The Physics House Band

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The Physics House Band
Origin Brighton, England
Genres Progressive rock, experimental rock, [1] psychedelia [2]
Years active2012–present
LabelsBlood and Biscuits, Small Pond
Members
  • Samuel Organ
  • Dave Morgan
  • Miles Spilsbury
Past members
  • Adam Znaidi

The Physics House Band are an English band formed in Brighton, England, in 2012. They have released three studio albums.

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History

Formed in 2012, the band comprised multi-instrumentalists Sam Organ and Adam Znaidi and drummer Dave Morgan, who met while studying at University in Brighton, and were initially members of a five-piece band. [3] They initially gained a following from their video for "Titan" on YouTube. [3] [4] The band's debut album, Horizons/Rapture, was released in 2013. [3] [4] Comedian Stewart Lee, in a Sunday Times review of Horizons/Rapture wrote: "This youthful Brighton trio’s debut offers ugly-beautiful instrumental progressive rock that ageing King Crimson fans think no-one can play anymore." [4]

The band's second album, Mercury Fountain, was released in 2017. [4] The title of this album references an Alexander Calder sculpture of the same name that Znaidi saw in Madrid. [5] The album was described in The Independent as "a cataclysmic, cyclical odyssey that spirals in and out of kaleidoscopic pockets, serene ambience and frenetic, apoplectic wig-outs". [4]

In 2018 Saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist Miles Spilsbury joined the group.

On March 9, 2021 the band released a statement saying Adam Znaidi had stepped way from the band the previous year.

The band released a third album Incident on 3rd on December 3, 2021.

The group have toured and performed shows with Alt-J, Jaga Jazzist, Deerhoof, LITE, 65daysofstatic, Three Trapped Tigers, Mono, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez.

The band's music has been described as "psychedelic experimental rock", "psych-rock", and "psychedelic, experimental math-rock". [3] [4] [6] Paul Lister, writing for The Guardian , described them as a "perfect storm of rock, prog, psych, cosmic, tech metal and jazz fusion", stating that the band members played "about 33 instruments" between them. [2]

Band members

Past band members

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Remix albums

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References

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  2. 1 2 Lester, Paul (15 March 2017). "New band of the week: The Physics House Band (No 143) – a perfect prog rock storm fit for gig veterans". The Guardian . Retrieved 15 March 2017.
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