Math Rock: Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
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Overview
Math rock sounds like blueprints look: exact, precise, architectural. This trance-like progressive metal music with indie rock and jazz influences has been captivating and challenging listeners for decades. Bands associated with the genre include King Crimson, Black Flag, Don Caballero, Slint, American Football, Toe, Elephant Gym, Covet, and thousands more. In an online age of bedroom producers and sampled beats and loops, math rock is music that is absolutely and resolutely played: men and woman in rooms with instruments creating chaos, beauty, and beautiful chaos.
This is the first book-length look at the global phenomenon. Containing interviews with prominent musicians, producers, and critics spanning the globe, Math Rock will delight longtime fans while also serving as a primer for those who want to delve deeper. It shows why and how an intellectually complex, largely faceless, and almost entirely instrumental form of music has been capturing the attention of listeners for 50 years-and counting.
This first-ever look at the global phenomenon known as math rock includes interviews with musicians, producers, and critics and contains a thorough breakdown of what makes up the enigmatic, complex, and largely instrumental musical genre that has been fascinating listeners for decades.
The first book on math rock, set up to corner the market in terms of new fans wanting to know about the genre, while also appealing to longtime fans wanting to investigate and celebrate its history
Because math rock has never been tied to one band, geographical location, or even time period, the book will appeal to a wide-ranging, global audience
Math rock is a genre that’s gaining new fans every day through the internet. Reaction videos, tutorials, and playlists are widespread on YouTube and generate millions of views
Prologue: Friday Night in Chicago
1. All is Number: What is Math Rock?
2. Breadcrumb Trail: The Origins of Math Rock
3. Rollerblade Success Story: A Short History of Math Rock
4. Oh Messy Life: Genres Related to Math Rock
5. Savage Composition: Writing Math Rock
6. Tremolo + Delay: Playing Math Rock
7. Here Comes Everybody: The Internet and Math Rock
8. Cognitive Emancipation: Listening to Math Rock
Epilogue: Friday Night in Sacramento
Ten Essential Tracks
Chapter Notes
- Title: Math Rock
- Author: Jeff Gomez
- Series: Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 152
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9798765103388, 9798765103371
- Resource ID: LLS:9798765103388
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T15:15:00Z