London/ Brighton-based Prog band Poly-Math are delighted to reveal their new album “Zenith,” set for release on 18th November 2022 via Nice Weather For Airstrikes.
Poly-Math will hit the road later this year on a run of November 2022 UK headline tour dates in support of the album (see below for listings).
To celebrate the news, the band has a premiere of the title track and first single “Zenith” (Vel Cut) on PROG! The track is out today, 12th August 2022, on all good DSPs.
Commenting on the track, the band say: “Zenith (Vel Cut) was written to be a battle between saxophone and guitar. It’s the opening track on the record, and was the first track that we recorded with saxophone. A lot of the parts were largely improvised to create an unpredictable slow-building cacophony throughout the song.“
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Recorded at The Ranch Production House in Nursling with producer Mark Roberts (Delta Sleep, Toska, Black Peaks, The Physics House Band), “Zenith” is the fourth record from the band and represents a clear development—8 tracks of punchy riffs, guitar/sax battling melodies and tight, complex rhythms that capture the band’s massive live energy.
The first to be written and recorded as a 5 piece with the addition of Chris Olsen on saxophone, “Zenith” is concise and consistent, focusing on complex instrumentation, huge, crowd pleasing riffs and diverse poly-rhythms.
Moving away from the band’s previous experimentation with expansive soundscapes and field recordings, “Zenith” instead features concentrated, succinct songs, all around 4 minutes long, tightly focused on the signature Poly-Math playing style and riffery.
Formed in 2013, Poly-Math have a number of EPs, a double album, and two collaboration side project records under their belt. The band have toured the UK, Ireland and Europe frequently and have been a mainstay at the UK’s essential Math/Post-Rock festivals ArcTanGent, Portals, StrangeForms and Bad Pond.
“Zenith” follows on from Poly-Math‘s Experimental 2021 lockdown double album “The Cadaver Tomb Pt. 1” and “The Cadaver Tomb Pt. 2.” Featuring guest performances from some of the band’s favourite vocalists in the Math and Post-Rock community—and recorded remotely and performed, mixed and mastered by Poly-Math—the two records served as an experiment into what could be created during the lockdown restrictions of 2020 and early 2021.
New album “Zenith” will be released on 18th November 2022 via Nice Weather For Airstrikes, pre-order it here: https://orcd.co/polymathzenith
Tracklist:
- Zenith
- Velociter
- Charger
- Canticum ii
- Canticum i
- Proavus
- Mora
- Metam
United Kingdom tour dates
11.11.22 – Brighton – Green Door Store
12.11.22 – London – Signature Brew BHR
16.11.22 – Bristol – Rough Trade
17.11.22 – Birmingham – Scruffy Murphys
18.11.22 – Liverpool – Outpost
19.11.22 – Cork – Fred Zeppelins
20.11.22 – Belfast – Ulster Sports Club
21.11.22 – Galway – Loft
22.11.22 – Dublin – Grand Social
24.11.22 – Manchester – Satans Hollow
25.11.22 – Newcastle – Little Buildings
03.12.22 – Leicester – Forgotten Futures