Biography

Wall of Ears is a Seattle-based psychedelic outfit that blends free improvisation, surrealistic lyrics, and dense synth hallucinations into a cohesive and unclassifiable musical organism. Their energy is both a reflection and a mantra on dissolving the boundaries between ourselves and the hyper-complex world humming around us. Their 3rd record, BEYOND THOUGHT: LIVE IN SEATTLE is a live record of spontaneous composition. It is a wild departure from their previous music in tone, delivery, and process. Their second record, HELLO BEAUTIFUL NOTHING, is a “holographic roadmap towards pataphysical transcendence” (City Arts) and “vows to boldly go where no man has gone before” (Entropy Mag). Wall of ears was birthed in 2009 as a way to document Chris Lott’s unhinged lo-fi homemade experimental recordings, made on drum machines and loop stations and with seemingly infinite layers of radio shack keyboard sounds. This eventually swelled into the material that ended up on the debut record PERFECT ORGAN ASSEMBLY (Broken Circles, 2013) which showcased a wild palette of influences, from ambient pop weirdness to uncompromising forays into noise and texture.