LITE - Phantasia

LITE are another really classy and talented math rock act from Tokyo, Japan. They play a little bit more of a progressive bass heavy math rock sound than say, toe or té but then again are not as spastic or weird as Nuito, Melt-Banana, Boredoms or acts of those kind. LITE still have the post rock elements behind them to be compared to the math rock type like Enemies or Adebisi Shank, while being able to perform with acts like Pelican, MONO and World's End Girlfriend.

But enough of all this name dropping. LITE play some amazing math rock with all the workings and fixings of a full rock band. They have plenty of sound and plenty of energy to keep you interested. I like to think they also have a bit of a contagious sound. One listen to these guys as a math rock fan and they will be instant heavy hitters. Even if are not a huge fan of math rock, I would still have to say that these guys are very audible and easy to follow. If following is your thing...

LITE - Phantasia (2008)

Favorite track: Ghost Dance (yes we get... more like: 1-800-Ghost-Dance)

Similar artists/sounds: Enemies, Rega, té, Pretend, About Tess, toe, unkie, and a lot more Japanese and math rock acts.

I always forget to check out these guys other stuff, especially their newer releases, Turns Red (EP) (2010), Illuminate (2010) and last year's release, For All the innocence (2011).

Official site
Last.fm