math rock
/ˈmaθ rɒk/noun [mass noun]
A style of rock music characterized by complex rhythmic and instrumental patterns: they’ve earned a reputation for mixing high-energy math rock with a modern take on 90s Britpop...
- Avowed influences include everything from The B52s to math rock by way of straight-up punk.
- A math rock ethic is transposed into the distorted modern lo-fi sounds of Lee's guitar work.
- Their debut, self-titled album is a mammoth fusion of metal, prog-rock, jazz, and math rock.
Origin
1990s: from math + rock2 (noun).
- Betti, Ugo
- bettong
- bettor
- be tuned in
- between
- between a rock and a hard place
- between jobs
- between ourselves (or you and me)
- between the devil and the deep blue sea
- between you and me and the bedpost (or the gatepost or the wall)
- between you and me and the gatepost
- between you and me and the wall
- be twice the man/woman (that someone is)
- betwixt
- betwixt and between
- be two a penny
- be two (or ten) a penny
- beun
- be unable to believe one's eyes (or ears)
- be unable to hear oneself think
- be unable to (or be hardly able to) believe one's luck
- be unable to punch one's way out of a paper bag
- be unable to see the wood (or the forest) for the trees
- be under no illusion (or illusions)
- be under the illusion that