Bio

Odd Circus is an avant-rock trio exploring the suspension of space and time. Forged in improvisation, the band’s music navigates a boundary-less sonic landscape that embraces the unknown and welcomes the bizarre. The result is an experimental style of psychedelic art-rock that weaves its way into garage, fusion, krautrock, no wave, post-rock, noise, hard psych, and sci-fi prog.

After operating underground for several years, Odd Circus debuted its first release Lunatic Children in 2019 and soon amassed a cult following. The band re-entered the studio in July 2020 and kicked off the first of a series of releases from these sessions in April 2021 with Mantha—a bold six-track EP imagining aural visitations from supernatural creatures—followed in June by Arch Nova—a post-apocalyptic-themed release mixing heavy improvisation with more expansive psychedelia. August 2022 saw the release of DEUS, rounding out the EP trilogy with a demented sonic plunge into sociopathic vices.

Together the EPs attempt to blaze an original path in the world of improvised music.

“It's the kind of thing that fans of Zappa, Mike Patton, Cardiacs, The Residents, etc. are gonna eat up,” wrote BrooklynVegan, “and like all of those artists, Odd Circus really earn the right to be as weird as possible. It’s not that the music isn't self-indulgent, it's just that they make self-indulgence sound really fucking awesome.”

“The music is absolutely delightful,” raved PopMatters. “From piece to piece, bouts of metallic jazz insanity, modulated noises, and wacky synths groove around syncopated drum patterns. They paint a paranoid vision of a part supernatural, part palpable post-apocalyptic world. The most delicious nightmare ever.”

With a slew of future releases on the horizon, the band’s sonic universe is clearly just beginning to open up. Or as Distorted Sound Magazine put it, “Odd Circus are building something unique, that scintillates with creativity and intrigue.”

Odd Circus is Graham Robertson (saxophones, fx), Partin Whitaker (drums), and Crews Carter (bass, fx).