Battles

If your looking for some new, fresh, and different type of music I have a little band for you to give a chance by the name of Battles who is an American math rock band. Following a string of EPs, the band released their debut album on the Warp Records label in February 2006, which was titled EP C / B EP. It is a compilation of their increasingly hard-to-find early releases, EP C and B EP. The group's line-up is composed of well-known musicians, including ex-Helmet drummer John Stanier, ex-Don Caballero guitarist Ian Williams, ex-Lynx guitarist Dave Konopka, and Tyondai Braxton (son of avant-garde jazz musician Anthony Braxton), who also plays guitar and keyboard and creates live voice samples.

Their first full-length album Mirrored, recorded by Keith Souza at Machines with Magnets, was released on May 14, 2007. The first single from the album, "Atlas", was released on February 21, 2007 as streaming audio. The video and song is probally one of the most addicting song I have ever listen to, it's very abstract and catchy but if you have open mind you will fall in love with this band. If you want music that's going to be stuck in your head all day long than battles will have a perfect fit for your listening pleasures.

I love trying to review bands and grasp what I think they sound like but this is something that doesn't even fit into a genre bracket. If you enjoy a mixed styles, progressive, and catchy music that leans more toward a pop instrumental sound you will fall in love with Battles. Its funny to think someone that played in the heavy hitting band Helmet for so long could be apart of this project but yet again it's nice to see musicans who are diverse and can push the limits of any type of musical genre. Here are a few samples of some Battles song and if you want to check more info. on them you can always check out their Myspace Page:
Battles - Leyendecker
Battles - Race:In
Battles @ MySpace

Below is the music video for the song Atlas: