under
Math rock, post-hardcore, emo, indie, alternative, progressive
Sounds A Tad Like
Gulfer, Bathing Resorts, Cleanup
Price
$7CAD (Bandcamp).
Location
Montreal, Québec
WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘MEGGY’ HERE
Montaña – Coordenadas
File Under
Math rock, post-rock, indie, progressive, experimental
Sounds A Tad Like
The Samuel Jackson Five, No metal in this battle, toe
Price
$10US (Bandcamp).
Location
Bogota, Colombia
AMBR – Rompes / Quemas
File Under
Math rock, post-hardcore, alternative, experimental
Sounds A Tad Like
Jean Jean, The Fall of Troy
Price
$84MXN (Bandcamp).
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Ourselves Alone – Elusive Firsts
File Under
Instrumental, math rock, jazzy, prog rock, emo, violin/viola
Sounds A Tad Like
Postmadonna, Tera Melos, Lingua Nada
Price
$7US (Bandcamp).
Location
New Haven, Connecticut
READ MORE ABOUT ‘ELUSIVE FIRSTS’ HERE
Sectioned – Annihilated
File Under
Mathcore, powerviolence, grindcore, extreme noise
Sounds A Tad Like
Frontierer, Converge, getting your skull smashed in
Price
Name your price (Bandcamp).
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Curse League – Laying by the Fire in Good Company
File Under
Math rock, emo, punk, tapping, twinkle
Sounds A Tad Like
Tiny Moving Parts, Two Knights, By The End of Tonight
Price
$7US (Bandcamp).
Location
Seattle, Washington
READ MORE ABOUT ‘LAYING BY THE FIRE IN GOOD COMPANY’ HERE
Last Call Fernanda – Last Call Fernanda
File Under
Math rock, indie, punk, post-hardcore, emo
Sounds A Tad Like
Totorro, John Makay, Fulusu
Price
Name your price (Bandcamp).
Location
France
Sketchshow – Patchwork
File Under
Math rock, funky, progressive, female vocals
Sounds A Tad Like
Orchards, Signals
Price
£4 (Bandcamp).
Location
Southampton, UK
READ MORE ABOUT SKETCHSHOW HERE
Colonia de Vacaciones – Diluvio
File Under
Instrumental, post-rock, math rock, chill
Sounds A Tad Like
NASDAQ, really slow Cousin
Price
Name your price (Bandcamp).
Location
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lack The Low – One Eye Closed
File Under
Experimental, pop, mathtronica, female vocals
Sounds A Tad Like
Mike Patton getting beaten up by Regina (never known how to pronounce: does it rhyme with vagina or subpoena?) Spektor; Kate Bush from the future; Tune-Yards multiplied by Thundercat
Price
$8AUD (Bandcamp).
Location
Melbourne, Australia
READ MORE ABOUT ‘ONE EYE CLOSED’ HERE
The Dali Thundering Concept – Savages
File Under
Djent, mathcore, progressive metal, deathcore, jazz
Sounds A Tad Like
Meshuggah, Animals As Leaders, Kadinja
Price
€8 (Bandcamp).
Location
Paris, France
Shatner’s Bassoon – Disco Erosion
File Under
Jazzcore, free jazz, math jazz, improvised jazz, jazz
Sounds A Tad Like
William Shatner stuttering, Zu, trioVD
Price
£15 (Bandcamp).
Location
Leeds, UK
The Armed – Only Love
File Under
Noisecore, hardcore, punk, chaos, math rock, art rock, blast beat
Sounds A Tad Like
Tera Melos meets Deafheaven
Price
Name your price (Bandcamp).
Location
Detroit, Michigan