Math Rock In The 1960s

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Throughout the 1970’s, there were several musical groups experimenting with new styles and techniques within their musical compositions. This musical exploration began with the Beatles, when they released their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which pushed new frontiers in studio experimentation. What stood out about this album is how widely electric many of the songs were. Other artists began experimenting with vocals, instrumentation choice, rhythmic structures, and many other musical components, ultimately pushing the boundaries of rock. Several sub-genres were developed during and shortly after this time including noise rock, indie rock and post rock. One such sub-genre of music to arise from this era was math rock. Starting from the …show more content…

Post-rock is almost entirely instrumental and is commonly characterized by repeating musical motifs with the introduction of subtle changes. Vocals, used sparingly in post rock, are used non-traditionally as an instrument, rather than a medium to add lyrical purpose to the melody. The main difference between math rock is that Interestingly enough, it has become increasingly popular for Japanese, math rock artists to release albums in America. For example, Toe released their album 2009 album For Long Tomorrow in America and Mouse on The Keys released their 2012 album Machinic Phylum in America. Because of this, these artists have gained a substantial American following in North America. Toe even came to Canada on a tour and had a concert in Vancouver, British Columbia in July of 2015. Additionally, it has become a normality for math rock bands to give quirky and unique names to their albums and songs. For example, Toe named their debut album The Book About My Idle Plot on a Vague Anxiety, Bellini released their album Snowing Sun in 2002,

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