Art Contest's lyrics & chords

With its mischievous chords and rhythmic horseplay, it's almost too easy to call Greenville, SC's Art Contest a math rock band. There's something about Math Major, their first full-length, that resists this limiting label—something that's difficult to pin-point. Maybe it's the album's endearing lo-fi quality, which seems to muffle the Cole Monroe's wiggling guitars on songs like "Banana Boat" and subdue drummer Garrett Burke's more frenetic rhythms, including those on "Misty Flip" and "Riff Raff." In effect, Math Major feels more like a jazz...read more