Some musicians take noise seriously, and many ears like that – young ones in particular. Three years after they released their debut full length, The Austerity Program (top pic) are back with not even twenty minutes of music – a four song EP (apparently they promised their label a triple CD!). These Astoria based, tense fellows blend super distorted metal riffs with noise rock dissonance for a truly explosive listening experience – that you can witness live (preferably with earplugs) at union Pool on May 2.
Brooklyn’s Extra Life‘s sound also incorporates occasional metal riffs, but within a more complex and not always necessarily "expressionist" sound. The band’s new material has alomst a gregorian element to it, with vocals that flirt with religious chants on top of truly bizzare and unheard of math metal/dissonant arrangements. Gee… i swear the actual music sounds much better than the description we just gave. The band is actually getting quite a lot of buzz – don’t miss their CD release at Silant Barn on Saturday March 26.
