Standards - Fruit Island CD homepage swirling electronics to its harder

swirling electronics to its harder

and laughter

as are thematic elements that touch on burnout

and poetry project of multifarious artist Deja Carr

Standards - Fruit Island CD homepage swirling electronics to its harderLed by the exuberant melodies of cross tapping guitarist Marcos Mena, the LA duo standards make meticulous instrumental math rock whose effervescent riffs teem with sunny enthusiasm. On the band's debut full length, Fruit Island, standards deftly retool math rock's unforgiving, challenging tendencies into a style that is both danceable and compositionally profound. Drummer Forrest Rice's boisterous chops complement Mena's unpredictable melodies,