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Yes, I was surprised to find no mention of Polyphia, even to dismiss it. Are they not as popular as I thought?

They are reasonably popular but I personally don't find their talent better than other bands I've heard in the past in their genre, even though their main guitarist is quite talented.

In contemporary music I believe King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are a better sell for talented instrumentalists.

> mathy

Are they? I thought math rock was all about weird time signatures. By contrast, Polyphia is pretty accessible. And I've never heard them play a weird time signature.

Not actual math rock, I don't want to get into a genre purist debate, but I mean math-esque i.e. mathy. They flirt with changing time signatures across instruments constantly in their music; not necessarily complicated ones, but multiple through each song.

I guess this style is more common nowadays with 90% of bands writing straight up label music or their music is influenced by their label so much that they're pressured to pack their music with more dynamics.

Anecdotally I've never met another person that'd even heard of them. I only know of them because YouTube forces them at me a lot.

I saw them live on accident opening for another band. Not knowing I had already seen their guitarist on youtube and tiktok a bunch of times.

Someone said they are the first Instagram band and I kind of giggled. Had I not started playing guitar there is no way I would have heard of them.

Tim Henson and Yvette Young are the guitarists I enjoy nowadays. it is strange that they are not even mentioned.

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