Instrumental-rock fans, listen up: New Haven, Connecticut’s Wess Meets West may just be the optimistically charged post-rock you need to get through 2018’s onslaught of bad news.
The band, newly signed to Hassle Records, has just dropped new album, A Light Within The Fracture, which is awash with big ambient textures and euphoric melodic lines.
Naturally, there are plenty of effects highlights spread across the recording, and in the video above, guitarist Nick Robinson - who shares six-string duties with Sam Stauff – reveals his rig, sharing the band’s newfound love of Verellen amps, and revealing why there are two Boss PS-3s on his pedalboard.
“A wealth of features not seen before in a Klon-style pedal”: Walrus Audio’s Voyager MKII overdrive/preamp takes Centaur stage – equipped with footswitchable parametric mids, it promising “mythical magic” and absolute clarity
“Yes, we’re aware that an overdrive pedal this tiny is a bit ridiculous”: Olinthus has just made the world’s smallest stompbox and it’s a $99 TS clone that fits in the palm of your hand
“A wealth of features not seen before in a Klon-style pedal”: Walrus Audio’s Voyager MKII overdrive/preamp takes Centaur stage – equipped with footswitchable parametric mids, it promising “mythical magic” and absolute clarity
“Yes, we’re aware that an overdrive pedal this tiny is a bit ridiculous”: Olinthus has just made the world’s smallest stompbox and it’s a $99 TS clone that fits in the palm of your hand
