AD.UL.T In Bed (Photo by Nicole Walker)
AD.UL.T are a force to be reckoned with. Mixing a punk core with noisey psychedelic swirls and boisterous bass lines, they embrace the stranger side of Boston’s indie scene. According the the band, they are the result of when a “blue whale gets beamed up into a UFO… [t]he music in its head is translated through a dipolar diamagnetic beam” and the result is “sent telepathically” into the musicians. Clearly, they are no strangers to the odd and out-there. The group is comprised of guitarist and vocalist Ethan Hurwitz, bassist Brian Kelly and drummer Mark Fede (formerly of Fat History Month). Together, they sought to make a work that is “trying to be joyful even though we are literally in a living hell.”
“With two tracks from the EP already on Bandcamp – opener “Put It In” and “Overfishing” – the group are now in the home stretch, ready for the full release of “No, Thank You.” With a total of seven songs, AD.UL.T have crafted a relentless roller-coaster of noise, centered by the Kelly and Fede’s strong, often funky rhythm section. Hurwitz’s guitar playing, screaming with feedback, and drowned, effects-laden vocals add a heavy, psychedelic anxiety to the music. It’s clear the band are trying to have fun despite it all, and the resulting music treads a line between that and the frustrations of being, well, an American AD.UL.T. To listen to this music is to experience that frustration, which is at times challenging, but ultimately cathartic.
The trippy covert art for “No, thank you.”
Be sure to pre-order “No, Thank You.” from AD.UL.T’s Bandcamp page, and check out their upcoming live schedule:
1/17 – Providence, RI @ AS220
1/18 – New Brunswick, NJ @ House Show
1/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Baird Mansion Atrium
1/20 – Asheville, NC
1/21 – Atlanta, GA @ Wonderroot
1/22 – Louisville, KY
1/23 – Akron, OH
1/24 – Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
1/25 – Cambridge, MA @ The Lily Pad1/26 – Worcester, MA @ Hotel Vernon