Founded: 2002
Location: United States
Battles is an American experimental rock group, founded in 2002 in New York City by Ian Williams (formerly of Don Caballero and Storm & Stress). The current line-up is a duo, composed of guitarist/keyboardist Williams and drummer John Stanier (formerly of Helmet, Tomahawk and The Mark of Cain). Former members include composer/vocalist Tyondai Braxton and guitarist/bassist Dave Konopka. The band has released four studio albums to date, with the most recent Juice B Crypts being released in 2019.
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Guitarist Ian T Williams of Battles tells Anthony Carew about keeping with the band's "sound mangling" style through line-up changes.
"[W]ild and unconventional, but occasionally hard to connect to on an emotional level."
"'Atlas' is the aural equivalent of peaking after double dropping."
"The boys literally squeezed everything out of each song, elongating and grasping every beat and note in a fit of ordered chaos."
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"Punters lurch forward from the balcony booths as if they've put their life savings on an outside-chance racehorse."
"I actually really don't care about vocals at all, that's the subtext. That's Dave's real talk."
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