In the most imperfect and intriguing way, Ultra Q is a top notch, first class band. Delightfully haphazard and exceptionally sentimental, the way Jakob Armstrong sets out to make music with friends and bandmates Chris and Enzo Malaspina and Kevin Judd has led to underrated, but ever-evolving success.
Imagine this: You’re running through canyons as glittery tears fall from your eyes. It’s frustrating and nerve-wracking, but therapeutic in a way. A sizzling stream of electric guitars slice through tense air backed by drums that are too vivacious to even try to miss. The whole scene is a superbly cinematic response to modernity that captures you visually, but keep your attention with The Cure-esque musicality.
In a wonderful turn of events, you don’t have to imagine any of this, because it’s real. This is “Bowman,” the latest release from alternative genre-benders, Ultra Q. Their new single and it’s accompanied music video are, in essence, a multi-faceted soundtrack and mini movie that was clearly just as thoughtfully created as it will be thoughtfully observed by fans new and old.
While Ultra Q might seem like something new on your radar, we’ve been following the band for quite some time. In 2017, when the indie foursome was still under the moniker Mt. Eddy, we coined their debut album as one of our very favorites of the year, even going as far as to dub the band’s sound as one that “precedes their age” and felt inspired by the likes of “The Strokes, The White Stripes, The...
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