lint is fucking dead

Bio:

our debut e.p. can be found at melodiya, sloth, hot wax, megatunes, and lint shows.

..sometimes people say nice things about us..:

"neither soft not disposable, calgary's current reigning kings of mathy, jazzy, noisy stop-start rock have grown at a considerable pace. sure, it might leave you with a few dislocated joints, but what's music without the threat of rhythm-induced bodily harm?"
  --derek mcewan, sled island festival

"like the fuzz found in clothes dryers, the music of lint will stick with you. instrumental, unpredictable and impressively technical, the calgary quintet’s songs also showcase their free-flowing imaginations. with spidery scrambles of noise, rapid prog-rock time changes and peaceful ambient passages, they sound like no other local band."
  --jesse locke, the calgary sun

"it seems the members' influences are all over the map -- from indie, pop, experimental, and hardcore. that said, as a unit these guys are pure face scorching instro-prog... the intensity and musicianship is unnerving."
  --craig evans, sled island festival

"untouchably tight, with angular rhythms and head-spinning basslines... one of calgary’s best up-and-coming acts."
  --allan mattson, the reflector

..sometimes we get to play shows with amazing bands:..

liars
bison
removal
shearing pinx
mahogany frog
women
desiderata
in irons
electro quarterstaff
be bad.....

awesome.
..

Member Since:

November 24, 2006

Members:

dam, von, lex, mat, ron.

Influences:

the mahavishnu orchestra, the mars volta, at the drive-in, fugazi, can, don caballero, do make say think, medeski martin & wood, miles davis, john zorn, mahogany frog, mogwai, king crimson, günther, veritas, pink floyd, frank zappa, hella, john frusciante, nick drake, sonic youth, john coltrane, sonny sharrock, the dillinger escape plan, peter brotzmann...

Sounds Like:

"beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity... we shall not want multiplicity of notes or a panharmonic scale... we shall not maintain the artificers of lyres with three corners and complex scales, or the makers of any other manystringed, curiously harmonized instruments... we ought not to seek out complex systems of metre, or metres of every kind... these things we shall forbid them to utter, and command them to sing and say the opposite... for what should be the end of music if not the love of beauty?"

--plato, the republic

Record Label:

Unsigned