Sapien Joyride and Imp Say Glyph at The Iron Horse on Saturday, September 21 2024

Hampshire College band Sapien Joyride is an indie-adjacent band who won WMUA’s Fall 2023 Battle of the Bands. "When the three students began to play, the vibe in the venue immediately shifted as the crowd ecstatically headbanged and danced to the groove of their set. Their electrifying performance can be characterized by their insane riffs and booming drum fills. "

Imp Say Glyph is an experimental rock trio composed of Nate Fusillo on vocals, guitar and bass, Milarepa Dorji on Korg Minilogue synth and more guitar and bass, with Finn Sexton on drums. This generates a stunning cacophony of guitar clashes and roaring bass rumbling. The Korg synthesizer shaping and waving erroneously yet precisely formed into the mix. The drumming provides a background of turbulent blares and blasts that are rambunctiously bold just like the rest of the instrumentation. Inspired by, yet defying, traditional norms of the psychedelic rock of Amherst Massachusetts, this band has blown live audiences away and studio listeners will listen again and again.