The Forms

Acquaman (drm)
Robert Stillwell (bas, voc)
Ecco Teres (voc, gtr, key)

inform. reform. Formation. formal. The Forms.

The Forms are three beings who came together underwater, over earth, flying, gliding into three dimensions: bass, guitar, drums. Live, they are part tape machine, part power trio, half-screaming, half-cooing their way through the evolutionary elements of noise with instruments in hand, never holding them the same way twice. Inhales of parliament lights breed drumfills; breaks and breakdowns come with exhales. A winged cartoon dog floats gracefully across the kickdrum while the beats against which it flies are loud enough to rattle a budweiser in its bottle.

The Forms recorded their debut album, Icarus, with legendary producer Steve Albini who, when the week-long session was through, declared that he had never before worked with a band who had gone over the same piece of tape as many times [58!] as this one. Go figure: The rhythm section is fueled by a catholic geology teacher, while the melodies are dictated by a computer scientist. Icarus is seven songs over ten tracks; a single, seamless stream of storytelling and string breaking. These are songs with pasts. The forms are the future.

"My #1 album of the year... The Forms craft wiry, punchy indie pop. The singer's silvery voice soars like the album's namesake. Keep an eye and ear out." -Pitchfork Media

"4 (out of 5). Angular post-rock with a singer that can actually sing... you'll be hooked." -Alternative Press