Post Rock with classical strings

British band Stems defies musical boundaries. Their experimental art rock sound combines post rock with classical music strings. The group has a cinematic new album titled Polemics on the Fluttery Records label.

Stems is based in Huddersfield (UK) and was formed in 2011 with the idea of generating a new relationship between experimental guitar and classical instruments, to create music with the energy of rock music but with elongated and intense structures of Western and Indian classical music. The name Stems comes from the idea of roots diverging to produce unique strands, all of which are bound to a central body.

Polemics’s sound is full of contradictions; peaceful and delicate yet intense and darkly inspiring. The music contains minimalism and classical theory such as counterpoint and organum.