Calgary, AB

A tightly wound machine of jagged art-punk menace, Brain Bent is four mysteriously uniformed individuals trapped in a capitalist nightmare, loudly trying to dance their way out with synthed-out bleeps and primal back-beats. Between ‘23’s Boilerplate EP and ‘24’s sardonic music video for “Quality Assurance Audit,” the Calgary-based quartet is exploring the 21st century with wit and relentless riffs.