Caesura was an absolutely fantastic trio based out of San Francisco during the earlier part of this decade. I am not actually so sure if they are around these days still or not, but I am assuming not because I haven’t heard or seen anything about them since their last release in ’04. I could be wrong though and it sure wouldn’t be the first time that’s happened.

Anyway, Caesura was members Evan Rehill, Brad Purvis, and Mike Shoun. Together they released an EP in 2001 titled Escape Equals Light through their own label Bird Go South Records. They followed that release up with two albums, 2002’s More Specific, Less Pacific through 54°40' or Fight! and 2004’s excellent Wallpaper the Witness once again through Birds Go South.

While often slapped with the label of a math-rock band Caesura was and always sounded a bit like a different band than that. Yeah, their songs are filled with the all the stop/start guitar playing and wild percussive blasts that could essentially land them in that category, but with a singer in Rehill that had a bit of thing for theatrics it helped fuel a more unique post-punk influenced sound. While all of Caesura’s albums are pretty good in my opinion, I would definitely suggest picking up their last release Wallpaper the Witness before anything else as it features the band at their noisiest and most complex. Check out some tunes below…

More Specific, Less Pacific:
Caesura – Craschandelier [MP3]
Caesura – Overhead [MP3]

Wallpaper the Witness:
Caesura – Hammer [MP3]
Caesura – Killer B [MP3]

For those that are interested in picking up an album or two by the band, then you can still pick up their EP and first album through Amazon it appears. However, oddly enough Wallpaper the Witness seems to be a bit harder to find, although Copper Press apparently still sells the CD and LP of it. Don’t know exactly how reliable that may be though, might want to shoot them an e-mail first. Anyway, I definitely recommended tracking down any of the bands material you can find!

Labels: math-rock, noise-rock