Rodan

A seminal influence on the avant-garde wing of indie rock, Rodan were habitually likened to fellow Louisville natives and math rock pioneers Slint. Slint were certainly a crystal-clear influence on the group's angular art-punk, easily heard in their extreme dynamic shifts, deliberate tempos, lengthy compositions, and half-spoken vocals. Yet Rodan put their own stamp on the basic blueprint, ratcheting up the energy and writing fuller, more complex arrangements. They helped codify the pummeling yet intellectual aesthetic of what was soon dubbed math rock: textured, patterned sou...