treegrains - treegrains

These are a instrumental trio consisting of two guitarists and drummer. The sound these guys posses is fairly paradoxical, minimal sounding and yet mostly busy pretty straight up math rock. The tunes are much more interesting than the record cover... treegrains

Lightning For Legs - Atomics

Two piece UK based experimental sounding math, taking aboard a fair amount of noise rock alongside post rock elements. Pretty rocking except for the end of the last track which turns in to a bit of a ambient type wall o noise.. bar that a pretty sweet three tunes. Atomics

Eight Million Kami - Split with Betterment

Checked out these guys demos a while back and they have been coming on nicely. Experimentation heavy maths teaming with talent. They share this split with Betterment who are also worth checking out. Split

Death & The Ninth Day - Man Falls Down Well

Been waiting on this to come out a while since I checked out their first three tracks back at the start of the year, and have been pretty excited about it (to the extent I've also posted it over at plenty of swords). These guys haven't disappointed either. Sick instrumentals meshing together indie end tech metal, math rock prog to name a few things. Really good. Man Falls Down Well

Presque Maudit - Presque Maudit

Some pretty epic sounding math come heavy prog come metal influences. Presque Maudit

Loqto - 1st Demo

I wonder if this is actually their first demo.. pretty ridiculous if so. Instrumental math rock post rock post hardcore type tunes from this Japanese trio. Fast moving, stupidly technical as you'd expect from a Japanese mathy band, throw in the musical sense to write short and catchy tunes. Good times. Nearly forgot to say this is up for the full free bee on their bndcmp. 1st Demo

Without Maps - Capillaries

Nottingham based quartet. These bust out the post hardcore jams, energetic and angular with shouty vocals, ok so not any untrodden ground here but all nicely executed none the less. Capillaries

Half Milk - Kept Mang

Quite liked the stuff these guys have been doing and had covered their last outing. Unfortunately it sounds like this is the last record from these as a band. Shame really as these do a good job rocking the math and post hardcore vibes with the emo vocal stylings. I'm happy to report they leave us on a high note however, bar  the odd slightly directionless moment this is pretty epic. Up for grabs on their bancamp name the price. Kept Mang  

Holow Ran - Cold Phase online

A intricate clean math sounding two piece from Costa Mesa, California. Some pretty scatty moments, with some cool changes within. Ups on the bandscamp name the price. Cold Phase Online  

Murder In The Red Barn

I don't often do posts on older tunes, but I've done a few on bands connected with hero of a hundred fights, which these are.. Plus these are seriously good in their own right, and also their tunes are fairly hard to come by. So these were about early 2000s era and kinda played a experimental math rock infused with post hardcore and such. Did a bit of searching about and put a file together with everything I could find which consists of a self titled ep, get in before the rain and some unreleased tunes. These are one of those bands really worth getting to know if you didn't already. I would say they were underrated, but I think it's more a case of under listened..  Collected MITRB

Family Planning - Family Planning

Dublin based trio playing tunes in the realms of math/punk/noise rock type stuff. Probably more to the noise and punk end of things over the math spectrum, but good tunes none the less. Offered up on the name the price price over their bandcamp ways. Family Planning

Chia Roscuro - Southern Dogface

Mathy four piece from South Carolina. These guys mix up all sorts from prog to to funk and reggae.. They manage to pull it off nicely too. Be quite interesting to hear what these do with more time put into the recording. Up on the bandcamp for full on free. Southern Dogface

Psychojets - Flights

So these are back with a couple new tunes. Good stuff because I enjoyed their last record. Still keeping with the busy and interesting kind of post rock. Sadly looks like this one will be their last as it sounds like they are parting ways. Flights

Colours - Tetrachromacy

These kind of remind me a bit of future 1983 which in my book is a really good thing. Would place these a bit more along to post hardcore end of the spectrum. Good tunes for sure though. Tetrachromancy

Ditch Tiger - Old Growth

These are a five piece from Idaho, playing what is mostly a punk and post hardcore sort of affair with decent touches of math influences to spice things up a bit. Defo been enjoying the last couple of days. Up on the bandcamp name the price well worth checking. Old Growth 

Masiro - EP

These are an Oxford based instrumental ex duo, now trio - though I believe a duo on this recording. Think they class/describe themselves as mathcore types, yeah I'd go with that maybe adding heavy math rock meets post hardcore, with a dose of noise just to fit in the nna classification style.. Important question is though are these guys any good? Err yep defo say if anything in the descrip catches you check um out. Local side note peeps from the Thame/Chinnor crew will recognise the drummer in this. Anyways this is up name the price on their bandcamp. MasiroEP

The Milford Higgins - For No Reason

Ok so was a big fan of these guys last release Destroyer, so pretty happy to see this Californian four piece back with a new offering. This time they have still come up with the goods, sticking with the same basic premise of the math and post hardcore vein. Having said that the sound does seem to have matured somewhat, possibly shifted slightly more to the indie end of the spectrum.. Anyways some good shit, this time being released through the plastic skull records though still able to be got there on the name the price tag. For No Reason

New Bastard Eye Scream

 So these are back with three new tunes. Was a big fan of their last record so pretty psyched to hear more tunes from these so soon. Only had the chance to have a few listens through so far but all sounds pretty darn good to me. Up on the bandcamp for the price you name sweet. Bastard Eye Scream

The Zero Years - Ghosts Move In Silence And I Don't Talk A Lot

The Zero Years are back with a follow up from their last EP from October last year. Sticking with the instrumental math sounds these guys have made a fair amount of progress in the last eight months and have come back with another totally solid EP. This is just as catchy as the last record and with all round higher production quality defo a good un.

Lafopaes - Session 2013

Swiss trio rocking instrumental, chugging type maths on the heavier end of the spectrum. Session 2013

Insouciant - Variable Resistor

Foursome playing tunes mostly rooted in the post punk to the post hardcore end of things, packaged within that are also some pretty cool mathier moments.. Vocals being in the shouty to screamo ish type vein. Pretty cool jams and on the name the price price. Variable Resistor

Crucial - Crucial

A four piece from Collinsville. Rocking an instrumental mix that incorporates math, jazz and prog sounds. Couple of long tracks on here, one being over seventeen minutes, which still manages to go down well without sounding drawn out. The whole record was recorded live, not that you can really tell.. Up on their bandcamp name the pricer. Crucial

Baton Rouge - Demos

Three track long demo from this duo from Nantes in France. Mathy noise rock type jams of the instrumental variety. Pretty cool worth checking out though the tunes only seem to be about for streaming at the mo.. Demos

Lucent - Scintilla

One man band from Ohio. Math to prog type jams and pretty good stuff for a first effort, plus it sounds like the guy wrote and recorded this in like a month which is pretty impressive. There is the promise of more tunes if people dig this, so love being shown. I quite wanna hear what he produces given more time. Name the pricer on the bandcamp. Scintilla

Slaughterhouse 5 - Alban B. Clay

Bit of a reblogg from plenty of swords, but hey this is pretty sweet. Math pop from Denmark, these bring the whole deal, well written tunes, sorted vocals. Not mind blowingly technical, but then again they don't need to be. Defo check these if you haven't already. On bandcamp name the price. Alban B. Clay

Lions - Forgettingism

Couple of new tunes from Knoxville's emo math rockers Lions. As always bringing the emotive math with the pop sense, done spot on too. Released through Emp'r'r Records as a two track tape release.. Also being able to stream there. Forgettingism

Alright The Captain - Conversational skills for the socially anxious

So nearly missed this being on holiday. Been a waiting on this one to drop for some time. Really liked Snib their last record, which I could swear I put up here but apparently not. If you don't know these guys run some sweet as jazzy math with electronics and such and in my book are one of the best UK bands about at this time.. Anyways if you haven't checked um before doing so will be doing yourself a favour.  Conversational skills for the socially anxious

Gizmondo - Demos

Apologies for the lack of updates lately just returned from my mates four day stag do in Tallinn followed by a music festival in Barcelona the day after and today is the first day I could write anything semi coherent after melting my brain...

When was the last time I posted something Japanese? Ages.. These guys roll with an instrumental post hardcore n math rock mixer. They're still at the demo stages but hey they're still tight and pretty darn sweet. Two demos up for grabs on the name the price front, newer demo being newer versions of two tracks of the first demo. newerdemo  

Chronoscopes - Around A Seashell Ashtray

San Jose based four piece. What I'd probably peg as a mix of math rock, post hardcore and post rock. Probably wins out to the post rock side of things. A name the pricer over bandcamps. Around A Seashell Ashtray

Grand Beach - May Long

Awesome trio here, the other band of Alexander Litinsky of A.M. Overcast and if you've checked them out before you'll know to be expecting good things from this group. Up on the bandcamp for free too..  May Long

Marylin-Rambo - Izizolaop

Noise/math rock duo from France return,well did back in January with their third album. Perhaps a bit more of the metal and punk elements over their previous efforts, still mostly a math/noise affair and still sweet so good stuff. Out on the name the price over the bandcamp. Izizolaop

Fearless Leader - Half Dead

So these have now released a proper ep they had a demo before, which has changed it's name and lost two tracks (now on this re recorded). Still keeping with the progressive math post hardcore style, but with higher production values than the demo though still keeping the rawness, good stuff. Half Dead  

Shortmenn - Shortmen

One man project from Columbus sort of experimental come math rock also bit post punk like pretty cool. On the name the price line at bandcamp. Also worth checking out the dudes blog he has a fair few other musical escapades going on There. Shortmen

Trails - Kalevela EP

Orlando based duo racking up their first EP with this. Some Jazzy math rock utilising some cool electronics and with a sound that is pretty darn uplifting, nice if you live somewhere that seems to be permanently winter like it is here..  Chill it over to bandcamp to grab this for name the price. Kalevela EP

100%chevalier - EP-IC

 

So these are back with their second EP, much like the last record these are putting out a mix of math and post rock. If anything I'd say this time they lean more to post rock end of the spectrum. Once again though the math influence keeps everything moving along nicely and keeps all interesting.. EP-IC

Dalstroy - Transarktik

Croatian band here offering up some broody sounding math rock come post punk tunes. Pretty epic sounding for just four tunes. They are offering this plus another tune all for free over on their bandcamp and it is worth the trip over.  Transarktik

Physics House Band - Horizons / Rapture

Had a lucky escape this week from my laptop dying on me and trying to take with it my music collection! Would not have been a happy bunny..

Anyway on to business. I have been much anticipating the release of this record as have many people from the looks of things. Chances are you've already checked these guys out and are familiar with their brand of Jazz fusion with it's incorporation of math rock and prog styles in places. OK so I guess the big question is was it worth the wait and did it live up to expectations?? Well... Yes and No. Just let me elaborate on this a mo. This is a record that in places is pretty darn mind blowing, and is generally technically spot on. But I do have to say that in agreement with other honest reviewers there are filler tracks and yes to me they do seem to not fulfil their purpose of connecting the different parts of the record together, I'd probably go as far to say that they actually break the flow of the record breaking up it's energy and drag for me.

So the bottom line for me is this, the tracks that have been floating around the net a while are still awesome but every time I play this I will be making use of the skip button.. I really wanted to be blown away by this and really wanted to do a glowing review, maybe that's part of the disappointment for me. At the end of the day it is definitely  worth the £4 fee and I will be checking their next release and still hold out much hope of it being mind blowing they defo have it in them it's a first pop. Abraxical Solapse is just killer btw. Horizons / Rapture

County Drop - Ink of the Octopus

New Brunswick purveyors of pop punk with a sound incorporating post hardcore with math elements with vocals being of the emo style. Do check out the last release from these too I find it has more math and post hardcore to it.. They have this and their previous effort out on the bandcamp name the prices. Ink of the Octopus

Улыбайся Ветру - Моменты

Trio hailing from St. Petersberg with a sound that's something like chaotic hardcore and post hardcore, that also makes use of some pretty mathy rhythms, whilst employing screamo type vocal style. This is their first album and they've produced something that's brimming with energy. To me they kind of remind me of Amber Daybreak in the way the Cabs are reminiscent of TTNG, sped up, heavier more chaotic.. may just be me. Anyways is good stuff, up on bandcamp thirteen tracks for name the price. Momehtbl

Member - Bipolarandshit

It's the first outing for this four piece from Kentucky, with a sound that's incorporating progressive and math rock features. The structures and guitar work do spend most of their time in the prog camp with interludes of the mathness. Intermittent vocals of the spoken to shouty variety nicely bridge the more ambient and spacey sections. My one complaint is the opening track build in is just too long but then I'm never a fan of that. Bandcamp it up for this is on offer for name the price. Bipolarandshit

Langosta - Super Nature EP

From Hartford, Connecticut these bring the Math Rock with a dance vibe that utilises the dynamics of post rock, has that crescendo effect to the music minus the drawn out build ups. This gives the tunes a overall chilling atmosphere whilst managing not to feel like they're dragging the tunes out. Nice jams and up on the bandcamp for the price of your choosing. Super Nature EP

Stalingrad - Cinc

Mallorcan solo project of Jordi Stalinigrad with a sound that's somewhere between a math rock and post hardcore cross to something more akin to mathcore though not the heavy side of it. This being the fifth release from him and coming in at 16 tracks long and up for totally free over on the bandcamp. Cinc

Ultra Dolphins - Alien Baby

From Richmond USA a trio pushing out the post-hardcore nicely crossed with math rock. This was the last release from these guys from back in 2010 and is probably more to the post hardcore side than the previous two albums which to me were more mathy, still a sweet record and a good place to start with these though my fav is probably why are you laugh as it's the most scatty to my ears.. Alien Baby

No Pretty Pictures - Hush Hush

Really thought I had posted on these before.. apparently not! This is the latest release from these from back in feb. These bring a mix of math rock, post hardcore with elements of post rock. Do check out their bandcamp they have a fair amount of material up there all worth checking and up either free or name the price. Hush Hush

Tintoretto - The Sound Of Someone You Love Who Is Leaving…The Sound Of Someone You Love Is Leaving….And It Doesn’t Really Matter

So a while back I posted the rest of the hero of a hundred fights stuff which included a four way split and at the time I promised to put the rest of the bands up from it, so here is one third of that. Math leaning post hardcore goodness. really long title

Postmadonna - Postmadonna

New album from this Seattle based four piece. These rock the progressive and math rock mix up. More over the place than the last record, which to me had a ton of promise, but was, well just too short. Happily though the promise from their ep is delivered on this album. Postmadonna

Brother Rutherford - Take Root

This is a solo one man affair of the post rock variety, post rock that does draw on math rock and progressive elements. The overall sound is pretty, well very chilling, but that doesn't equate to dull fortunately, and comes with that overall consistency and direction you can get with solo efforts. Out for the grand price of your choosing. Take Root

A.M. Overcast

Latest outing from these and once again some seriously good math pop, honestly some of the best around.. These are great at keeping up the math levels without ever sacrificing the pop sense. If you haven't checked these before you should do. Pellow

Blast Dad - Moonface

Punk duo, with a healthy lean to the mathy side with a dash of noise, nicely executed first outing. Will be good to see how these progress with time. They are offering this up for the price you name. Moonface

Eight Million Kami - Demo 2013

Classing these as one's to watch.. These have put out a couple of releases prior to this on bancamp, all basic recordings but brimming with ideas and clearly some skills behind them, these demos fall in the same category. Think progressive rock that incorporates math and post rock, jazz n such. Anyways one's to watch. All of their tunes are up for free on their bandcamp. Demo 2013