Might I Schill for someone else for a moment?

I know, I know I keep swearing in public how I hate music and such, and while that is clearly tounge and cheek, I do find it a very hard subject to talk about with most people. With all that said, can I maybe...just maybe implore you to go and give Damezumari a chance?

See I am not convinced that they are going to be the cup of tea that most of my friends would enjoy*, but I spend an unhealthy amount of time listening to them on the internets, and they have just made their entire catalog available for download. This makes me over the moon happy. Not because it's for free download**, but because their records are very very difficult to track down and they don't tour. Also they sound like some nice fellows who put some thought into what they are doing, and you can't really ask for much more then that.

What's that, you want to know my favorite songs by the band? Sure I can do that.

Gravity is a Choice
Second Chance
A Bitter Means to a Bitter End
The Mark on the Wall
Becoming Instead of Just Being.

Those are just a few of the bands many many great songs. So yeah, if you enjoy it great. If not...well OK, that's fair.

*I like a good Rooibos fruit infused tea or a nice mint tea should you want to buy me some.

**Truth be told every time I look at a record distro I look for their stuff, and would be more then happy to pay full price for all of it.

Inspiration

What inspires us is such an odd little thing. I can never completely figure out my own motivations let alone my friends. For me it tends to be the smallest things. The biggest events of my life rarely tend to inspire much in way of thought or action on my part. I tend to expeirnce them as if they are happening to someone else. It is usually some incredibly small and banial detail that I notice that causes me to really want to do something.

All of this is a long way of saying that the band Damezumari are just fucking brilliant and doing the exact kind of music that I think we need more of. The music is honest, self aware, rocking, pretty, slow, complex, simple, and oh so many more adjectives and adverbs that I don't have at the tips of my fingers.

The only thing that I know for sure is that, I must step up my playing.

The Math Rock

For as much as I love the harsh sounds of bands like Reversal of Man, Celeste, Isis, Mihai Edrisch, Torches to Rome, and other bands of that ilk, my true passion has always been for the more math rock oriented bands.

I feel a huge part of this has always had to do with their ability to change tempos and time signatures on dime, but all the while holding a grove and hook that can move you. So with that said, might I suggest the band What Price Wonderland? They are fast becoming one of my favorites. Their songs are catchy without being overly poppy. The songs are rocking without being over the top hardcore. The vocals are urgent without being shrill. In short they combine all the best elements of math rock.