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Math rock band SKULK submitted their newest album “Infinities of Perplexion” for peer review before releasing it to the public, sources report.

“It’s standard practice in our field to do this after wrapping up production,” said drummer Larry Kremer. “Peer review is absolutely necessary in math rock to ensure each work meets the standards of the genre and contributes to advanced knowledge for society on the whole. Can you imagine a world in which math rock bands could just unleash whatever crackpot pieces of music they want without them undergoing a rigorous review process? It would be chaos, and not in an enlightening, non-linear dynamical systems sense. Thankfully, we have institutions in place to ensure every album has been studied by experts before reaching the ears of consumers.”

Dave Hernandez, drummer for the band Integrals, peer reviewed SKULK’s new album before it was released. [...]

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Fans were divided about the album at first but when they began to multiply feelings changed quick.

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Minus a couple of outliers, it really adds a lot to the genre

[–] Skanky@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

One of the more controversial events was the substitution of the drummer, who many said was integral to the band's primary sound.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Concert attendance is growing exponentially, with the number of attendees projected to be greater than the number of atoms in the observable universe sometime in late October.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Wake me up after September ends.

[–] megane_kun@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I almost ate the onion here. I thought it's the band who wrote the paper they submitted for peer review—and which they put into practice via their music.

Something like a polyrhythmic approximations to Pi where the music's time signature started off as 3/1, then 22/7, and then 333/106 etc.

IDK, I'm neither a music nor a maths guy.


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A word.

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Wait until you delve into mathcore. Some real awesome acts in there

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This Town Needs Guns is some good shit.

[–] whimsy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Ooh yes, I always recommend American football to start with. They're so pleasant to listen to. Sadly, the project is done with and I just can't find any other vand which scratches the same itch

[–] pticrix@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Reminds me of Baba Brinkman, who got his lyrics peer-reviewed for some of his albums (and modified them accordingly, when corrected).

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"They Might Be Giants" will be the peer reviewers