Math Rock

Math rock is a genre characterized by complex, intricate rhythms, often incorporating polyrhythms and unconventional time signatures, and featuring extended instrumental passages. Emerging in the late 1980s and 1990s, primarily in the US and Japan, math rock drew from post-punk, indie rock, and progressive rock traditions. The genre's heyday in the 1990s and early 2000s saw a surge in popularity, with bands pushing the boundaries of technical musicianship and creative experimentation. Math rock's cultural significance lies in its blend of intellectualism and emotional intensity, appealing to fans seeking a more challenging and immersive listening experience. Distinct from similar styles like prog rock and indie rock, math rock's unique blend of complexity and melody has influenced a wide range of genres, from post-rock to emo and beyond, cementing its status as a innovative and enduring force in underground music.

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End Comes Too Soon
Album - 15 Tracks - Released November 15, 2024

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90 Day Men
Adult Jazz
American Football
Analog Bow
And So I Watch You from Afar
Arcuda
Ask My Bull
Atticus Chimps
Axiom
Bayboat
Big'n
Brontide
Chinese Football
Clever Girl
Colour
Covet
DRØNSOND
Dazzling Killmen
Dejima
Delta Sleep
Divisi
Dream Sitch
Elephant Gym
Eleven 76
Fifth Period Science Class
Floral
Giants Chair
Giraffes? Giraffes!
HATAMITSUNAMI
Hella
Hikes
Horse Lords
Humdrum
Hyper Tensions
I Hate My Village
Ikigai
Invalids
JUNE OF 44
Joan Of Arc
Kerosene 454
Koro Ilustrado
LITE
LYRRE
Lechuga
Looming
Market
Melt-Banana
Monobody
New Disguise
OXES
Orchid
Palinopsia
Polvo
RODAN
Rodan
Russell Lissack
Samenoise
Shellac
Shiner
SkyPunch
Slint
Small Leaks Sink Ships
Soup
Stage Kids
Steal The Universe
Strawberry Girls
Sunda Arc
TTNG
Tera Melos
The Martial Arts
The Physics House Band
The Slip
The Super Smart Trio
The Terrordactyls
The Volta
These Arms Are Snakes
Totorro
Trunk Space
U.S. Maple
Vann's Nebula
Via Luna
We Versus The Shark
What After This?
Wildation
Yannis
Yellow The Sun
Yowie
a picture of her
feline empire
jizue
mouse on the keys
piglet
shade of sienna
standards
toe
tortuganónima
tricot
tsosis
トゲナシトゲアリ
トゲナシトゲアリ
toe
American Football
Yannis
Delta Sleep
Slint
tricot
Ikigai
Covet
Elephant Gym
Polvo
Dismemberment Plan
Strawberry Girls
TTNG
Chinese Football
HATAMITSUNAMI
Analog Bow
Stage Kids
jizue
Feed Me Jack
Dream Sitch
standards
Dejima
mouse on the keys
And So I Watch You from Afar
Melt-Banana
Floral
Hella
Totorro
LITE
Via Luna
Tera Melos
Atticus Chimps
Don Caballero
Small Leaks Sink Ships
Adult Jazz
feline empire
Seam
a picture of her
shade of sienna
Squirrel Bait
Giraffes? Giraffes!
3nd
You Slut!
Enemies
Clever Girl
Monobody
Hikes
Faraquet
Drive Like Jehu
tsosis
Yellow The Sun
The Physics House Band
Koro Ilustrado
The Slip
RODAN
Tangled Hair
LYRRE
Rodan
Shiner
Sunda Arc
Three Trapped Tigers
Invalids
These Arms Are Snakes
tortuganónima
Mark D. Pencil
Chavez
Horse Lords
The Super Smart Trio
Colour
No Knife
Pretend
Brontide
DRØNSOND
Joan Of Arc
I Hate My Village
The For Carnation
Smart Went Crazy
Divisi
JUNE OF 44
U.S. Maple
90 Day Men
Shipping News
Eleven 76
Looming
Market
Suffer Like G Did
Nuito
Bitch Magnet
What After This?
Hoover
The Terrordactyls
A Minor Forest
piglet
Six Gallery
Orchid
Bygones
Lechuga
Vann's Nebula
Arab On Radar