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Math Rock

Jeff Gomez

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English
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
02 May 2024
Math rock sounds like blueprints look: exact, precise, architectural. This trance-like progressive metal music with indie rock and jazz influences has been captivating and challenging listeners for decades. Bands associated with the genre include King Crimson, Black Flag, Don Caballero, Slint, American Football, Toe, Elephant Gym, Covet, and thousands more. In an online age of bedroom producers and sampled beats and loops, math rock is music that is absolutely and resolutely played: men and woman in rooms with instruments creating chaos, beauty, and beautiful chaos.

This is the first book-length look at the global phenomenon. Containing interviews with prominent musicians, producers, and critics spanning the globe, Math Rock will delight longtime fans while also serving as a primer for those who want to delve deeper. It shows why and how an intellectually complex, largely faceless, and almost entirely instrumental form of music has been capturing the attention of listeners for 50 years—and counting.

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Imprint:   Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 197mm,  Width: 127mm, 
ISBN:   9798765103371
Series:   Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
Pages:   152
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jeff Gomez is a writer based in the United States. He is the author of Zeppelin Over Dayton: Guided By Voices Album By Album (2020), Losing Our Edge (2018), Geniuses of Crack (1997), and Our Noise (1995).

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