Out of the numberless horde of metal-artists trying to make a name for themselves in this world, LAFCADIO is a band we feel is actually worth your time. The 5 piece (formerly known as Gogglesphere) add new unexpected options to the prog/math sound, distinguishing themselves from their metal counterparts. The groups wide array of influences (from King Crimson to Don Caballero; Melvins, to the Deftones) fuse and recombine into a new-synthesis—some kind of psycho-symphonic experimental cockrock-core.

Hailing from the Midwest, this band is like an onslaught out of nowhere. Historically, we see that the most violent and revolutionary groups come out of the shittiest geographical regions. From Genghis Khan’s golden horde sweeping down from the barren plains, to the Israelite Host marching up out of the desert—its obvious that the most fucked-up people come from the most fucked-up places.

So:
LAFCADIO’s lead-singer was born with Tourette’s Syndrome. The reason I bring this up in the band bio? I think it’s an important clue to the band’s philosophy and their sound. It seems to be poetically apropos to LAFCADIO’s jaunty aesthetic. An analogy might be sketched between the convulsions of savagery and delirium which punctuate the otherwise elegantly constructed progressions of LAFCADIO’s songs and the disruptive jangling and cognitive interference which is woven into the singer’s neuro-chemical make-up.

They’re a band growing out of metal’s deep-rooted traditions of darkness, noise, and powerful riffage, but they’re always somewhere on the outer edge of ritual and convention; pointing towards new territories beyond the periphery, and penetrating the internal anarchy that’s fuelled the movement since its moment of genesis. They deliver their songs with a brutal elegance, but they don’t shy away from manic absurdity- the clownish aspect of doom.