Art Rock is a genre you don’t hear much about these days. I guess mostly because it kind of goes without saying that if you are in a band in 2009, you are probably an artist of some degree and have likely experimented with all forms and derivations of music-meets-installation type shenanigans and therefore qualify to post your album under the art rock banner. That’s why we like The Sads so much. They are approaching art rock with the fervor of a militant straight edge band from Orange County.
Hosting shows in museums and gallery spaces across the US and throughout Europe Aaron Rose, David Scott Stone, Aska Matsumiya and Dan Monick (each link-worthy art stars in his/her own right) have been pretty much blowing the lid off the how-awesome-can-weird- music-be/how-weird-can-awesome-music-be scenario.
For proof one needs not look any further than their concept for the “Silent Show.”
Weird? Totally! Awesome? For sure!
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Nice drum kit!