
Record Label: Joyful Noise
Genre: Math Rock
Band Link: www.stationaryodyssey.com
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Excellent instrumental indie rock that is able to flow between different styles without being jarring or floundering. Witness “Torticline,” which is jazzy and atmospheric, yet has these moments of precision metal. Or “Johnfriend,” which is indie rock yet seems right out of the Polysics’ playbook. Or “Brand of Shame,” which takes a space-age loungey, surfy guitar sound and envelopes it with hip, shuffling rhythms.
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Record Label: Joyful Noise Recordings
Genre: Ambient/Drone
Band Link: www.cjboyd.com
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I’m a busy, on-the-go kind of guy. I got no time to sit back and daydream like some of you moon-eyed bumps-on-a-log. So when I saw this 45-minute CD contains only three songs, I feared for my attention span.
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Record Label: Joyful Noise Recordings
Genre: Post-Punk
Band Link: link
Great, focused noise/post-punk. Even at their quirkiest, they’re still tight and tightly packed with catchy, rolling rhythms and bright, melodic guitar work. Noisy sections, which could be annoying by lesser bands, buzz cohesively with upbeat energy and melodic sensibility.
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