El Ten Eleven

"The music is lush, dense, full of ridiculous time signatures and even more ridiculous instrumental melodies, plucked delicately and looped infinitely. It’s a mathy sound reminiscent of the Mercury Program, Maserati, Tortoise and others, with the main (and most impressive) difference being that this band is a duo. Yeah, duo. Kristian Dunn (rockin’ a kick ass double-neck bass/guitar combo) and Tim Fogarty (busting out the mathy cross rhythms of three drummers) manage to play music as intricately layered as any Radiohead album, utilizing a garden of pedals to loop themselves into a 12-piece concept band. Besides probably saving a shit-load of money on tour, cutting their band down to the pure essentials maximizes their live impact as audience members (like myself) stare in amazement at the fury of Kristian’s fingers and feet, and it makes the Polyphonic Spree seem like member-hoarding pussies." -Lesley Bargar, LA Alternative Press