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Art As Catharsis is proud to announce the release of SEARCH – a poly-genred masterclass in fusion and transition from New York / Sydney math-rock duo Ground Patrol.
It’s hard to draw similarities to Ground Patrol's music. You could paint them as an acid-soaked version of Battles, yet the clashing of loops, genres and timings combined with the deep jam delivery defines it as its own multi-faceted beast. Math, blues rock, dance punk, sludge metal, ambience, world music and more – all of which exists on SEARCH in the smallest and most tasteful of bursts through a riff by riff basis.
“Maximal minimalism is a niche musical oxymoron that’s challenging to hone but endlessly rewarding when executed properly. Time won’t need to tell if Ground Patrol will become one of the essential acts in the math rock’s pantheon; their name’s already been etched in stone.”
– Heavy Blog is Heavy
Forged in the cramped rehearsal room of guitarist Kyle Sanna’s Bedstuy, Brooklyn apartment, Ground Patrol's origins and influences pull from the world that surrounds it. Aurally, the availability of the amps, the particular sound of the room and the acoustics of Alon Ilsar’s drums all play a specific part in shaping the recordings.
On the other hand, the concepts of mutating musical cells, loops phasing into one another, the tension between independence and unity along with themes of meditation, interplay and landscapes define the music’s soul.
Both the titular track and the first single of the record, SEARCH opens the album with a sense of sparseness that preludes the later chaos of the album. Drifting guitar patterns coupled with subtle drum taps create something that builds into a spacious soundscape, full of ritualism and mystery. “SEARCH came at the end of a long improvisation,” says Sanna, “but it has an expansive quality to it that makes it a good entry point to our sound and an effective opener to the album”.
It perfectly encapsulates a fragment of Ground Patrol's musical body and soul, meeting at a place that absorbs and admires the world around it – much like watching traffic at twilight from the top of a faraway hill.
I absolutely love the highly energetic mix of rock middle-eastern traditional music. This one is especially good. it instantly sucks you into it's story and tells you a wonderful and exhilarating tale. heraldofennui
Hashshashin's music is a bold fusion of sound and style, excitingly blending power with finesse to create sounds from another world. Urgent compositions possessing thunderous speed are swiftly countered by moody passages where darkness lies – each track attracts with unique attributes. Michael Reilly
I like the stylistic dialogue between this and Yamadori, which appear to me as an expansive study on contrasts, while Years Under Glass is like a subtle, nuanced etching examining harmony and balance, denser and more spiritually distinctive, and the album artwork captures that aptly. It's amazing how it plays with genre tropes, with an amount of this spontaneous, intuitive dynamics and rhythmic power most of the bands don't possess. Thank you for your art guys! Much love from Ukraine :) Terrence Falconer
Brilliantly unhinged hardcore-inspired songs that splinter expectations to smithereens with their split-second rhythm changes & wild vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 28, 2022
Effervescent dream pop from Dianas, with delicate melodies and arrangements that swing from airy & minimal to dense & propulsive. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 14, 2021
A heavy blend of post-rock and shoegaze from Argentina's Ox en Mayo Alto rides big emotional crests and contemplative valleys. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 27, 2021
I've been listenining this non stop since I discovered it. incredible musichanship and taste for harmonies. the tracks flow incredibly well but surprise you at every change. Love the rhythm fuckery that's going on, so inspiring. Gata Vrangr