Battles: Atlas

Experiemental and math rock can be a little elusive to get into . The rhymthms are impressively complex and intricate , but a lot of time you just ca n’t groove to them . Enter “ Atlas ” by Battles . It ’s groovetastic .

Off their 2007 launching Mirrors “ Atlas ” was Battles ’ lead single with an addictively primal beatnik , crazy instrumentation , and some seriously , seriously bizarre vocals . The album reading clock in at seven minutes , with some vamping you might consider to be “ excessive , ” but the euphony video provide a peachy abridged variant , and it ’s also just amazing to take in .

So sit back , spend a good four minutes rock back and forward , and adjudicate to decipher those lyrics . “ masses wo n’t be malevolent if they eat a sandwich ” ? What ? [ iTunes , Amazon , Spotify ]