“This is weird music made for weird people.”

After a decade of playing drums in various genre-hopping bands – from math-rock to punk and a variety of genres prefixed by ‘post-‘ – Chicago based musician William Covert has decided to set up shop as a solo performer. His debut full-length ‘Music for Synthesizer and Drums‘ is out this Friday on Coup sur Coup Records.

We first discovered William through intergalactic math-rock weirdos Space Blood (“…easily the weirdest band I’d ever played in” he tells us), but since hanging up the mask, he’s been on the hunt for a new project. Having incorporated synths and electronic drums into his drumming over the years, it made sense to him that he should commit to exploring this further. This would end up being the crux of ‘Music for Synthesizer and Drums’ – writing, arranging, and performing a solo album from a drummers perspective, incorporating synths and electronic drums mixed with acoustic drums to make music with no specific genre in mind.

“I recorded the album with the intent of being able to perform all the music live myself without the need of additional musicians, samplers, pre-recorded loops, etc. The music on the album was influenced by more synth based bands, composers, and artists like Ben Frost, Watter, Robert Fripp, Grails, Greg Fox, and Adam Betts. There are dark parts on the album, but in tone akin to sounding more like King Crimson, John Carpenter soundtracks, and Twin Peaks/David Lynch soundtracks rather than the noisy and heavy elements found in bands I drum in like Space Blood and Droughts.”

In the same ballpark as Adam Betts and Battles, ahead of its release this Friday – available in all the usual spots – we’re stoked to present the whole thing below! Like what you see? Why not stick around and check out the other articles and interviews!

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