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“Inner Ear Brigade is creatively unfiltered: a mix of progressive rock, jazz, and experimental pop delivered through intricately detailed compositions and arrangements.” (East Bay Express)
Inner Ear Brigade (IEB) has toured around the US and played several festivals. They have released three full length albums, Perkunas, Dromology, and Rainbro.
“Inner Ear Brigade creates its own compelling universe, full of unexpected twists and turns, bursts of ear-bending virtuosity” (Fred Frith)
Steeped with a vintage analog sensibility, effects processing, and synthesizers, IEB draws inspiration for their sounds from “RIO elements (Rock In Opposition), Canterbury Sound, Magma Zeuhl, and Frank Zappa”.
IEB is led by Bay Area guitarist and composer Bill Wolter. Band members of IEB have played / worked with the Secret Chiefs 3, Cheer Accident, Fantastic Negrito, and members of the Grateful Dead.
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John Davis, Exposé Magazine
Stylistically, Inner Ear Brigade is in a class of their own, with complex compositions reminiscent of other avant progressive bands like Thinking Plague, Cheer-Accident, and MoeTar, but also a tinge of jazz in the same way that Canterbury bands like National Health and Hatfield and the North did it. The result is thoroughly engaging, and a joy for fans of intelligent music that also connects emotionally. Perkunas is one of the standout releases of the year. Don’t let anyone tell you that music isn’t as good as it used to be.”