Battles

Battles is a great new American Math band with a really cool sound. This is their lead single entitled "Atlas". The drummer is the old drummer for 90's alt-rock outfit Helmet. The sound is very percussion based and there are no traditional vocals. But whats is so cool about this band is that at first it seems like a bunch of noise. But then out of the blue you hear a real song, and a good one at that!

The group's line-up is composed of well-known musicians, including ex-Helmet drummer John Stanier, ex-Don Caballero guitarist Ian Williams, ex-Lynx guitarist Dave Konopka, and Tyondai Braxton (son of avant-garde jazz musician Anthony Braxton), who also plays guitar and keyboard and creates live voice samples.

Their first full-length album Mirrored, recorded by Keith Souza at Machines with Magnets, was released on May 14, 2007. The first single from the album, "Atlas", was released on February 21, 2007 as streaming audio, and the accompanying streaming video was released on February 28, 2007.