Battles
United States · formed 2002 · last active 2020
Battles is an experimental/math rock band formed in New York City in 2002, celebrated for welding the muscle of a live rock band to loop-based electronics and processed vocals. Their debut album Mirrored (2007) on Warp Records, and its lead single "Atlas," became touchstones of the era's digitally-augmented rock. Anchored by drummer John Stanier's metronomic power and guitarist/keyboardist Ian Williams' looping, they have continued as a duo since bassist Dave Konopka's departure, releasing Gloss Drop (2011), La Di Da Di (2015) and Juice B Crypts (2019).
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