Brass Box - The CathedralLos Angeles based band Brass Box is creating a fresh brand of noisy shoegaze that is equally atmospheric as it is melodic a sound that immediately casts listeners into a sea of velvet and thorns annexed by an indomitable wave of swirling guitars and guitarist Neil Popkin (War Tapes, Rituals), guitarist Matt Bennett (War Tapes), and drummer Pablo Amador (Rituals, Magic Wands). Their first EP 'Ivory Skies' from 2016 was met with critical success from

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and bassist Scott Colley

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chamber music and pedal steel guitar to conjure a collection of mood pieces that work both as documentary score

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Rogers and Binney unite to co-lead a lean and hard-swinging quartet with bassist Reuben Rogers (no relation) and drummer Gerald Cleaver

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an angular change shifts into play with barbaric aggression conveying extremely intricate music

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