mp-FREE: Interstates – “A Song Of Benediction”

(photo by Mickie Winters)

Louisville, KY-based Interstates, the duo of Alex O'Nan and Kyle Noltemeyer, create the kind of experimental instrumental sounds that shred pieces of electronica, found sounds, rock and pop all together creating songs that are at certain points enlightening, frustrating and explosive.  There is an obvious ethereal beauty in all of this, leaving most to ponder what's going to come next as loops and crescendos morph into codas almost effortlessly.  Interstates, at their core, are a post-rock band that refuse to have that label, or really any label at that, other than an occasional "masterful", "beautiful", "haunting", or "holy shit" tossed in every once in a while.  The guys just released their debut record, Run Run, this summer and today a new single "A Song Of Benediction" was released.

(mp3)    Interstates – A Song Of Benediction

(mp3)    Interstates – Uniforms Forever

Godspeed!