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Advances in Mathematics
12+ albums
ambientinstrumentalpost-rock
about
Advances In Mathematics are a mostly instrumental post-rock band formed in Manchester in 2008. They are frequently compared to post-rock acts including Explosions In The Sky and Mogwai, but their music also has a strong indie and shoegaze influence. Featuring Ben Ambridge (guitar), Iain Mitchell (guitar / bass) and Adam Comstive (bass / guitar), the band has worked with a number of drummers, with Hywell Dinsdale currently in the seat, whose distinctive and creative drumming has added an extra dimension to the group's sound. For early gigs they were often joined by a cellist, and are sometimes joined by a guest vocalist for certain songs. Gigs often feature short films made by the band to accompany each song they play. Unlike many post-rock acts, their tracks are generally quite short and are very melodically-driven. The band have developed a great live reputation in Manchester, with ManchesterMusic.co.uk reviewing a number of their gigs; "the sound they make is wonderful: uplifting and calming and warm and pure, and just a little bit shoegazey." "pealing guitars and chilled-out, dreampop-tinged take on melodic post-rock... like Doves' "Firesuite" meets I Like Trains all bathed in a warm glow" "They deal in chiming instrumental indie-post-rock that's as closely related to The Chameleons and I Like Trains as it is Mogwai,...each tune simply flows beautifully, expanding and contracting, soaring and diving, crashing in a hail of drums and slipping away through the echoes o
