Battles in Progarchives

Finally! Battles has been added to Progarchives under the Heavy Prog genre.

In case some of you don't know about them they're a math rock band that plays with inhuman precision. They're very minimalistic, have strong Discipline-era King Crimson influences as well as some Krautrock and Electronica. Aside from being labeled as a math rock band, they've been also labeled as Dance Prog (note: not a real genre, but very descriptive of their sound). The music is very accessible, but complex at the same time.

So I'm here to recommend this band to people who haven't checked them out yet and also discus about their music for the ones who already know about them.


Here are some samples for those who don't know them:
Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/battlestheband
Full 1-hour concert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PbYLafK1OU
Atlas video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpGp-22t0lU
Tonto video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LLAN29W-4w
Tras live video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7W2zMmbB2E (the most quickly rewarding song for prog fans)
Reviews: http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/battles/mirrored/


Check out one of this year's most innovative band in the field of Progressive Rock!



Edited by chamberry - November 14 2007 at 20:28

I watched the youtube video ... not sure what to think of them actually I do know what to think of them what I say is another thing

BTW is this thread in the correct section ? 

Edited by Yorkie X - November 14 2007 at 20:20

Thanks for the replies guys. Keep them coming!

Yorkie X wrote: I watched the youtube video ... not sure what to think of them  BTW is this thread in the correct section ?

Tell me what you think about them. What did you or didn't you liked?

BTW, the thread is for recommending and discussing the band so its 50/50.

what I liked ... innovative they seem to be good muso's  noticed that one of the keyboard players can play keys and a guitar together at the same time ..  look  maybe the youtube vid is poorly mixed and the audio quality suffers for this ..  I`ll need to check out the other samples I think before I say anymore  I never have been into experimental heavy type  stuff much anyway  so I`m probably not the guy to judge  ... 

I must admit on hearing a couple of tunes I thought Blah! overhyped derivative mush, what on Earth are they doing on such a fine label as Warp? Then I heard Atlas - 'kin excellent - that is the business - I'll have more of that.  I need to watch the video to see how much more of them I like and how much leaves me unmoved.

Great addition - love their music!

Wow! Battles are the great, they have the most exciting new sound that I have heard in a long time. I like the fact that they play a totally different kind of music they arn't mathrock at all anymore they are somthing more

I've only seen and heard one track on Jools Holland's show last week and that track was excellent (I cannot for the life of me remember what track it was though).  I'll certainly check them out further.

By the way, one of the guitarists is also a member of Don Caballero.

The song's called Atlas. I posted the music video if you're interested. The Tonto music video is great as well.

And yes, Ian Williams was the ex-guitarist of Don Caballero. The other guitarist, Tyondai Braxton is the son of Avant-garde Jazz musician Anthony Braxton!

Not really doing much for me so far.  I am hearing some Les Claypool-type vibes however.