Japan's Nuito is to post-rock as Fantomas is to metal. If you find that sentence a little confusing, how about this. Think tiny bits of complicated, tempo jumping musical blasts, all linked together by the thinnest of threads. In the case of Fantomas, they grind out a mountain of furious micro-metal. With Nuito, it's more your typical noodly instrumental post/art/math rock, only done on a tiny scale.
Formed around 2004 in Kyoto, the trio blends generous amount of finger tapping guitars with various effects and stuttering drums to form their odd constructs. They use "kaleidoscopic" as just one of the many possible adjectives to describe their own sound, and it's perhaps the most apt. They create a constantly shifting mosaic of angular guitar rock, with intricate loops and obscure melodies that vanish before your brain can even register their presence.
That's not to say they run forward, head down, 110% at all times. They also have many moments of sublime calm, but it is no less fuzzy and slippery. It's as if the band will explode if they sit in one place for more than ten seconds. Yet at the same time they demand your attention, lest you lose all sense of the song. If you can manage to stay focused and aren't practically concerned with being able to sing along, then Nuito will provide you with a wealth of material to dig into over many repeat listens.
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Members:
ヒラヰケイイチロウ - Guitar, Samples, Voice
トモフジイヌ - Bass
AWADA R - Drums
Albums:
N^1 - 2006
Anaphylaxis - 2007
Unutella - 2009
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