First heard: 13 November 2024
ISMATIC GURU is the ongoing recording project between Buffalo, NY's John Toohill (Science Man) and Bran Schlia (Helmsley). A wildly dense and completely off-leash, scrambled-egg, idiot-prog punk adventure. Groovy, freaked out new wave/post-punk littered with psychedelic flashes, punctuated by snarky, strange, slice of life lyrics about intentionally over inflating a tire, a robotic peeping tom, urban legends about drugs, shunning self-improvement, an annoying bug, going to the dentist, and the thrill of trying something new. Read more on Last.fm