Intoner

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“Intoner” is a 4-piece noise-rock group based in Chicago, IL, made up of Matthew Boyd (guitar/vocals), Cormick Costello (bass/vocals), Caradoc Crandall (guitar/vocals), and James Matthews (drums). “Have you met Intoner?” I think so! I thought so… Intoner’s self-aware, self-assured, self-titled debut EP is the band at their best: playful and sincere, somber and sardonic, inventive and familiar. With each member’s distinct sensibilities on full display, they blend their instantly recognizable noise-rock sound with elements of shoegaze, punk, and indie-rock. The genre-bending record keeps listeners on their toes with its unrelenting originality and specificity, balancing dreamlike vocals, catchy drumlicks, piercing guitar riffs, and profoundly witty lyrics. From beginning to end, Intoner packs a punch: a punch in the face of tortured artists’ pretentiousness, a punch in the face of tired tropes, a punch in the face of anyone who thought they had Intoner pinned down. Despite the group being a fixture of Chicago’s DIY scene, their formidable –yet somehow still humble– new record proves to listeners that we really haven’t met Intoner quite yet.

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