On the surface, up to this point 2025 has been a little sparse with releases in math rock, but that’s to be expected this early in the year. Ultimately, in the past it’s seemed like March is the month people found themselves inclined to finally push out their long suffering sonic offspring, releasing records into Spring season alongside freshly budding flowers and buzzing bees.
Of course, due to market saturation, these records are generally crushed, maimed, and milled away like said bees and flowers as well. So this year, we’re going to try and time our dumps a little closer to every other month – that way we can kind of help stagger the way bands are shown off on various platforms. Some might say this could mean less bands per dump, but as you’re about to see and hear, there is still a world’s worth of releases to explore.
The best part of Tuesday Music Dumps are the surprises we find along the way, and we are proud as hell of you kids for keeping up the good work. Making art can be difficult, yet the process of releasing it is often twice as hard, let alone keeping up with endless cycles of promotion, so we’re happy to assist. We even threw in a few video nuggets at the end from our PR extraordinaire Monica Seide-Evenson, who has been helping us embrace the multiverse of modern math rock and related genres for years now, even landing us interviews with bands like Daughters and Caspian. Regardless, we present to you a mountain of mathematic weirdo rock that ought to hold you over for the next couple months at least, and we’ve got more coming later this week.
Good luck out there, everyone, and enjoy!
Hi, Low – The World’s Dumbest Plan by: The World’s Dumbest Guy
Hi, Low almost takes a slacker approach to post-punk, reminding us of bands like Japandroids or the whimsical distress of Cloud Nothings, but keep things fresh, authentic, and distinctly their own.
LUACOLLIDER – Sunbelt Princess
This slick, vaguely vaporwave lo-fi collection of high-quality electric jams consistently borders progressive house, soulful fusion rock, and Luo-esque arrangement.
Blisster – BLISTER SEASON TWO
Blisster just put out their second season of songs, and it sounds like Pixies, Billy Talent, and At The Drive-In made a troubled yet talented baby.
Raccoon Taxonomy – Demos
Sometimes demos just have this warm and crunchy quality from not really being treated at all via production – it doesn’t always go well, but thankfully Raccoon Taxonomy’s raw recordings are a lot of fun.
The Soundscript – S/T
The Soundscript is hard to describe – Incubus meets Covet? Scale the Summit for an imaginary anime? Whatever it is, it’s progressive yet patient, with tones of melodies that end up really paying off the more you listen.
Greedyfeeder – Like Sisters
Like Sisters is a complex gamut of post-punk and angular, soulful new takes on nu-metal and post-hardcore, like the math rock stepchild of bands like Alien Ant Farm and Sevendust, but also Glassjaw, Young Legionnaire, and Sparta.
Scum Luckily – A Stone to Kick
We were lucky enough to get a sneak peak at this years ago on our very own West Coast Compilation – their debut record sounds meaner, leaner, and ain’t-no-in-betweener. As always, Niko Wood is an animal on the drums, and the aggressive tones of Miiko Valkonen make for a downright destructive matchup.
Herma – FALS
If we were to happen across you in the math rock store, and you happened to mention you were looking for something angular and 90’s friendly that scratches the old-school Shellac itch but also feels new, we would hand you this – just don’t cut yourself on it, we’re pretty sure you’ll get tetanus. Or tinnitus.
TOME ASIENTO POR FAVOR – ¡TODO SE PRENDE FUEGO!
Straight up, we were unprepared for this emotive, transformative concoction… Oh wait, they’re from Argentina. Of course it’s incredible. Imagine if your favorite post-rock bands got extremely deep with psychedelics, aliens, math rock, and the saxophone. Then they came back wanting to create a hybrid of… well, every sound, everywhere, all the time. It’s only February, but we have a feeling this one is going to stick around for year-long rotation.
LoBi LoBianco – Parlor Games
There’s some serious nimbleness on display here from LoBi’s recent Parlor Games, a record that effectively revives early 2000’s emo without being cheesy or derivative, which is no easy task.
Maul Tide – Visual Plea
One of Ontario’s newest and noisiest acts, pedal heads are immediately going to glom onto this one, but you don’t need to know what gear is being used to appreciate the artistry in the cacophony on Visual Plea.
Toru – Velours Dévorant
This devilish noise is actually pretty great if you’re licensed to operate and handle heavy music – it’s got the weight and heft of bands like Helms Alee and SUMAC, but a spidery sense of structure reminds us of Dysrhythmia or Krallice.
Kids These Days – Things You Buried
This somewhat nostalgic, dreamlike offering from KTD feels like slipping out for a martini in the hot tub while the stars magnify above you. It’s calming, intoxicating, and complex without being overwhelming.
Aren’t We Amphibians, awakebutstillinbed, California Cousins, your arms are my cocoon – fourwaysplit
What more can we say, other than more bands need to be embracing this trend of four-way splits? It probably helps when everyone involved is pretty excellent – fans of any of the bands above have a 3/4 chance of finding something new that they’ll most likely fall in love with.
Disappearing Act – Exit Strategy
This uniquely low-key stab at post-punk and math rock almost borders on no-wave in terms of vibe, but mostly imparts spacey progressive goodness while playing around with pop structures and jazzy melodies.
Asthma Choir – Scream of the Ice Cube
This haunting Swedish offering sends listeners down a variety of twists and turns, all of which are rewarding if you’re a vampire, or just find yourself into spooky, kooky math rock.
Algot – Ouch
This Italian slab of math rock has a distinct flavor to it – is there such a thing as Italian Midwest Emo? At this point it seems fairly likely, and we couldn’t be more stoked about it.
Mathroid – Mathroidizer
Well, we couldn’t not include this one after seeing the name of the band, then the name of the song, and then finally the name of the album. Its eponymous nature might be cheesy, but it’s for a good reason – these guys rip so hard it’s almost ironic. There’s not as much math as we would have imagined, but there’s definitely enough.
Dusker – Limb Rung Ladder
Dusker takes the angular, decidedly antisocial and acerbic elements of 90’s of Chicago no wave and math rock, but there’s a catch – they’re actually from the UK, so they bring a whole other cultural background to the equation.
PALES – CRUSH
There are so many comparisons we want to make, but we don’t want to take away from the distinctly electric vocal performance and pummeling yet precise instrumentals. Keep your eyes on PALES – we have a feeling there’s potential to blow up here.
Lowgazer – Shapeshifter
Obviously that’s some pretty nifty artwork and we’d say it’s worth checking out for that reason alone, but Brisbane’s Lowgazer has a lot to offer musically, from metalcore to math rock and melodic hardcore.
Dance Like the Dead – S/T
If Trap Them ever went full on mathcore, they would probably sound like Dance Like the Dead. There is animalistic ferocity on display that tears through headphones like a set of benevolent, soon-to-be-bloody bear claws.
Escalator Teeth – Teeth/Pain
Every year it seems like bands keep pushing things in every direction, and sometimes that means the darker ones too – while not quite as visceral as Chat Pile, this dental dance of destruction just might feel even more psychotic. You almost want to hide from it.
Kojika – 花化粧
This bizarre slice of music sort of blends industrial undertones and J-pop with math rock and otherworldly funk. Imagine if Kero Kero Bonito made something with Trent Reznor and Buckethead, or… you know what, just listen to it. Whatever it is, you’ll like it.
Libby Quinn – Macabeo
This dank slice of New York avant garde almost sounds like it came from overseas, taking cues from UK bands like black midi and Bloc Party while carving dark modern visions of noisy, highly stimulated post-punk.
Steeple – Fishbowl Heaven
Steeple’s recent Fishbowl Heaven is a constellation of exceptionally chill math rock out of Montreal. If you find yourself wanting a Midwest sound, but fancy a bit more energy, check these guys out.
Citrus Moon – Kyra
Citrus Moon is back with another driving, laser-cut adventure through math rock that blends future with tradition. To sweeten the deal, this time there are even some vocals in the background which add another layer to an increasingly stacked sound.
SPARES – S/T
This pummeling Portland post-punk band makes music for cinematic, sprawling, violent scenes. Maybe that sounds extreme, but we were going to say it actually makes them the perfect band to be listening to these days.
Samaritan Snare – Living Statue
This was another one that really took us by surprise – not only because it’s a slithering, labyrinthian journey that manages to feel complete within four tracks, it also features guests like Big Fat Meanies and Tyler Perkins from Champagne Colored Cars.
Jack Binkerd – Mock Pocket
Honestly, we were expecting something far more mellow from Jack Binkerd, but this fuzzed-out freak flag waving math punk monstrosity is fantastic. We wouldn’t change a thing.
Hoggs Bison – Mushroom
We’ll just have to come out with it – it feels like Mushroom was aptly named, and this feels like a very authentic representation of said mycelial madness without totally going overboard. But it gets close, very close indeed – and for that, we are very thankful.
La Baule Les Pins – S/T
This darkly minimalist take on the possibilities of noisy, atmospheric post-punk might take a second to get going, but once it does, listeners are helpfully transfixed until the ride is over.
Edgar Déception – ption
This French post-punk fireball takes no time in letting you know that as much as we’re here to bare our feelings, we’re also here to have fun. If you’re the kind of person that wishes that Weezer made a math rock album or sounded more like Jeff Rosenstock, this record manages to do a little bit of both.
FHMY – The World You Grew Up in No Longer Exists
Not only were we stoked to see that there is math rock happening in Egypt, the first song we heard from them was titled “Egyptian Football,” so we’re happy to pass this gem on to curious listeners.
Takuro Okada – Reflections / Entering #2
Every once in a while you’ll come across a recording artist that’s able to jam something out organically and then record overdubs for it without coming across as a broken mess. However, it’s even more rare to find an artist that actually excels at this, but it seems like that’s what Takuro Okada is doing on a regular basis.
Kaschalot – Anemoia
Math rock that goes hard as a hammer out of Eastonia? Absolutely. The band just put out the first single to tease Anemoia, and we’re super stoked to hear the rest after hearing “Laminar Flow.”
Good Death – Caerdroia
Even when they want us to, it’s practically impossible that we’d be able to pick up that a band was influenced from Save Us from The Archon. That’s how good they were – human facilities are only barely catching up with them. Well, that was the case until today – on Caerdroia, you can hear the influence of SUFTA’s first EP, which thrashed beyond technicality to pull at heartstrings in a way that only they could, but Caerdroia is scary close, and we’ll watching closely.
Denude – A Capitalist Murmuration of Capitalist Bees
Political, passionate, and generally pissed off, Denude is Chicago’s latest big bad angular post-punk via math rock project, featuring former members of bands like Piglet, Murder In The Red Barn, Fuiguirnet, and Credentials. It’s noisy, cantankerous, and at times nonsensical, but it’s a cohesive delivery of dark, desolate observations.
Zeta – Was it Medicine To You?
Zeta have always been evolving, and over the years they’ve almost become something of a legendary group, transcending most conventions they come across and melting all barriers with universal love. This is their first exclusively English language record, chronicling their journey through American systems, as told to us by Juan Chi in our best interview ever, which you can read here.
Mogwai – The Bad Fire
Mogwai is back with a freewheeling and flame-friendly new album, full of heavyweight moments that almost take us back to the experimental arc of Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, but with the volatile dynamics of The Hawk is Howling.
Be Still – Sacrifice
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Squid – Cowards
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Eidola – Mend
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Wardruna – Birna
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Venamoris – To Cross or To Burn
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