Genre : Math-rock, Post-hardcore, Noise punk
Released : March 11th, 2022
Label : bUTTON pUSHER
FFO : At the Drive In, Coilguns, Alpha Male Tea Party, TTNG
"Lights Out" is the second full-length album from the underground UK math-rock trio A-Tota-So.
The band took a pretty cool and interesting approach to the writing of this album since every track features a different vocalist from the UK & Irish underground scene, meaning that every single track has its own personality depending on who's in charge of vocal duties.
This also implies some stylistical variety across the board and even though different tracks conjure up different moods, "Lights Out" doesn't feel like a disorganised mess hastily patched together like some awkward experiment and in fact, quite surprisingly, feels very cohesive from start to finish despite the wide crew of featured guests.
Whether it's fitful dissonant noise rock, gentle but technical noodly math-rock, two-faced post-hardcore or pissed-off punk; A-Tota-So have got you covered and display a wide range of what the heavy underground alternative scene has to offer in just over a half hour, through skillful musicianship and by sharing the spotlight with many other underground artists worthy of recognition.
Don't miss out!
(Bonus points for that gorgeous artwork by Simon Curd.
Don't forget to check out their Bandcamp for the full list of guest musicians and their respective bands!)
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