EXCLUSIVE // Ease your lockdown with Wanderlust’s new track ‘Calle Fantasma’
These are strange times. Strange times indeed. But music is the perfect antidepressant for times like these. It...
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EXCLUSIVE // Stream the New Fight Cloud Album ‘Thoughts Aligned’ In Full
The new album, pieced together over the course of two years, marks the surprise return from an indefinite hiatus for the Richmond, VA band.
VIDEO // Behold the off-kilter riff fest in Øgïvęš Big Band’s new single ‘Tethra’
Øgïvęš Big Band is not just an exercise in exotic symbology, it is a supergroup in the Bristol underground prog and math scene. Comprising the troupe are guitarist Ben Harris (Øgïvęš, ANTA, Rainbow Slicer), bassist Ben Holyoake (Lambhorn), and drummer Oli Cocup (Lambhorn, My Octopus Mind). Sharing a passion for musical experimentation and the avant garde, the trio set out to warp all your favourite heavy rock tropes and throw your expectations back in your face.
FOCUS // Exploring the themes of Delta Sleep’s Ghost City on its one-year anniversary
It’s been a whole year since Delta Sleep released their sophomore album Ghost City. Insincere exclamations of how quickly the time passed aside, in this time, Delta Sleep have enjoyed transatlantic success and found themselves no longer having to play the early slots of sweaty math rock all-day festivals confined to the gloomy and oppressive basements of Shoreditch bars.
EXCLUSIVE // Sleep Tactics fuses indie, shoegaze and math rock in their self-titled debut
Adding odd meters and angular riffs to indie rock is like sprinkling chilli on your chocolate ice cream. Conceptually, it seems problematic; they are simply different elements. But, when blended well, it's a delectable and slightly bewildering sensory experience.
EXCLUSIVE // Check out Bisch Nadar’s newest single ‘Leaders’
The British are the undisputed front runners when it comes to blending the hook-rich and jangly nature of alt-rock and indie with the stylings of math rock...
Delta Sleep – Ghost City (2018)
Never more so than now has society been so agonisingly conscious of man’s earthly finite-ness; wrestling with how...
EXCLUSIVE // Check out Sketchshow’s new single ‘Every Excuse’
Southhampton math rock act Sketchshow are off to a rocketing start. Having formed only a year ago, the quintet are already well on the road to world domination, with their debut EP Patchwork
hitting the internet shelves next month. The band take influence from a range of acts: Intervals, Sithu Aye, CHON, Snarky Puppy, The Internet and Everything Everything.
EXCLUSIVE // Stream Rest Ashore’s new single ‘Hjarta’
One of my great loves about math rock is the 'jolt'. Y'know, it's those musical moments where the music just didn't follow the convention
Eyes On Lips – Sounds From A Theme Park (2017)
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.