Get off the plane, and you’ll find you’ve landed in an entirely new kind of space, occupied by polyrhythmic chants and otherworldly acoustic strumming. I like bands like this. Conveyor does that rare thing where an entirely unique world is sculpted from the abbreviated tendencies of cultures from all over the world. Their palette places FM drones beside zither strumming in ‘Mane’ (streaming below), and the sunny cheerfulness of 4 part harmonies on tracks like ‘mukraker.’ All of this takes place within the binding of their debut self-titled LP coming out July 17th off Paper Garden Records.
The party hasn’t ventured far from the band’s initial percolations in their ‘Sun Ray’ EP. Conveyor was already at home in their skin then. What’s amazing to me is that no matter how many bizarro instruments they pull into their mix, the sound is still entirely their own. So, once you do leave for your flight… you’ll find a very large country to explore.
Catch the band at their record release party at Mercury Lounge on June 28th. – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets)