Interviews and live sets from the New Zealand music underground. This week, we catch Auckland band HDSPNS.
Auckland post-rock band HDSPNS (pronounced HeaDSPiNS) have an aversion to vowels and a HRDN (pronounced HaRDoN) for deconstructing the possibilities of what a guitar band can sound like.
Having formed in 2011, the four-piece act have released a couple of EPs and recently toured Aotearoa in support of their first full length album, / 'E N (D) , G Ā M /.
Their current sound refines the prog and math rock elements of their earlier work, combined with a pronounced bass groove. It’s the result of what they describe as a more organic approach to writing and recording this album.
“It’s more fun to play that way,” says keyboardist/guitarist Ben Leonard.
“I think we got more into just enjoying playing together, instead of everyone having to have sick riffs all the time.”
Video shot by John Lake and Jonathan Shirley.
Edited by John Lake.
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