Blog: Given and Taken in Ink

Conveyor's self-titled debut album defies categorization.  If teaser single "Mane" led you to believe the band was just a bouncy indie pop act, be prepared to see your assumptions completely upended.  The members of Conveyor are like indie pop mad scientists, with songs whose structures ignore traditional conventions and meander down wholly unexpected paths.  "Homes" is a not-unusual three minutes long, but dedicates over two of those minutes to atmospheric instrumentals before the vocals emerge.  "Short Hair" is built upon (mostly) only one repeating lyric, but is catchy enough to still get stuck in your head.  "Right Sleep" begins as [...]